"The first missionary of the C.M.S in East Africa, the German Dr J. L. Krapf, reached Mombasa in 1844. Almost his first task was to bury his wife and child; but he wrote to the society:

'Tell our friends that there is now on the East African coast a lonely missionary grave. This is a sign that you have commenced the struggle with this part of the world; and as the victories of the Church are gained by stepping over the graves of her members, you may be the more convinced that the hour is at hand when you are summoned to the conversion of Africa from its Eastern shore.'" - Stephen Neill, Anglicanism, pg 345