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Article: The legacy of Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso.(Biography)
- Article from:
- International Bulletin of Missionary Research
- Article date:
- July 1, 2006
- Author:
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"This is the story of a woman, sincere, humble, unselfish land generous. One who lived for others and never spared herself in any way." (1) Thus began the account of Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso's life by her granddaughter Francis Swabey. Elizabeth herself, as a young woman, once wrote, "We have no abiding city ... we are but strangers and pilgrims on earth," (2) lines that anticipated much of the heartache of her long life of faithful service.
Elizabeth was born into the Fairburn family at Kerikeri, New Zealand, in August 1821. Her parents, William Fairburn and Sarah (nee Tuckwell), came to New Zealand as Church Missionary Society (CMS) missionaries in 1819, where ...