INTRODUCTION
"I HAVE SOMETIMES SEEN, IN THE MORNING SUN, THE SMOKE OF A THOUSAND VILLAGES WHERE NO MISSIONARY HAS EVER BEEN."
This phrase spoken by Robert Moffat to David Livingstone can be defined as the words that sparked a fire. The idea that there were so many people gathered in one continent who had not heard the name of Jesus, was shocking to young Livingstone. Almost immediately, he felt his heart being burdened for the Africans, and it was a burden that would stay with him until his death. Today his is a household name, but when asked, all anyone can say is that some man once said, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" Many people do not know the story behind that quote; the story of the missionary, the explorer, the Englishman, the doctor, the husband and the father that was Dr. David Livingstone.
EARLY LIFE
On March 19, 1813, in Blantyre, Scotland, David Livingstone was born the son of a traveling tea merchant. At the age of ten, Livingstone began to work in the local......

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