Soutb Bftica ~eneraL {tl)fsston !lJ)ontbl~ ~ra~er (ttrcle. "'or J will pour watet upon biOI tbat [s tblrstl!, an!) 1l0o!)s upon tb, !)tp groun!)."-[sa. 44.3.

Da.te. S tation. W o rker!l. Date. S tatio n. Worker-so - I BASUTOLAND Na.tin ~&[)geH!l1iB SOLDI&IlB ItID Hiss &. BenneUB "IEROil,AH, ""O_L AII'D O .... l EL.. 15 Wynberg MwL. BvaU

BOMVANALAND I IlGIl Mr. D. C. Hammon· Mi.u AI. 4 . Int'lm I bufumba M..8 . lEaS Mn. Hamil~·

.... TIVIE W O aKtlRS I .JOHM .. T£oLC KE •• 8WAZl:L.AliD lem Mr. J. Baillie a 1&

B lll tht.oy M.S. lB9l Mrs. B&Hiie Patc.ma M.S. MAnvE WOktoee:Il& . ALFRED .. S,MO " lOO9 Mr. 1. W . V. Ja.kemu.

LUGALO, Z O K DWAYO 411 D IE S THIEII . ... .. T1V.. WOItKE.'R I NOAH

CAPBTOWN E~; SWAZILAND Mr. &. llrs. B. G. B&roea

(Hae.dqUlL:rieTI) {Mr.J. O. Gibson lE1i17 Miss Peake UroW'Q Mr.J. W.Sliark 17

Mbab&.n& lLS. 191" Miss G. Geary

S !89Ii Mr. J. Middlamisa 1916 Miss Pby1Jis Sh arp 1S118 Mrs. Middlemls:s .... T IVE W QJtlU: •• I D ..... IU .• O THER.

M ..... BouIft'llel' ESUoEioJ B.Dd E:r;clwioi 1910 !liss Owen" Mr. E. ~. Herber' l.919 MiBs E . Ric.bllrdlon

DURBAN IB99 Miss Rose Brown NATive T_C'HI£A"~

li!1l9 Mias A... Ringland SWAZILAND

Min P . G. Ga bb MT. 4'14 Mrs. Rafley. 191. Miss M. W'ade

4 Min-G. HUdu:od 18 Hebron M.S. 191. Miss E. EIIi! MiA: M . HUehootJc NAT IVIE WORIC~.S ~ " O NA , PAUL •

HATNIE W O _KlI:llEa. KATfl:, oIo.AYA "II:F-F'.fl£Y"T IMIC ... " . oItKl£tf£MIA'H,

A" O OTHIER,tI.

GAZALAND lllm Rew. J. E. Ha-w:!il BWAZ!LAND ISH MI'. & Mra. B. E. Medill

Busito: 1l.1L 1l1lD Mn.Hakb 19 YS. Her mon M.S. N .. T IV II W ORKI: ••• .. ... NA.. la.x.

li'" ReT. Rees Howel La "OSHU"~ .. O:l • .tI . .. ON ...... . . lI l m & ..

• 191< Mra:' H owella --- SJUt;UEL.I.

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INDIANS l!lOl Mr. Tomlinson IIllB )In. Soo" Seal'i-& Hill< Mrs. Tomlinson 20 .... TLV I: WOJlK E II •• . . NTONClJI.'NA .

6 Mr. 1£ Mr •. HamiUon Bunt.. "Oil. I.H-"-'DDK •• II ..... M •• LlL.I"'JiII, • •

NATIY. w o atU:It ... OW .. N ...... THU ".£TIE. P ",UL I M .. . . . MIlIIT. ""UC HI,

... 11 0 AMOTHE R .• C. .. ItO UHE. " OSII:"H. IliilLd. ZWAINA

JOHANNESBURG 189< MUI D. McCarthll+ AND HEZ IEK1"W

18!l6 Min M . D. a. G. B:rouJ1. 1800 Ra'E'. S. Holt 7 Dr. L. B. a1ld Mrs. Hert4£e:& at -TB14BULAND

WYAberg. 2 1 Youn\: PukaTd alA 1890 Mra. Bolli All Y.W.Q.A. WOI:kers in 8. A.mea.. 191" Il1is3 E .Eldddg&

NATAL l89.I Rev. F . Suter trtATlVe WO.K~S:II' I'H. LL.P, WA1. T it.

Dc.1Ilia& &L8. lE9> lfnJ. Suter ... ND SHAIUl .. C K .

MU. G-Tay TONGALAND " " T.V. W O"':KI: •• ~ .. 0 . . ..... 0 ••• I QU

B .... T.V. W'Os"'" •• WAKA. a",UIEL • 22 ~pnts M .8,. IIIIKIt,. " LLrE, CHA.1tL.II:S, O l C IC .

" ... ULAN •• .. H OE . E., oIAMII:5 ... NO l!lll MiS"3 W . Haupl;

S .. IIIUE L... VILLAGE WORX 11ICll Mr. P. J. Heney 25 -lfiss V&D Beene.c

NATAL

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ll!91 Mrs. De. Vi1lie:n Nia-bamhlope 1I.S. IJ1al Mn.Herve.y lEa6 Miss N. Mutimer

• Miss O'IIa.nlo:o _ Ti ttlE woltl'i.EJta. U N I'iOSAN ....... c .. ZULULAND JlI98 Be .... G. F. Gale

,,""0 OEftTRU OE M":owe H .B. 1B98 IIIrs..Gale

HYABALA.ND

I 1909 Miss Rggeling [at; Cbididi) 14 Bjbl.e Tra ining School 1916 Mr. and Mrs. W i"

Ltllw& U .S,. 1915 Mr. H. E. Osborn NATI"''' W OIII.XIES I FILIi.1II0 H.

10 ..... Tn". W O SK.o£Jt& . l IUKE .OTHIt ••• 1891 Bew. L. Olsen·F.eyliD,g Cbididi M.S. 1_ llr. E. Price. -ZULULAND

1908 Mrs. B. Price MOtlD' Tabor M.s. 1899 Mrs.. Ferling UI12. Miss Bond 25

NAT IV" WlDIli£E.RS ! E.LI .... 1I .. N O W ... · . ,.

.... n "" . WOIt"II!IIS~ B IIIAIK •• OTH •• & n . .. H ..... WI F"-E •• QlLftT .......

PONDOLAND. B 1899 Mr. R. Darroll H&ngui ».8. 1fQ5 Miss B. Doddrell acd Helpe r .... TIVI! T EACH 1.11.

II RnduJ iDi, H.S. IBll9 Mrs. Darrell f---

ItAT IVI[ W O'RKII£.S I IJO!JII~II . ..... Y. ZULUL.A .• ''';:n 1896 Rev. N. W. KeYeiI "H'UP. W&L.TIlEIII. OL.IVI.. Mselenl if.B. 1896 M.fS. Keyes a Dd Helper

PONDOLAND. B. lJ!3j, Rev. Harold GreeD. B.A.. 26 .. .. TIVE W'ORIlIEIt • • ..OH ... N .....

12 LukaDyia.weni M.S. 189< Mrs. Harold Green ... ""0,, M"GG (1l

and N&odela. ..... T IVI! WORKEiII:S, .... TIE.H .... M-"-Ity • ........ 0101 ..... 0 101"0 "1 Tbe Home Work. All Local He.lpers, Sub-Secretaries, Hom~e

PONDOLAND. W. I 1139< Re •. O. 8. Green 27 BeJpenl~and Young: Home-I!elpen.. U.B.U. Member. lD Nk&nge. • • LB. 1139< Mrs. Green. B.,l.

Mus B. Carmic:1t4u .. Africa.. Himion.ary Study Circles.

15 M .. TIVE WO'IlKIEJltll WALTa ....... y ... HI, ---BEL LA. . S.PA.L.OI NU , .. u.nN .... H EN.Y, Missionaries on Furlough (mU"ked·) IlOd aU Fi.D.anciaJ it::~ .... ,. .... IJIllOItOINA. _A.RTIN AN D

i T£ .. CHEIli . 28 MiNE. T1LomsonIWd ower Associ&:~e6. Ac:ce:pRd c:.an •

l'IOR"l'BRRN Ilod candid&1ie& in ira~. Children of ]Jl:S9100MI8a.

BBODESIA CbJ.s&I&la. M .8. 1898 Bev. E. A. H. H&rris liauTe OhriStilol!8 in cocoecliioD wilib ilia S.A..G.M. &Od lla

19!1< Mrs. Harris 2g I. Mnsonwedzi 191. Be .... w. Roy Vernon N&\;iwe Cburch in So1l.th Africa.

l!n' Mr. 4: Mrs. A.. A. WilsoD (ItU Go-rdOD)

Dr. Andre"", Murray i Membera of BTitish Lnd A.me-riean Port.. West. Atti.c.

I 1908 Rev. A .. W. B&llef 30 ,,"Tl'ttll HE-L.P!!.IIIS ... OI-tN .OTHElitL Home Councils.

ITA.L.ICS O~"OTe ASSOCIATII: WOIlMIII.: DA.TU. y£A,1l O F .IOIINUiG.

"\'IlIbat tbings 1IO""t "" tleslre "'~n l1e pral1 b,I1'lI' tbat 11' "cdll' tbem, antl lie sball bal1e tbem." .t:" ,AfarA: 11. 24.

This Prayer CiJ'cle, togeth.er with Map Card shewing the dilfennt Mission Staticns, is obtainahle frcm The S ecretary, 17, HomeJie1d Road, Wimbledon, S .W. 6d. pest free.

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THE NEED FOR NATIONAL REVIVAL. NEW BOOKLET.

Advance in

Suitable

No. 48.

Literature.

Gazaland. 5,OOOth. T H E CO T lNUED ST ORY O F R EVIVAL Also

and Retrospect COMPILED BY BESSIE

Revival . In Gazaland.

PORTER HEAD. No. 45. IO,OOO,h.

Further Revival at Lutubeni. o 42. 20,OOOtb. By R EV. WALTER SEARLE..

The General's Story. No. 20. 50,OOOtt.. One Penny each. or II d. per dozen. Postage extra.

Our Work and Workers . By MR. ARTHUR MERCER . Price Twopence. 87.000tb.

The Booklet, .. Our Work and \Vorkers," price 2d., 3d. post free, has lately been brought up to date. There are nineteen iUustrations from dillerent paris of the field, a good map, showing the positions 01 the various .tations . and a Home-Helpers' form. the very thing to pul inlo the hands 01 some friend who knows nothing of the Mission, but might be interested by reading this Booklet which gives a hird's-eye view of the work.

FRIENDS may help the SAG.M. in a very practical way by order:in,-g balf·'a-dmea or a dozen. more or less. o f the ahon: booklets !!oDd circu:lating theln a.mongs.t various friend ..

All C-OlfnJn;urdu.ti o1\.S to b~ ac:JcIr~.$.$~cl to Jah\t:-30 jWijc:!c:llel't\f.s.s 1 .svllerin.h",qe.1'\.t J 5.A.G.M.., Box 1166, Ca:~e Taw". Chl!<JueS to J,e Cto,s.!ol!.q U .5tat'\c:iarq Ba ... k of 50\lth. Afl"fu," Ca:pe. To,,",1'\. •

Publi.$t....t.s-M,c.s..sr-30. l"\at~1I Btothct'.sl K .... .svicK tlO\l.$_ . Pa.-tuI\.o.stc:r It.'''. Lonc:!o ... . C. C ••

lIoutt, f\frica Gel)eral l'\issiol). '" ~w.~ C) .. J 1p~ PRESI DENT , REv. ANDREW MURRAY. D.O.

BR IT ISH COUNCIL,

ALBERT A . HEAD (CH .. , R .... N ).

H. W. MAYNARD t V ICE- CHAI R M AN). H . R. WYATT (TRU.URER •• A. W. STILEMAN (HON. SOLICITORI. A .• E. E. MERCER. J . NEWBERRY. E . E. S HAW. COLONEL S . D . CLEEVE. A. W. CHURC HILL. F. W . MILLER. J. A. H . H OOKER.

SECRETARY , EDGAR C . FAITMFULL, B.A •• V ISITI NG M I &610H..sTATION& I N SOUTH AFR IOA. ACTI NG SE'C R ETARY : DAVID C. HAM ILTON. 17. HOMEFI ELD ROAD, W I M B LEDON. LONDO N , S.W.

T " LUR.'Ht O ADD ....... · 'A L LI ..... CI"' • • L ONDOlt. ­TIUJ1HOllla, P . O . WII ... l.aOQM 1 1178.

SCOTTISH ADV I80RY CO U NC I L I HUGH BRO WN <CH .. ,R .... NI.

D. T . C . SLOAN. I R. B . ST EWART. O . W . SERVICE. JOHN ANDERSON.

CO .... U .. l~TlON. TO MISS O . M . MACEWAN. 102, BATH STREET, GLA800W.

AMERICAN HOMe. COUNCIL I NEW YORK ,

187, MOMT .... U. 6TItEIIT. BaOOKLYN, Haw Yo • . K. CAIIU .1.0.0 • • • • ' .. 8A..8Clal a , S'OOKLYtI.- TaLa:PHo .... E . 488i1 M An l.,

MR. W I L LI ... M PHILLIPS HALL f PUSIOa.NT).

lEV. "' . G . SNYDER (VIU - P ... ID;;UfT) . MR . W. W. KOUWENHOVEN ITu .... u ••• ). EV. WM . H. HEN DRI CKSON Ca.canAav}. MR. Es.,D. GARNSEY rRa.ccaDII«l S . caUA.V •• R. PAUL H. GRAEF (CHAlIlI'AN , .Ex. Co..,). "'OHN 1I.i. MEDD, M.D. R. GEO. C . STEBBINS,. REV. LEWI. 8 . CHAFER .

F I E L D SECRETARy-REV. ARTHUR d . BOWE N .

REV. W M. L . PETT I N GILL.

LOCAL ADVISORY BOA RDS ! P H I LA. DELPH I A . PA.:

MR . FRAN K W. LANOE-. C H ICA.GO, ILL.:

MR, J O H N SCOT T .

MR. T . CR OFTS .. M R . E L OO d O H NSON. MR. W . E . G I L L ESFIE . MR. A. F . GAYL OR D .

M R. C LAR E " CE E . MASON.

REV. dOHN R . T U RN BUL L.

REv. D. M .. BTEA R NS, D. O •• P HILA • • Pit..

REV. C. I. SCOFI E L D , 0.00, NEW Y O R K , N.V

RE V. d Ae. A. FRAN Cia. D. O •• Los A N G ELEe C A L I F .

REV. J . T. KELLY, D .O., W A S H I NG­T O ", D.C .

R.v . TABaR K N OX. W A R W ICK . N.Y. REV. T . W. CALLAWA Y , DUBL I N .

GA. RE V . JOHN M c NEILl . DE NV E R ,

CO L O .

d. C . Glsao N CCNAI."AII). Box a as C ..... T o w,...

C H ARLOTTEJ,. N.C. : MR. MORRI & 1:. . TROT"TE R. DR. ARTHU R d . CROWEL L .

TO R O NTO O N T .: REV. A. W. ROFFE.

GEN ERAL ADVISORY BOARD I REV. C . C. KOCH .. M A RS H I LL.

M A I N £: . REV. HERBERT MACKE N Z I E .

C L E V ELAND O . REV. GEO. F. PENTECOST, D.O .•

DARIEH . CONN . REV. A. B. PR ICH A RD. Los

ANGE L E S. C A L IF. REV . EDWA RD A . TUC K. C ON CORD,

N .H . REV. F . W. TROY, 0 .. 0 .• BROOK L YN.

N . Y .

E X ECUTIVE IN SOUTH AFR I CA I

M R. GEO. W . E LLI OT T .

RI.'V. P. W. P H IL.POTT. HAMILTON . O N T.

MR. ROBER T K I LGOUR. TORONTO. ONT.

MR • ...I. J . G A R"T8HOR£. TORONTO. ONT.

REV. W. H . GR I FFITH T H OMA • • D.O. , TORO,.T O , ON T.

REV . ROBT. JOHN.TON, 0.0", MONTR E AL- QUE.

MR. THOM A8 RYAN, W I NN I PEG. MAN.

J. W . S TAR K {T a-..v",:: . ), dAME.S M I DDLEM I SS . IU .... UtT . NO.MTl Box e BB C A."" T O~. Bo.x 938 C ..... T OWN.

T .L. O ... PKI C ADD •••• , .. UP'W". O. C ..... Tow"," "

NOTES. THE H eADQUARTERS A N D O FFI CES O F THE M ISS ION I N S OUT H A FR I C A ARE S I T U ATE D IN CA PE TOWN

C HEQ U ES. P . O . ORDERS~ S UB S C R I PTIO NS T O THE " S OU T H A FRI CAN PIONEER~" (2 / - F E R ANNUM. F O ST F R E El' " N D DONATIONS SHOULD BE MAOE PAYABLE TO THE SOUTH AFRI CA GEN ERAL MISSION. ALL COMMUNI ~ a-.TI O N8 TO B£ ADDR ESSED "TO T H E S UPER I NTEN DENT, Box 988. C AP E T O WN . DON ORS T O T H E MISSI O N OF £.1 AND UPWAROS WILL RE CE IVE A C OPY OF THE " SOUTH A FRICAN P I O N EER " FREE F O R O NE V E A R .

O UR S .A.G. M . B O OKLETS AND LEAF L ETS CAN N O W B E HAD FRO M T HE S UPER I N TE NDENT. Box 988. C APE T O WN. O R FRO M M R . R. S COTT. B O O K SEL L ER AH D S TAT"rO NER. 58-60. L ONG STRE E T , C AP e- T OWN.

Donations received in South Africa during mont hs of July and August, 1916. JULY. AUGU S T .

£. s. d. I. .. . i_ f. •. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s . d. I6!I 010 0 104 '3 0 0 lSI 0 I 0 0 ~ 0 114 '310 0 III "" Ig 0 170 0 4 0 W5 - IS 15- 0 18l 1 10 0 189 0 3 0 · 0 J2 6 122 0 0 172 - I 10 0 1()6 I 0 0 II" ' 1 173 I 0 0 107 'I 0 0 1S3 0 1 0 190 - J 10 0 11 6 " I 0 0 123 "" 10 174 -1 10 0 108 '31 3 7 IS; ' 3 0 0 192 • 10 117 "" 5 0 m ";At 0 Ii.] • 17 9 109 ' 1 0 0 177 - . 10 0 110 ... " I o 11 181 I 0 0 III - I Ui 7 11 ' I 2 0 125 "" 10 0 100 • 0 0 ISS s.tamp 112 'I -3 J5 0 101 ' 8 0 0 lJlO 16 3 0 0 IIg £.126 19 0 U12 · 0 15 0 . - -- ~\lbnm 113 5 2 6 120 .jJ IS

TOTAL FOR In.\' . [ ,. d. TOTAL FOR ACGt;"5T. ! s d. ~ner:al Fuud ...

I " 0 Gene:ra] Fund ... I 8 0

Special F unds ... 19 2 ~ Special Funds ... 1:$ II 0 [SO 16 3 £526 19 0

• DeDoies &moun LS given for s-pecial purposes.

HERE AND THERE. MR. E . C . F A ITHFULL.- \Ye Il3ve heard

from Ollr ab ent ecretary r egarding the voyage and the early days in Cape T own.

\" e lling ton Convention offered opportun i ti ~ for sen'ic" amcngst th~ hnnelred of st lldents a tknding the varion- scho I and colleges there. After Gener31 Conference, "hieh star ted on the 9th Octoher , ~I r. Faithfu ll was hoping lO return v,ith the Zul ulalld Dcleg .. tes to hegin h i tour of the ?lfis ion tations in that neig h bourhood. H e \\'ill pend Octoher and X ovember in Zulu­In n,l and reach Durban ea rh ' in December. \Ye shall hope to follow hi movemen ts, 1110nth by monl h , and he ,,-ill he parl;clliar ly gratcft,l for prayer all along the way.

MR. AND MRS. HATCH havC' he('" lakin!!; theIr intcn"cdia.e furlough at the· Cap" The,: have not heen resting all the time , and have bee" Il'la I to tell of God' wonderfu l work­ing' in G.lZ:,I'llId .

MISS ROSE BROWN. - " ·e regret that the health of this ,rorker h2s not heen good, and . under doctor"s order we expect be i no"'" on the wa" to E ngland . ~I uch l>raver w ill be offered 'that she may gain . t rellg lh OIl her "oyage and be th oroug-hly ~estored .

HEALING T HE SICK.- \Ye have again to record our th" nkfu lness 10 ~"r. Calo,,' for hi continued k indness in supplying o ur stat ions with medici nes. P arcel h3ve recently heen sent to D urban and to )I r. A. ,,'. Bailey in 1'\or lh-\\'e5t R hodesia. T he ex tract from M r. Raile," letter. which we give elsewh ere , shows Ihe importance of the medical side of the work and how Il'raciously Go<l i u ing it.

F1NANCE.-Friend· will re" ,ember that we referred in our Octobe r i 'ne to om fi nan­cial need for the general u p-keen of the ,,·ork . \ \ -e had been J1ra~-in!!; for [300, and " 'e are now glad to record that prayer ha heen answere<1 through an anonymous gift of [ 250.

) lany other mallcr and equally " 'illi ng gift have cheered u and we have hecn reminded agaiu that " ) [y God shaH upply all YOllr n~ed." Ollr receipt arc still considerably helo,,' the corresponding peri od last year. hall 'n~ continue in pra,·cr a-we nnite in praise and thanksgiving to 'God ? .

NEED OF WORKERS.- )I r. Faith fnll ,,-rites : It is clear th3t il ,,'e a re to develop our ,\"ork in S'\"azilnnd , ex te",1 in Zulul atu l , and go ahead in the Xorthem territories ,,'e shall be necd ing Inen and one or two marri ed couples. and it seem imperati ve tha t something shall be done to meet the situation in P ortuguese ",' est Africa , and make it possib le for ) Jr. Bailey to get a ,,·av. H e is appa rently firmly cOln;nccc\ that he -should not go away till reli eved , and we need another man to be with )[r. V em on, so that we 1113 " not run the ri k o f having 0 11 e

man alone 011 ~ n S:Olitan' slation ; of course . a medical Ulan appear the bcst for the place, bu t nftt'r all ou r greatest need is of prayer , and I feel increa ingh ' that God is wanting' to teach us all the meaning of prayer that will stand th e challenge of Goo when H e asks us whether we believe that we shan he giveu the answer . I think one begin to know someth ing of the oppression of th e piri tual a tmosphere out here, and we look to those in the homeland to pray ou unceasingly that the " ' /Io l e C /!II rc ll 011 / "ere ilia), be qllickell ed.

ADVANCE AT HOME. - F or sever:'!l years M iss Cleall and friel1ds ha "e organ ised a simple. a le of \York to dispose of th e proceeds of a week h' ewi ng meeti ng held at ~ I , H OIlle­fi eld R oad:", imbledoo. F ai th was a lmost afraid to yenture this year, bu t tbe Fa rues t effo rts of the promote r were so Illuch appreciated. and . a g reatly blessed of Goel , that in tead of £:1.5. la-t ye'If's record , £35 lOs. has been added to our receipts. T o hli- s Cleall and h er w illi ng helpe rs we ten der hearty thanks.

D.C .H .

125

THE OUTH AFRICAN PIONEER.

.. THEY BROUGHT UNTO HIM ALL SICK PEOPLE."

BETHAXV, • \\·AZ1tA .. ~D.

WE lry like our great )Iaster to help the sick people; the malaria of the climate seems to affect the yste111 in many way J so that we

have to treat for the fe\'er am) its many after effects.

J have managed to put up a small dispen­sary without any expcn e to 1111' ion fund . The school lad made the urick and 01lT

evangelist. who knows somewh3t ho" to build.

body and soul. Rather amusing incident occur sometime. A fe\\' day ago a lad of abont tweh'e years of age was brough 1 by his mother for treatment. I asked ho\\' long he had been ill; hi mother replied, "for hun­dreds of year." he seemed urprised that we langhcd, and I tried to explain to her that C\'en I "as not yet 100 years old. he aid, "'i\'h~' hould not I5.1Y hWl(lred ; he has heen ill since so-and- n w3s horn \\'110 i (jllite old now . .,

Y terday, Sunday, my daughter a1l(1 J went O\'er to the hing's hmal for a service, hnt first. a uSIl"I, we paid a visit to the old C'ueen Regent, \\-c spoke io her a little ahout the great book of God, and asked her if he got tho ~ who " 'cre ahle 10 read it to read il to her sometimes. I after\\ards a k~d her if the lIledi-

MR. - BAILLIE A.ND MISS KATHLEEN BAILLI E.

put 'Up the walls. By putting it at the end of the back verandah it was provided with a roof: I found a few plank to fonn shelve, table and door, and coloured the wall witb a hright wa h, "'hiell makes a checrful rOOlll, The people can sit mulcr the \'crancb.h and \\'ait their turn to recci,'e addce and help, In my dictionary, I find "Dispensary" defined as "all in tihltion in which medicine arc di pensed to Ihe poor, and medical ad\;ce given gratis"­j llst th ~ word ! . We here are near to the hing' hraal and

the centre of a large population; the people arc finding out Ihat our daughter i a trained maternity nurse, and arc having confidence in her skill and in medicine also, and are coming in increa ing number for medicine and help: this gives 11 a chance to mini ter to them in

cine I left with her on a fgnner \'isit had helped her. he said it had, anel as he complained of illnes I produced a small bottle of medicine and explained its properties, he s~id she' \\'ould like to ha\'e it, and enqlured about the do e, I mack up a dose, expecting her to take it, but he '1uickly held it out to a young man (one of her attendants) and told him to swallo\\' it, which he promptly did, I thought perhap he u peeted it, and offered to take a dose my-

self. but she said , "Do not waste it," I after­\\"<lrds found sbe \\'as taking nati\'c medicine, and did not \\'ant to take mine at the 5.1111e time,

"'-e had a ,,'ell attended sen'ice aIHI felt it a great privilege to preach the Gospel; the ~-OUJ1g Queen with her attendant came; Ihe Lord was \\;th us and gm'e a good timc from the text, """hat think ye of Chri t?"

126

THE SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER .

.. SIGNS OF THE LORD'S WORKING,"

~lUl"1"r P.\cK.\RD MJ S1O:o< ' T,I1'JOK.

.UI(lEL HOLT.

m R, FAITHFCLL tells me that :.rOllllt Packard has beeu prayed for a good deal in recent month , and I hear from other sources of home and

loc:ll helpers \"ho daily remember u before God, ft will therefore be encouraging to these friend to know that we ha\'e lately seen ign of the Lord's "'orking in our midst in the con­version of souls from sin and unbelief. Of

up for medicine while one of our teachers (re­cently llluch blessed himself) and the evange­Ii t, Philip, were with me in the di pensary. We urged upon him the importance of imme­diate decision for ChIi t, and though he jibbed ~ bit at first he \Va e\'ideutly wrought upon by the Holy pirit, and, finally, on his knee, hc sought God's mercy and avowed hi faith in Chri t. ,,'ell, \I'e never saw him again, and not many days aIter I wa shocked to hear that lim\'eki had died ,,;thout further warning as he lay sleeping in his hut.

:Uore recently another habitue! of the <lispcn­sary gaye himself to the Lord at one of our Sunday morning services, which Philip the c\·:1ugeiist was conducting. For long be 1Ia uffered from some obscm'e disease, but nevcr

BONV.r..NA ROVAL FAM1LV.

the e I \1;11 menlion first the case of Um\'eki, He 1m a man of about 60 years of age who nc\'er wa ' in the habit of coming here until he got ill some month ' ago and visited u fUI Illcdicin~.

From the first he seemed iutere ted iu the preachiug and would sit \I'ith a surprised and hal f-amused look on his face, his beady black "yes rivetted the while ou the preacher. He \\a - ah"a\'s in hi heathen blanket then. After­\\'ard he- took to appearing in coat and trou er at our 'unday morning scrvicesJ but to our enquiries as to the chanc of his coming over 0 11 our ~;de he al ways replied that he was "still thiuking" about it, .-\ll this time he \\'as get­ting med.icine anci seemed to be improving.

We got him at last on Aseension Thursday. Schools were closed that day and Umveki turned

attended any sen~ce as a rule exccpt tbose connect~d ",ilh the dispensary The lIiz,«:i lik" Tixo (\\'ord of God), he say, has always con­dcnJl1c<1 bil1l in his heart , and he ha' feared t(O weet death 1111pn:pared. He has nO\l' fled to Jesus for refuge, He is a man in middle life, and as he is not Irong I have appointed him to ring tbe Sunday morning church bell, \I'bich he enjoys doing, a ' wdl a uffering ill tcn­torian voice his contribution of prayer in Ihe sen'ice following,

Alas! our dispensary is Dot now the attrac· tion it used to be, Bottles arc yery dear, and we cannot afford to supply th<:m "ith the medicine. ~lal1Y drugs arc up 100 per cent. and more, an9 some most-needed ones are e\'e,} more prohibitive in price, Then the beer season is on, and, grain being very plentiful, much

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driukiug is being done. So betweeu the beer and the bottle aud the high p rice of drugs , \\'~ are not seeing the glad pectacle of a well fiiiul church 1Il0ruillg hy moming a' of yore, hut arc cOl11pelled to be content witb the hali­dozen paLients ,,·ho clailtl our attention there and in the dispensary aften,·ards.

After the busy reaping season our lueetings arc once more in full swing. Pray for them: Illy wi fe's boys' a nel g irls' lllccting on nuda)' ~lftc:rnoon, and women' meeting ou Tuesday at 4 o'clock, also Miss Eldridge' girls' meet­ing 0 11 Thursdays here, and on Tuesdays at a place five miles off ; and her ch ildren" gather­ing ou Sunday aHemoon The mid-week sen'ice for Christian uati ,'c is on \Yednesda\" at 4 o 'clock. -

COMING AND GOING.

hDlIlliR MIi~IOR L\I. SoLDIER " HO~lIl.

'. BE1G' ETTS.

PCRHAP some may imagine that in

the work here thcn: is Bot \'ery much being done. Y et one reali ses that God, throngh Hi Holy 'pirit, is

s ilently working out Hi plan fo r us. Just a wcek past sixty men return ed to Germ"B E ast ,Urica. T hey had been brought dO'\"l1 frolll there a few 1II0nth before, some wounded and others sick. The hospital being ill this camp, \"isits are made frequently to the lIlen , and onc gcts 10 kno,,' thelll very well. " -hen tbey arc trong ellough they are sent to the H ut , lIext

door 10 our "Home," cither 10 be di scharged ur 10 be sent back again. T he lime of woilin(" i - often trying to the young soldier, who ha seen a little of the fight and i naturally in a hurry to get back. so it takes much tnct and " 'isdol1l to help them to pass Ihe time a " 'ay pleasan tly, and 10 try and make them realize thaI thc more fit thev are the better work t he,' will do.' .

At 13 t the da,· callie when the "fall in" '\\"~s sounded ; it ha'ppened to be rather ,,·et and cold. so it was a pri,~lege to be able to give' them hot tea and cakes. Then callie the "good-bye," the hearty hand hake \\;th maoy thanks for \\'hat had been done for them. One yOllng lad, only 15, ,,-ho for a few days wa. in Detention Barracks, and happened 10 be there when th e meetillg was held, said 10 me , HThat was 3 fine mecting yc terday, T haven't I)cen to such a olle for a long tim c." ':'bus llIallY opportuni t ies come for a word for ou r bdo,'ed )la teT. These partiugs are ah"ays

very trying for the worker, aLld one often tUnIS away to hide the tears that will come.

011 'uLlday afternooll , when goillg through the wards "isiting tbe sick lad ' , o ll e soldier (regular) said, "You were in thiS camp eight years ago: I remember you so " 'ell: we had a nice chat about the be t things." H e "a glad to get a copy of " R eady," tbe - .C.A. paper. 1 hud mallY of the regulars come to get a re.~d of it ollce more. P assing out of that '\"nrd 1 foulld a sergeant sitting outside enjoying the suushine. He enquired ,·ery k indly for Illy health , telling me he knew me ill tanderloll (1906). It is a great joy to visit the e lads, so far a"'ay from bOllle and 11I01her. 1 al1l ure the mothers at home would rejoice to sec their sons' faces ligh t up when tbey are told there is a 'oldiers' Home and a )lother till ill tile . Camp.

Please continue to pray for our meetings in the Detention Barrack. God is wOllderfully answering prayer, and tile last Ihree have been " ery real times of ble ing and encouragement. " . .; bave again a id "good-bye" to fourteen vcry brighl soldier lads from Johanllcsburg bound for E nglalld; alld so they come and go. Mall\· of us are sorry that General and lIlrs. Thonlpsoll are leaving. They "ill be missed very lIluch, especially in thi Camp. They have always taken a great interest in the.: HOUle, aud appreciated what ,,'as being dUlle for the men.

TRAVELLING LETTER.

!\Y.\S.\l.\ -D.

l'llYR.\ EGGIlLI:\G.

a :\E of the passengers expecting to go 10 :\yasalalld asked me Ihe other day if " 'e had g rocerie delivered at the door at our lUi ion stations tbere,

and if our tra,'elling wa cione by Illotor car. I don't believe the readers of th e Pioneer would a k any question like tIlat-yel they might enjoy travelling up-collntrr wilh liS at thi time and "seeing" the conn try a it appears to II .

'Ye are at present in Beira, a sDlall Portu­guese coa t-tO\\"I1 and sea ide resort. The 1II0st noticeable feature of thi place eellls 10 Ix: the absence of all ordillan' means of conve\" ­ance, instead of which "'e' find something like a short garden sofa, placed on wheds, nm 011 a naTrOW railway aud pu lled by lIative bor . The price i 2 / 6 an hour for the u · of one of Ihese "cars ." \\'e wellt out shoi>l)illg to-da ,' and c1isco,'ered in " store, " 'hieh had for sale

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perhap 50 buoks ill all, uue copy of Campbell's "The ~ew Theology." One of our party bought and de troyed it . A nd bere perhaps It "uulu be well to mention Ihat ,,·c arc s~vell lIIissionaries, six of whom belong to the DUleh Reforllled Church, and one to the Sou th ,\ frica General ::-lis iOIl. \\'e bave bad good times togethcr over the "'ord of God. Oll e of the llll - iOllarics emphasised lx:cialiy the wOid . 'together" (E)1h. ii. 21 1. :\light it be Ihat Ihere are certain blessings Which we shall never ha\'c except a "'e seek them logether? Are we lou i Ildcpelldent of olle allolher:

\ \ "co have visited SOUlC Anl(~r i can 1]lis.5ionarics ill Heira. \\"hat a lI eedy field is their ' , and uil, \\'hat a lonely post! They arc specially mi -siollarie- to the natives, bllt one \\; hcs therc were lIIi --ionarie to the European pop ulation a well, for truly they are as sheep without a shepherd, and one of them frankly aid : "Since Dun Carlos dicd we have ali becollle athei t ."

\ \'c also ,·i ited the": hool of Art alld Trades. it i a fine building: we saw children at " 'ork icanling ewing, etc., others were learning to read. The ··Padre" \\"a "en- courteau, even wbell he did not agree ,,-itb our views. 'peak­ing "bout prayers to the saints he said: " \\'c :15k the saint to use their infl uence 011 om 1 chalf, jll t a you ask: someone to join YOII ill prayer fo r sollle benefit to be received fwm some great personage on earth, or from God." Tbat seellled plausible enough, but it wa- only after we had left him th at " 'hen readillg :\lallhew xyili. 19, it "'a ' seen that our Lord --lid about the prayer where two were agreed, these t \\"o ,,,ere persoll 011 earth.. Oh ! to "to a good workman rightly diviuing Ihe \\-ord of 'Tnlth, and "knowing bow to answer every llw.n. J '

Later ,,'e left for Chinde III a very small teamer, ,,·hich tossed us up and down for

18 hours, alld then landed us at Cllinde 011 SUll ­da ,' abou t noon. Going out for a " 'alk " 'e came ac~oss a village full of people, who poke eua -the language which is spokcn up at our sta ­lioll, Lulwe, in N"yasaland. "'e " 'ere told Ihat Ihis ,,-",IS the langu age spoken all along the River Zambe i, as we ·go up north. This sccllled to he confirmed later for, on ,~sitillg 1Ilrs. Lh'illg lonc' grave at ~ hupanga and a little bit abO\'e that, we found \'illages where the p<'Ople 'poke Sena .

Aud SO it cOllie 10 p" that ill pite or tbe heaulirul and ever-changing scenery, ill pile of the interesting antics of " hippos," and of the droll, soldier-like atti tuti es of . number - of herolls, in spite of Ihe fUll of watchlllg th" CH>C~­uiles sunuing Ihelll <:I,'(:s on the sandballks, III

spite e,'en of the joy of fe:llowship " 'ith dear saints jonnu:yillg with us, OUf hearts arc O\"4:r­WhCl111Cd, and wC' cry out: '\'0 much to do--su little done," and, " \\' ho i - suffic.iell t fur these things?" .. \ nd here, dear frier d, ·top for Olle 11I00nent alld plead with lood that a you h,wc recei,·ed "faith ill Hi Blood" so thc e pour neech- one m3" have lUi.:.:: ionari sent tbt:lll " 'ho - hall impart to thelll tile same pre, iOll>

fa ith. 'hupnnga, already mentioned, was a French

ROlllan Catholic ) 11 SiOll; lhell it ,,'as handed o ,'cr to the Germans., and IlGw-since the war -the place has been ""c"ted. \\" ho i ' going to take posse ion of it' Perhap it dLp{'n<h upon your prayers and mine \\ lu.:tlll:r purl Gospel-light shall hi lie tberc or not. Let u, contillue stcadfa · t ill prayer.

OLD BESSIE.

ScOT'r . ' g.\RLIr.

a XE of tbe most remarkahlc character connccted with tbe Putullla lIlissioll i old Bcs ie. $bc ha eu, slrange e\'ents in her life. for she i'

now 0 " ears old. \\' hell she was a "OUIIl{ ,\"Oma1l the cattle killing mania took 1)lac':, that is , the R allirs, on the word of a witch doctor, destroyed all their cattlc, having been prolll iS(.~1 that other " 'ould be gh'cll to Ihem. Thell, again , be renlcluber when al1 their cattle were s"'ept a\\'3r by rinderpest iu 1896.

But one day, SOllie time after this, all c\"all­gelist came to her k raal iu the )ll)(l\mka \"alley , and then a strange Ihing happened-strange ill the eyes of her relatives and friends--for as she listened to .h e fiery and eloquent word of the preacher he determinctl to forsak e her sin and heathcllislll, and lurn to the living God. :he p,"ave "I) her lx.-er, tobacco pipe, and red blanket, and began to Ircad the ll arrow road whicb leads to bea,'en. Tbat day she put htT hand to the plough, allli ince that tillle h" bas never looked back. Old she is, yet Sunday after unda,' he wentls h er wa,· to the Putu llla Church a distance of fi"e mileS, and whenever there i ' allY important lIIeeting at Ln tubeni, sht· does not mind lack ling tbe long walk of nearh' (,,·ent ,· miles. ,he live · with h er son \\ ho has t,,·o ,:irago for wi,·cs. Frolll Ihelll he has suffered much per' cution . In \'ain she ).Ire3ches to them, but Ihey will not listen to til(' pleading of their mother-in-law. H owever, her witness ha nol been ill vain, for her gr.lII<l -

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child, partly through ber clfort , has become a true Christ jan.

Last year old Bes "ie had a trying time, for there wa starvation at her son' kraaL Once Illy lI"lie gave her some mealies to so\\". She iuformed her that the mealie would not be sown, but eaten as they bad no food, and even if they were SOli n and came up, sbe II ould have no trengtb to hoe them as be was starving" - he came np bere la t Sunday to attend a pecial service" _-\£terward my wife came to ask me for money for a blanket for the poor old soul, ,md I was glad tbat I could help iu this case 011 account of some mone,' sent Jne b," our fri ends through the "Cinistian "-orker."" Oh ! how deligbted tbe old ,yoman was to receive this belp. In tbese few ,yords I bave ketched the story of Bessie's conversion_ To me it is

GREAT EXPECT A nONS.

ruE R l:SJTU, G,IZ.ll"L"D.

REES How EU.5 ,

arrived at Rusitu in _-\ugust, 191;;, and soon found out that the clim­ate, environment, or natives were not Ibe s'llne '15 in England ; on

the other hand, we soon discovered tbat God, His 'n J esu , and the H oly Ghost wer~ the same" and becan, the,- uever change 'I"e could count' on the same r~ults in dark Africa as we lI;tnessed in "'-ales" \1" e II"Cnt through the \\-elsh R e,'ival and ,yitnessed remarkable "de­monstrations of the Spirit," \'I'e told the peo­ple about that revival \Iallguage was no hill-

THATCHING. PONDOl.AND .

wonderful that ~he has, iu spile of persL'Cution, stan'ation, poverty, and loneliness, held fast to her profession, Ob,"iously, her life is a hard OUC, but she still plods 011, er\'ing her Lurd i<oithfulh- and consistenth' in the comer 01 dark llomvana!and II"here she lives,

"THERE is a great need for Davil!'s migh ty men in this da'"-IIIc1I d,",'o/ cd 10 Dm'id , The: nation gains frolll their scr\,lccs~ but tbey arc thiJlking of David,"

" )I.I,,\' Olnl tbe grace of Cod, but hoI\' com­paratively ddom do lI"e see the surrender of prospects and positioll in order to follow Chr; t fully ,"

drancc as we bave many interpreter}, and lI'e, the missionaries, agnx..:l a to tbe conditions of revival, "nd" lI'ere willing to comply with them:

On the people' side the cOlldition ,,"ere: L Confession of all knOln1 Sill. 2. Full surrender to the "'ill of God. Thursday evening we (mission"ric ) not only

prayed definileh- for a re\"ival, but had the assurance that the prayer was ans\\Tred. 1111-day evening, October 10th, the heavens opened. The Holy Gho t descended, aud there was no rooll1 for thc hI -ing, \\'e ,,"itnessed the same resnlts a in " -ales, Rusitu In a trallsforrnc(l church, many young men had entered the "School bf Faith."

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An Evangelist Class of about fifteen W3S

started, and our boarding scbool wa more than doubled. So we proved, whatever the em"iron­ment lIlay be 011 the mission -field, our part is to look to God, The en\'ironment cannot change Cod, but God can change the environ­ment.

_ -ow I ,,"ant to tell you of a trip to POrtll­gl1ese E.1st _-\frica, There is not a ingle lI1i,-ionary (except on the cOa t ) ill all thi~ ,'ast

colln try, It i the stronghold of • atan, anti thi was :lllother g rc:lt challenge when we planned to go in Lhere. On the first dar of JUlle thirty-onc of us started out on thi el'an­gelistic trip, the party made up of twenty -tbree hoys, four girls, and four missionarie. \Ye­started Ollt I"ith great =pcct~tiolls, ~s men going to war, and the HerO 5 of Jesn JJ going on before. Our plan was 10 go along the bank of _ the Rusitu and preach at a ll the kraals, but in the afternoon 'H' were led 10 change this, and a the Holy Gho~t ,,'as the guide II'C obeyed, and went in through the countl"\'. After " 'e walked two mil we came to kraal and gathered the people for sen"ice, "-hi Ie Ihe preacbing wa ou they were pell­bound under tbe cOln;cting power of the Holy Cho t, and before the preaching was over some of them signifiefl that they wanted to leave . atan and worship the li"ing Cod, They all stood up and said they wanted God to be their Father, and to give thelll eternal life, 'Ye were all taken by surprise, aud, like D, L, )[ood,' , tbought the people had not ullderstood the in­,~tation, bllt, after all, it lI'as " the breaker had come up before" OIic, iii , 13) . F rom there ,,-e were led on to another group of kraals and had a service in the e\rening. ~Iany gathered, and the preach.ing had the same effect as in ' the afternoon; all the people tood up and confessed tbeir s in of "worshipping pirits," etc., sjgnif~;ng that they now wanted to serve the living God,

""e had quite a revival meeting at that place , 111::1.11\- te timonies and lunch pra,·ing. and till late -in the night the 00,' made the lore ring ,dth songs of Zion. Instead 01 giving an account of hOlY lI'e travelled dail,", we g ive an account 01 what ,,"a accompli hed spiritu­alII' as we want the intercessors to folio,,' in pr';:"r the re lilts of the preaching,

"'e ,'isi ted the kraals of thirteen cbiefs, four of "'hom were ahsent, hut we preached to their people; the other nine g-athered their people for sen~ces,

:\fost of the heathen 'I'or bip ance tral spirit, etc., ::tml are greatl~- in bondage be­cause of the "fear of death," Throug-b these weakncsses the Holy Ghost appealed to them,

and re,"ealed to them that fear Iyas Ihe effect of sin, and thftt the lo\"(, of Go(l in their hearts would cast out fear. ""hen the preaching I,"as going o n we conld see by their lace that th HoI,' Gho t wa convicting them; iu gronp­they won ld land up and confess tbat tan had deceived them, and that they were living­in great hondage beean c of the fear of <leath.

\\'e walked for t'l"cnty-four days, preaching ill every kra31 and group of kraal} ::uul went frOIl1 one chief to the ether.

Apart froll1 faith it will he impossible for all\'­olle to ' ,elie,'e the rcsults, hnt the reader has to hear in mjncl that the tlYen~'-seven carriers were preachers, and most of tl;em piri t-filled Cbri tian ; the Bible sa,·s: " One man of,"ou shall cha e a thousand, "for the Lord fighteth for you." Getting Ihe Lerd to fight makes ali the difference in the resnlt. Nine chiefs and O\'cr hyeh'e hundred people stood lip and con­fessed hO\I" • atan had decei,'ed them and made them to pend their time in \\"Or hipping spirits, etc., keeping thClll in bondage; now they wanted to accept Cod as Father; the Lord Je 11 " Sa"iour; the Holy pirit a comfortcr (helper) and eternal liie as a gift.

The question is, Does J eSllS care that these people arc without a teacher? Yes, "He cares." ThollS~l1d of people are peri h in!; he-­cause it is not possible to get land to build rnissions or school~, and Llatiyc evangelists arc not free to ,,"itl1e and work for Christ.

)[3\' this closed door hinder the "Lord's Comi);gH -: . hall the intcrce sor force it open? "-e are co-'I'orkers I,"ith the Lord, 311<1 it onl,­need faith to get the I.ord to open it,

Gilmour said: "The God of Elijah only ,,"aits lor Elijah 10 call on Him."

HE FAILETH NOT. Du)'!IS.1 )[ IS ! OX T.\TJOX, )(_IT_\T •.

F, SUTER,

O FTEK when I sit down to write for the Pioneer information for ,,"hich OllT

in terested reader are ever on the look-out, the que tion sugaests itself

lO m" mind: " \Yhal ,,"ould be the attitude of the ~postle P alll toward missionary magazines were he here to-cla\"'" He would orobabh' have some criticisll1 to "give; but as I consider his character, as reflected in the records of hi mis­sionary work found in tbe Acts of the Apostles, und iii his Epistles, Illy impression is that he 1Y0uid make full lise of our modern lacilities to make kno,,'n to the church what God \\"a5 doing through bim both mnong Jews und Cen­tiles . How much he says in few words alon~

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th i line in R om . xv . 1~ -24 . T here is no mag­lIi fy ing of deL'lil ; bll t a g lorifying of Clu i t. He glu rie throngh J esus Christ in t1105e th ing that pertain un to God , and does not dare to speak of any of th ose tbing " 'hieh Christ had not wrough t by him , to make the Gen tile ohed ient by " ord and deed . T h is i our ohject also, . 'to make the Gen tiles obcdi~nt by " ord 311 <1 deed ." T o tbis end " e labour a11d pray , all" by H is g race cndure al1 that th is involv" : allli jll -t wha t th, t i it su fli ceth that He kn o" s.

' ~ In journeying oft/ J accuratel y cxpr 'scs my ex perience here frOID year to year. During the fi rst ix montlr of t be " ea r nearh e" en ' one o f the out- tations had - been visited, it;­\'oIving IU3n y journeys o n ho~eback and by rail , by tbe form er method sollie 700 miles ,,'ere covered, and h,' the lat tcr 1,460. ~ IY a t tention i heing g i\-ell - ahno t cn tireh- to €11de:,lvollr to buil d li p the 11ati,'e Chr istian -, ' a11d both at the central tat ion and a t each o f the on t-stati ons it has b"en my delight to " 'itnes5 their e"ident joy in, :md rd rc bmcnt through , the Word. :'11:.­regret is that I aTlt able to spend so little time at each out-SL"l ti on, on ly two, three or four days at a time. T he multiphca tion o f these out­stations is most important, for e" ery ne,,· ou t­. tation is as the li ghting o f another lam p to . hine in to the u rroundi ng heathen darknc~ .

T oo much attention cannot be g i" en to the hnildi ng up of the :-;-ati ,'c Christ ians, for ,,·hen the~- hm'c g rasped t l'e truth they can pu t it to their O,,~t people as " ery fe w E uropean mis. iOI1-ari es can , and they are the most effect ive eyan ­gelists to the heathen . A the re ult of the preaching o f the e ,'angelist the nnmher of be­Ii e, ·er. i increasing rapidly. O f course, the work is not ,,; tltOut its disappointments and conseq uen t sorro w , d ue to the backsliding of some who , like Demos, 10"" this present wor ld; hut t his i by no mean pecul iar to ,Uric".

The foJ]o" 'ing out-stations h a,'e been visi ted : Inqanu)a, Gnlkunya, lkakama , C"ulsikazi , Ip ­"avwin i , hW3 Bomoo. , 11 o f "hich are "i thin it thirty -mile radius of Dumisa . AI,o. itlCl1tbe amI ~tolla o n the nor1h coast. about 117 mile fro l11 Dllmi a, bu t mo t accessihle . as the rail­way b ring' you \\;thin nine miles of the-n. Also _l.manza mbula. ,oout 156 miles from Dumi J. The work at th i. I~ st-named out­stati on is pa rticuh rly f ttcou raj!ing. Out o f a membersh ip of 77 . t wo h~<1 died , one had been transferred to anoth r r church elsc" 'here , and olth' fonr \\ ere reportEd 2 110 t wa lking consi tenth' . F onr ne,,' members were admitted to dtllrch fellowsh ip .

:'II a,· J take a(h'~ntage of thi opportunity to thank a ll who h elp to!!ether h,- prayer, and te sa~' how deeply conscious I ha,'e been o f the

enabling o f the : pirit ooth in tbe s tudy and l XPDsitt{)il o f the Won!. A nd I '\"Quid not for­get to acknowlc<lge the goodu e of God in t he pjlysica l trt:!1gdl gI\'cn . ]"r111~r "' H e faild h not. "

FIRST LUCHAZE CONVERTS. A. \ \ -. B.UJ~EY .

June 5th , 1916 .

n _\ ST nig h t, unday, a fter th e Stilt ct service , in wh ich 1 had consi dc:rable liber ty and blessing ill telling of the bri ngi ng o f tbe lam b for sin-offering

by th e sinning Je ,,' of old, and of J ohll pointing cut J esu as " the Lamb of God t ha t taketh a" 'ay th e sin o f the " 'orld ," and in pre ing home n t bem tb e one " 'ay of escape from tbe guilt ant1 power of s.in uow, Chiyund u, Iny Jj rst A friean c01J\'er t, came to ute to a~- that a young L uchaze man o f aoout 25 \\'ho ha been here with a yo unger brother for medical trea t­ment , had decided for Ch rist, H e 5..1.id tbe young fello,,- was <Iuite earnest, aJld he bad told him to corne to me in the morning. H e came , and his yotmger brother, the patien t, and a ' tother young man. and all three made a st rong, clean-cu t confession of their fa ith . The, ' said th ey had absolutdy and finally broken ",{tit the old life, and were for Christ alone henceforward. They were jn t leaving for home, a couple of day ' nway ; 1 gave thent some instntct ion. the tlati ve " 'orh r and J pran ... l with them, and they set on t. I " a mnch in p rayer for the elder yotmg llIan last evening , and run a ured that he i - genuine. I did nOl know of the other 1\\'0 unti l tbis mornin g , hu t the second, a lad of about eighteen , scem equally s trong in his tanc!. The sick lad is aoout fo ur­teen, and has had a long , hard pull , but is b:-tter , and seem bright. V ou ca n imagine wha t a joy thi i to me. T be elder " oung man i one of tbe fin est built, handsomest , and mo t intelligent Luchaze tha t I have seen. T hc\" come from a Lllchaze conlnlun lh · on ;] branch of t he Lu io. The whole camp' eemed electrifi ed last nig h t by tbe blessed even t . There " 'cre songs of praise and joy by the camp-fire of the nati,' e worker , and the entire a tmosphere scemed changed . I was g lad of the part that Chiyundu had in the m atter. H e is the lad that J sen t a,m v in disg race from the Lalahtta chool, oon after my return from . outh A frica in 1913. There eems ~ fitness th at the fir t }[bunda cOlwert in ou r work should brin~ in the fir t Lucha7.e COII\'ert, or. a t lea t. bring the ne'c of his decision to me_ C hin nICl n must hm'e a stand ing a a Chri . tian among these people , or the young man won l.; 11 0 t have gone to him ahout th e matter.

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Sou tb .africa <.Peneral ~ission.

Cont~nts ror OCfobu. T he Editor's Leiter. L ove will fiod a Way. By M . F­.. Inasmuch." By L. N. Hamilton.

How a Fly helped a Missionary.

The Rainbow's Message. By Phyllis E. Sharp.

The S.A.G..M. Bible Competition.

Scriplure Portions lor October, 191 6 .

........ lIIuSlraUons.

Mr. E dgar C. F aithlull. Mrs. H arris and Class of Boys.

T alawosi and Josephine_

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