Of Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall

13 March 2010

"These missionaries had neither outfit nor annuity. The providence of God, the prayers of the saints, and benevolence of those who were taught by them, carried them through. Stearns died in 1771. Marshall lived until 1784, and then fell asleep.

This affair borders on the missionary proceedings of the apostles; but the modern exertions seem to be grounded on human calculation, and not on divine impression: in which outfit and annuities form a prominent part."--John Leland, 1829.

John Leland, Address at Pittsfield, The Writings of the Elder John Leland and the Events of His Life, Printed by G.W. Wood, 1845, p. 554.