A Difficult Childhood Prepared Mary Slessor for Difficult Mission Work

A scene from Torchlighters: The Mary Slessor Story

Mary Slessor didn’t let a harsh childhood discourage her or hold her back. She made the best of her trials, and eventually they prepared her for greater challenges ahead. Born in Scotland in 1848, Mary Slessor was one of the best-known missionaries of the nineteenth century. By eleven-years old she was working in a mill […]