V HO L M A N BE N T L E Y

D D
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, UNI V ER S I TY O F G LA S G O W

L I FE
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AND L A BO U R S

BY HI S W I D OW

H . M . BE N TL EY

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A ND
X TEEN TH ER ILL US T RA T I ON S

L O N DO N

HE RE L IG I O U S TRA C T SO C IET Y
S T R E ET ; a: 6 5 S T PA UL S C H UR C HY A R D
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D D
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, U N I V ER S I T Y OF GL AS G O W

TH E

L I FE AND L A BO U R S

A CO NGO PI O N E E R

BY HI S W I DO W

H . M . BE N TL E Y

WI TH A PH O T O G R A V U R E PO R T R A I T M A P , , AND

SI X T EE N O TH ER I L L U S T R A T I ON S

LO ND O N

T HE R ELI G IO U S T RA C T SO C I ET Y
4 O R
B UV E I E S T R EE T ; 8; 6 5 ST . A
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S C H U RC H Y A R D ,
E C
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T was wi t h no he s i t an cy t h a t I c o mplied
lit t le
wi t h t h e r eques t t o w ri t e a n ac c o u nt o f my
de ar hu s b a n d s life Th ere were s o m a ny r e as o n s
’
.

t h at m a de it alm o s t i m p o s s i b le fo r me t o des c ribe

wi t h a ny fa i rn e s s th e ch a rac t e r a n d w o rk o f s u c h
a m an a s he was t h at I s h ra n k fro m t h e t a sk
,
.

But whe n fi n a lly m o r e t h an o n e fr ie n d u rged

, ,

it up o n me I fel t in a way c o n s t ra i n ed t o do it if
, ,

b ut t o sh o w h o w mu c h m ay be a chieved by a n y
o n e m a n if o n ly he be willi n g t o pl a ce him s elf
.

u n rese r vedly in t h e h an ds o f G o d t o be used by ,

H im an d fo r H is gl ory .

O n e g r e at difficul t y t h a t c o n fro n t ed me at t h e
o n se t was t h a t I h ad n eve r m et my husb a n d
u nt il t h e ye a r o f our m arri age H appily I fou n d
.

t wo di aries o f t h e ye a rs 1 8 7 8 a nd 1 8 7 9 whi c h ,

h a ve helped me ve ry mu c h in my ac c o u n t o f t h os e
ye ars ; a n d t he s e wi t h h is m o t he r s re c o lle c ti o ns
,
’

a n d t h e le t t e rs o f fr ie n d s h a ve e n a bled me t o
,

give a n ac c o u n t o f t h e way in whi c h he was

t ra i n ed by G o d fo r his g re a t life w o rk - A n o the r
.

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i nc on ve n ie nce was t h at his p r ivat e c orresp on de n ce

h ad mo s t ly bee n left behi n d in C o n go in t h e ,

exp ec t at i o n o f r e t u rn i n g t he r e a ft e r a r e as o na ble

a bse n ce o n fu rl o ugh .

M y g ra t eful t h a n ks are he reby o ffe red t o my

husb a n d s e arly c o w o rke r an d fr ie n d t h e Rev
’
-
, .

H E C rudgi ng t on for th e i n cide n t s which he

. .
,

se n t me o f t h e e arly ye a rs wi t h o u t whi c h ,

it w ould h a ve bee n imp o s s ible fo r me t o h a ve

give n any de t a ils o f thei r disc o ve ry o f S t a n ley
P oo l .

The re is a t e n de n cy in s o me ci rcles t o l o o k
d o w n up on M i s s i o n a ries as m en wh o h ave
.

a d o p t ed t his li fe bec au s e t hey h ad no p ro spe ro us

o u t l o o k at h o me Thi s ide a is bei n g dispelled

.

by t h e m any rec o rds o f t h e ac hieveme n t s o f t h e

b rave and dev o t ed he ro es o f t h e C ro s s and ,

H o lm a n B e n t ley s life s r ec o rd de s e rves t o

’ ’

ran k a m o ngs t t h e highes t o n a cc o u n t o f wh a t

,

h e was as well as wh at he did

, Wi t h his .

i nt e nse e arn es t n ess his p o we r s o f c o n ce n t rat i on

, ,

his sc o rn for s l o ve n ly w o rk he migh t h ave ,

e arn ed success in a n y c alli n g A frie n d wh o .

k n ew h im fro m e arlie s t childh o o d w ri t es o f him : ,

H e k new n o fa ilu res ; a n d all D r B e n tley s

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le tt e rs received aft e r h is h o me c all ar e u nan i

,
-
,
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m o us in t hei r t e s t im o n y t o his gift s a nd g races .

Y et whe n i n fo rmed t h at t h e U n ive rsi t y o f

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Gl a s go w p ro p o s ed t o c o n fe r o n him th e h o n o rary
deg ree o f D D his su rp r ise was s o g re at t h at in
. .
, ,

w r i t i ng t o a c o lle ague he exp res s es a fear t h a t ,

t hey will s mile t h e an n ou n ceme n t Th at

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at .

frie n d w ri t i ng a ft e r h is h o me c all s ay s : O n
,
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-
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t h e c o n t ra ry we wh o k new him be s t fel t h o w

,

w o rt hy he was o f s uch a n h o n o u r .
’

H is was n o fa lse humili t y fo r m o des t y was ,

o n e o f his s pe c i al c h ara c t e r is t ics Aft e r D r . .

Be n tley s de at h a fr ie n d in a le tt e r o f c o n d ole n ce
’

w r i t es : H e wa s m o s t be au t iful in h is c h ara c t e r
o f ch a rmi n g co u rt e s y a n d m o de s t y O n e w o uld .

n eve r gue s s fr o m h is m a n n e r h o w g r e a t t hi n g s

G o d h ad w ro ugh t t h ro ugh him Pe rh a ps t his .

expl ai n s h o w H e c o uld s o w ork by him .

’

F ro m all mi s s i o n field s we he ar t h e c ry C o me
o ve r a n d help us Th e fields eve rywhe re a r e
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whi t e u n t o t h e h arve s t a nd t h e w o rke rs s o few , .

I s t he re a n y c alli n g s o n o ble s o Ch ris t — like as ,

t h at of bei n g as P a ul c a ll s it a mb a ss ad ors fo r
‘
, ,

C h ris t ? P a t he t ic speeches a re s o me t imes m ade

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abou t t h e mis s i o n a r ies l ayi n g t hei r b on e s o n ‘

a fo reig n s h o re ( a s if it m at t e red wh er e t h e
’

b o n e s a re l a id ) and t he re is mu c h t a lk o f t h e
,

‘
s ac r ifi c e s m ade I s t hi s t h e way t o rega rd it ?
’
.

I s t hi s wh at H e dese r ve s Wh o died fo r us ?
‘
Wh o ca n l oo k t h e M as t e r in t h e face an d talk
of
“ s ac rifice D r Be n t ley as ks in o n e o f his
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e a rly le t t e rs I n ano t he r le t t e r he w r i te s
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wish t h o se at h o me k n ew wh a t a g ra n d wide
d oo r G o d h as o pe n ed i nt o d ar k Ce n t ral Afri c a I .

wi s h t h at t hey c o uld u n de rs ta n d t h at M issi o nary

life eve n o u t he re is mu c h g ra n de r w o rt h ie r
, , , ,

t h a n a ny t hi n g t hey are likely t o do a t h o me

’
.

I t is l a rgely t he n in t h e h o pe t h a t t hi s v olume
, ,

m ay be a s t imulu s t o o t he r s t o be fo ll o we rs o f
,

H o lm an Be n t ley eve n as he was o f Ch ris t th at

, ,

t h e sa c red t as k o f w r i t i n g it h as bee n u n de rta ke n .

I f I m a y a dd a pe rs o n al w ord it w o uld be t o,

u rge t h os e wh o are free t o go t o c o n s ide r t h e

,

c all t h a t c o me s t o t hem in t hi s b o o k a n d t o , ,

qu o t e o n c e m o re t h e w o rd s o f D r Be n tley him s elf

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,

s t r ive e ar n e s t ly t o be a n d do wh at t hey will

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to , ,

wi s h t o h a ve bee n a n d d on e whe n t hey re view

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t h e p a s t in t h e ligh t o f t h e E t e rn al Ci t y
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H . M A R GO BE N L E Y T .
 C O N TE N TS

PRE FA C E

CHAP T E R I

EA RLY LIFE AN D H OM E INFLUENCE S

Bi r flz a n a fia r en i a
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ge—E ar l
Playi ng a t Cnafiel
y ye ars—
‘ ’

A n ela er or oi ner s pas t—Pa ren ta l i nfluen ce— S onool days

' ’

—A m aker of r om a n ce Go on , Ben lley —Ba si n ess

life Con v er s z on —D esi r e lo oe a m i ss i on a ry—A oa n fé
'

cler k s
’
r ea di ng CfiZfl C/Zt m enz oer snip a n d a cti v i ti es
’

T/zz n é s f tlze N ea r er E a s l a n d lea r n s A r a oi c Tr a cl

'

cli s ln
'

ou ti on —A n ev en ul
lf m i ss i on ary m eeti ng—A ca ll

a nd a deci s i on —A ccefi lea for ’

l/z e Congo

CHAP T E R II

THE V OYA GE O UT

Pr epa r a ti on s -
0uzfi l ‘
Va ledi oi ory m eeti ng S a i ls fr om
L i v erpool —S ea -s i ck n ess a n d [l
i e lem on ca r e —A l M adei r a
—Spa n z sn ai s lzes—A m i dn ig/z z i n ei aen i —Kr oo ooys
'
’ ‘ ’

Wor ki ng a t n a utica l as tr on omy—Af ter —

r r es a li s —A r rz 7/a l
‘
’

Ba n a n a m e Congo—A kn a n a i ne s ca m on tize
,
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at

wa ter s A Congo ca ta s t r o plze Afippopoza m i

‘
Cr ooo
di les tlzez r a ttacks Tne f [ye
‘

cas e o
 C o n t en t s

CHAP T E R III

TO S AN SA LVA D OR
PAG E

Up th e r i v er —jour n eyi ng by la n d—D ifi culti es a n d h a r dsh ips

R a i n -s tor m s a n d th ei r r es ults—A r r i v a l a t S a n S a lv a dor
Th e h i s tory of a ag—Ki ng a n d Cour t —A r oya lh ea r er
fl
an dpofi ula r doub t—H ouse-b ui ldi ng —A Congo h om e a n d
i ts f u r n i tur e

CH A P T E R IV

EAR LY D A Y S
S t on e h ouses —]n dus tr i a l womb—Ben t ley s ’
r es our c
ef uln ess
Ben tley m edi ca l m i ss i on a ry—Ben tle ex a mple
’
as a ys
Th e s er v a n t of a ll Th e deli ca te on e — S tee,b , th e
r es tor er —A s tr a nge bed Th e clock a n d th e s leeper
H ea lth t r oubles Ben tley a nd th e Congo la nguage
—A s b i r a ti on s a n d en dea v our s—S ett li ng th e a lph a bet
,

L ong h our s —B ut s tea dy fi r ogr ess Th e i n ter i or bech on s

—E a r ly a ttempts a t exjfilor a ti on —A ttempts to go u?
cou n t r —Ben t le a n d th e n a ti v es — H i s i n ter cou r se wi th
y y
th e ch i ldr en —H i s h oves f or th em Th e s tory of N lern v o
H ow th e ch i ldr en lov ed h i uz Ta sh s a n d t a lks —R es ults

CHAP T E R V
TO S T AN LEY P OO L

Th e new r oute—A s ta r t i n a de Th e p oss i b i li ty of bei ng ea ten

Tr oub les wi th ca r r i ers Two v ery r em a r /ea blef eti sh es
A cloud of b utterfl i es —N ews by dr um —H os ti le p r e
a ti on s —A n a r r ow es ca e S h w a ter —Ben tle
pa r p or t of y
to th e r es cu e—R a i n s tor m s a n d n a t i v e i nfer en ces
- Th e
Pool a t las t—Ah os ti le r ecep ti on a t N s h a s h a —Perfect
w
‘

s —A b u le-ca ll a nd i ts r es ult—A t th e mer cy

f r i en d g f
o

Nga L i eni a Ben tley s da r i ng—A n d as pea ce-m a ker

— ’

[J i s lov e for th e people— “A n d i n ter cour se wi th th em

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CHAPTE R v1

MA NY AN GA
PAG E

Ba ch fr om th e Pool—A h ea r ty welcom e—[n tr igu es of th e

Por tuguese fi r z es ts Th e h i ng s observ a ti on s—Ali s r etor t
'
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— —
Pr epa r a ti on s for Th e Pool R ecr ui ts n eeded Th e con
di ti on s of th e wor h —Buyi ng a s i te Wh er e a r e th e
pgi s ? T h e A I A a.n d. i t s w o r b — R ela ti on s wi th
Belgi an ofi ci a ls A dv a n tage of th e Belgi a n E xpedi ti on
fl

—Th e a dv a n tages of ‘ God’ s wh i te m en —S erv i ce to th e

E xpedi ti on —Ben tley as s urgeon —[n th e tr a de di s tr i cts
Bent ley s cooln ess — J Ki lli n h en t —A n igh t v i si t
’
g t e s c

fr om a h ifip o — M eet i ng w i th H M S to n le.

—
y A wea ry
.

m iss i on a ry

CHAPT E R V II

‘
IN OURNEYIN G S
J O FT ’

Th e n eed o f f
r ei n or cem en ts —D anger s for w m en
ne Th e
ch a n ces o f th ei r bei ng ea ten p
u Tr a nspor t wor h A -

—
a

Per i lous r oa dA M ov i ng s ta t i ons Th e da nger s of r i v er

g
na v i — H om e cri ti ci s m A pr ov i d n ti a l esc pe
a ti on w
e a

A tryi ng m a r ch —S uccessful wor h —L ayi ng foun d ti ons a

—N a tz ve opi ni on—A n d na ti ve pa ti ent
’

CHAP T E R V I I I
‘
A PEOPLE IN DA RKNESS ’

Th e con di ti on f
o th e fi eofile Wi tch cr aft—I ts v i cti m s Th e
poi s on -tes t Th e con dem n ed s ix Un av a i li ng i n ter ven
ti on —A journey i n h a s te —jus t
ga lla n t i n ti m e —A
r escue Th e cas e of Ta wa n longo N egoti a ti ons Th e —
p o i son - u
c p a t la s t E scap e— —
Fa m i ly feuds Ben tley as —
a r bi tr a tor Th e pr ob lem of p olyga my Th e a tti t ude of
th e wom en Th e on ly on e N ot a bi t of i t
—D r un h en n ess —
Sl a v e7y Gr eed -
S oci a l organi s a ti on
 C o n t en t s

CHAPT E R 1x

AR T HIN GT ON AT LAS T
PAG E

m s —H a pi n ess o
D esi r efor r ei n or cem e
f p f th e wor h Th e v as t
r egi on s l i
y g p
n o en — mil
d r Co m ber i ll T h e Pool— A »

welcom e—M om en ts of per i l Th e Belgi a n E x

.

Ch i e fs
’

p ed i ti on a n d th e n at i v es —A v i s i t to M a h i to Ca rr i er s —
a n d th ei r wages Th e Baya ns i —[n gui r i es for wom en
—
m i ssi on a r i es Ben tley s v i ews
’
Th e m i ss i on a ry s wife
’

CHAP T E R X

FIR ST FUR LO UGH , AN D M A NY LA BOUR S

L ea v es f or h om e —A r r i v al—I nfluen ce of h i s pleas —M r .

A r th i ngton ’
s h el
p Th e type of m en wa n ted Th e s tr a i n
of depu ta ti on wor h Congo poli ti cs —N ewspaper wor h
Th e s tr a i n on Ben tley —M eets h is f u t ur e wif e— Obs ta cles
ov er com e—M a r r i age—Ben tle — ’
y s loss f g
o s i h t A h it a n d
h er s tory—A n ew a ss i s ta n t—A n i ngen i ous dev i ce—A
bli n d m a n s wm ti ng—L ong h our s —D i cti on a ry m a h i ng
’ ’ '

—A bs tr a ct ter ms Th e difficu lty of a ccur a te r enderi ng

“ Pro of-r ea di ng i n N or m a n dy

CHAP TE R XI

TO THE FIELD ONCE M ORE

—
Pr epar i ng for th e jour n ey L osses by th e A r th i ngton fir e
A h i n d s ugges ti on —H ow m et Vi s i t to M alv er n —Th e
a cci den t by th e wa —Ben t l p Th e v a lue of Congo
y s h el
’

y e

ex p er i ence —A n ex er i m en t on
fi h i ms el
f —Ben tley as doctor
a n d s ur
geon
—I n qui r i es i n to s lee
v g si ch n ess
i n -
Va ledi c
tory m eeti ng—S a i ls g f a ain or th e Congo —A n i n teres ti ng
fi nd at L i s bon —A r r i v a l at Ba n a n a —A n a r bi t r a r
y
U! ? th e r i v er —S ta ti on s a s s ign ed—A r r i v a l a t
Gov er n or
Wa th en —A dom es ti c i n ci den t Th e r i v a l cooh s Ufi th e
Kwa ngu Th e n eed of b i oneer war h expla i ned Wi th
A
 C o n t en t s xv
PA G E

f
som e o i ts
p er i ls —[n ch a rge a t S ta n ley Pool S ca rci ty —
f pp
o s u li es —Ben t ley s
’
i n cuba tor —A t wor h on th e Congo
Th e gr a m m a r com leted—S om e h om e er i ti
gr a m m a r p
ci s m a n d B en tly s r e
e l —
p y I ti n er
’
a ti ng
—A t L em ba —Fev er
aga i n —But v i s i tor s a ls o Th e
f j
v a lue o
our n ey th e
Per s on l d a l
a et i s —E m i n P a s h a exp edi ti on — lts p u rpose

Th e b a by a s a m i s s i on a r
y
— N lem v o a n d A h i t —P lan s

an d pr ospects

CHAPTE R XI I

UP THE RIVE R

Pr epar a ti on s —M r . dea th — S ugges ti on s as to th e

Com ber
’
s

war h —A m ong s tr a nger s Th e tr i umph s of th e b a by

Up to th e la h e—A fi r e a n d v olun teer fi r em en —E xa m i n
i ng th e la h es —A n a n x i ous Ch i ef— Fi r s t lesson s a b ou t

God and death —R etu r n to lr eb o —

Tr i ba l wa r Th e
wa rr i or s pa r ade—A Ch i ef
’
and —
h is m edi ci n e m a n —Pea ce
’

—N ea r th e Pi gmy coun try Th e su pfi ly of la bou r —A

—
f N ews of dea th of M r Wh i tley a nd M r
can n i ba l Ch i e . .

Br iggs —A Ch i ef s s on Th e M i ss i on s losses —S ur v ey of
’ ’

th e fi eld a n d i ts opfi or tu n i ti es— A r r a ngem en ts of th e

war h —ffi s o wn speci a l field—fi ts ceaseles s a cti v i ty

CHAPT E R XI I I

SETT LE S AT WA T HEN
S ettled at Wa th en—Bapti s m of N lem v o—H i s m ar ri age
D own to th e coa s t—ln peri l—A t Un der h i ll—S ta ti on
blem s —A t M u h i m v i h a —Pr o r ess a t S n S a lv a dor
p ro g a

Ba ch elor life ga i n —Th e war h a t Wa th en A cr oss

a -

coun try t o S a n S a lv a dor —A n a ngr Ch i e — Th e h or r i d

y f
th i ng — E v en wa ter den i ed —
’
A comfor tless n igh t
Kin der h ea r ts —A wi lli ng h ea r er —D ea th of N lem v o s ’

m oth er —M or e i ti n er ati on Wom en th e h ea r t of a

coun try S m a llfi ox
-
epi dem i c —Jt s r av ages- G r a ti tude
 C o n t en t s
PAG E

for v a cci n a ti on —H ous e-bui ldi n

g Ch r i s tm as celebr a ti on s

Th e Ch ur ch at Wa th en —R ules of di scioli n e —Th e

n a ti v e wor h er s —N ew wor h for a m i s s i on a ry s wife
’
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CHAPT E R XI V

THE M AN AN D HI S MET H OD S

pla ns a nd v i e ws On edu ca ti ng th e n a ti v es —E speci a lly

th e ch i ldr en —E v a ngeli s a ti on at fir s t pr eferr ed i n th e
ea r l
y s tage
—L a rge sch ools v Per s on a l i n flu n c e e ov er th e
—L
.

i n di v i dua l a ter dev elofim en t o f v iew Th e boa r di ng

sch ool def en ded— H ow wor h ed— M or a l i nfluen ce—Boys
in i ti n er a ti on wor h Th ei r du ti es —N o ca s te feeli ng
en cour a
ged Th e q ues ti on of tea ch i ng E ngli s h —D uti es
of n a ti v e Ch r i s ti a n s — Poli c
ff y o oun di ng s ub -s ta ti on s

Ben tley s v i ew—D i v i s i on of r espon s i b li ty—E n cour age

’

m en ts Tr a n s la ti ona l wor b Va lue of Cr i ti ci s m —N eed

of car e— E x a mples of difi culti es Th e Br eth r en a nd ‘ ’

our L or d—A di v i s i on of opi n i on —D eci s i on d er r ed

ef
Th e wor d Ch ur ch Ca lled — Pr oper n a m es —S tyle of
‘

th e Congo N ew Tes ta m en t—N o use for D og—

‘ ’
Congo
A dv i ce to a colleague—Pr i n ciples of tr a ns la ti on —B i s tr i
button of booh s Th e q ues ti on of fiaymen t

CHAP T E R XV

MI SSION POLICY AN D PER SONAL DEA LIN GS

Si tes a n d h oldi ngs —Mr h ea lth —A touch i ng letter
. Com ber s ’

- D el i ca te ta s h s Th e q ues ti on of th e ag—A n d o f fl
billeti ng tr oops
’

H ea lth of m i ss i on a r i es Wom en
wor h er s—A llowa n ces—N a ti v e dweller s n ea r s ta ti on s
L etter to a n a ti v e con v er t —Per s on a l dea li ng—L etter to
a t r a der
— To To a f r i en d i n dou b t—ln defen ce
r i en d
f a

of th e m i ss i on a ry/ s ofi i ce To on e un der tr i a l
 C o n t en t s xvii

CHAP T E R XV I

ITINERA TIN G : PRIVILEGES AN D PERIL S

a e wa rfar e—
PAG E

I ti ner a ti on p ex — S
er i en ces
a v g Plea s for m or e
a bout jes us — Th e Wh i te L a dy s ’
R a v ages of eleph a n ts ’

welcom e—A —A n oppor tun i ty~A s i ch Ch i ef

con tr a s t

D em an di ng th e wi tch —Th e m ess age of sa lv a ti on

Pr ayi ng a t las t—A n oth er pa ti en t— If h e di ed th ey
‘

Th e case of th ef owl—R ecov ery b ut n ot

,

would s h oot m e ,

r a ti tude—A la n tern lectur e to s a v ages O God wh er e

g ,

a re Y ou —Figh ti ng aga i n Th e da nger s of gi v i ng

m edi ci n e—H ear er s a n d an i n q ui r er —D i s cou r agem en t
A welcom e — A n obs ti n a te gui de—I n q ui r i es after f r i en ds
Wh a t h av e you com e for —
M a n a n d wife Congo —
v ie ws of m on oga my—A v i s i t for b i dden —A pr ov i den ti a l
s h ower—D a nger s—A n a r m ed dr un h a r d —A h as
ty r etr ea t
—Th r ough th e jungle

CHAP T E R XV I I

PR OGRESS , ENCO UR A GEMEN T , AN D T RIAL S

Tr ansla ti on worh un der z dfii culti es—A
re for m er s wi sh for
’

sch ools—Th e Congo S ta te a n d M uh i to Th e S ta te a n d —

th e E ngli sh la nguage Th e S cr ib tur es for wh i te m en
M r Ben tley s r etur n Tea ch i ng th e b oys telegr aphy A
’ —
m a r tyr —A dem a n d —
.

na ti v e for tea ch er s A v olun teer

A con ess i on o
f ff a i th —L i nger i ng s av agery—A v i cti m o f
ItVi tch cr af t Vis i t f r om th e Gov er n or Th e i mpor ta
ti on of a lcoh ol—S ch ool wor k - lts v a lue —M r s Ben tley’ s
—
.

i lln ess Mr Ben tley needi ng r es t—A v er n acula r m aga

z i n e—
.

Pr oposa ls for a loca l com m i ttee —N ew s ta ti on s a n d

li ngui s ti c wor h —A n xi eti es a t Wa th en Vi s i t of D r
H a r ry Gui n ness—D ea th of M r Per cy Com ber —S ta r ti ng
.

—A r r i v
.

for ur lough
f al i n E ngla n d S ufi r th e li ttle
ch i ldr en
 xviii C o n t en t s

CHAP T E R XVI I I

T HIRD PER I OD IN C ON G O
—S
PAG E

Tr a nsla ti on f
o th e N ew Tes ta m en t fi n i s h ed ai ls f or th e
Congo —lti n e ti on —A
aga i n ra s u dden r etur n —A n d a

s udden n ee d—A compli m en t to th Th epr ogr ess

e M i ss i on
th e sch ool— Ch ur ch fi n a n ce— Ch ur ch pr ogr es s —M or e
of
a ccess to th e p eople Wa th en Un i v er s i ty ’ —Ch a nges at

Tungwa — Fa te of th e feti s h i m age—Fev er on ce m or e

D ea th f
o M r D a v i es —[1
. 0s ch ar a cter a n d s er v i ces
'

—M o re

Wor h Z o m b o—M r s Ben tley s ’

i ti n er a ti on in r etu r n
—
.

h om e Away jou r n ey i n Congo—D ea th of M r

r ai l .

Pople—Pr ess ur e of war h —M or e wi tch m ur der s —M r .

Ben tley a n d th e m agi s tr a cy— G ood n ews f r om Tu ngwa

H om e a n xi eti es —M or e h elp n eeded—Pr epa res to r etur n
-

h om e

C HAP T E R XIX

LA S T DA Y S AND H OME CA LL -

Ben tley s ’
r etur n h om e Vi si ts th e M edi ter r a nean —lll-h ea lth
Y ou are
f ar
gon e in ph th i s i s
’ —Bournem outh —Th e
N or dr a ch Tr ea tm en t Pion eer in g on th e C on go
R es tor ed h ea lth —S a i ls aga i n f or th e Congo —R ene wed
en ergy —A s i ch colleague —Ben tley t o th e r es cue Old
Tes ta m en t t r a n s la ti on War h at h igh pr ess ur e —H ome
on ce m or e —Recei v e s degr ee of D D at Glasgow
—Pl
. .

D ep uta ti on or h a ns a nd colla fise Th e h om e

ca ll —Fun er a l ser v i ce

CHAPT E R XX
RECO LLECT IONS AND T ESTIMONIE S
S or r ow on th e Congo f —L etter sE xecu r om Boys — Congo
t i v e Com m i ttee s r esolu ti on —L etter fr om M r Wee/es
’
.

A n d fr om M r Bell Tr i b u tes fr om m a ny s our ces

.

A PP E N D I X

IN D E X
xx Li st of I llu s t r a t i o n s
I . Boy s S W I N GS A T WA T H E N 2 P LA Y I N G
’
. .

M BE L E 3 BoY s BR ASS BAND To fa cepage 2 6 8

’
. .

THE T R ANSLA T O R A T W O RK—D R . BE N T L EY ,

N LE Mvo, AN D NE KA KA
D ON Z WA U M . D . N LE M vo . On e of Dr .

Ben tley s ea r li es t boys , fter wa r ds h is

’
a

as s i s ta n t tr a n s la tor

S C H OO L C HA P E L W A T H E N ,

I N TE R I O R O F S C H OO L C HA P E L W A T H EN
,

H O LM AN B E N T L E Y IN KI B O K O L O

A P I ECE OF TH E C O N G O ST ATE RA I LWA Y

TH E R EV . H . E . C RU D G I N GT O N
M RS H . O L M AN BE N TLEY
I . TE A C H E R S W O RK I N G U ND E R THE WA T H E N
C H UR C H B UT N O T S U PP O RT E D B Y THE
,

BM S . . TW E N T Y O F TH E TWE N T Y
. 2 .

PI V E D E A C O NS O F TH E W A T H E N C H U R C H

MAP O F THE C ON GO
 R EV . WILLIA M AN D

MR S . BE NT LEY ,

Fa t h er an d [lloth er o
f H olm a n
Ben t ley .

Th e R ev Wi lli a m Ben tley, Ba pti s t

M i m s ter at S udb u zy ,
1 85 3 Ryde, I sle

of Wzgh t , 1 86 7 , fle wa
a z r ds at L ough

ton , EsseA .

[To fa ce page I .
W . HO L M A N BE N TL E Y

Ch a p t er I

E a r ly L i fe and Hom e I n fl u e n c es

[f a ugh t f pr oph ecy

o be m i n e
Th ou wi lt n ot li ve i n va in .
’

HEN O c t o be r 3 0
on 1 85 5 th e good , ,

a n d ki n d l
y B ap t i s t m I m s t er at S udbu ry ,

Suffo lk ga ve G o d t h a n k s fo r t h e n ew life whi c h

,

h ad c o me t o h is h o me he lit t le t h o ugh t t o h o w,
/

m a n y t h e w o rk o f Willi am H ol m a n Be n t ley
'

w o uld be c o me a ble s s i n g F ro m a le tt e r w ri t t e n .
,

m a n y ye a rs a ft e r it is c le ar t h a t it wa s alway s h is
’

h o pe t h a t his s o nw o uld b e c alled t o t h e m i n i s t ry

o f t h e W o rd in whi c h he him s elf fo u n d h is
,

‘
gr e at es t del igh t
‘

.
’

H ol ma n s fathe r was t h e Rev Willi a m Be n tley

’
.
,

wh o ca me fro m t h e M i dlan d s a n d was edu c a t ed ,

fo r t h e M i n is t rya t t h e B a p t i s t C o llege a t S t ep n ey ,

du ri n g t h e p res ide n c y O f D r A n gu s H is fi rs t
'

. .

pas t o rat e was a t Sudbu r y S uffo lk whe re he , ,

s e tt led in 1 8 5 3 I n 1 8 5 4 he m a rr ied t h e wid o w

.

I
2
2 E a r ly L i fe and Hom e I n fl u en c e s

of th e Rev
Pie rs E dmu n d B u t le r y o u n ge s t
.
,

d augh t e r o f J o h n H o lm an o f Sudbu ry H is , .

mi n i s t ry in Sudbu ry whe r e he was g re a t ly ,

bel o ved wa s mu c h ble s s ed a n d t h rough o u t h is

, ,

life he re ta i n ed m a n y v alued fr ie n d s a m o n g s t h is
fi rs t p ast o rat e .

H o lm an s e a rly ye a rs in Sudbu ry p ass ed wi t h o u t

’

t h e o c c u rr e n ce o f a n y t hi n g s pe c i ally n o t ew o r t hy .

N ei t he r h is fat he r n or a n y o n e el s e s eem s eve r t o

h ave a n t i c ip at ed a fu t u r e o f di s t i n c t i o n fo r t h e lad ,

o f wh o m t h e u n ive r sa l im r es s io n was t h a t he
'

p
was a g oo d b o y an d deligh t ful c o mp a ny He
‘ ’
.

wa s s o full o f s pi r i t s a n d fu n t h a t n o o n e was eve r

dull whe n he wa s a b o u t A n o ld s e r v a n t o f t h e
.

fa mily w ri t e s : I well reme mbe r h o w he w o uld

‘

pl a y at Ch a pel o n a wet S u n d ay a ft e r n o o n H e .

c o uld n o t p r e ac h wi t h o u t a pulpi t a n d t his was ,

arra n ged by pu t t i n g a t a ble c l o t h o ve r t wo c h a i rs ,

a n d woe be t ide u s if we s miled a t h is imi t at io n o f

h is fat he r I t wa s ve ry r e a l t o him a n d he w o uld

.
,

l o o k v e r y s o be rly a t h is b ro t he rs if t hey did n o t

a
p y full a tt e n t i o n Whe n a l o n e wi t h a n
.
y o n e he

w o uld t alk s e r i o u s ly a b o u t t h e B ible a n d g o o d

t hi n g s fa r bey o n d h is ye ars Truly t h e b oy is
’ ‘
.
, ,

fa t he r t o t h e m a n
’
.

B ei n g t h e elde s t o f t h e mi n i s t e r s fam ily ’

H o lma n was eve n whe n ve ry y o u n g s o me t ime s

, ,

u t i n ch a rge o f h is t h ree y o u n ge r b r o t he rs an d
p
 W i se an d L o v i n g P a r en t s 3

his m o t he r h as O ft e n rem ar ked t h a t s h e n eve r fel t

a n y a n xie t y whe n H o lm a n wa s l o o ki n g a ft e r t h e

c hild r e n he was s o ca reful wi t h t hem a n d a lw ays ,

s eemed t o k n o w t h e r igh t t hi n g t o do I al s o .

r emembe r h er t elli n g me t h a t whe n t hey we n t t o ,

s ch o ol , t h e y o u n ge r o n e s we r e gl a dly a n d c o n

fiden t ly pl ac ed u n de r h is c a re ; an d t h a t ve ry
o ft e n whe n t hey we r e ill s h e u s ed t o t ru s t him t o
, ,

give t hem t h e p re s c r ibed medi c i n e .

Th e h o me i n flue n c e was ex c elle n t H e wa s .

t h e s o n o f t h e ki n des t ge n t le s t a n d wi s e s t o f
, ,

fat he rs — him s elf t h e de s c e n d an t o f m an y g o dly

a n c e s to r s — an d o f a high s pi ri t ed -
c ap a ble a n d
,

e n e rge t i c m o t he r b o rn o f an O ld an d h o n o u ra ble
,

fa mily wh o s e de s c e n t m ay be t ra c ed b ac k fo r
,

s eve ral ge n e ra t i o n s . Wi t h t h e wat c hful c are o f

t wo su c h p a r e n t s — i n t e n t o n d o i n g t hei r ve ry be s t
fo r t hei r s o n s a n d n eve r s p ari n g t hem s elve s i n
,

an
y w ay if hey
, t c o uld be helped o n — a n d r emem

be ri n g th e p ro mi s e s o f G o d t o ble s s t h e c hild re n
o f t h o s e wh o fe ar H im eve n t o t h e t hi rd a n d fo u rt h
,

ge n e rat i o n o n e is n o t s u rp ri s ed t h at t h e s o n s wh o
,

l ived t o m a n h o o d p ro ved t hem s el ve s m en o f

w o rt h M u c h o f H o lm an Be n t ley s s uc c e s s in
.
’

h is l ate r life a n d t h e s u c c e ss o f h is y o u n ge r
,

b ro t he r in bu s i n e s s m ay u n d o ub t edly be t rac ed
,

t o t hei r h o me t ra i n i n g .

Whil s t t hey lived a t Sudbu ry H o lm an was ,

 4 E a r l y L i fe and H om e I n fl u en c es

p artly t a ugh t a t h o me by h is fa t he r H e al s o .

we n t fo r a s h o rt t ime t o a s c h o o l kep t by a fr ie n d ,

a n d l a t e r o n t o t h e G ra m m ar S c h o o l o f t h e t o w n .

Thi s frie n d de s c r ibe s him as a s t udi ou s a nd ‘

a s pi ri n g e a rn e s t a n d pe rs eve ri n g all rou n d -

b oy Thi s is qui t e in acc o rd wi t h h is a ft e r life

’
-
. .

But fo r t h o s e g o o d h abi t s he w o uld h a rdly h a ve

\
bee n abl e t o get t h ro ugh s o am az ing a qu an t i t y
o f w o r k t h a t eve n h is y o u n ge r c o lle a gue s c o n fessed

t hey fo u n d it h ard t o keep up wi t h h is p a ce

‘
.
’

I n 1 8 6 7 H o lm a n s fa t he r a c cep t ed a c all t o t h e
’

p a s t o rat e o f a s m a ll c hu rc h in Ryde I s le o f ,

Wigh t whi c h up t o t h at t ime h ad bee n mee t i n g

,

in a H all Du r i n g t h e o n e ye a r o f h is mi n i st ry
.

t he r e t h e C hu r c h was ra i s ed t o a s elf supp o rt i n g

,
-

b as is Th e mi n is t ry at Ryde was quickly fo ll o wed

.

by a c all t o t h e p a s t o ra t e o f t h e chu rc h in L o ugh

t o n E s s ex whi c h he ac c ep t ed an d H o lm a n was
, , ,

n o w se n t t o t h e N o n c o n fo r mi s t G ra mm ar S c h o o l

at B i s h o p s S t o r t fo rd wi t h h is t wo b ro t he rs
’

, .

Whils t t he r e he p as sed t h e J u n i o r C a mb r idge

E x a mi na t i o n in L at i n F re n c h a n d M a t hem a t i cs
, , .

I t a ppe a rs t h a t a t h is s ch oo l he wa s a lw ay s i n
e s pe c i al dem an d as a s t o ry t elle r N igh t a ft e r
-
.

n igh t t h e b o y s w o uld m a ke him we a ve fo r t hem

w o n de rful s t o r ie s o f a dve n t u re a n d t ra vel a n d

h a i r b r e a d t h esca pe s whi c h h e m a de up a s he
-
,

we n t o n u nt il h e w o uld fall asleep whils t t elli n g

,
6 E a r l y L i fe an d Ho m e I n fl u en c es
fo r ‘
t h
eemed t o be t h e m o s t h o ly Ch i like
at s ,
r t
s -

life p os s i ble But he n eve r d ared t o s pe a k o f

.
’

h is a mbi t i o n H e hid t h e m a t t e r in his he a r t

.
,

as bei n g t o o g r e a t a n h o n o u r fo r him t o as pi r e t o .

But t h e de s i r e rem a i n ed H o w el s e can we

.

ac c o u n t fo r a y o u t h o f s eve n t ee n a s imple b a n k ,

c le r k c h o o s i n g fo r h is d a ily r e a di n g in t h e t ra i n
,

t h e H eb r ew P s al t e r a n d t h e G r eek Te s t a me n t !

The s e a r e n o t t h e b oo k s o n e ge n e rally s ee s in t h e
h a n d s o f y o u n g bu s i n e ss m en a n d eve n t h e fac t ,

o f H o lm an s fa t he r bei n g a mi n i s t e r a n d givi n g
’

him eve n i n g le s s o n s in t h o s e l a ngu age s was ,

h ardly s u ffi c ie n t t o a c c o u n t fo r t h e Ch o i c e Bu t .

t h e le t t e r expl a i n s it S o me t ime s he fo rg o t t h e
.

m at t e r fo r a m o n t h eve n fo r t wo o r t h ree b ut it
, ,

alw a y s r e c u rred a n d as ye a rs we n t o n t h e de s i r e
,

g rew s t ro n ge r an d m o re defi n i t e .

H o lm a n B e n t ley was b ap t ized in Sep t embe r ,

1 8 74 at
, t h e D o w n s Ch apel Cl ap t o n by t h e , ,

Rev T Vi n c e n t Tym m s Aft e r he h ad j o i n ed

. . .

t h e Chu rc h i t s oo n be ca me evide n t t h a t he w o uld

n o t be a me r e c yphe r D r Tym m s w r i t e s o f
. .

him : F ro m t h e fi rs t H o lm an B e n t ley s h o wed a

‘

kee n i n t e re s t in t h e y o u n g me n s S o c ie t ie s a n d ’

a t t ra c t ed m y a t t e n t i o n by h is a pt b u t eve r b r ief ,

r em ar k s H e s h ra n k fro m s pe a ki n g i n mee t i n gs
.

o f a n y s ize b u t it was c u r i o u s t o s ee h o w h is
,

s hy n ess fa iled t o keep h im s ile n t whe n t h e fir e

 E a r ly E ffo r t s t o W i n S o u ls 7

bu rn ed a n d it O ft e n did bu rn whe n g re a t que s

,

t i o ns o f p r i n c iple we r e u n de r di s c u s si o n H is .

i n t elle c t u al c a lib re beca me m o r e m an ife s t in

w r i t t e n e ssa ys a n d he was s o o n k n o w n as a n
,

o r igi n a l t hi n ke r a t e rs e
,
i n c i s ive a n d o ft e n
, ,

hum o ro u s w r i t e r a n d o n e wh o sp ared n o t ro uble

,

in ge t t i n g i n fo rm a t i o n o r in w o r ki ng up his
,

m a t e r i a l i n t o l o gi ca l o rde r an d g oo d li t e rary fo rm .

Befor e l o n g he was m a de t h e Se c re t a ry o f th e
Li t e rary S o c ie t y a n d in t hi s c a p ac i t y re n de red
,

c o n s pi c u o u s s e r vi c e
’
.

Aft e r co n s ul t i n g wi t h h is c l as s t e a che r M r , .

J o s i a h B a i n e s o f wh o s e i n flue n ce o n e c a n n o t
,

s pe a k t o o highly H o lm a n s t art ed o n t h e p at h o f
,

s eeki n g t o win o t he rs t o G o d H is free eve n i n g s

.

we r e m o s t ly s pe n t in t rac t di s t r ibu t i o n O n .

s umme r eve n i n g s he w o uld b o a rd t h e t ra m s wi t h

h is t rac t s ; he w o uld go d o w n t o t h e r ive r L ea

an d
g et i n t o c o n ve rs a t i o n wi t h t h e l a d s l o u ngi n g

i n t h e field s t he r e I n t h e wi n t e r he w o uld
.

bu tt o n h ole t h e y ou n g fell o w s wh o hu n g a b o u t
t h e c o r n e rs o f t h e s t ree t s H e w o uld fo ll o w t h os e
.

he wa s s eeki n g t o win fo r Ch r i s t i n t o t h e publi c

h o us es . Thi s wa s i n deed be a r di n g t h e li o n in
I

Th e effor t wh ic h c o m m en c ed i n t h is s m all way is no w an

o r gan is ed wo rk of t h e C h ur c h , an d q uit e r ec en tly I

b r an ch of t h e

h ear d t h at th e Y o un g M en s M iss ion ary Pra yer m eet in g an d

’
-

b reakfas t s tar t ed b y H o l m a n Ben tley in th ose days were s t ill

k ept up .
8 E a r ly Li fe and H om e I n fl u en c es

h is den wi th wh at resul t s t o o t he rs G o d o nly

b ut ,

k n o w s We h a ve H is I mpe ri al De c r ee t h at
.

M y wor d s h all n ot r et ur n u n to M e v oi a b ut t h a t
‘ ’
,

i t s h a ll p r osper in t h e t hi n g whe r e t o I s e n t it
’
.

We al s o k n o w t h at H e wille t h n o t t h a t an y
s i n n e r sh o uld die b u t t h a t he s h o uld t u r n t o H im
,

an d live a n d we feel t he refo r e t h a t t his w o r k

,

mus t h a ve b ro ugh t t h e ble s s i n g o f E t e rnal Life

t o s o me .

Wh at eve r t hi s w o rk m ay o r m ay n o t h ave
d o n e fo r o t he rs t o H o lm a n it wa s i n v alu a ble
,

t ra i n i ng . I n deed h is F o r eig n M i s s i o n l a b o u rs
,

we re o n ly a n at u ra l devel o pme n t o f h is a t t emp t s

to be n efi t o t he rs a t h o me O f t hi s h o me .

w o r k he O n c e wro t e : I t is n o t well t o p ra y ‘

“Th y K i n gd o m c o me u n le s s we are willi ng t o

, ,

do t h e w o r k t o t h a t e n d whi c h o ur G ra c i o u s ,

M as t e r d o e s a n d will gi v e us We m ay n o t b e .

a ble t o o t o t h e he a t he n a b roa d b u t we
g ar e ,

n o t t he r eby r ele as ed fro m o ur o bliga t i on t o t h e

he at he n a t h o me .
’

But t h e m o r e H o lm an B e n tley spe n t h is t ime

in s eeki n g t o re s c ue o t he rs fro m v ice a n d s in ,

t h e m o r e t h e de s i r e g rew t o c arry t h e n ews

‘

s alv a t i o n ac c o mpli s hed an d s u re

’
of , to th e ,

pe o ple wh o h ad n o o n e el s e t o t ell t hem I n .

J a n u a ry 1 8 7 8 he s eem s t o h a ve h ad a go od
, ,

de al o f talk wi t h Ab ra h a m Es h o o of N es t o r i a n ,
 Th e H ea r t P r ep a r ed 9

fa me a b o u t g o i n g t o Pe rs i a F ro m h is di ar ie s
, .

it is evide n t t h at Ab rah a m was a freque n t vi s i t o r

at th e Be n t ley s h o me ’
We are t o ld t h at
.

H olm a n s p o ke o f v ar i o u s w ay s o f fi n di ng a n
e n t ra n c e i n t o Ce n t ral A s i a an d e v e n c on s ide red
,

t h e p o s s ibili t ie s o f s e rv ice b u t in t h e old di arie s

I fin d n o me n t i o n o f t hi s o n ly t h at t he n c efo rt h
,

A ra bi c be ca me h is d a ily s t udy as he jo u rn eyed

b ac kwa rd s a n d forw a rds t o his de s k a t t h e
Alli a n c e B an k a n d t h a t h is o c c as i o n al S un d a y
,

w a t c he s t he r e be c a me t ime s o f p raye r a n d pre

p a ra t io n T. h e a d v i c e he g a ve b o y s i n t h e le t t e r

al r e a dy qu o t ed — Tr y h a r d t o et o n a t s c h o o l ;
‘

g
le arn all you c a n get a s re ady a s yo u c a n t he n
w a i t p a t ie n t ly a n d i f it is t h e M as t e r s Will H e
, ,
’

Will ope n th e way —was evide nt ly a les s o n fro m

h is o wn expe r ie n c e H o we ve r U rum a i a was n o t
.
,

G o d s de s t i n a t i o n fo r him as eve n t s p ro ved

’

,
.

H e w r i t e s o n J a n u ary 2 9 1 8 7 8 t h a t t o do t h e
, ,

will o f G o d is wh at he m o s t de s i re s I n deed o n e .

t hi n g is ve r y c le a r all t h ro ugh t h e di a r ie s v iz , .

h is bu r n i n g de s i re t o s pe n d an d be s pe n t in th e
M as t e r s s e r vi c e Th a t t he s e we re n o t idle
’
.

w o rd s m ay a ppe ar fro m a few ex t ra c t s fro m his

di a ry :
— T r i a P a r k a nd
j h (
ra c t s 2 Vi
‘
an ua r
y 4 t . c t o

H o me rt o n ve ry few pe o ple ab o u t M are S t ree t

, .

Well r e c eived a t a publi c h o use a t H o me r t o n a

-
10 E a r ly L i fe an d Hom e I n fl u en c es

m a n t he re t o ld me he u s ed t o do th e s a me t hi n g
o nc e bei n g a t ee t o t ale r b u t a m a n o ffe red him
, ,

d r i n k a n d he t oo k it a n d h a d c o me t o t hi s
,
.

j
‘
a n ua ry 7 t h 2 5 0 t ra c t s
. F
-
o u n d M o o re ; .

h ad a l o n g c h at wi t h him H e was ill whe n I .

ca lled l a s t t i me a t h is h o u s e I u rged hi m t o .

give up d ri n k as his o n ly C h a n c e I t o o k him .

t o B edfo rd I n s t i t u t e ; he liked t h e pl ac e ; I am t o

s ee him a ga i n
’
.

A n o t he r e n t ry r u n s t hu s Tra c t s ; dis t ribu t ed ‘

ab ou t 6 0 S t art ed i n t e n di n g t o c o mme n c e at t h e
“C ro w n and Shu tt le t he n c e A rt ille ry L an e
.

“
, ,

& c b ut go t n o fu r t he r t h a n t h e
.
, C ro w n a n d
Shu tt le m et t he r e t h e li tt le D u t c h J ew I m et
l as t S u n d ay H e h a d r e a d wi t h mu c h i n t e res t
.

t h e t rac t I g a ve him t he n ; a l s o h is c hild re n I .

c h at t ed wi t h him l o n g a b o u t J ewi s h c us t o m s & c , .

H e h a d n eve r r e a d a P s al m in E n gli s h t h o ugh ,

he k n ew t h e 2 7 t h P s a lm a n d o ft e n repe a t ed ,

it. I o ffe red t o give him a B ible a n d o n h is ,

exp res s i n g a wi s h I p ro mi s ed t o mee t him on

“
,

t h e 1 2 th p ro x H e will give me a . m az
”
z uz ah H e t o ld me t h at a ft e r I h ad left l as t
.
,

Su n d a y a m a n r e a d o u t to t h e pe o ple in t h e
“
,

p a rl o u r a t ra c t I h ad gi v e n I t wa s s u c h a .

”
be au t iful s t o r y an d he re ad it s o well
, I .

t o o k h is a dd r e s s
’
.

I n J a n u ary I fin d t h e fo ll o wi ng : To o k 3 00 ‘
 Te s ti n g Ti m e I I

t rac t s , r t e u rn ed wi t h 1 0 0 ; we n t a l o n g C a mb ridge
“
R oad t o t h e A ra bi an an d t h e
“ Adel a ide ”

“
.

”
Ch a t t ed t he r e as ked a ft e r t h e o ld l a dy a n d s h e
, ,

c a me o ut To Sh o redi t c h t o fin d
.
( t h e li t t le
J ew ) ; s h o wed him t h e B ible I b ro ugh t him .

P re s e n t ly s o me fell o w s c a me in wh o t o ld him he
,

was gam ut z o r I would m ake him s o a n d t h a t

”
, ,

he was c adgi n g I c o uld n o t get o n at all s o ~

.
, ,

a ft e r a l o n g fo rbe a ra n c e I left H e w o uld like .

t o h a ve a c h a t if I will a pp o i n t a pl a c e I w ro t e .

t h a t I w o uld mee t him a t b ut he did n o t

t u r n up I t was a d r e a dful n igh t
’
. .

j a n ua r
y 2 8i h —O h t h e wa
y h o me .I called o n

M o o re H e s aid he h a d bee n t o t h e B edfo rd

.

I n s t i t u t e s eve ral t ime s H is fac e wa s c le an a n d .

,

he l oo ked be t t e r ; wa n t s me t o go wi t h him o n
S a t u rd a y t o Be rm o n d s ey I ga ve him 2 s 6 d t o . . .

buy t o o l s wi t h H e is t o r ep a y o n S a t u rd ay
. .
’

‘
Feb r ua ry oth —To o k 3 5 0 t ra c t s a n d c o m
“
.
,

m en c ed a t t h e -
S a lm on a n d B all Be t h n a l ,

G ree n whe re I h a d bee n refu s ed o n c e a n d t he n

, ,

c on t i n ued up Be t h na l G r ee n R o a d A t B ro w n s
’

“Th ree H orn s h ad a l o n g c h at wi t h t h e pub

.

li c an him s elf ; mu s t s ee him aga i n Fi n ished up .

at t h e C ro w n a n d
M on day l o th — C a lled o n H H 5 K i n g s
’
‘
. . .
, , ,

C o u r t B A Alley Bun h ill R o w e n t ra n ce t h rough

,
. .
,

t h e P as sage be s ide N o 5 i n t o b ac ky a rd a n d
, .
, ,
1 2 E a r ly L i fe an d Hom e I n fl u en c es

up s ta i rc ase h o u s e H wa s
t o t h e t op o f t h e . .

o ut b ut h is wife r el a t ed t h e fa mily hi s t o ry
, She .

was in a s ad pligh t ; h ad j u s t p a w n ed h er c l oa k
for r e n t Her hu s b an d is a t a il o r G a ve h er z s
. . .
,

an d t o ld h er t o s e n d h er hu s b a n d t o t h e B a n k in

t h e m o rn i n g H e ar d C o mbe r r e a d his p a pe r
.

befor e R o ya l Ge o g ra phi ca l S oc ie t y .
’

Tues day 1 l th — H c alled a n d M r R gave

. .
,
. .

him a jo b .
’

M e an while t h e t ide o f H olm a n s life h ad ’

t u rn ed C o n go wa rds O n Thu rs d a y J a n u ary

.
,

1 6 th M r C o mbe r s p o ke a t t h e D o w n s Ch apel
,
.
,

a n d t h e fo ll o wi n g is t h e e n t r y I fi n d in H o lm a n s
’

di a ry
C o ld s t ill ve ry b ad b ut we n t in eve n i ng t o
‘
,

D o w n s M r C o mbe r ga ve M is s i o n ary a dd re s s
. . .

G o o d n umbe r p re s e n t H e rel at ed h is j o u r n ey .

t o S a n S al v a d o r ; c o lle c t ed 7 1 05 Aft e r wards .

,

while in t h e p as sage M r Ri c ke t t as ked me wh a t

, .

I t h o ugh t o f Afr i ca I replied t h a t it was a .

s ple n did field a n d dil a t ed o n t h e o pp o r t u n i t ie s it

,

o ffe r ed
“But wh at do you t hi n k O f it pe rs onally ;
.

h ow o w uld y o u like t o
g o o u t ?

I s h o uld like t o if I we r e t h e r igh t m a t e r i al .

Ho w do
y o u k n o w y o u a r e n o t ? Y ou

s h o uld put in a n a ppli ca t i o n t o t h e C o m mi tt ee ,

”
an d l et t hem t ell yo u yo u a r e n o t fit .
1 4 E a r l y L i fe an d Hom e I n fl u en c es

full c on se nt he h ad put o n his h a t an d c o at o n e

,

M on d ay eve n i n g t o go a n d c o n s ul t his mi n i s t e r ,

t h e Rev Vi n c e n t Tym m s wh o was a membe r

.
,

o f t h e B a p t i s t M i ss i o n a r y C o mmi t t ee a b o u t it , ,

whe n t h e p o s t m an s k n o c k was he a rd H o lm an
’
.

we n t t o t a ke t h e le t t e rs a n d was h a n ded o n e fo r
,

him s el f .

I t was fro m M r Vi n c e n t Tym m s s ugges t i n g

.
,

t h a t H o lm an s h o uld go a n d talk o ve r t h e C o m

m it t ee s de c i s i o n a b o u t e s t a bli s hi n g a M i s s i on o n
’

t h e C o n g o wi t h a view t o h is o ffe r i n g himself as

,

o n e o f t h e pi o n ee r p a rt y t o
go o ut wi t h M r .

C o mbe r Was t he re eve r a c le are r c as e o f

.

‘
p rep arat i o n o f t h e he art an d t h e c a ll o f ’
‘

G od
’
?

All t h at k n o w n o f t h at i n t e rv i ew 1 8 fo u n d in
is
D r Tym m s s bi og ra phi ca l ske t c h : I s ee t o day
’
‘
-
.

h o w h is fac e l igh t ed up wi t h j o
y t h at he s h o uld ,

be c o u n t ed w o rt hy o f s o g r e at a t ru s t He .

as s u r ed me t h a t t h e ide a h ad bee n in h is mi n d

fro m t h e fi rs t me n t i o n o f t h e p roj e c t in t h e
H er a ld N o t hi n g b ut a humble s e n s e o f h is
.

a t t a i n me n t s a n d ca p ac i t y h a d s t o o d in t h e wa y .

H e h ad n o t bee n t o c o llege a n d fe a red t h at t his ,

w o uld be a fa t al di s qu alifi cat i o n ; b ut wi t h e age r

deligh t he s a id I f th e C o mmi tt ee c a n t a ke me as
,

”
I a m I a m re a dy he art a n d s o ul t o go o ut
, , He , .

t he n t o ld me t h at in a n y c a se h e was fully de t e r
A c c ep t ed fo r W o rk on th e C o n go 1 5

mi n ed if G o d pe rmi t t ed t o be a mis s i o nary t o

, ,

t h e he at he n s o mewhe r e a n d r el at ed t h e pl a n s he
,

h a d fo r med a n d t h e s t udie s he h a d pu rs ued

’
.

H is appli c a t i o n D r Tym m s s ay s was m ade

, .
,

‘
i n a s o mewh a t h as t y a n d i n fo rm al way ; b ut t h e
C o mmi t t ee r e co g n i s ed in him a G o d t ra i n ed m an -
,

a n d o n e wh o s e ze a l c o uld bu r n in quie t p a t ie n c e

fo r ye a rs wi t h o u t bei n g c oo led I t was a l so

.

fo u n d t h a t he was a g o o d li ngui s t an d as highly ,

cul tu r ed as m o s t o f t h o s e wh o p ass t h rough o ur

co llege s ,
a n d he wa s a c c ep t ed wi t h an t i c ip a t i o n s

whi c h ye a rs h a ve a mply jus t ified .

’
 C h ap t er II

Th e V o ya ge O u t

Wa i ting to s tr i v e a h appy s tr ife

,

To wa r wi th fa ls eh ood to th e h n ifi e
.
’

TE NN Y S O N .

T was at th e ! uart e rly M ee t i ngo f it s C o m

m it t ee J a n u a r y 1 5 1 8 7 9 t h a t t h e B ap t i s t
on , ,

M is s i o n ary S o cie t y h a vi n g befo re it t h e pi o n ee r

,

j o u rn ey o f M e s s rs G re n fell and C o mbe r um

.
,

a n im o us l r es o l ved t o e s t a bli s h a M i s s i o n t o t h e
y
n at ive s o f t h e C o ng o a n d ac cep t ed Rev
, H E . . .

C rudgi n g t o n fro m R a wd on C ollege as o n e o f

, ,

t h e c o lle ague s wh o s h o uld go o ut wi t h M r .

C o mbe r A t a spe c i al mee t i n g o n Feb ru ar y

.

2 o th , H o lm an Be n t ley was al s o acc ep t ed fo r t h e

C o n g o t o ge t he r wi t h M r J S H art l a n d o f
,
. . .
,

C a mde n R o ad Chu rc h .

Th e p a rt y wa s de s i red by th e C o mmi tt ee t o be
"

r e a dy t o s t a r t by t h e e n d o f Ap ril a n d t h e i n t e r ,

v en in g week s we r e bu s ily o c c upied in p r ep ara t i o n .

N o t wi t h s ta n di ng t hi s a n d th e fac t t h a t he co uld
,

n o t le a ve h is de s k a t t h e B an k u n t il M a rch I 5 t h ,

H o lm a n fou n d t ime t o v i s i t s o me o f t h e pe ople he

wa s t ryi n g t o help an d t wo o f t h e Su n d ay a ft e r
,

n oo n s we re s pe n t i n t ra c t di s t ribu t i o n .
THE F IR ST FOU R M ISSIONA R IE S TO TH E C ON G O .

H O L M A N BE N TL E Y , H . E . C R U D G I N G TO N , J
. S . H A R TL A N D ,
T .
J
. AND M RS C O M BE R .

[To fa ce page 1 6 .
 V a led i c t o r y S er v i c e at C la p t o n 1 7

Mr C rudgi n g t o n w r i t es o f t h o se week s
.

"
1 well r emembe r o ur p rep a ri ng fo r o ur w o rk
o n t h e C o n g o m a ki n g o u t li s t s a n d pu t t i ng d o w n
,

sugges t i o ns o f t hi ng s we migh t n eed a n d c ur ,

t a ili n g t he s e ag a i n t o a b s o lu t e n ece s s i t ie s They .

we re d ays full o f h o peful jo y a n d g re at a n t i c ipa ,

t i o n s o f w o r k in t h e fu t u r e We m et in e a ch
.

o t he r s h o me s an d o n e t hi n g s t ru c k me ve ry
’

fo rc ibly— H o lm an h ad a t e n de r s e n s i t ive he a rt , ,

t h o ugh s t ro n g in t h e c o n s ci o u s n e ss o f D ivi n e

le adi n g in th e s t ep he was t aki ng .

’

The re was a V aledic t o ry Se rvice a t t h e D o w n s

Ch a pel Cl ap t on whe r e t h e frie n d s we r e i n vi t ed
, ,

t o ex a mi n e t h e o u t fi t deemed n e c e ssa ry fo r t h e

C o n g o The re was fi rs t o f all th e t e n t wi t h bed

.
, , ,

a n d bl a n ke t s a n d w a sh b as i n s oap t o wel & c

°
-
.
, , ,

eve ry t hi n g n e c e s sary h a d t o be p ro vided The n .

t he r e was t h e c a mp t a ble wi t h a fo ldi n g ch a i r ;

-
,

a n d t h e t in pl at es a n d c ups an d n o t o n ly eve r y

r equisi t e fo r me a l s b u t a ls o t h e ki t c he n c oo ki n g
,

p o t s a n d p a n s a n d ke t t les ; fo r th e n at ive s o f
t h e C o n g o do n o t p r ep are t hei r fo o d in a way

t h at is p al at a ble t o E u r o pe a n ta s t e s They n eve r .

p repare t hei r fo o d in a n y o t he r way t h a n by

b o ili n g ex c ep t i ng whe n t hey h a ve s o me field
,

rat s o r l o cu s t s whi c h t hey put o n a s pi t a n d

,

r oas t ; o r a pl a n t a i n or a m a ize co b whi c h t hey -

,

will lay in t h e h o t as he s o f t hei r w oo d fi re s '

.
1 8 Th e V o ya ge O u t

Th e l as t publi c fu n c t i o n befor e dep art u re th e

was a n i n s pi r i n g V aledic t o ry M ee t i n g a t t h e
C a n n o n S t r ee t H o t el o n Wed n e s d ay Ap r il 2 3 rd
, , ,

a t whi c h M r J o s eph Tri t t o n Tre as u re r o f t h e

.
,

S o c ie t y a t t h a t t ime t o o k t h e c h ai r — , a mee t i n g

de c l a red by all wh o we re p rese n t t o be i n delibly

fi xedin t h ei r he a rt s
’
.

O f t hi s ga t he ri n g t h e Fr eem a n o f Ap r il 2 5 ,

1 8 79 s a id
,

Th e dem an d fo r t i c ke t s h ad bee n a l t oge t he r

‘

bey o n d expe c tat i o n hu n d red s h a vi n g t o be re

,

fu s ed a ft e r t h e u t m o s t limi t s o f t h e a v a il a bl e
acc o mm o da t i o n h a d bee n a n t icip a t ed H o weve r .
,

ra t he r t h a n di s app o i n t s o l a rge a c o n s t i t ue n c y as

was ac t u ally r ep r e s e n t ed b y frie n d s wh o a rr ived

a t t h e d o o rs wi t h o u t t i c ke t s t h e C o mmi tt ee ve r y
,

wi s ely arran ged fo r a n o ve rfl o w gat he r i n g in

a n o t he r l a rge h a ll in t h e h o t el t h e sa me s pe a ke rs
,

a ppe a r i n g a t b o t h a n d D r U n de rhill o c c upyi n g

, .

t h e ch a i r . I n all t he re c o uld n o t h a ve bee n fewe r

t h an t wo t h ou sa n d pe rs o ns a t t h e t wo mee t i n gs ,

a n d hu n d r ed s we n t a w a y u n a ble t o get e n t ra n c e

t o ei t he r M r C o mbe r a n d t h e n ew r e c rui t s
. .

e ac h s p o ke H olm a n s s peech was c h arac t e r is t ic

.
’ ’

o f him s elf ; o n r i s i n g he sa id he c o uld n o t ex

‘

p res s th e mi n gled feeli n gs o f joy an d t h an kful n e ss

wi t h whi c h he ros e befo r e t h e mee t i ng I t was .

n o t o ft e n t h e day d re a ms o f y o u t h t oo k subs t an ce
-
.
20 Th e V o ya ge O u t

wo uld be d an ge rs an d di ffi c ul t ie s wi t hi n an d wi t h
o ut The re w o uld be o b s t ac le s an d di s app o i n t
.

me nt b ut it was t h e M as t e r s w o rk a n d H e
,
’

c o uld p r e s e r ve t hem a mid al l d an ge rs Ch ri s t

“
.

h a d sa id All p o we r is give n u n t o M e in
,

”
he a ve n a n d in e ar th Wh at t he refo re n eed .

t hey fe ar ?
’

Thi s was o n t h e Wed n e s d ay ; t h e n ex t day

th e p a rt y left fo r Live rp ool fro m whe n c e t hey ,

s a iled fo r C o n g o in t h e V o l ta o n F r id ay ‘ ’

, ,

th e 2 5 t h .

H e n c efo r t h H olm a n s di a rie s o n ly fu r n i s h ’

d at es I n l a t e r ye ars he used t o s ay t h at he
.

a b o mi n a t ed di a r ie s an d t h at he h ad n eve r
‘ ’

fo u n d t hem a n y t hi n g b ut pi o u s ej a c ul at i o n s me a n t‘

fo r o t he r pe o ple t o r e a d a ft e r o n e s de at h i n t e r
’

s pe rs ed wi t h o t he r pe o ple s w ro n g d o i n g s
’ ’

M r C rudgi n gt o n in de s c r ibi n g t h e expe r ie n c e s

.
,

o f t h a t fi rs t v o y age s a y s ,

‘
We h ad d ro pped our pil o t in a calm s ea a n d
duly r e t i red t o o ur be rt h s wi t h g re at p ro mi s es fo r
a s t e a dy n igh t an d c alm m o rn i n g But a l as .
,

fo t h e a t
r v n i ie s o f s u c h high h o pes ' Th e s ea
was n o t a s ki n d t o u s as it migh t h ave bee n o n
o ur fi rs t big expe r ie n c e o f s ea life a n d o u r h o pe s ,

we re s o mewh a t s h att e r ed t h e n ex t m o rn i n g .

Whe n t h e s t ewa r d c ame i n t o o ur c abi n wi t h

“C offee s ir ? B entley said he fel t di s t i n ct ly
,
”
 A t S ea 2I

u n h appy a n d sugges t ed t h at it was s o m ewh at

,

e arly t o r ise But it was no us e pu tt i n g o ff t h e

.

evil m o me n t a nd we duly go t o n de c k Be n t ley

, .

m ade him s elf c o mfo rtable in a cha i r wi t h a rug

ro u n d him ; H a r t l a nd a n d I t r ied t o w alk up a n d

d o w n t h e deck while he wa s c h affing us a t o ur

,

gh as t ly l o o k s H e h ad s a id t o me in Live rp o ol
.
,

Lem o n s are a g o o d t hi n g I believe fo r s ea , ,

”
s ick n e s s ; le t s ta ke ple n t y We did s o an d
’
.
,

H olm a n sat in h is de c k c h a i r t his fi rs t day fro m -

t h e e a r ly m o rn i n g t ill t h e l a s t t hi n g a t n igh t wi t h

lem o ns in h is lap a nd s u n d ry bi t s o f dry bi s c ui t

, .

O nly di re n ec e s si t y m a de him m o ve h is p o si t i o n ,

a n d m a n y we re t h e j o ke s we h a d o ve r o ur c o n

di t i o n The r e was a g re a t de al o f quie t hum o u r

.

in him which did n ot r e a dily S h o w i t self o n t h e

,

s u r fa ce
’
.

But t hese u n c o mfo r table feeli n gs c o me t o a n

e n d a t le as t t o m o s t i n a fe w d a y s a n d a ft e r t h a t
, , ,

t h e t ime s pe n t o n th e s t e a me r was by n o me an s

a t ime o f idle n ess Th e p a rt y wa s d a ily bu s y

.

s t udyi n g P o rt ugue s e fo r as t h a t was t h e la n

,

gu age m o s t in us e a m o n g t h e pe o ple o n t h e c o as t
in t hei r de ali n gs wi t h t h e whi t e m en u n t il t hey ,

c o uld s pe a k t o t h e n a t ive s i n t hei r o wn t o n gues ,

P ort ugue s e w o uld be t h e o n ly me an s o f c om

m u n icat io n .

E vide n t ly Afr i ca s day h ad d aw ned Mr

’

, fo r .
 2 5 Th e V o ya ge O u t

A rt hi n g t on , of Leed s
dd r essed a le tt e r
, h ad al s o a

to th e o n t h e s ubj e c t o f a M i s s i o n

t o C o n go ; a n d s o on t h e s a me s t e a me r whi c h
,

c a r r ied C o mbe r h is wi fe a n d h is t h ree n ew

, ,

c o lle a gue s t he r e wa s a M r
, H e n r y Ri c h a rd s .
,

wi t h a c o lle ague wh o we r e al s o b oun d fo r t h e

,

C o n go s e n t by t h e Livi n gs t o n e I n l a n d M i s s i o n
, .

E igh t d ay s s t e a mi n g b ro ugh t t h e s hip t o

’

M a dei ra o n M ay an d whe re t h e part y we re all ,

a n xi o u s t o a ir wh a t t hey k n ew o f t h e l a n gu a ge .

‘
I c a n s ee B e n t ley n o w M r C r udgi n g t o n ,
’
.

w ri t e s ge s t i c ul a t i n g wi t h a c ro wd o f begga rs
,
‘

a ro u n d him wh o we r e h o pi n g t o t o u c h t h e t e n de r
,

c h o r d s Of h is he ar t givi n g t hem a c o i n a n d ge t t i n g
,

a li ngui s t i c le s s o n in re t u rn in t h e way o f ,

c o n ve rsa t i o n
’
.

O n M a y 7 t h t h e V o l ta a rr ived at Te n e r iffe
‘ ’

fro m whe n c e t hey s e n t h o me gl o wi n g ac c o u n t s o f

t h e v o y age a n d whe r e t hey a l s o t ra n s hipped o n
,

’
t o th e s s C o ngo
. .

‘
We h a d t o s t a y a t a Sp an i s h b oardi n g h o u s e -
,

a n d he re o u r li n gui s t i c a bili t ie s we r e a t a di s c o u n t

as fa r a s P o rt ugue s e wa s c o n c e rn ed Th e J ews .

h a d n o de a li n gs wi t h t h e S a m ar i t a n s ; a n d t h e
Sp a n i ard w o uld n o t a t t emp t t o u n de rs t a n d o ur

Th e A m eric an Boar d of C om m iss io n ers for For eign M is s ion s ,

foun ded in 1 8 1 0, an d, s in ce 1 8 7 0 , prac t ic ally r epresen t at iv e of

C on gregat ion alis ts alo n e .

 A t Ten e r i ffe 23

P o r t uguese Be n t l ey w o uld p rep are a n i c e s en

.

tenc e , b ut t h e go o d m a n o r l a dy o f t h e h o u s e
w o uld h a ve n o n e o f it But B e n t ley Wa s n o t
.

go i ng t o be d o n e in t hi s way a n d re membe red ,

t h a t he h ad a co n ve rs a t i o n a l b o o k in s ix l a n gu age s

s t o wed a w a y in a b o x Thi s mu s t be ra ked o u t

.

s o meh o w a n d a t l a s t was fo u n d
,
an d s e n t e n c e s
,

we r e s t udied a n d t ro tt ed o ut as t h o ugh we h ad
,

c o me t o m a ke t h at pl ac e o u r a b o de I f we h ad
.

s t a yed a li t t le l o n ge r H o lm a n w o uld c e r ta i n ly
h ave a dded Sp a n i s h t o his l angu age s .

‘
We we re t he re for o n ly a few d ay s b ut ,

H o lm a n s s pi ri t o f fun c ame o ut v e ry vividly

’

du ri ng t h a t t ime O n e li tt le j o ke I r emembe r
. .

H artl and s a n t ipat hy wa s s al a d o il N o w a t th e

’
.

Sp a n i s h h o t el all t h e foo d was c o o ked in o il a n d ,

t h at n o t o f t h e be s t Lu c c a H o lm a n did n o t
.

o bj e c t t o it s o mu c h A s s o me t hi n g s we re m o r e
.

highl y fl av o u red wi t h it t h a n o t he rs we a rra nged ,

”
to o m a rt y r a l t e rn a t ely in t a ki n g t h e fi rs t
g
t a s t e a n d a dvi s i n g t h e o t he rs a s t o t h e foo d
,

p re s e n t ed bei ng likely t o s ui t t h e E n gl i s h p al at e
)

o r not . But o n e day Be n t ley be n t o n fun , ,

arra n ged wi t h me t o exp r e s s g r e at s a t isfa c t i o n

a t s o me di s h t h a t was p a r t icul a rly highly fl a v o u red

wi t h t h e i n g redie n t Th e di s h duly a rr ived a t

.

H art l a n d wh o t hi n ki n g he wa s s a fe helped
, , ,

him s elf libe ra lly and his di s gu s t c an be be t t e r

,
24 Th e V o ya ge O u t

im agi n ed t h an desc ribed . But we all ot

g r e al
fun o ut of it .

‘
We h ad o n e li tt le expe rie n c e t he re whi c h we
n eve r fo rg o t a n d u s ed o ft e n t o l a ugh a b o u t
,
Th e .

b o a rdi n g h o u s e we we re in wa s p urely Sp an i s h
-
,

a s I h a ve sa id I t was n o t th e pl ac e we s h o uld
.

h a v e ele c t ed t o s t ay at b ut th e E n gli s h h ot el was ,

full We did n o t k n o w much o f Sp a n i s h life an d

.

w ay s a n d c e rt a i n ly le ss o f t h e lan gu a ge in spi t e
, ,

o f t h e Sp an i s h c o n ve rs a t i o n b o o k .

O ur s leepi n g —
‘
r oo m was a ve ry big o n e a lm o s t ,

like a s m a ll lec t u re h all a nd t h e d o o r ve ry in -

,

s e c u r ely fa s t e n ed s o t ha t an o n e c o uld get in

y ,

at n igh t a n d a l t h o ugh we o u rselve s migh t be

,

i n n o c e n t s s o me o f th e s pecime ns we h ad s ee n
,

h a ngi n g a b o u t did no t r e ass u re us as t o ou r

s a fe t H lm n s ugge s t ed t h a t I s h o uld u t a
y o . a p
c h a i r a g a i n s t t h e d oor a n d as my bed wa s cl o s e ,

t o it I t h o ugh t I s h o uld he a r if a n y o ne ca me in
, .

Ab o u t mid n igh t t h e ch a i r bega n t o m o ve a n d

‘

c re a k t h e d o o r s ligh t ly o pe n ed a n d a d a r k fo rm
, ,

a ppe a r ed I j umped o ut o f bed a n d H o lm a n

.
,

a n d H a rt l a n d u s ed t o s a in spe a ki n g o f t h e
y ,

eve n t a ft e rw a rd s t h a t I c o ll ar ed t h e i n t rude r
,
.

H o lm a n I k n o w wa s ve ry emph at i c t h at I
, ,

n e a r ly did d am age t o t h e p oo r m a n But at .

t hi s s t age we w a n t ed t h e help o f H o lm an s b oo k
’

o f s ix l a n gu age s a n d we b ro ugh t it i n t o use a n d

, ,
 Fi r s t I m p r es s i o n s of A fr i c an s
'

2 s

I t hi n k n e a rly all t h e s ix l angu age s al s o Aft e r .

mu c h ge s t i c ul at i o n we m a n aged t o u n de rs t an d
t h a t t h e p o or m a n s ro o m o pe n ed o u t o f o u rs
’

a nd t hat ,h a vi ng bee n o ut t o s o me ag r ee able

p art y he was r e t u rn i n g l at e an d t ryi n g t o get
, ,

t o h is ro o m ve ry qu ie t ly
’
.

They r e ac hed S ie rra Le o n e o n May 1 3 t h ,

whe re a n umbe r o f K ro o b o y s we r e t a ke n o n
b o ard . Al re ady H o lm an s a ffe c t i o n fo r t h e
’

Afri ca n s is s h o w n as in a le tt e r fro m S ie rra

, ,

Le on e o n h is wa y o ut t o C o n go he w ri t es ,

t hu s
‘
I like t h e l o o k o f th e K ro o b o y s much ; fin e ,

mus c ul ar fell o w s t hey are i n deed A rt s t ude n t s .

w o uld be gl a d t o get t hem t o s it fo r t hem I .

w o n de r whe the r t h e C o n go m en are as fin e a

lo t. I was rat he r di s app o i n t ed wi t h th e bl ac k s
a t G o r ee b ut t he s e fell o ws h a ve m a de t h e ra c e
,

r i s e c o n s ide ra bly in my es t im a t i o n I h a ve n o .

p at ie nc e wi t h m en wh o c a nn o t fin d t ra c e s o f a
c o mm o n hum a n i t y i n t hem I f t hey h a d r e c eived
.

equ a l a dv a n t age s I t hi n k t hey c o uld h o ld a highe r

,

he ad t h a n s o me o f t h e n a t i o n s o f E u ro pe The re .

is n o effemi nac y a b o u t t hem Bl ac ks m a y be l a zy

.
,

b ut wh o w o uld n o t be whe n t he r e is n o impul s e

t o e n e rgy a n d life ? I t hi n k th e phy s ique s pe ak s
r e a t de al fo r a pe o ple
a
g .

H is e arn e s t desi r e fo r t h e s alva t i o n o f Afri ca n s

26 Th e V o ya ge O u t

led him t o t a ke a spe c i al i n t e re s t in t h e well

bei ng o f t he s e K ro o b o y s eve n t o t h e ex t e n t o f ,

r em a i n i n g o n b oa r d t o l o o k a ft e r t hem whe n t h e

s hip t o u c hed a t G a b o o n Th a n k s h ow eve r t o .

, ,

Mr H artl a n d s ki n d n e ss in relievi ng him o f h is

.
’

c h arge he was a ble t o go as h o r e fo r a s h o rt

,

vi s i t t o M rs S mi t h t h e wid o w o f t h e R ev R
.
,
’

. .

S mi t h a mi s s i o n ary wh o h a d died t he r e t h ree

,

ye a rs p revi o u s ly a nd wh o m M r Be n t ley h ad , .

me n t i o n ed in h is s peech at t h e C a n n o n S t ree t
mee t i ng befo re we left E n gl a nd
, .

B e s ide s t h e s t udy o f P o rt ugue s e M r C o mbe r , .

i n t rodu c ed t h e p art y t o t h e my s te rie s o f N a u t i c al

As tro n o my a n d H olm an was v e ry e n t hu s i as t i c
,

o ve r t his .

‘
We d a ily p ra c t ised t h e t a ki n g o f t h e s un at
9 a m a n d a t n o o n t o de t e r mi n e t h e l a t,i t ude
a n d l o n gi t ude t h e s hip s p o s i t i o n t h o ugh ’

of ,

s o me t ime s as M r C rudgi n g t o n w r i t e s in t h e
’ ‘
.
, ,

e a rly d a y s o ur c al c ul at i o n s w o uld l o ca t e us
,

s o me few t h o u s a n d mile s fro m whe r e we o ugh t

t o be ! H o weve r we to iled a t it pe rs i s t e n t ly
,

u n t il we we re a ble t o r e a d co rrec t ly ; a nd I
well r emembe r o n e o r t wo o c cas i o n s up in S a n
S a l v a d o r whe n we t r ied t o w ork o ut p os i t i o n s
by th e s t ars a n d a l s o t o get a me r idi a n al t i t ude
,

wi t h a n a rt ifi c i al h o r iz o n o f t re acle seei n g ,

H o lm a n lyi n g o n h is s t o m a c h a n d peggi n g ,
28 Th e V o ya ge O u t

miles n avigable from t h e m ou t h Aft e r t h a t t h e .

r ive r is a se r ie s o f ra pid s a n d c at ara c t s fo r

a b o u t t h ree hu n d red mile s u n t il a b roade n i n g
,

o ut , whi c h S ta nley n a med a ft e r him s elf F ro m .

S t a n ley P o o l upward s t h e r ive r be c o me s a

wide fin e w a t e rw ay fo r hu n d red s of miles ;
,

wi t h g re at r ive rs su c h as t h e Kwa t h e U b a n gi , ,

t h e K wa n gu t h e A ruwimi a n d o t he rs fl o wi n g
, , ,

i n t o it o n ei t he r s ide s o m e o f t hese s o big t h a t

,

t h e Rhi n e a t A rn hem or t h e Th a me s n e a r

L o n d o n s eem s i n s ig n ifica n t in c o mp ar i s o n Sm all .

floa t i n g i s l an d s are c o n s ta n t ly p a s s i n g d o w n
s t r e a m b o t h o n t h e U ppe r Rive r a n d t h e L o we r
, ,

and m a
y be n o t iced eve n far o u t a t s ea Th e .

a m o u n t o f w a t e r car r ied by t h e C on g o i n t o t h e

s ea mu s t be imme n s e I t is s aid t o be dis

.

t in guis h ab le fo r t wo hu n d red miles o ut whe re ,

t h e s t e a me r s p ro pelle r will t u rn up t h e g ree n s ea

’

w at e r fro m u nde r t h e b ro w n t h at h as c o me d o w n
fr o m t h e C o ng o .

Thi s rec a lls t o my mi n d an i n cide n t c o n n ec t ed

wi t h my fi rs t a rr iva l a t t h e m o u t h o f th e rive r .

We h ad Aku a li tt le up r ive r m a id wi t h us
,
-
, ,

wh o h ad bee n s e n t t o E n gl a n d t o t a k e c h arge
of a mi ss i o na ry s Child t ra velli n g wi t h o u t h er
’

m o t he r Aku was ve ry mu c h t ro u bled a t t h e

.

di rty l oo k o f th e w at e r a nd th e p at ches o f scum

,

o n it s su r fa ce .
 Aku 29

We t o ld h er it wa s t h e C o n g o Rive r She was .

qui t e i n dig n a n t I t c o uld n o t be h er C o ngo — t h at

.

was C le a n We a s ked h er whe t he r she n eve r

.

ba t hed in h er c o u n t ry .

O h yes ple n t y Ple n t y t ime s in o n e da y ’

‘
. .
,

‘
The n whe n t h e r ive r g o e s pa s t o t he r
,

t o w n s d o n t t h e pe o ple o f t h o s e t o w n s b at he
’

’
too ?
‘
Pl a p s ( Pe rh ap s )
’
.

‘
We ll are t he re n o t ple n t y m o re t o w n s
,

be t wee n y o u r t o w n an d t h e en d o f t h e r ive r ? ’

Th e i n s i n u a t i o n d a w n ed upo n Aku a n d t h e ,

di al ogue e n ded in a l o n g d ra w n Ou -
‘

M i s i s i Ben t eley
A s t he r e was n o h o t el t o go t o a t B a n a n a in
t h o s e d ay s M r C o mbe r ac c ep t ed t h e p ro ffe r ed
, .

c u s t o m a ry h o s pi t a l i t y o f t h e Du t c h t ra di n g h o u s e

k n o w n as t h e ( A fr ik a a n sc h e H an del s

V en oo t s c h ap) whi c h h ad a g reed t o u n de rt a ke

,

t h e r e c eivi n g an d fo r w ardi n g o f t hei r g o o d s fr o m

Eu ro pe The re was n o t h o weve r ro o m fo r t h e

.
, ,

wh ole pa rt y t o s t ay in t h e h o u s e i t self ; an d t h e
t h r ee y o u n g c o m ra de s h ad t o s leep t h a t n igh t

in t h e s t o re whe r e t hey m a de c areful i n ve s t ig a

,

t i o n s as t o s n a ke s a n d whe r e H o lm an n e a rly ,

ca me o ff s e c o n d be s t in di s pu t i n g a s c o r pi o n s
’

r igh t t o t h e pl a c e .

I n t h e m o rn i n g t hey t r ied a blu t i on s in t h e

3 0 Th e V o ya ge O u t

cr eek ; b ut t h e w at e r bei n g b rac kish t h e s o ap

‘
, ,

w o uld n o t go a n d H o lm a n bega n t o t alk o f

,

m a ki n g a s o a p t o mee t t h e di ffic ult ies They

’
.

did n o t s t ay l o n g e n o ugh fo r him t o s t ar t h is

e xpe rime n t s Th e nex t day H o lm an a n d H a rt
.

l a n d c o n t i n ued t hei r j o u rn ey by b oat as far a s

P o n ta da Le n h a t h e n ex t s t o ppi n g pl ace up
,
-

r i ve r a l s o a fa c t o r
, y o f t h e A H V . . .

Th e fi rs t n igh t at P o n t a da Le nh a t hey h ad
a s e r i o u s w a rn i n g as t o t h e p o s s ibili t ie s a t t e n d a n t

o n t h e n a vig a t i o n o f t h e C o n g o Rive r .

Two ge n t leme n fro m fac to ries n e ar by di n ed

‘

wi t h us A t t en o c l o c k we r e t i red t o o u r ro o m
.
’

b ut in a few mi n u t e s we we r e s t a r tled by an
a wful s h r iek We ru s hed o ut t hi n ki n g o ur dog
.

h a d b r o ke n l oo s e b ut fo u n d t o o u r h o rro r t h at
, , ,

a c r o c o dile h a d j u s t s eized o n e o f t h e ge n t leme n

wi t h wh o m we h ad bee n s pe n di n g t h e eve n i n g ,

an d als o h is li t t le gi r l a p r e t t y c hild , H e wa s .

g o i n g t o s pe n d t h e n igh t a t t h e P o rt ugue s e
fac t o ry an d as P o n ta da Le n h a is s u rro u n ded
,

wi t h c reek s a n d m a rs he s it wa s n e c e ss ary t o ,

o by c an o e H e t ook a s e a t o n a c h a i r in
g .

t h e c an o e wi t h h is li tt le c hild a sleep u n de r h is
,

c o at t o s hield h er fro m t h e n igh t a ir

, whe n a ,

c ro c o dile s udde n ly a ppe ar ed an d s t r iki n g him, ,

wi t h h is t a il k n o c ked him ou t o f t h e ca n o e an d
, ,

c arr ied h im off w it h t h e l i t t le gi r l Th e wh o le .

 I nh a b i t an t s of th e R i v er 3 1

pl ac e was in a n up roar ca n o e s wi t h ligh t s we re

,

ru s hi n g a b o u t eve ry p o s s ible s e a r ch was m ade

, ,

b ut n o t a t rac e o f Se n o r M ot a o r o f Lu c i n d a , ,

t h e c hild c o uld be fo u n d
, The re we re eigh t
.

o t he r pe o ple i n t h e ca n o e an d am ong
, t hem

t h e m o t he r o f t h e child Th e p oo r w o m an
.

sc re a med an d t h r ew he rs elf d o w n o n t h e s a n d
, ,

a n d w r u n g h er h a n d s Her child h ad be en
.

t a ke n u n de r h er ve ry eye s ! Aft e r s o me t ime

t h e u s ele s s se arch was give n up a n d we re t i r ed ,

t o re s t
’
.

I t mu s t h a ve bee n a ra t he r ee r ie s e n s at i o n
whe n t h e n e x t eve n i n g i ns t e a d o f r e ac hi n g B o m a
,

as t hey h a d expe c t ed t hey fou n d t hem s elve s

,

o bliged t o p a ss t h e n igh t o n a s a n db an k s ur ,

ro u n ded by s n o r t i n g hipp o p o t a mi a n d well a w a r e

o f t h e p r o ximi t y o f c ro c o dile s .

M a n y p art s o f t h e g r e at r ive r t eem wi t h hip

p po o t am i T
. hey a r e o n ly killed fo r t h e s a ke of

t hei r me at They are ge n e rally qu i t e h ar mle s s

.
,

a n d un le s s a tt a cked will n o t a t t ac k Th ey s eem .

j u s t h appy t o l ive a nd let live They c o me ou t .

o f t h e w a t e r in t h e eve n i n g t o feed up o n t h e

c oar s e g ras s g ro wi n g o n t h e b a n k s o f t h e r ive r .

They are huge be as ts as eve r y o n e k n o w s t hei r ,

he ad s al o n e weighi n g s o me t ime s as mu c h as
5 0 0 lb s . A s t h e c r e a t u r e s w o uld whe n killed be , ,

t o o he a vy a n d u n wieldy t o c a r r y wh o le t hey are ,

3 2 Th e V o ya ge O u t

divided i nt o p art s Whe n t h e me at is t ake n h o me

.
,

it is c ut up i n t o s t rip s a n d d r ied S o me t ime s .

l ong s t rip s o f hide are t wi s t ed a n d whe n dry ,

beco me th e t e rrible c h ic o t t es o f whi c h we h ave

‘ ’

he a rd s o much l at ely in c o nn e c t i o n wi t h C o n go
a ffa i rs .

Th e h ippos ge n e rally go ab o u t in he rds They

e

do n o t s t ay u n de r w a t e r l o n g b u t c o me up o cc a,

s ion a l ly t o b r e at he l o o ki n g a b o u t t hem fo r a
,

mi n u t e o r s o t o see wh at is g o i n g o n I t is t he n
,
.

t h a t t h e hu n t e rs get a c h an c e t o sh oo t at t hem .

Thei r o n ly vul n e rable p a rt is j u s t behi n d t h e ea r ,

whi c h o f c o u rs e is ve ry s eld o m p rese n t ed as

, , ,

t hey l oo k t o w ar d s yo u t o s ee whe t he r t hey h a ve

an
y c a u s e fo r fe a r .

Th e o n ly way t o kill a hipp o p o t amu s t o a n y

a dv a n t age in deep w a t e r is t o h a rp o o n it To .
‘

s h o ot t he s e an im al s in deep w a t e r is s imply

wa s t e o f bulle t s a n d be a s t s .

C ro c o dile s are al s o s h o t whe n eve r p o s s i b le ,

be ca us e t hey are d a n ge ro u s e n emie s o f hum an

life . M a n y s t o r ies are t o ld o f pe o ple bei n g
s eized while w a lki n g a l o n g t h e b an k s o f t h e r ive r ,

o r eve n j e r ked o u t o f a ca n o e by t h e l as h o f t h e

c re a t u r e s p o we rful t a il I will give s o me in

’
.

s tan c e s .

O n ce whe n t h e mi s s i o na r ie s we r e t ra velli n g in
,

t h e s t eel t e n de r o f t h e Pe ac e t he y n o t i c ed s o me
’
‘
,
 C r o c o di le S t o r i es 33

t hi n g at ab ou t fiv e h und red yards l oo k i ng like a ,

s t ra igh t log bei ng carr ied d o w n in t h e s t ron g

cu rre nt I n a sh o rt t ime t hey fo u n d it was ap
.

p ro ac h in
g t hem pl o ughi n,
g i t s wa
y t h ro ugh t h e

wat e r at a rapid pa ce E ve ry o n e t h o ugh t a t fi rs t

.

it was a hipp o p o t a mu s A t fift ee n y ard s M r

. .

C o mbe r fi red a M art i n i at it The n t hey s aw .

wh at it re ally was —a huge c roc o dile I ts he a d .

was as l arge as t h at o f a hipp o p ot amus s o t h at ,

n o o n e d r e a med it was b ut a c ro c o dile H ad .

t hey bee n in a c an o e t he r e w o uld h a ve bee n

li t t le h o pe o f esc ape H appily t h e bulle t s topped

.

t h e c re at ure s p ro g r ess o r it migh t h a ve a t ta cked

’

th e sides o f t h e s t eel b oat .

O n e day s o me o f t h e s tat i o n m en we re d o w n
a t t h e w at e r whe n a c ro c odile h ad t h e aud a ci t y
,

t o s na p a t o n e o f t he m Th e m an c r ied out t o
.

his c o mpan i o ns wh o c a ugh t h old o f his free arm

,

an d t r ied t o pull him o n b oa rd But t h e c ro c o .

dile w o uld no t let go an d n e arly d ragged b ot h

,

his vic t i m a nd t h e would b e r e s c ue rs i n t o t h e -

wat e r The r e was a t ug o f war be t wee n t h e t wo

.
- -

part ie s b ut h appily t h e frie nd s s uccee ded in

,

keepi ng t h e m an a b ove t h e wat e r whe re up o n , ,

a ft e r a b o u t five mi n ut es s t ruggle t h e c ro c o dil e

’

let go . I t was a n a rro w e s c ape !

A n o t he r s to ry o f a c ro c odile at S tan ley P o o l
d o e s no t en d s o h appily I t was a ft e r we h ad .

4
34 Th e V o ya ge O u t

g on e tolive a t W at he n t h at o ne S at urd ay aft er

n o on t h e b o ys a t t h e P o o l we re g o i n g do w n t o

bat he a n d w as h t hei r cl o t hes as usu al I ye a .

,

b r igh t li t t le Ki t eke b oy wh o was ge n e rally o ne

,

o f t h e fi rs t i n eve r y t hi n g ra n d o w n befo r e t h e
,

o t he r s t o t h e w a t e r A m i nut e o r t wo a ft e r wards
.
,

whe n t h e o t he r b o ys go t d o w n t he r e t he r e was ,

n o s ig n o f I ye t o be fo u n d excep t his cl ot he s
,

up o n t h e b an k I fo rge t n o w whe t h er h e h ad
.

di sappe a red quie t ly or whe t he r an y sc re am o f his

,

h a d d ra w n at t e n t i o n t o t h e fa c t t h at he was s ur
p r ised by a c ro c o dile ; b ut t h a t is th e o nly re as o n
t h a t c o uld be give n t o a cc o u n t for his dis appe ar

an c e .

Th e que s t i o n m ay be ra ised H o w is it t h at ,

he s h o uld be b at hi n g in a sp o t whe re t he re are

c ro c o dile s ? Wi t h due c ar e t he re is li tt l e d an ge r
’

wi t h t hem C ro c o diles are ve r y t imid c re at u res

.
,

a nd will n o t v en t u r e e a sily i n t o d a n g er Th e .

s h o u t i n g s pl ashi n g a n d fro licki n g o f s o me d o z en

, ,

o r m o r e Afr i ca n b o ys b a t hi n g is qui t e e n ough to

keep t h e c ro c odiles at b ay I t was on ly I y e s .

’

r u n n i n g d o w n t o t h e w a t e r befo re t h e o t he rs t h at

ga ve th e b ru t e a ch an ce .

Dr . B e n t ley t h an kfully remembe red m any

e arn e s t talks he h ad h ad wi t h lye qui t e r e as ,

s u r in g his mi n d as t o t h e b o y s p rep ared n ess for

’

sudde n d eat h .
3 6 To S a n S a l v a d o r

s t art ed for S an S alv ad or wi t h M r C o mbe r , .

a cc o mp a n yi n g t hem fo r t h e fi r s t d a y s j o u rn ey
’

t o put t hem up t o a few t hi n gs t o which t hey

we r e qui t e n ew s u c h as buyi n g fo o d fro m t h e

,

na t ives an d givi n g p r e s e n t s t o t h e Chiefs o f t h e

,

t o w n s t h ro ugh whi c h t hey p ass ed .

S an S alv a d o r is t h e c api t a l o f t h e ki n gd o m o f
C o ng o whi c h re ac hes fro m t h e m o u t h o f t h e
,

r i ve r C o n g o t o t h e D a n de Rive r which is a b o u t ,

1 80 t o 2 0 0 mile s n o r t hw a rd s o n th e A t l an t ic

c oa s t . Th e t e rri to r y go es as far a s t h e b oun d ary

of A n g ol a o n t h e s o u t h I n l a nd t h e b o u nd aries
.

a re le s s defi n i t e b ut in t h e ye ar 1 8 8 7 we fo u n d
,

pe o ple r igh t aw a y o n t h e upp er p art s o f th e

Kw an gu wh o s p o ke C o n g o a nd p aid t r ibu t e t o,

t h e Ki n g a t S an S alv ad o r .

Thei r j o u rn ey wa s well t imed for J uly is ,

c e r t a i n ly a b o u t t h e be s t s e a s o n o f t h e ye ar fo r

t ra velli n g Th e dry s e as o n u s u ally l as t s fro m

.

a b o u t t h e t hi r d week in M a y t o t h e t hi r d wee k in

Sep t embe r I n J u n e t h e hill s are all c o ve red

.

wi t h s t ro n g b ro w n g ras s fro m five t o fift ee n fee t

,

high l o o ki n g in t h e di s tan c e as t h e wi n d sweeps

, ,

o ve r it like field s o f w avi ng c o rn The n c o me

,
.

t h e bu s h fi re s whi c h s weep d o w n t h e t all m at t ed ,

j u n gle gra ss le a vi n g t h e hill s bl a c k an d b are

, .

Th e fi rs t ra i n a ft e r t h at whi c h usu ally c o mes

,

t o w ards t h e end o f Sep t embe r is s uffi c ie nt t o

,
 R ap i d G r o w th of V eget a t i o n 37

s tart th e vege tat i on g rowi n g aga i n an d s oo n th e ,

hill s l oo k g ree n o n c e m o re As t h e l o we r p a rt o f
.

t h e C o n g o Ri ve r lies t o t h e s o u t h o f t h e E qu a to r ,

t h e summe r a n d wi n t e r t he r e fall in e x ac t ly t h e

o pp o si t e t ime o f t h e ye a r t o o u rs Whe n o n ce .

t h e ra i n s s ta rt aga i n eve r y t hi n g g ro w s ve r y

ra pidly . I h ave s ee n pl an ta i n s c u t o ff o n e day ,

a n d h a ve n o t iced t h a t t h e i n n e r p a rt h a d g ro w n

t o t h e le ng t h o f t wo a n d a h alf i n ches wi t hi n t h e

n ex t t we n t y fo u r h o ur s
-
. Thu s by D ecembe r s o me ,

grass will be as much as t h ree o r fo u r fee t high .

Y et t o m a rc h u n de r a bl a zi n g t ro pi c al s un ,

s c o r chi ng a l t h o ugh it is t h e c o ld s e a s o n is no t
‘ ’

a li t t le fat igui n g ; a n d wh at wi t h d o n key s fa lli n g

,

d ow n in p recipi t ous pl aces a n d o t he r mi s h aps it

, ,

t o o k t hem a b o ut five h o u rs t o do a six miles

’

m arch t h e fi rs t m o rn i ng .

H olm an w ri t es t hu s a b ou t it : A t t h e en d o f‘

t h e fi rs t m o rn i n g I t h ough t I f all Afri ca n t ra vel

,

is like t hi s it is a ve ry h ar d lo t ! Bu t t h e midd ay
’

r e s t a n d s o me fo o d s o on r evived t hei r spi r i t s .

U n fo rt u nat ely t h e a ft e rn oo n was eve n w ors e .

M r C rudgi ng t o n gives t h e fo ll o wi n g a cc ou n t
.

o f t h at fi rs t a ft e rn o on

O n e of t h e d o n keys w o uld ro ll o ve r o n t o it s
b ac k an d o n ce he go t i nt o a deep ra i n rut wi t h
,
-
,

t h e b ales o n his b ack well wedged in I t wa s n o .

j o ke to s truggl e wi t h four legs k icki ng in t h e a ir ,

3 8 To S a n S a l v a d o r
an d I see H o lm an a n d m yself at it n ow
c an

M os t o f Our m en h ad go n e o n wi t h th e c o o ki ng
p o ts a n d foo d a n d beddi n g ; we we r e fa r behi n d
wi t h o n ly a few m en a n d we re b ot h fagged o ut ,
.

A t l as t a s d ark n e s s wa s c o mi n g o n fa s t a n d
, ,

we s eemed s t ill far fro m t h e t o w n we we r e m aki n g

fo r I s aid
,
“Well t he re s eems n o t hi n g fo r it b ut
, ,

”
t o s leep he r e i n t h e j u n gle for t h e n igh t We
“
.

r e s t ed fo r a b it ; t he n H o lm a n s a id I ll t ry an d ’

pu s h o n a n d fin d t h e t o w n if n e c e s s ary yo u t ie
, ,

up t h e d o n key a n d I ll c o me b a ck wi t h help a n d
,
’

”
fe t c h yo u I h ad j u s t de t e rm i n ed t o t ie up t h e
.

be as t whe n I he ard H o lm a n s chee ry v o i c e s ay ’

“
,

ing C o me al o n g H arr y m a ke an o t he r s t ruggle

, , , .

I c an s ee t h e li gh t s a nd s m o ke o f t h e t o w n ; it
is n t far a he ad n o w
’

We go t t o t h e t o w n a t l as t an d fou n d C o mbe r
‘
,

m aki n g a rra n geme nt s wi t h t h e c hief for o ur pu t t i n g

up for t h e n igh t D i n n e r was n o t c o oked yet b ut
.
,

a c up o f t ea wa s r e a dy Aft e r e nj o yi n g t hi s we
.

t h rew o u rselve s o n a r ug o n t h e g ro u n d fo r a res t

“
.

Th e n ex t we k n ew was s o me o n e t elli n g us c h o p
”

wa s r e a dy a n d we fo u n d we h ad h ad a goo d h ou r s
’
,

r e s t an d s leep
’
.

Th e ro a d t o S a n S alva d or lay o ve r l o ng
pl at e a ux up high hill s d o w n t h rou gh sm all
, ,

r ive rs o ve r whi c h t he r e we re n o b r idge s

,
o r at ,

t h e m o s t a t r u n k o f a t ree t o do se r vic e as a
 Tr o p i c a l R a i n s 39

b ridge . As t o th e r ive rs t hei r heigh t v aries

,

ve ry much at diffe re n t t imes o f t h e ye ar I .

h a ve k n o w n a sm all r ive r t o r ise t en fee t wi t h

o n e m o n t h s ra i n I n t h e C o n g o Rive r i t self
’
.
,

t he r e is a di ffe r e nce o f a b o u t fo r t y fee t be t wee n

t h e en d o f t h e ra i n y se as o n an d t h e en d o f t h e

dry .

Th e effec t eve n o n e he a vy ra i n s t o r m will

of

pe rh aps be be tt e r re alised fro m t h e fo ll o wi n g ex

O n a c e rt a i n day a t o n e o c l oc k h a vi n g
’
erien c e
p .
,

a midd a y h a l t a n d s o me fo o d whils t o n t h e r o a d we ,

n o t i c ed he a vy c l o uds H a d t h e m an wh o c ar r ied
.

our t e n t bee n t he r e we sh o uld h a ve p r ep ared t o

,

s hel t e r a t o n c e ; b u t u n fo r t u n a t ely he h ad g o n e

o n s o t h at we we r e pe r fo r ce o bliged t o c o n t i n ue
,

t h e j o u rn ey B y an d by it began t o ra i n he a vily
. .

Th e ligh t n i n g pl ayed aro u n d us a s my be a re r s,

t rudged al o n g P o or fell o ws it was a he a vy

.
,

ta sk ! Fo r my cl o t hes a n d c o ve ri ng bl an ke t we r e
s oak ed wi t h t h e ra i n a n d t he r e we re s o me i n ches
,

o f w at e r in t h e h a mm o ck By t h e t ime we h ad
.

desce nded i n t o t h e valley t h e u n de rgro w t h was

e nt i r ely fl oo ded a n d t h e wa t e r was n e arl y up t o
,

t h e arms o f th e s h o rt e r o f my be ar e rs A nd .

whe n a ft e r an h o u r an d a h alf s m arch m y ’

h amm o c k be are rs re ached th e li t t le s t re a m o n

-

t h e o t he r b an k o f which we we r e t o sleep an d ,

whe re we c ould see our t e nt al re ady s ta n di n g ou t

 40 To S a n S a l v a d o r

pa le aga i ns t t h e d ar k sky we fo u n d t h e r ive r

,

i mp assa ble ! I n fac t o n e o f t he m in t ryi ng t o

,

fo rd it t o s ee whe t he r it was p os s ible t o t a ke me

,

a c ro ss was c arr ied o ff h is fee t by t h e r u s h o f

,

wa t e r a n d w o uld h a ve bee n swi rled a wa y by t h e

,

swift t o rr e n t h a d n o t h is c o m rade d ashed a c ro ss

a be n d in t h e s t re a m a n d pl an t ed h is s t ic k
,

fi rmly at t h e c o rn e r a n d t hu s c augh t an d s aved

,

him M y hu s b an d an d t h e c a rr ie rs h ad c rossed
.

o ve r al l r igh t ab o u t t we n t y mi n u t e s p r evi o usly ,

b ut t h e o n ly me t h o d by whi c h we c o uld r e a ch t h e
c a mpi n g g ro u n d was by forc i n g o ur way t h ro ugh
t h e l o n g wet j u n gle o n th e s ide s o f t h e b an ks up
,

t o w ar d s t h e uppe r p art o f t h e s t r e a m u n t il we ,

c a me t o s o me ro cks o ve r whi c h wi t h help fro m

, ,

t h e o t he r s ide we m an aged t o c ros s

,
.

O n a n o t he r o c c as i o n o n e n igh t s ra i n h ad t u rn ed
’

a m o u n t a i n s t r e a m i n t o a r u s hi n g t o rr e n t t h e w a t e r,

t umbli n g a n d foa mi n g o ve r huge b oulde rs wi t h ,

falls in it s c o u rs e o f eigh t a n d t en fee t .

O n J uly 1 4 t h t h e pi o n ee rs a rr ived at S an
S alv ad o r Th e K i n g se n t a n umbe r o f his
.

r el at ives a n d re t i n ue t o mee t t hem a t a vill a ge

a b o u t a n h o u r s dis t a n ce a w ay They ca me in
’
.

g ra n d s t yle be ari n g t h e C o n go flag Th e s to ry

,
.

o f t h at fl a g is t o o i n t e res t i n g t o be left o ut
I
.

I t was a g old fiv e p o i n t ed s t ar o n a d ark

-

1
I b orrow it from Pi oneer i ng on the Congo .
 O r i gi n of C o n go F la g 4 1

blue gro u n d H avi n g n o t i c ed t h a t e ac h o f t h e

.

t ra di n g h o use s h ad a spe c i al fl ag t h e K i n g h a d ,

as ked M r de Bl . o em e c hief a ge n t o f t h e Du t c h ,

h o u s e to se n d him one De Bloem e n ot wi s hi n g

, .
,

t o se n d a Du t ch fl a
g les t a n y p o li t i c al s ig n ifi c a n c e
,

s h o uld be a t t a ched t o it s en t t hem a fl a g whi c h ,

h is fa n cy di c ta t ed a s i n gle s t a r o n a pl a i n blue
,

g ro u n d A s a s t ran ge c o i n cide n c e M r S t an le y
.
, .
,

whe n he s t art ed fo r C o ngo a d o p t ed th e l o n e ,

‘

s t ar o f t h e C o n fede rat e A r my in t h e Ame r i ca n

’

War a s h is s ymb ol I t h as n o w be c o me t h e .

r ec o g n i s ed fla g o f t h e C o ng o S tat e .

M b a n z a E k o n go be t t e r k n o w n in E u ro pe a s
,

S an S alv a d o r t h e n a me give n by t h e P o rt ugue s e

, ,

is si t u at ed o n a n elev a t ed pl a t e au fee t
a b o ve t h e s ea level I t is o n e hu n d r ed mile s
-
.

fro m t h e n e are s t p o i n t o f th e C o n g o Ri ve r a n d ,

t wo hu n d r ed miles fro m t h e c o as t Th e P o rt u .

g u es e held mili t ar y o ccup a t i o n f o r s o me ye ars ,

b ut t o tally a b a n d o n ed it in 1 8 7 0 Thei r fo rt s .

a n d b a rra cks a n d t h e o l , d c hu rc h are n o w rui n s , ,

c o mple t ely o ve rg ro w n wi t h sh rubs an d g ras s .

The re are ve ry few t r ee s n e ar th e t o w n ; t hey

are m o s t ly b ao b a b s a n d a s o r t o f p o pl ar
, I t is .

ve ry ble ak l o o ki n g t h o ugh o ne be a u t iful t ree

-
,

s tan ds t he re which at midd a y ca s ts a sh ade o f

,

a b o u t eigh t y t o o n e hu n d red fee t in di a me t e r .

I n t h o se d ays th e t o w n c o nsis t ed o f a b ou t t wo
4 2 To S a n S a l v a d o r

h un d red h o uses As t h e part y e nt e r ed th e t o w n

.
,

t h e pe o ple c ro wded ro u n d t hem a nd t h e exci t e ,

me nt was g re at .

Th e fi rs t du t y o f c ou rse was t o go an d pay

, ,

t hei r r espec t s t o t h e Kin g t o wh o m t hey re

p,

s e n t ed a le t t e r fr o m M r C o mbe r H e received
. .

t hem ve ry g ra ci o usly D on Ped ro was si tt i n g in

.

a ch a i r whi c h was c o ve r ed wi t h a bl an ke t He .

w o r e a m an t le o f scarle t c o l o u red cl ot h o ve r a
-

m an y c o l o u red j e rsey O n his he ad was a n old

-
.

s o l ar t o pee ; his h an ds held a c rucifix a n d a

s c ep t r e .A b oy s t oo d behi n d him s upp ort i n g ,

a huge umb r ell a c o ve r ed wi t h g o r es o f v a ri o us

c ol ou rs Th e mis s i o n arie s we re give n ch a i r s t o

.

s it up o n a nd a b o u t fift y g uns we re fi red in

,

h o n ou r o f th e o cc asi o n .

Th e K i ng exp re ss ed his s at isfa c t i o n at seei ng .

t hem a n d h o ped t hey h ad c o me t o s t a y fo r a l o ng

,

t ime . Aft e r th e i nt e rview th e mis s i o naries wi t h

,

d rew t o a h o u s e le n t t hem by a frie ndly nat iv e ,

wh o se n ame was M a to ka .

Th ree d ay s we re spe nt in unp acki n g t h e m o s t

n ecess a r y t hi ngs a n d t r yi n g t o a rra n g e t h em
,
.

O n t h e fo u rt h t hey b o t h h ad a n a tta c k o f fev er .

I t was ve r y a wkw a rd fo r m an y t hi n gs we re s t ill

in t h e b o xes a n d t hey h ad n o o ne t o l oo k a ft er
,

t hem p ro pe rly .

Whe n t h e feve r h ad subsided H o lm an w rot e

44 To S a n S a l v a do r

wi s hed us t o c o me t o him eve ry day t o talk

t o him a b o u t t hem an d t e a ch him h o w a m a n
,

ca n p ra y t o G o d a n d bec o me fit fo r he a ve n
, In .

m any w ays t h e K i ng ga ve g oo d evide n c e t h a t his

he art is ki n dly di s p os ed t ow a rd s us But t h ough .

he sh o wed an i n cli na t i o n t o believe t h e me s s age

of G o d s l o ve s o me o f t h e pe o ple l aughed
’

a t t h e a b s u rdi t y o f t h e ide a t h a t t h e G re at
E t e rn al G o d c o uld o r w ould be s o ki n d a nd do ,

s uch w o n d r o us t hi n gs fo r H is e art hly c hild r e n !

We c an scarc ely be su rp r ised t h at t hey t hus

l a ughed ; if t h e S a vi o u r s l o ve is t h e w o n de r
’

o f a n gel s h ow i n c o mp rehe nsible it mus t be t o

,

o n e livi n g in t his d ar k l an d ?

F ro m t h at Su n d ay t he re we re regul ar se rvices
fo r s o me t ime which t h e missi o n a ries in t u rn
,

c o ndu c t ed wh ils t H olm a n usu ally spe n t his

,

Su n d ay a ft e rno o n s wi t h t h e K i ng t alki n g wi t h
,

him o n ques t i on s o f r eligi on .

Th e t wo h ad r ec o ve red fro m t h e feve r fo ur

d ays a ft e r t hei r a rrival j us t in t ime t o welc o m e
,

M r a n d M rs C o mbe r a nd M r H a rtl an d Whe n

. . . .

M r C o mbe r arr ived t h e fi rs t t as k was t h e

.
,

p rese n tat i o n of t h e gift s which t hey h ad b rough t

wi t h t he m Wi t h t hese t h e K i ng seem ed much
.

g rat ified Aft e r t hi s ce rem o n y h ad bee n g o ne

.

t h ro ugh, t h e K i n g was s o ch armed by th e

displ ay of s om e m ech an ical t oys t h at h e ,
 C o n str u c ti o n of N at i v e H u t s 45

r ea dily a cc ed ed t o t h ei r reques t for a si t e for

b uildi n g .

Th e missi onaries o f course p ro ceeded t o b uild

, ,

t hei r h ouses wi t h t h e m at e ri als t o h an d Th e .

firs t h o use t hey m ade t h o ugh bigge r was in

, ,

t h e o rdi n ary nat ive s t yle o f g ras s , As t o t h e

.

dwelli ngs o f th e nat ives t h e K i n g s h o u s e an d

,
’

t h o s e o f his c hief m en we r e o f a l arge r an d

be tt e r Ch ara c t e r t h an t h e o rdi nary o n es b ut ,

t h e fo ll o wi n g was t h e usu al s t yle o f t h e C o n go

h o uses in t h at dis t ri c t t we nt y ye ars ago .

Th e n ecess ary spac e bei n g cle ar ed at t h e

si t e desi red t wo ro ws o f s ta ke s a b o u t t en fee t
, ,

a p ar t
, are d r ive n i n t o t h e g ro u n d a t a b o u t t en

i n ches dis tance fro m e ach o t he r ; spli t p alm fro nd s

a re t he n t ied h o r iz o n tally a l o n g t h e s t a kes o n t h e

o ut e r side a n d t h a t ched wi t h
, ,
g ra ss fo rm t h e ,

wa ll s o f t h e h o u s e Rib s o f palm fro n ds are

.

t ied o n t o t h e w a ll s a n d fixed t o t h e ridge p ole

,
-

at th e t o Ac ro s s t he se t hey t ie m o r e p alm
p .

fro n ds a nd th e wh ole is t hi c kly t h at ched wi t h

,

g rass Th e e n t ra n ce whi c h is t o t h e s ide o f

.
,

t h e fro n t ki n g — p o s t is h ardly m o re t h an a h ole

, ,

o ft e n b ar ely t wo fee t wide a n d fo u r fee t high ,

barr ed by a shu t t e r o f t h e ve ry c rudes t ki n d

t ied o n wi t h s o m e pli an t spli t t wig The r e .

are n o wi n d o ws in t hese h o uses a n d as a r ule

,

t h e o nly furn i t ure foun d i n sid e t h em c o n sis t s

46 To S a n S a l v a d o r

of h
t ree big i ro n o re s to ne s which se rve t o
-

s upp o r t t h e ro u n d b o t t o m ed c oo ki n g p o t s an d
- -
,

be t wee n which t hey a rra n ge thei r w oo d fi res .

The r e is n o o u t le t for t h e sm o ke s o t h at ve r y
,

s o o n t h e roo f i ns ide a h o use bec o mes c o at ed

wi t h s o o t y bl ack n es s which h o weve r s o o n
, ,

d r ies o n t o t h e roo f a n d p rese n t s a shi ny bl ack

,

a ppe a ra n c e .

O n t h e o the r side o f t h e ki n g p o s t t he r e is -

ge n e rally a shelf o n which t h e w o m an o f t h e

h o use keep s h er c oo k i ng p o ts arra nged whe n not
-

in use wi t h h er b as ke t s & C
, ,
.

I f we go i n t o t h e h o use o f a c areful wise ,

w o m an t o w a rd s t h e en d o f t h e dry s e as on ,

we s h all ve ry likely see a s tack o f w oo d in

o n e c o r n e r—h er p r o vi s i o n fo r t h e wet s e as on .

S o me t imes o n e c o me s a c ro ss a low nat ive ki n d ,

of bed s t e a d m ade o f ligh t s p o n gy ki n d o f

, ,

w oo d whi c h t hey c all mbasa a b ou t t wo ‘

,
’

fee t wide b ut n eve r l o n g e n o ugh for a g row n

,

up pe rs o n t o lie at full le n g t h As a rule .

t hey j u s t lie d o w n t o s leep whe re t hey s it

ro u n d t hei r li tt le fi res usi n g ei the r t hei r arms
,

o r a s m all log o f w oo d as a pill o w G oi ng .

t o bed is t hu s a ve ry simple m at t e r .

I n t h e O pp o si t e w all t o t h e e nt ran ce t he r e
is ge n e ra lly a d oo r wa y whi c h le a ds i nt o a sm all
c o mpart me n t s el do m m ore th an fro m four to
,
 I n t er i o r of a C o n go H ut 47

six feet wi de whe re th e mist ress o f th e h o us e

,

hides h er s t o res h er b aske ts of pea n u t s h er

,
-
,

o n i on s
, o r h er l a s t n ew cl o t h I m agi n e t he n
.
, ,

s o me d a rk ski n n ed c ro ny si tt i n g t a i lo r fas hi o n
- -

by t h e s ide o f h er he art h s t o n e s t h e i n evi t a bl e

-
,

sh o rt pipe in h er m out h a few b as ke t s beside

,

h er or o n t h e s helf a b ro w n s un d r i ed g o u rd
, , ,
-
,

which se rves a s a w at e r b o t tle in th e c orn e r

-
,

o f th e h ut , an d
yo u will h a ve a t rue pi c t u r e

o f th e i n t e ri o r of a C o n go h o m e o n quie t ,

u neve nt ful d ay s .
 C H A PT E R IV

E a r l y D ays

L ove fi
su er eth long, a nd is h ind ; love envieth n ot ; love
va un teth n ot ji is
i ts el n ot
p ufi d up, doth not beh ave i tsel f
unseem ly s eeh eth i ts own , i s n ot easi l
, n ot y pr ovoh ed, tah eth
n ot accoun t o f evi l bear eth a ll th i ngs, b elieveth a ll th i ngs,
h opeth a ll th i ngs, endur eth a ll th i n s
g .
’
— COR I . xiii .
—
4 8

H E fi rs t h o uses th e missi o n aries put up

we re like t h ose o f t h e n at ives o f g rass
, , .

But as t ime we n t o n a n d l oa ds arr ived and

, , ,

m o re ro o m was w an t ed t o s t o r e t hem i ns t e ad o f ,

c o n t i n ui ng t o m ake g rass h o u s es which are in ,

c o n s t an t n eed o f r ep a i r a n d give e asy a ccess

to t hieves t h e mi ss i o n a r ie s de c ided t o b u ild
,

t hem o f s t o n e s o f which t he r e wa s a bu n d an ce
,

in t h e j u n gle These s t o n e s we r e eve n t u ally

.

fo u n d t o h a ve c om e fro m t h e ru i ns o f t h e o ld
R o m an C at h ol i c Chu rc h o f th e t o w n But wh at .

a b o u t t h e lime fo r mixi n g t h e m o rt ar ? The re

was n o n e n e ar H o weve r whe n t h e n at ives
.
,

u n de rs t oo d wh at t hey w an t ed t hey p o i nt ed ou t ,

s o me lime s t o n e ro c k s n e ar t h e r ive r L uez i a nd ,

an o l d di s u s ed kil n o f P o rt ugue s e d at e a b o u t t wo ,

h o u rs a way To get t h e lime t o th e kil n t hey

.

48
 J ac k -o i - a ll Tr a des
-
49

h ad to m ake a c anoe ; an d s eve ral we ary d ays

h ad t o be spe nt in felli n g t rees a nd diggi n g o ut
t h at c an o e O f all t h at h ad t o be d o n e t o m a ke
.

t h e h o use buildi n g a success t he re is n o n eed t o

-

spe ak he re as t his is n o t p rim arily a rec ord o f

,

th e M issi o n b ut o f a m an .

I n s uch a p r imi t ive c ount ry as t h e C o ngo

e arly se t t le rs n ee ded t o b e J a ck s of all t rades if - - -
,

t hey we re t o h a ve a n y deg r ee o f c o mfort ; a n d

m issi on ar ies h o pi n g t o ra i s e t h e pe ople fro m

,

th e lo w m o ral s ta n d ar d t o which t hey h ad su n k ,

n eeded t o be eve n m o r e s o H o lm an B e n t ley

.

was equ al t o th e o cc as i o n H e n o t on ly supe r

.
»

i nt e nd ed th e v ari ous O pe rat i o n s b ut wi t h his ,

o wn h an d s w o rked at t h e c a n o e cu tt i n g m o u n t ed-
,

t h e roo f a nd wi t h his Own h a n ds helped in t h e

,

t h a t chi n g . I n l a t e r ye a rs at W at he n wi t h his
o wn h an ds he w o r ked a t t h e p r e s s an d i t was h e ,

wh o pie rced an d r i n ged t h e n o ses o f th e c at t le .

O f H o lm an B e n t ley s r es o u r ceful n e s s a t t hi s
’

pe ri o d m an y s t or ies h a ve bee n t o ld .

O n a ce rt a i n day whe n t h e c ara v an in h is

,

c h arge was b ri n gi n g up l oad s from t h e c oas t

t o S an S alv ad o r t hey h al t ed for a r e s t
, Th e .

d o nkey wi t h t hem evide n t ly t h o ugh t he h ad

d on e e n ough fo r th e day an d acc ordi n gly lay ,

d o w n o n th e g rou n d Whe n t h e c ara v an wa s

.

r es t a rt i n g
, th e a n im al r efused to stir No .
5 0 E a r ly D ays

be at i ng or c oa xi n g a vailed t o rais e him t o his

legs N o t t h at t h e be as t was o ve rt i r ed ; it
.

was s imply a c ase o f Afr ic an dislike t o r eg ul ar ,

s t e ady w o r k Fi nally s eei n g t h at n ot hi ng

.
,

w o uld pe rsu ade th e a n im al H o lm an s et t o ,

w or k wi t h his b oys t o c ollec t a l i t tle he ap

o f dry g ra s s They l aid t his d o w n su ffici en tly
.

n e a r fo r t h e d o n key t o re alise his d an ge r and ,

s et a m at ch t o it N o t hi n g m o re was n eeded ;
.

t h e c re at u re j umped up a n d o w n i ng himself
,

c o n que red quie tly fi n ished his d ay s w o rk

,
’

t o ge t he r wi t h th e hum an bu rde n be are rs o f -

t h e c arav a n .

O n ce we we r e c ro ssi n g a sw a mpy b it ; t h e
fro n t p art o f t h e c ara v an h ad al re ady waded
t h ro ugh it wi t h g re a t di fficul t y But h o w we re.

we whi t e fo lk a n d t e d o k ey t o get a c ro ss
h n ?

To be ca rr ied was imp o s s ible The re we r e .

s o me p alm t rees n e ar a n d H o lm an s oo n h ad
-
,

s o me of th e l o we r fro n ds c ut a n d sp re ad ,

a c ross t h e w o rs t p art I t was a ve ry po or

.

s ubs t i t u t e fo r a b r idge b ut th e o nly p o ssible

,

on e at th e t ime an d , it su fficed fo r t h e
o c cas i o n
, a n d t h e d o n k ey wi t h his p ro ve rbi a l
,

su refo o t ed n es s p a ssed o ve r t he s e wi t h ev en
,

les s t ro uble t h an s o me o f us did .

O n e day whe n at S a n S alv a d or H olm an

, ,

s tarted th e ide a o f m a k i ng s oap wi t h n at iv e

5 2 E a r l y D ays

medic al w ork I remembe r h andi ng ov er t o .

him a n as t y c as e o f a ve ry l a rge ulce r and ,

r ec all h o w ple as ed he was t o see t h e he al t hy

g ra n ul at i o n fo rmi ng H e was qui te p roud of .

t h at c as e a n d t h e medic al
, k nowledge ga i n e d
at t h at t ime helped him ve ry c ons iderably
l at e r o n whe n al o n e a t M an yanga and h e
, ,

’
h a d s o me nas t y gu n s h o t w o u n ds t o de al wi th .

I t s o o n be c ame evide n t t o H o lm an s c o lle agues

’

t h a t he was i n deed a m an o f speci al qu ali t ies ;

ra i s ed up by G o d t o do a speci a l w o r k ; eve n

M r C o mbe r th e le ade r o f t h e part y wi t h his

.
, ,

fou r or fiv e ye ars p revi o us expe r ie nce in t h e ’

C a me ro o ns a c k no wledged t h a t he le ant up on
,

B e n t ley s a dvi c e m ore t h an up o n any t hi ng else

’

‘
I f a n y o n e ca n see t h rough a s t o n e w all it ,

i s B e n t ley he o n ce s aid ; a nd in a l e tt e r h e
,
’

w ro t e : We all l oo k t o Be n t ley as o ur G o d
‘

give n le a de r Y et H o lm an B e ntley neve r

.
’

seemed t o t hi n k an y t hi ng o f himself he n eve r

pu shed him s elf t o t h e fo r e ; an d he was n o t
o n ly a lw a y s r e a dy b ut c o n t e n t t o t a ke t h e l owe s t

pl ac e do t h e h ar des t w o rk an d be th e se rv ant
, ,

o f al l .N o s t ra n ge r visi t i n g W at he n w ould
eve r h a ve t h o ugh t fro m his be ar i ng t o wa rds
t h e o t he r m en eve n t o w a rd s t h e y o u n ge s t t h a t
, ,

he was in r e ali t y by r igh t o f p recede n c e t h e

, ,

se n i o r o f t h e M issi o n .
 “
Th e
!

G i ft of S l eep 53

But t h ou gh h is succe ss gai n i ngb ot h in

kn Owledge o f t h e l an gu age
.
an d in d o c to ri n g
,

t h e sick as well a s in all m an u a l wo rk was

, ,

g reat H o lm an Be n t ley n eve r be ca me el at ed

, .

He k n ew whe n ce his gift s c a me H e k n ew .

als o t h at he was physi c ally n o t a s t ro n g m an ,

an d l ived in t h e c o n s ci o u s n e ss t h a t s t re n g t h
would be give n him a cc o r di n g a s n eed a ros e .

Th ough t s like t hese kep t him in d a ily humble

de pe n de n ce up o n his G o d a n d he rei n lay t h e t r ue
,

expl an at i o n o f h o w he was a ble t o do s o m u ch .

E ve n t h e nat ives u s ed t o c all him ‘

‘
N lav an gan i which me an s t h e
,
’
deli ca t e ‘

a nd t h e c o lle a gues a t o n e t ime s e r i o u s ly

’
o ne ,

c onsider ed whe t he r it w ould n o t be t hei r du t y

t o S e n d him h o me But t hey c o uld ill a ffo r d
.

t o S p are him a n d h e c o uld n o t c o n se n t t o be

,

s ent h om e a failu re H e was o ft e n exh au s t ed

.

t ow a rds th e end o f a m orn i n g s w o r k a t s o m e

’

m an u al l ab o u r, and w o uld be o bliged t o lie

do w n o n t h e g ras s t o r es t Aft e r a s h o rt
.

sleep his ind o mi ta ble s pi ri t w o uld ro u s e him

,

up a gai n t o c o n t i n ue t h e t ask which h ad fa lle n

t o him t o do .

M r C rudgi ng t on w ri t es of t h at t ime : O n
.
‘

l ook i ng b ac k o ve r t h ose e arly d ay s I c a n s ee ,

h o w Be nt l ey was o ft e n s a ved a se ri o u s feve r ,

c on s eque n t o n fat igue by his a bili ty t o d rop

,
54 E a r l y D ays

o ff to sl eep in any eve n t h e m o s t di fficul t

,

c i r c ums t an ces Whe n o n th e road he o nce fell

.

a sleep on a s t re am w o rn g ran i t e b oul de r ,

sp rawli n g fa c e doa ards a n d slep t t hus fo r ,

a n h o u r wi t h h is fee t in t h e w a t e r !
, We used
t o j o ke wi t h him a t S a n S alv a d or a b ou t his

al ar m cl o ck
-
whi c h he w o uld s et t o go off at
,

5 3 . 0 a m T h e. cl o ck fa i t hful t,o it s du t y w o uld ,

ro u s e up th e b a by in t h e p a rt i t i o n ed off
c o mpart me n t a t th e b a ck o f t h e h ouse which ,

M at o ka wa s g oo d e n o ugh t o let us s h are ; b ut

H o lm a n c o uld s leep on gl o r i o u s ly i n di ffe re nt
,

t o b a by a n d cl o ck a like u n t il c alled
’

, .

F ro m t h e s a me s o u rce we le arn t h a t
t ra velli n g seemed t o ag ree wi t h him ; he
‘

e nj oyed it and was always re ady t o go t o

,

M us uka o r t h e c oas t t o ar ra n ge ab ou t l oads .

Fo r al th o ugh t h e Du t ch h o us e was ac t i n g
'

fo r us it was n ece s s ar y for o n e o f us t o go

,

d o w n fro m t ime t o t ime t o r e arrange l oads

a nd get ca rr ie r s H e alw ays m ade his jo u rneys
.

a me a n s o f t alki n g wi t h t h e pe o pl e a b o u t o ur

w o rk a nd on e a ch j o u rney h e was i nq ui ri ng
,

wi t h a V i ew t o o pe n i n g up a n ew and s h orte r
ro u t e to M us uka B es ides he fel t it ve ry ,

helpful in t h e l an gu age t h e Con tac t wi t h o t he r

p ep o l e w o uld a lw ays me a n m o r e w ords g a i ned
’
o r s o m e c o rrec t i o n s m ade .
 L an gua ge W ork 55

H olm an Be nt ley was i n deed i n defat iga ble

, ,

in his effort s t o acqui re t h e l an g uage A ny .

t as k t h at w o uld help him in t h a t was gl a dly

u nde rtak e n H e t old me l at e r on t h at fro m t h e

.
,

fi rs t it was h is e arn es t desi re t o a c qui re such a

,

k nowledge o f it t h at G o d migh t be a ble t o

give him a s h are in t ran sl a t i n g H is W o rd
i n to t h e C o ng o t o ngue Thi s seem s .to

h ave bee n me n t i o n ed in h is h o me le t t e rs fo r ,

in 1 8 8 2 we fin d him t h a n ki n g his o ld p as t or ,

Mr Tym m s for s o me helpful b oo k s whi c h h ad

.
,

bee n se n t o ut t o him Al t h o ugh t he r e are

.
‘

m an y we ary m ont hs o f pi o n ee r w o r k befo re I

can s it d o w n t o s uch w o rk I can s t udy a n d ,

p repare But my de ar M r Tym m s I do s o

.
,
.
,

l o ng for a t ime whe n i n s t e ad o f buildi n g ,

h ouses t rudgi n g o ve r ro ugh hill s and all

, ,

o t he r p relimi nary pi o n ee r w o rk I s h all ,

be able t o do m ore o f t h at whi c h I c ame

do
’
to .

He ls o exp ressed his g rief at n o t bei n g

a

able t o se n d s uch r ep o rt s o f M i s si o n w o r k a s

would please t h e frie nds at h ome ; wh o he h ad ,

bee n t old we re rej o ici n g at th e li t e rary w ork

,

al re ady a cc o mplished by t h e Livi n gs t o n e

I nl an d M issi o n But he was n o t a m an t o
.

un d erta k e s uch a t as k un less h e fel t he c o uld

do it w ell .
56 E a r l y D ays

B efore t h ey h ad bee n in th e c o u nt ry qui t e

a y ear t hey w ere t ryi ng t o t e ach th e nat ives
t o si n g hym n s in t hei r o wn t o n g ue E arly in .

1 8 80 H o lma n w ri t es t o his b rot he r I se n d " ‘

y o u a specim e n o f a hym n a n d a n a n t h em .

I fin d t h o ugh t h a t t hei r sc al e is diffe re nt

, ,

fro m ou rs b ut t hey l ike t o he ar us si ng an d

, ,

sh o uld be able t o pick up t u n es in t h at

way
’
.

As t o H o lm an s m an n e r o f ac qui ri n g t h e
’

l a n gu age he alw ays c arr ied a li t t l e p o ck et

,

b o o k wi t h him in which he w r ot e d o w n
,

i mmedi at ely a ny w ord t h at was n ew to him ,

or a n y t hi n g t h at seemed idi o m at ic Mr . .

C r udgi n g t o n t ells us t h at e ve n on t h e road t o

th e P o ol whe n fagged o ut wi t h t h e d ay s
,
’

m arch a nd it s a tt e n d ant a n xie t i es H olm an ,

‘

w ould be o ft e n j o t t i n g d o w n no t es s o an xi ous ,

was he t o get a ny n ew w o r d s or ph ras es t h at

I h ad in my p o c ke t n ot e b oo k -
.
’

I t was in O c t o be r 1 87 9 , t hat t h e
, four
missi ona ries sa t in s o lem n c o ncl a v e fo r fixi ng
th e a lph a be t an d p ron un ci at i o n I w ell ‘
.

r em embe r s ays M r
,
’
C rudgi ng t o n
. th e ,

mee t i ngs we h ad si tt i n g fo r a c o uple o f h ours

,

whe n eve r we c o uld find t ime S on i et im es we

.

h ad t o s t ay o n qui t e l a t e a t n igh t fo r we h ad ,

o t he r urg en t w o rk o ccupyi ng us in th e day

 V a r i e d L ab our s 57

t im e t ransp o rt i n g medici n e a nd t h e bu rni n g

, ,

of lim e and cu t t i ng o f t rees fo r buildi n g

p urp o s es B o t h o f t he s e l a tt e r t asks we r e
.

c arr ied o n at s o me dis tan ce fro m th e t o w n an d

i n v olv ed a c o nside ra ble a mo u n t o f t ime a n d
t ro uble Th e alph abe t wa s duly agreed up o n
’
.
,

“
a n d t h e o n ly l a t e r ch a nge wa s t h e d ro ppi n g o f

t h e le t t e r X .

F ro m M r C o mbe r s le t t e rs we lea rn t h at
.
’

in less t h an six m o n t h s t hey h ad c o llec t ed

a n d arra nged a b o u t o n e t h o usa n d w o rds o f a

hi t he rto u n w r i t t e n l a nguage Th e a chieveme n t

.

was n o sligh t o ne C o n side ri n g t h a t be s ide s

.
,

t his, t hey h ad in t h o se few m o n t hs se t t led

d o w n an d buil t fa i rly c o mfo rtable t h o ugh ,

t emp ora ry , p remises a nd h alf fi ni s hed t h e

,

w o rk o f buildi n g a l arge s t o n e h o use ; h a d

c o mme nced a sch ool a n d go t as far a s th e
,

fo u rt e en t h p age o f t h e s pelli n g b o o k ; a n d -

h ad Bible r e a di ng a nd p ra ye rs i n P o r t ugue s e
e ve ry eve n i n g wi t h a n a ve rage a tt e n d an ce o f

o ne h un d red a n d fift y t o wh o m t hey h ad bee n

,

a ble t o expl a i n G o d s t ru t h ; h ad al s o m ade

’

o n e j o u r n ey o f n i n e t y miles in o n e di r e c t i o n
a nd t wo m arches o f on e h un d red miles in
a no t he r t h e o n ly
, w on de r is t h at t hey fou n d
t im e for li t e rary w ork a t all I m agi n e d o i ng
.

t en or t welve h o u rs h ard m anual l a b o u r p art

’

,
5 8 E a r l y D ays

of it d ow n in a v alley a b out t wo h ours ’

dis tance fro m t h e t o w n t he n climbi ng up

,

h ome a nd t he n h a vi ng s c h o o l in t h e eve n i n g
, ,

whe n it was h ard w o rk s o me t ime s t o keep

‘

a w a ke to he ar th e b o ys sl owly and
’
m o no to no us ly spelli ng o ut t hei r syll a bles
an d t he n , a ft e r t h at ,
e nt e r i n g up o n a
l an gu age c o n fe re n c e !
But t o c o n t i n ue my s to ry As S a n S alv ad o r
.

was in t hei r mi n ds a me a ns t o a n end rat he r ,

t h an t h e ul t im at e g oal , t h e mi s s io n ar ies fro m

t h e fi rs t s et t hemselves to t ry t o disco ve r
h o w t hey migh t p ush o n i n t o t h e i n t e r i o r .

Th e ide a in th e mi n d o f t h e H o me C o mmi t t ee ,

it will be r emembe red was t o se n d t h e g os pel

,

t o t h e i n ter ior o f Afr ic a u s i ng S a n S alv ad o r

,

as a b a s e s ta t i o n
. Thei r fi rs t du t y was ,

t he r efo re , to seek t o re a ch S t an ley P o ol .

Th e fo u r c arefully pl ann ed t oge t he r and s o

divided t h e du t ies t h at s o me o f t hem c ould
be ge ne rally free t o t ra vel ab ou t in s earch o f
th e ro a d to th e P oo l . But t h e nat iv es
bl o cked t h e way t oo effec t ively .

Th e i n v i n cible O pp osi t i o n in 1 8 7 3 to Lie ut .

G ra ndy s p as sage i nt o t h e i n t e ri or was due

’

p r i n c ipally t o t h e fe a r o f th e n at ives t h at t h e
P o rt ugues e migh t foll o w in his s t eps a n d ,

an n ex t h e c o un t ry fro m wh en c e t hey d eriv ed

60 E a r l y D ays

s urp ris ed th e o ld K i ng by refusi ng to return

e vil for e vil .

Fo r a c oupl e o f m ont hs aft e r t h e dis as t rous

ret urn fro m M ban z a M aku ta no fu rth er
a tt emp t s we re m ade The n an i n fl uent i al
.

m an fro m Z o mb o o ffe red t o es cort t wo

o f t hem t o Z o mb o .A j ou rn ey wi t h th e Ki n g
h ad give n Mr . Be n t ley s o me k no wl edge
of th e pe o ple in t h e i n t e rlyi ng dis t ric t a nd ,

he wa s ve r y a n xi o us t o go . Acc ordi ngly

he and M r C rudgi ng ton s ta rt ed Z o mb o
.

w ards h O ping t hus t o at ta i n t h e d esi red

,

en d ; b ut aga i n t hey h ad t o re t u rn b affled .

Th e roads t o t h e P o ol v ii i M ak u ta a n d
S an d a we re all C l o sed t o t h em . I t was
imp ossibl e t o get up c o u n t ry t h at way-
.

As t hey r e t u r ned , h o weve r, t hes e t wo

de c ided t o c o n sul t wi t h t h e o t he rs and if ,

p o ssible seek t o o u t wi t th e fo lks in t h at

dis t r ic t by ge t t i ng t o t h e P ool by way o f
t h e N o rt h B an k .

M r C o mbe r readily fell in wi t h t h e id ea

.
,

c on v i n ced t h at if any o ne c ould s ucc eed it

was H o lm an wh o s e res ourceful n ess an d s avoir
,

i seemed equ l y hi g Al a dy h e
f a r e a t o a n t n . re

h ad e ar n ed fo r himself t h e n at iv e n a m e o f
K o mb a N zil a
-
’
R oad Swe ep er ) t h ro ugh’

havi ng sw ep t away t h e O bs tacl es t h at prev ented

 W i nn i n g th e C h i l d r en 61

th e n at iv es fro m g o i ng t h rough t h e t o w n s
which lay di rec tly be t wee n S an S alvad or a nd
t h e r ive r i n s t e ad O f foll o wi n g th e ci rcui tous
,

ro u t e by which t hey h ad t ravelled on t hei r

fi rs t j ourn ey t o S an S alv a d o r I t was a .
‘

go o d s t ro k e of busi n es s M r C rudgi n g to n ,
’
.

Wr i t e s
, and
‘
H o lm a n h ad h ad t o o ve rc o me
m a ny diffic ult ies —old qu arrel s old pal ave rs , ,

and th e o bj e c t i o n o f c ar r ie rs to o on
g a

s t ran ge ro ad But H o lm an h ad g re at pa t ie n c e
.

in such m at t e rs H e was always s o ple a s an t

.

wi t h th e n at ives s o re a dy t o be c o me all
,
‘

t hi n g s t o all m en squ at t i n g d o w n wi t h t hem

’

at t hei r li t t le w oo d fi res a lw ays s eei ng t h e

,

hum o rous side o f t hi n gs a n d ra i s i n g m an y ,

an i n no c e n t he art y l augh ; r e a dy at a ny t ime

,

to pl ay wi t h th e c hild re n wh o whe n t hey ,

h ad o ve r co me t hei r s hy n ess w o uld cli n g t o ,

him an d ch at t e r t o him .
’

F ro m t h e fi rs t H olm an B e n t ley at t rac t ed

child re n a n d s aw t h e imp o rt a n c e o f wi n n i n g
,

t hei r c o n fide n ce I n a le t t e r h o me a b o u t t hi s
.

t ime he s ays
‘
They ( th e c hild re n ) fo ll o w us a b ou t .

I f we h a ve t o go o ut o f t h e t ow n ,

we h ave a s t r i n g o f b o y s
. They will .

c o me d ow n t o th e r ive r fo r t h e wh ole day ,

a nd help i n a ny way t hey c an —a nyth ing

62 E a r ly D ays

to be n ea r is n o t all cu ri osi t y t h at
us . It
le a d s t hem t o do t his fo r a ft e r all due , ,

all o w an ce s h a ve bee n m a de fo r t h at it d oes ,

n ot t a ke mu c h i nge n ui t y t o s ee t h at m any
o f th e child re n h a ve bec o me re ally at tached
’
to us .

H e was ve ry ple ased a b o u t t his fo r not ,

o n ly did he l o ve t h e child re n b ut he fo u n d ,

t h at t h r o ugh li s t e n i n g t o t hei r ch at t e r an d ,

t a lki n g wi t h t hem he ga i n ed m o re flue n cy

,

in t h e l a n gu age t h an in a ny o t he r way Fo r .

a l t h o ugh he migh t get m an y w o rd s a n d sh o rt

s e n t e n c es fro m t h e m en as he j o i n ed t hem
a t t hei r v a r i o u s t a s k s it was fro m t h e c hild re n
,

t h a t he le a rn t m o s t o f t h e r e al idi o m of t h e ,

l a n gu age .

Bu t he h ad a s t ill m or e imp o rta n t r e as o n

fo r g a i n i n g o v er t h e c hild re n H e s a y s in .

o ne of h is le tt e rs Th o se wh o l o o k for
° ‘

r e at a n d s udde n c h a n ge s a m o n g t hi s pe o pl e
g
forge t h o w sl o wly t h e w o rld m o ves a t h o me .

Ve ry few o f t h o s e wh o are adul t s n ow will

eve r be o t he r t h a n t hey a re Th e c hild re n .

a re t h e h o pe o f Afr ic a A n d o f t h e child r e n
’
.

he w ro t e : Thei r e a rs an d he ar t s are m or e
‘

e as ily r e ached t h an t h os e wh o h a ve bec o me

b ru t ali s ed by t h e c ruel wi c ked life o f th e ,

s o c alled h appy i n n o c en t s a v ages A nd

‘ ’
-
.
,
 L o v e Beget t i n g L o v e 63

a ga i n : is t o th e child re n we mus t l oo k
It
for a ssis ta n ce They will be our fu t u r e
.

t ea ch er s evan gelis t s an d at l as t pas t ors ’

.
, , , ,

This was w r i t t e n in 1 8 8 3 .

M r B e nt ley s fi rs t li tt le h ouse b o ys we re
’
-
.

K av ungu an d M alev o n ephew a nd s on o f ,

K i ng Ped ro V I t cos t H olm an a go o d de al .

o f t ro ubl e t o get Ka v ungu s supe rs t i t i o us ol

’
d
m ot he r t o ag ree t o t h e b o ys g oi ng t o l ive
wi t h th e whi t e m en b ut he suc c eeded at ,

l as t a nd o n ce h avi n g go t t hem n eve r fal t e red

,

in t h e t as k he h ad u n de rt a ke n Whe t he r t hey .

we re a help o r a hi n d ran ce he put up wi t h ,

an y am o u n t o f i n c o n ve n ie n ce ra t he r t h a n let

t hem go Re alisi n g t h at t he s e t wo w ould be

.

a m ong s t t h e g re at m en o f t h e C o ngo in a
‘

sh o rt t ime his o wn pat ie n ce wi t h t hem h ad

’

bee n e n dless I n deed his pas s i o n for wi n n i n g

.
,

b o ys led h im t o m ak e a lm os t any p os s ible

s ac rifice H e n eve r c o n s ide red a n y t ro uble
.

too much a ny i nc on ve n ie n c e t oo g re a t if
, ,

o nly he c o uld win t hei r a ffec t i o n S ub s t i t u t i ng .

t h e w o rd b o ys for C o n g o we w oul d e c h o
‘ ’ ‘ ’

t h e w or ds o f on e o f h is c olle ague s : Th e ‘

bo ys l o ved D r B e n t ley bec ause D r Be nt ley . .

l o ved t h e b oys H is tac t in dea li n g wi t h.

’

t hem a ppe ars in an ot he r pl a ce whe re he ,

w ri t es Th e b oys all k no w t he re is n o thi n g

° ‘
64 E a r l y D ays

deme an i ng in w o rk fo r t hey h av e s o o ft en
,

s ee n u s all t u rn up o u r s leeves and do it ,

b ut t he re sh o uld b e s o me r ec o llec t i o n o f t hei r

ra n k . I t w o uld be a pi t y t o s et a b oy t o
c oo k or du s t wh o was c ap able o f b et t e r
w o rk an d wh o w o uld be be t t e r fi tt ed for his
,

fu t u re s tat e by o t he r t as k s Whil e I sh o uld

.

n eve r t a lk t o t h e b oy s ab o u t ra n k I be ar
,

it in mi n d myself a n d t hus s eek t o fit t h e

,

fu t u re Chiefs fo r t hei r r e s p o n s ibil i t ies .

’

M a n y ye ars l at e r at W a t he n whe n we h ad ,

th e hei rs o f p o we rful Chiefs t oge t he r wi t h

t hei r s l a ve s on ou r s tat i o n it was t his
,

r emembe r i n g it o n eself t h at e nabled him

‘ ’

t o s t ee r cle a r o f m a n y a n a wkw a rd p o si t i o n .

A n d yet s o fa i r a n d j u s t was t h e t r e at me n t
o f al l t h e b oy s t o ge t he r t h at n eve r did we
&c
’
he ar a n y c o mpl a i n t ab ou t fav o u ri t es
‘
,
.

Tr ue we h a d s o me fa v ou r i t e s b ut t hey bec ame

, ,

t hus by seeki ng o ur c o mp an i on ship always ,

h a n gi n g a b o u t t h e h o use an d bei n g h an dy
,

t o do a n y li t t le u n expe c t ed se r vi c e A n d th e
.

l a zy i n diffe r e n t b o y s r e ali s ed qui t e well t h at

,

t h e fa v o u r s h o w n t o o t he rs migh t h a ve bee n

t hei rs if t hey h ad bee n willi n g t o t a ke a

li t tle t ro uble ; b ut t hey s eemi n gly s m o t he red
an
y feeli n g s o f j e a l o u s y wi t h t h e c h a ra c t e r i s t i c

s h rug o f t h e sh o ulde rs , a n d pe r h aps c ons ol ed

 C h i l d r en n eed L o v i n g C ar e 65

t hemselves wi t h th e t h ough t t h at aft e r all te , ,

j eu n e va ut
p a s la ch an delle .

H olm an s ide a o f h avi n g m a n y child re n t o

’

live o n th e s tat i o n did n o t fin d fav o u r wi t h

al l t h e c o lle ague s ; i n deed a t o n e t ime he
‘

did n o t a dv o c a t e it himself feeli n g t h at he ,

h ad n o t s uffi c ie n t t ime t o t e ac h a n d t ra i n
t hem t h o ro ughly wi t h ou t n egle c t i n g th e w o r k
,

of c ar ryi ng t h e g o s pel t o t h e t o w n s ; b ut
l at e r o n whe n I relieved him o f th e s c h oo l
,

w o rk he n eve r fel t a t l ibe rt y t o r efu s e an y

,

wishi n g to c o me t o t h e s tat i o n t o be t augh t ,

re alisi n g t h at it was o nly by ex a mple a n d

cl ose d aily c on tac t t h at t hei r c h ara c t e rs c ould
be m oul ded an d th e c hild re n t rai n ed t o h abi ts
,

o f self c o n t ro l o bedie n ce a n d i n du s t ry
-
,
O f c o u rse .

it me an t a g oo d de al o f t ro uble a n d we ar i n ess
t o himself b ut r e s ul t s h a ve fully p ro ved t h e
,

wisd o m o f t h e pl an fo r m a n y we re willi n g
,

t o s ta y wi t h him fo r t h e s ake o f le a rn i n g t o

re a d an d w r i t e wh o w o uld o t he r wise n eve r

,

h ave submi t t ed t o t h e di s cipli n e o f s t at i o n

life .

As no a cc o u nt o f D r Be nt ley s life w ould be

.
’

c o mple t e wi t h ou t s o me speci al me n t i o n o f N lem v o ,

I will he r e i nse rt his s t ory as far as pos s ible in ,

D r B e nt ley s o wn w ord s
’
. .

‘
Y ou h ave he ard s o me t hi ng ab o u t my b oy
6
66 E a r l y D ays .

N lem v o E ve r si n ce o ur r e ac hi n g C o ng o I h ave
.

t r ied t o get a b o y t o s tay wi t h me for a while .

Aft e r s o me t welve m o n t hs it h appe n ed t h at th e

K i n g o f C o ng o h ad o c c as i o n t o go t o s t o p a war
in t h e di s t ric t c alled M a dimb a s o me t we n t y mile s ,

fro m t hi s t o wn H e wished me t o ac c o mpan y

.

him .
’

I t was j u s t a t hi n g t h at sui t ed Ho lm an t h ro wi n g ,

h im m o re t h an o r di n arily i nt o t h e c o mp an i o n ship
o f t h e K i n g fo r wh o m he fel t a deep ye arn i n g
, ,

pi t y as well as e n abli n g him t o s ee m or e o f rea l

,

n at ive life a n d ga i n i n g m o re k n o wledge o f t h e

,

s u r r o u n di n g c o u n t r y a n d t h e l a n gu age O n t hei r .

wa y t o t h e t o w n n amed N k o n k o t hey pas s ed ,

t h rough L em v o Th e fr ie n dly whi t e m an an d

.

h is s t ra n gely ple a s an t w a y s we r e dis c u s s ed wi t h ,

t h e r esul t t h at D o n Ped ro B idi th e Chief ‘

, ,

b ro ugh t h is li tt le n ephew N dun dulu t o m e t o be , , ,

my b o y Like t h e o t he r li t t le b o y s he wa s di r t y
.
,

a n d r a gged a n d n o t a t al l p rep o s s e s s i n g a t fi r s t
sigh t A s Ndun dulu was no t a n i c e name I
.
,
“

c alled him L em v o a ft e r h is t o w n t o whi c h whe n

“
, , ,

t h e l an gu age be c a me be t t e r k n o w n th e N ,

was p r efixed whi c h bei n g i n t e rp r e t ed mea n s

“
, , ,

of a n d is pe r h a ps
, , equiv ale n t t o t h e F ren ch
,

de a n d Ge rm a n v on .

‘
A t fi rs t he was quie t an d t imid b ut he s o o n ,

forgo t his fe ars and in t wo o r t h re e d ays wa s

,
68 E a rl y D ays

l angu age h ad bee n reduced to a r egul ar sys t em

o f w o rd s

16 97
’

J
a m a l.

gl o w m w a
Mfi m
-

Tran slation N lem vo s letter

’
of

To M R S BE N TL EY ,
.

I th ank you for sen din g m e a rin g an d b racelet in

s il
ver . For you h ave given m e nice an d good th ings . I am

rateful
g .

I h ad t h e m essage you sen t m e . Y es, I wan t to be as a

c h ild t o M r O lom an i ( H olm an )

. .

I wan t you to h ave good reports of m e .

I rem em b er every day all th e goo d don e t o m e .

I am grateful t o M r O lom ani

. . With m uc h respec t,
L E N VO .
 Tr an s fo r m at i o n n ot I m i t at i o n 69

Wh at H o lm an Be nt ley s ays ab ou t his ide as of

t ra i n i n g N lem v o m ay be t ake n a s th e clue t o his

phe no me n al su c ce s s wi t h all his b o ys H e was .

m o s t c areful n o t t o u nfi t t hem for n at ive h o me

life n or to m ake t hem di s s at i s fied wi t h s uc h nat iv e
,

c us t o ms a s we r e n o t w r o n g in t hemselve s He .

n eve r c ou n t e n a n ced imi t a t i o n o f whi t e m an s ’

peculi ari t ie s in d ress .H e fel t t h a t t h e

c u s to m s of th e B ible l a n d s in regard t o
a pp ar el a re fa r m or e sui ta ble t o a h ot c o u n t ry

like C o n go t h an We s t E u ro pe an cl o t hi n g Fo r .

t h e n a t ive s b are fee t a n d l o i n cl o t hs o r s a n d al s

, ,

a nd l oo se , flo wi n g ro be s a re far a nd a w a y t o
be p refe rred t o b oo t s wi t h s t o c ki nged fee t
,

i ns ide a n d t ro use rs Ch an ge o f he a r t wa s h is
,
.

g re a t p o i nt n ot c h a n ge o f c u s t o ms I t h as bee n
, .

s a id t h a t wi s e missi o n ary w ould wi s h t o

‘
no

s uppl a n t na t ive cus to m s wh ole s ale Thi s was

’
.

h is p o i n t ex ac t ly ; a n d n igh t a ft e r n igh t h o weve r ,

h ard t h e d ay s w o rk m ay h ave bee n he was fo u n d

’

t alki n g t o t he s e b o ys a bo u t t h e l o ve o f J e s us an d ,

t ryi n g t o pe rsu ade t hem t o live up righ t an d pu re

lives for t h e l o ve o f H im wh o died fo r t hem

, .

I t wa s a re al j o y t o him l a t e r o n a t M a n y a n ga

t h a t s o me t we n t y o r t hi rt y li t t le fell o ws w o uld

d aily fin d s o me excu s e t o c o me d o w n t o c h at
a n d pl a y wi t h him . S o me w o uld b ri n g bu n dles
o f t h a t c hi ng g ras s fo r t h e h o u s e o t he rs w o uld
,
7 0 E ar l y D ays

get t hei r m o t he rs t o c oo k fo o d whi c h t hey c o uld

t a ke t o sell t o him .

I n o n e le tt e r he w r i t es : Ye s t e rd a y Su n d ay
‘
, ,

s o me fin e N t o mb o b o y s c a me d o w n t o sell b a rk .

I t old t hem t o c o me a n d s it d o wn a n d I w o uld

pl a y my h arm on ium t o t hem an d we w o uld s i n g
,

s o me t hi n g diffe re n t fro m t hei r d an c e s on g s We .

s a n g a C o n g o hym n a n d t hey liked it a n d w a n t ed

,

a n o t he r
, a n d t he n I t a lked a li t t le bi t a n d they

p ro mi s ed t o b r i n g m o re b o ys a n o t he r day and we ,

w ould h a ve a lo t o f s i n gi n g The n t hey w an t ed

.

t o k n o w if t hey migh t c oo k my fo o d a n d w as h

my pl a t e s . Thi s is j u s t wh a t I h a d s o l on g
bee n t r yi ng for I f t he s e N t o mb o b oys c o me a s
.

t hey p ro mi s ed , N da nga n ga b o y s will wan t t o

k n o w why o n ly N t o mb o b o y s are a ll o wed t o live
in o ur h o u s e The n a s a g re a t fa v o u r N danga n ga
.
, ,

b oy s will be a d mi t t ed J e a l o u s y will w o rk whe re

.

o t he r me t h o ds fa il . I f o n c e we ca n m a ke a s tart ,

t he re are a n umbe r o f c hild r e n e n o ugh t o m a ke

,

a fin e s c h oo l he r e a n d s oo n t h e m en a n d w o me n
,

wh o c o me d o w n t o s ell foo d will li s t e n t o wh a t we

h ave to t ell them .
’

Th e s oj ou rn o n t h e s ta t i o n wi t h it s a i ry
,

buildi n g s a n d it s rule s fo r c le a n li n e s s is a r evel a

,

t i o n o f p os s ibil i t ie s o f c o mfo r t u n d r e a med o f A .

few m o n t h s o f i n t e rc o u rs e Wi t h t h e mis s i o n a ries

do m o re t h a n ye ars wi t h t h e t ra de r ; fo r in t h e
M i s s i o na r y
’
s I n fl u en c e v . Tr a der ’
s 71

mi s s i o nar ies h ouse he is n o l o nge r a s ub o rdi nat e

’

o r w orse a di r ty n igger b ut a frie n d an d gues t ’

, , , ,

wh o is ca r ed fo r an d a pp re c i at ed Th e t rade r .

d oe s n o t e n t e r t hei r h o me s ; he d oe s n ot s pe a k
t hei r l a n gu age he d o es n o t c are fo r t hem They .

a re t o him s imply th e me a n s t o a n e n d But t h e .

mi ss i o n ary l ivi n g a m o n g t hem a n d fo r t hem

, ,

be c o me s t hei r m os t t r us t ed fr ie n d and ga i n s a ,

g re at i n flue n ce o ve r t hem .

O n e o f h is e arlie s t b o ys at M a n y a n ga was
N ga n ga t h e s l a ve o f M a ki t o a n imp o r t a n t Chief
, ,

o f Ng o mbe N ga n g a was free b or n b ut h is fat he r

.
,

s o ld him t o pay a fin e o r deb t Nganga he ‘ ’

.
,

w ro t e is m o s t c ar eful a nd at t e n t ive t o th e li t t le
,
‘

h ou s e w o rk he h as t o do H e is t h e fi rs t a b out
-
.

in t h e m o rn i n g ; t h e fi rs t in his pl ac e t o w a i t at
t able . I f h e is t o ld t o help fo r a n h o u r in t h e
g arde n he d o e s it c hee rfully H e h as bee n he r e .

eleve n week s an d n o t o n c e h ave I bee n vexed

,

wi t h him a b o u t an y t hi ng H e is be t wee n seve n .

an d t en ye ars o l d a n d is re ally a de ar li t t le
,

fell o w .

Bu t N gan g a wa s n o t a n ex c ep t i o n al b o y ; t he r e
we re m an y equ ally l o v a ble a n d n ot hi n g Was ,

m o re c o mm o n a s igh t t h an t o see n ow o n e t he n ,

a n o t he r s o me t imes
,
m o re t h an on e a t a t ime ,

le an i n g a ga i n s t t h e b ac k o f H o lm an s ch a i r at ’

me al t ime s o r r e s t i n g h is li t t le w oo lly he a d on
-
,
 72 E a r ly D ays

th e bel o ved sh oulde r H is b o ys we re s o attached

.

t o him t h at ex c ep t i n g whe n t hey we re all at

,

s ch o o l or a t t hei r weekly b a t hi n g
, he was n eve r ,

wi t h o u t s o me o f t hem n e ar him M a n y a t im e .

w o uld he be fou n d wi t h a li t tle o ne o n h is

k n ee s as h appy a nd as c o nfide n t as if t hey we re
,

fat he r an d c hild A n d in t h e eve n i n gs t hey

.

w o uld fl o c k i n t o o ur ro o ms big a nd l i ttle and

, ,

a ft e r o ur eve n i n g me al was e n ded he w o uld t a ke

o n e i n to h is o wn r oo m t o h a ve a li t t le helpful

t alk t he n a ft e r a li t t le while a no t he r a n d t he n
, , ,

a n o t he r ; a n d s o ki n d a n d l o vi n g we r e t hese t a lks

t h at by a n d by t h e b o ys w o uld c o me n igh t a ft e r

n igh t t o t h e h o use h o pi n g t o be di s t i n gui s hed in

,

t hi s way M u c h fr ui t h as bee n g a t he r ed as a resul t

. .

O n m a il n igh t s whe n c o rr e s p on de n ce é cm t o
,
’

h a ve t h e p re c ede n ce o ve r eve ry t hi ng else h o w ,

o ft e n I h ave g o n e i n t o his ro o m a t or

t he re a b o u t s a n d fo u n d him su rr o u n ded by s o me

five o r six b o y s wh o we re t he re fo r n o o t he r
,

pu rp os e t h an j u s t t o be n e ar him O ccas io n ally .

he was imp o sed up on ; b ut by far t h e g re at e r

n umbe r o f t h o s e t h us de a l t wi t h we r e wo n for

Ch r is t A fr ie n d n ot i c ed t his h abi t a n d w ro t e
.
'

‘
I remembe r him a b o u t n i n e ye ars ago o n t h e
s t e a me r Th e t wo b o ys he h ad wi t h him we re
.

led a side m o s t d ays fo r a li ttle t alk ab o u t J e s us .

I t was a less on t o me an d it h a s o ft e n helped m e

’
.
,
 C h a p t er V

To S t an l ey P o o l

i lls we obey like A om m of old

ca ll , ,

N o? kn owi ng our way ouz fall! ; m a kes us oold

‘
,

For lfiong/z we ar e slr a nger s, we na ve a good guide ,

A nd tr us t i n all da nger s lfie L or d wi ll p r owde

’
’
.

J.N E WTO N .

O TWI TH S TA N D I N G t h e m an y at t emp t s
m ade t o re ac h S tan ley P oo l by t h e b re t h re n ,

it was n o t u n t il 1 8 8 1 t h a t a t l a s t it was r e ac hed

by M e s s rs B e nt ley a n d C rudgi ng t o n we? t h e
.

r igh t b a n k o f t h e r ive r .

H a vi n g he ard t h ro ugh M r G re n fell t h at .

de B ra zz a a F r e n c h expl o re r h ad pe n e t rat ed
, ,

i n l an d fro m G a b oo n as far as S t a n ley P ool a n d

, ,

r e t u r n ed t o t h e L o we r Rive r by t h e r igh t b an k ,

t h e fo u r c o lle ague s n o w defi n i t ely se t t led t h a t

t hi s ro u t e s h o uld be t r ied wi t h o u t del ay At .

eigh t o c l o c k in t h e m o rn i ng o f J an u ar y 8 1 8 8 1
’

, ,

M r C r udgi ng t o n a n d H olm a n s t art ed o n thei r

.

b old a tt emp t t o re ac h t h e P ool .

Th e j o u rn ey wa s at t e n ded wi t h n o li t t le deg ree

of d an ge r a n d disc o mfo r t as t h e t wo l o n ely whi te
,

73
74 To S t an l ey P o o l
m en wi t h hei r t we n t y c a rr ie rs p r essed o n day
t

a ft e r da fu t he n d fu t he w y f om f ie d
y , r r a r r a a r r n s ,

t h ro ugh t o w n s th a t s c o wled a t t hei r a ppe ar i n g ,

n o t k n o wi n g wh at r ec ep t i o n t hey migh t mee t

wi t h a t t h e n ex t o n e a n d whe t he r t he r e w o uld
,

no t be di fficul t ies h a t ched up t o m ake t hei r

r e t u r n p ass age t h r o ugh t h o s e t o w n s imp o s sibl e .

Th at he k n ew t h e p o s s ibili t ies o f d an ge r a n d ,

h ad c o u n t ed t h e c o s t is evide n t fr o m a le tt e r in
,

whi c h H o lm a n w r i t es o f t h e t ime whe n freed ‘

fro m t hi s m o r tal b o dy I w at c h my old si n ful

“
,

”
e n cumb ran ce bei n g c h o pped ’
e at en ) .

M r C rudgi n g to n in w ri t i n g o f t hi s j o u rn ey
.
, ,

s ay s : I t hi n k pe rh ap s n o thi n g o f all o ur w o r k
‘

b ro ugh t H o lm a n a n d my s elf i n to su c h c l o s e
b ro t he rly frie n d s hip a s o ur j o u rn ey t o t h e P oo l .

Th e d a nge rs we sh a r ed b ro ugh t us c l o se r t o e ac h
o t he r. We c o uld o n ly c on s ul t e ac h o t he r a n d ,

whe n d a n ge r s eemed t h e g r e at e s t we w o uld get ,

a w a y quie t ly t o ge t he r a n d de t e r m i n e t h at wh at
, ,

eve r we fel t o ur m en sh o uld a t le as t n o t s ee wh at

,

was in o ur he art s
’
’

O f t h e t ro uble t hey h ad wi t h t hei r m en wh o ,

we r e full o f fe ar a nd o ft e n t ried t o run a w ay a nd ,

y e t we r e t o o a fra id o f fi n di n g t hem s elve s wi t h o u t

t h e p ro t e c t i o n o f t h e whi t e m en in a s t ra n ge

c o u n t r y t her e is s o me n o t i c e in h is o wn le t t e r s
‘

b u t it is M r r udgi n t o n Wh o w r i t es t h a t H ol
C .
g
 76 To S t an l ey P o o l

On c si o n as t hey we re on t h e m arch
o ne o c a ,

an d h ad t o p as s t h r o ugh a m arke t t h e t ra de fo r
,

t h e day was c o mple t ely s t o pped t h ro ugh eve ry o n e

r ushi n g t o s ee t h e s t ra n ge phe n o me n o n o f t wo

m en wi t h whi t e s hi n i n g fac es a n d ligh t s t ra igh t

, , ,

h a i r The re we r e s ome t h ou sa n ds o f pe o ple t he re

.
,

as it wa s o n e o f t h e g re at m a rke t s o f t h e wh o le

dis tr i c t .

M r C rudgi n g t o n h ad n o l ack o f i n cide n t t o

.

pl ac e o n re c o rd O n an ot he r o c casi o n c l o s e to
.
,
‘

t h e t o w n whe r e t hey t r ied t o s t e al H o lm an s

’

beddi n g— a nd in fa c t seve ral t hi ngs wi t h ou t whi c h

, ,

we sh o uld h a ve expe r ie n c ed c on s ide rable diffi cul t y

—we h ad g o n e o n ab o u t a mile feeli n g ve ry
t i red ,
a n d H o lm an s a id
“ L et us lie d o w n for
,

”
h alf an h o u r an d res t We did s o a nd in a few
.
,

mi n u t es we mus t h a ve h ad a hu n d r ed or t wo o f
whi t e bu t t e rflie s a b o u t us ; I n eve r s aw such a
swa rm t oge t he r They se tt led o n o ur he ads a n d
.

o n o ur h an ds a n d did n o t seem t h e le a s t b it
,

a fra id .They seemed t o spe ak t o us of t h e Divi n e

P rese n ce which we k n ew was a b ou t us I t was .

su c h a c o n t ras t t o t h e an xie t y we h ad j us t go n e
t h ro ugh H e s h all c o ve r t hee wi t h H is fe at he r s
.
,

an d u n de r H is wi n gs s h a l t t h o u t r u s t
”
I o ft e n
.

fel t h o w mu c h t h e spi ri t u al s ide o f Be n t ley s n a t u r e ’

c ame o ut o n t h at j ou rn ey H e was n o t dem o n.

s t rat iv e b ut t h e childlike t r us t was be a u t iful t o see

,
.
 L o n g di st an c e M ess a ges
-
77
‘
How well I emembe r t o o o ur expe r ie n ce at
r ,

t h e Lik asa Rive r a n d H o lm a n s a n xie t y c o n ce rn

’

ing my s elf . The r e was n o b r idge a n d th e c urre n t

,

was s o s t ro n g it was imp o s s ible t o keep o n o n e s

’

fee t We de c ided t o s wim a c ros s H o lm a n we n t

. .

fi rs t a nd ga i n ed th e o t he r s ide I qui c kly foll owed ,

b ut was s o mewh at c a rr ied d ow n by t h e c u rr e n t .

H o lm an immedi at ely p rep ared t o c o me t o my

help b ut fo u n d t h a t I h ad go t o ut o f t h e cu rre n t
, ,

an d was swimmi ng up s t re a m c l -
, O S e to th e ba n k

whe re he was . H o w much o ur d a n ge rs an d o ur

di fficul t ie s b o u n d us t o e a ch o t he r an d b ro ugh t ,

o ut t h e ki n dli n es s o f his g r e at he art !

O n e t hi n g t h at c aused t hem c o n side ra ble in c on

v en ien c e wa s t h at a t e a c h t o w n a ft e r t h e fi rs t few
,

h ad bee n p assed d r ums w o uld be be at e n t o w arn

,

t h e pe o ple o f t h e n ex t t h at s o me t hi n g was c omi n g .

Teleg raphy o r a ny elec t r ic al me an s o f c o mmu n i

c at i o n was o f c o u rs e n o t k n o w n i n t h e c o u n t r y in

t h o se d a y s b ut th e vill ages h ad s o me su r e me an s
,

o f c o mmu n ic at i o n by t hei r d r um s Wh at was at

.

h an d c o uld n ot be desc r ibed b ut t hey h ad a ce rta i n

,

sig nal o f al arm .

O n m ore t h a n o n e o cc asi o n whe n t h e missi o n

a r ie s arr ived a t a t o w n t hey a lm o s t r a n i n t o t h e

a rm s o f a m an wh o wa s o n t h e l oo k o ut fo r t h e -

d re aded i n t rusi o n gun in h an d As t hey we re

,
.

n e a r i n g o n e pl ace c alled Y a ng a t hey sudde n ly

7 8 To S t an l ey Po o l

foun d t hemselves c o n fro nt ed by fo u r m en armed

wi t h gu n s Thei r pe r fec t s an g fro id s a ved t hem
.
-

fro m bei n g killed o n t h e s p o t H o weve r o n e .

,

m an fo ll o wed t hem cl o sely fo r n o li t t le di s t an ce .

O n a rr ivi n g in t h e t o w n t hey c o mpl a i n ed t o t h e

Chief o f t h e recep t i o n t hey h ad h ad V a ri o us .

excuses we r e o ffe r ed on e eve n bei n g t h at ,

t hey h ad bee n mis t a ke n fo r s o me H ighl an de r s

wi t h wh o m t hey o f t h e L o wl ands we re at
fe ud Whi t e m en mi s ta ke n fo r bl ack !
.

O n an o t he r o cc asi o n we we re says M r ‘
,
’
.

C rudgi n g to n in gre at s t ra i t s fo r d r i n ki ng wat e r

,
‘
-
.

F o o d h ad bee n sh o rt b ut n o d r i n ki n g w at e r o n
,
-

a l o n g m arch a t t h e c l o s e o f t h e da was a s t ill

y
m ore se r i o u s m at t e r I t was m o s t u n usu al t oo
. .

O ur m en we r e t i r ed hu n g ry a n d di s pi r i t ed
,
I f we , .

c o uld o n ly h a ve fo u n d w a t e r we c o uld h av e
ca mped I t was t h e o n ly t ime o n t h e j o u rn e y
.
,

I t hi n k t h at I was a b it an xi o us a b o u t B e n t ley
, ,

a n d feve r H e h ad fo r s o me t ime fel t in n eed o f

.

so me h o t t ea b ut w a t e r we c o uld n o t fin d O ur
,
.

K roo b o ys t oo wan t ed s o me fo o d a nd we h ad
, , ,

ve ry li t t le t o gi ve t hem excep t i n g rice But dry .

r ice was no g oo d A t l as t fro m s hee r exh aus t i o n

.
, ,

o ur m en s a id we mus t s t o p We t r ied pe rs u asi o n .

,

b ut all in v a i n
“
.

Be n t ley sa id Well let us c amp he re ; yo u

, , ,

H arry s ee a b o u t g ett i ng t hi ngs rea dy fo r th e

,
80 To S t an l ey P o o l

On t his d t hey fo u n d s o me nat ive b ridges

ro a

a c ro ss t h e s t re a m s These b r idges are m ade

.

e n t i rely o f t h e llian as whi c h fe s t oo n t h e t r ees ,

which a re t ied a n d i n t e rl ac ed t o ge t he r a n d m ade

i n t o a s o rt o f ro pe Afte r c arryi n g all t h e l o n g
.

s t ra n d s a c ro s s t h e r ive r an d fas t e n i n g t hem in ,

a p r o pe r p o s i t i o n t o t h e t ree whi c h is c h os e n ,

s m all s t icks o f a b o u t 2 fee t 6 i n c he s o r 3 fee t wide

a re t ied o n t o t h e l o we r s t ra n ds Whe n t h e b r idge .

is n ew it is as g oo d a way as an y o f c ro s si n g a
,

r ive r if ou e t u s ed t o t h e s w a yi n g which eve ry

, y g
foo t s t ep c ause s I t is pe rfec t ly s afe ; b ut t h e c ro ss
.

s t i c ks which h a ve a t e n de n cy t o d ro p o ut a re n o t
, ,

a lw a y s r epl a ced an d t he n g r e a t c ar e h as t o be
,

t a ke n a s t o whe re o n e pl ac e s o n e s fee t Th e
’
.

b r idge s are ge n e rally fas t e n ed fai rly high up in

t h e t re e in orde r t o a ll o w o f t h e s aggi n g d o w n o f

t h e b r idge eve n whe n t h e w at e r is a t it s highes t

,

p oi nt O n e b ridge was s o high up t h at t hey h ad

.
,

a s H o lm a n w r o t e t o m o n key d o w n a p alm t ree

‘ ’
-
,

t o de s ce n d fro m i t But befor e pu s hi n g o n t hei r

.

j o u rn ey he h ad c ut d o w n a s m all t ree a nd assis t ed ,

t h e n at ive s t o m a ke a g oo d s l an t i ng desce nt .

A t l a s t o n t h e m o rn i n g o f J an u ary 2 9 th t hey
, ,

r e a ched t h e P oo l They h a d bee n l o o ki n g out

.

fo r t h e Rive r fo r s o me t ime feeli n g ce rt a i n t h at ,

it c o uld n o t be far o ff M r C rudgi ng t o n was t h e

. .

fi rs t t o spy t h e P o ol The re p ro vide n t i ally t hey

.
82 To S t an l ey P o o l

Wh o se keepi n g we we re a n d t h at n o t a fi nge r ,

c o uld be lift ed t o pull a t rigge r wi t h o u t t h e Will

o f o u r H e a ve n ly F at he r Th e w o rk wa s th e .

L o rd s We we re in H is h a n ds Fo r o u rs elves
’
. .

i n deed we h ad n o fe ar b ut we we r e an xi o us fo r
,

o ur b o y s wh o we r e depe n de n t o n us for t hei r

,

s afe re t u rn Th an k G od we h a d t hei r c o n fide n ce

.
,

a n d t hey o beyed s t r i c t ly .

A t l a s t as all h o pe o f e s ca pe seemed go n e t h e
, ,

F re n ch s e rge an t left by M de B razz a in c h a rge

, .

o f t h e F r e n c h fla g blew h is bugle a n d t h e pe o ple

, ,

v an ished A li t t le l at e r o n t he re was a sec o n d

.

t h re a t e n i n g o f t ro uble ; t h e s av ages a ppe ar ed

be n t o n s l augh t e r ; b ut aga i n t h e bugle s o un ded ,

an d o n ce m o r e t h e d a n ge r was a ve r t ed .

H o lm an Be n tl ey s o l o ved th e nat ives t h at I

'

believe it was a relief t o him t o be a ble t o find a n

excuse fo r t hese h os t ili t ies in th e fa c t t h at M de .

B razz a h ad bee n t he re an d h avi ng m ade fr ie n ds

, ,

wi t h t h e pe ople h ad p rese n t ed t hem wi t h t h e

,

F r e n ch flag a nd e nj o i n ed t hem n o t t o let a ny

,

o t he r whi t e m a n c o me t o t a ke it a w a y They .

did n o t k n o w o f c ourse th e p o li t ical me an i ng o f

, ,

th e fl a
g , b ut t hey h a d bee n m a de t o u n de rs t an d

t h at it was s o me t hi n g t h a t w o uld b ri n g t he m

gre at adv an tage in t h e sh ape o f m u c h t rade .

M r C rudgi ng t o n w ri t es B e n t ley in his b oo k

.
, ,
I

Pz oneerz ng on t/ze Congo

'

2 vols 65 )
’

.
, 1 . n et .
 P rec au t i o ns 83

speaks a b o u t o u r diffi c ul t y wi t h N ga L iem a a t

t h e P o ol; b ut he d o e s n ot me n t i o n o n e li t t le

i n c ide n t which was c h ara c t e r is t ic o f him s elf in

p rep ari ng for eme rge n cie s We we re p rac t ica lly .

in N ga L iem a s p o we r H e h ad put us in a
’
.

h ou s e in h is e n c l os u r e t o sleep U p t o a l at e .

h o ur m en wer e m arc hi n g aro u n d t h e h o u s e wi t h

k n ive s a n d spe ars We me a n t t o h a ve t a ke n t h e
.

be ari n g s of t h e pl ac e b ut h ad t o desi s t be c au s e
,

t h e p eo ple o bj e c t ed t o o ur w alki n g far fr o m t h e

h o u s e in t h e eve n i n g S o fi n di n g it n o us e we
.
, ,

r e t i r ed t o r e s t o r rat he r a ffe c t ed t o do s o
, But .

n e a r mid n igh t Be n t ley s t o le o u t quie t ly Th e .

m o o n was well up t he n a n d he fou n d o ut j u s t

,

whe re we we r e a n d t h e r oa d s le adi n g o ut o f t h e
,

to w n I t wa s a r i s ky t hi n g t o do b u t as Be n t ley
“
, ,

s aid We mu s t be p rep ared t o get a way an y

,

m o me n t wi th our m en if ,

N ga Liem a t h e g r e a t Chief a t t h e P o o l was

, , ,

it seems ve ry di s gu s t ed t h at t hey did n o t g ive

, .

him as big a p r ese n t as Mr S t a n ley h ad d on e . .

They m ade him u n de r s ta n d t h at t hey did n o t

c o me t o buy iv o ry o r t o t rade b ut t o t e ach h is
, ,

pe o ple a b o u t G o d t o give m edi c i n e t o t h e s i c k

, ,

a n d i n s t ru c t t h e child re n a nd t o be h is fr ie n d s
, .

H e sh o uld h a ve a p r e s e n t b ut he was n o t to ,

expec t such l a rge gift s fro m t hem as from t h ose

wh o c o me t o a c ou n tr y for t hei r o wn pro fi t -
.
84 To S t an l ey P o o l

In on e of his le tt e rs H olm an s ays Th at fi rs t

j ou rn ey t o t h e P o o l was a me re n o t hi n g s o far ,

a s scie n t ific t ra velli n g g o e s ; b ut it be c o mes in

c reas in l
gy a mys t e r y t o us a n d all h o w we we r e
suc c e s sful a n d re t u rn ed in s afe t y G o d o n ly .

k n o ws h ow mu c h devil ry a n d wi c ked sa v age ry

was held in c heck t h a t H is pu rp o s e s migh t be
a cc o mpli s hed fo r t his p o o r pe o ple
’
.

Rec alli n g o the r i n c ide nt s in t his j ou r n ey M r , .

C rudgi ng t o n s ays : Th e p art o f t h e j o u rn ey t o

‘

S tan ley P ool t h a t was m os t w o rryi ng was whe re

we e n t e red t h e dis t r ic t o f t h e iv o r y t rade rs .

C o n s tan tly we we r e s t opped s o me t imes wi t h,

a lm o s t physica l fo rc e A t s uch pl aces B e n t ley

.

w o uld g o o d h um o uredly j o ke or a dmi re s o me

-
,

p art icul ar o r n ame nt o r we ap o n o f w arfa re a n d ,

keep th e pe ople s a tt e nt i o n e n gaged while I

’

sli pped o n ahe ad wi t h th e c arr ie rs I t o ft e n .

r equi r ed g re a t t a c t a n d pe rfe c t c o o l n es s u n de r

ve ry t ryi ng ci rcums tan ces b ut t hese qu ali t ies

,

B e n t ley p o s s e s sed t o a rem arkable deg ree .

Aft e r ge t t i n g o n a b it I w o uld c o llec t th e c arr ie rs

t o ge t he r t ell t hem t o t a ke a r es t an d w an de r
, ,

back al o n g t h e r oad w o n de r i n g wh at was

,

h appe n i n g behi n d whe n I w o uld ge n e rally fin d

,

Be n tley c o mi n g al o n g s mili n g H e was p re tt y

.

ce rtain to h ave sm oo t hed t hi n gs ou t and t o h a v e ,

fo u n d o ut s o me t hi ng we wa nt ed t o k no w ab o u t
86 To S t an l ey P o o l

wo n t c o m e a nd sc rat c h i t self aga i n s t t h e p ole o f

’

o ur fly .
’
We w o n de red whe t he r we h ad be tt e r
s leep in o n e o f t h o s e g rass shel t e rs b u t fi n a lly

“
,

de c ided o n t h e fly a s bei n g m o r e p ro t e c t i o n ,

a n d o f c o urs e
, t h e hipp o p o t a mu s did c o me t o
,

i n spe c t m att e rs By a n d by we w oke up wi t h a

.

s t a rt a n d he a r d a g r u n t i ng a n d fel t t h e sh a ki n g
, ,

”
o f o ur fly We s c ra mbled o ut and s o s ta rt led
.
,

t h e hipp o p ota mu s t h a t he we n t o ff in a hu rry a n d ,

n e a rly t oo k o u r fly wi t h him t h ro ugh ge t t i n g a ,

foo t e n ta n gled in t h e ro pe H o lm an fi red a t him

“
.

a p ar t i n g s h o t by way o f gi v i ng ve n t t o his
,

”
feeli n gs as he s a id b u t it s eemed in no way t o
, ,

di s t u rb t h e p rog re s s o f t h e hipp o p o ta m us .
’

Thei r a ppe t i t e s kep t w o n de rfully go o d ; We

c ould ea t a lm o s t a n y t hin g we co uld get s ays ,
’

M r C rudgi n g t o n a n d I can pic t u re H o lm an t o

.
,

myself eve n n o w si t t i n g o n t h e g ro u n d m un c hi ng
,

kwa n ga ( c as s av a dumpli n g ) hummi n g a t u n e

“
, ,

”
a n d w o n de r i n g if we migh t as a t re a t h a ve a , ,

l i t t l e c o n de n sed m ilk o n it .
’

L ater o n t hey p a s s ed n e a r e n o ugh t o th e

s t at i o n o f t h e L I M t o s pe n d a ple a s a n t t wo
. . .
I

d ays wi t h t h e fr i en d s t he re They we r e a ble al s o .

t o buy a c o uple o f c a n o e s c he aply as t h e ri ve r ,

was a ga i n n a vigable fo r s o me dis ta n ce O n th e .

L iv ings ton e I n lan d M ission ( s ee page I t was after wards

tr ans ferred t o th e A merican Bapt ist M iss ionary U n ion .
 V i s i t t o S t an l ey C am p
’
s 87

ec o n d day a fte r le avi n g t h e frie n ds o f t h e L I M

s . . .

t hey a rr ived a t M r S t a n ley s c a mp

’
. .

Whe n we m et S t an ley o n ou r re t u rn j o u r n ey 1

,
“
he was as Be n t ley s a id ki n d n ess i t s elf Wh at , .

a l o t o f ques t i o n s he a sked ! H o w much he

w a n t ed t o k n o w ' We s a t up t ill p as t mid n igh t
t alki n g H olm an was ve ry t i r ed ; a n d while
.
,

S ta n ley a n d I we re t alki n g H o lm an s o me t ime s ,

we n t o ff n o ddi n g The n he w o uld wake up wi t h

“
.

a s t a rt full o f ap ol o gies
, O h de a r ! Ple ase .
, ,

M r S tan ley do excu s e me ! But M r S t anley

”

“
. .
,

rat he r liked i t an d sa id I k no w Wh at it is
, ,

t o be fa ged o ut H o lm a n o ft e n r efe r red t o

g .

t h at n igh t Whe n a ft e r a n a bse n ce o f fort y th r ee

.
,
-

d ay s o f which th e up j ou rn ey h ad o ccupied
,
-

t we n t y o n e t hey re t u rn ed t o Vivi a n d t old s o me

-
, ,

o f S t an ley s m en
( Belgi a n o ffi c e r s
) h a t t hey h ad
’
t

bee n t o t h e P o ol t hese w o uld n o t believe t hei r

“ “
,

s t or y Th e ide a !
. H o lm an ex c l a imed as ,

t h o ugh yo u c o uld t a ke in

I do no t k no w h o w m any w o rds we re c ollec t ed

o n t hi s j o u rn ey b ut H o lm a n l o s t n o O pp o rt u n i t y
,

o f c ollec t i n g a n d w r i t i n g t hem d ow n at o n c e t hey

We re t o o p re c i o us for him t o t ru s t t o mem ory .

I
M r ( afterwards S ir) H M S tanley was, from
. . . 884, 1 8 7 9 to 1

largely en gaged in O en in
p g up th e C ongo in c on n ec t ion with
th e A fr ic an In tern at io n al A s s o c iation , wh ic h after wards ob tain ed
int ern ation al recogn it ion as th e C ongo Fr ee S tat e .
 C h a p ter VI

M an yan ga

A lif e i li a t moves to gr acious en ds

T/zr ougli tr ou ps of un r ecor di ng fr iends
'

deedful life
’
a .

TE N N Y S O N .

NO WI NG t ha t, sh o rt ly aft e r t hei r
dep art u re fro m S an S alvad or fo r t h e
P o o l P o rt uguese p ries t s h ad arr ived wi t h
,

le t t e rs a n d r i c h p rese n t s ; an d h avi n g he ard

fro m v a ri o u s s ou rce s t h at t h e P o rtugues e
p ad re s h ad dem an ded t h e expulsi on o f t h e
E n gl i s h mi s s i o n ar ies H ol m an w o n de red wh at
,

t hei r r ecep t i o n w o uld be a ft e r fo u r m o n t hs ’

a b s e n ce. But n o t hi n g c o uld h a ve bee n he art ie r .

H olm a n w r i t es o f it :
‘
O n o ur a rr iv a l we m et wi t h a m os t
e n t hu s i as t i c r ecep t i o n fro m t h e pe ople
'

It .

was p o u ri n g wi t h rai n o r t hey w ould h a v e

,

c o me ou t t o mee t us o n t h e roa d ; b ut o ne
m an s aw us as we n e ared t h e t o w n an d ,

ra i s ed t h e c ry. Th e c ro wd s oo n g at he red ,

a n d t h e pe o ple r ushed a nd s t ruggl ed t o et

g
 90 M an yan ga

him a le tt e r w arn i ng h im fu rt he r a ga i n s t t h e
P ro t es tan t mi s s i o n ar ies t h e K i n g r e t o rt ed fi rmly
, .

H e t o ld t h e p ad res t h at he h ad he ard a b o u t ‘

t hei r di ffi c ul t ie s in buyi n g fo o d a n d h ow t h e
,

P r o t e s tan t mis s i o n arie s h ad o n ce give n t hem

o n e o f t hei r bes t s heep whe n t hey we r e wi t h o u t

fo o d a n d e n t e rta i n ed t hem at di n n e r
, He .

t h o ugh t it di s g rac eful t h at they sh o uld beh a ve

like t his behi n d o ur b ac k s Truly H o lm an

’
.
,

a dded it is r em a rk a ble t o h a ve t h e ta bles t hus

‘
,

t u rn ed , a n d t h e p ro fe s s i n g fo ll o we rs o f J esus
t a ugh t by a he at he n !
’

F i n di n g t h at S an S alvad o r lay qui t e out o f

t hei r di r ec t ro u t e t o t h e P o ol t he r e was s o me
,

he s i ta t i o n as t o whe t he r t h e missi o n aries sh o uld

c o n t i n ue t hei r w o rk t he re But t h e Ki ng and
.

m a n y o t he rs e nt re at ed t hem no t t o le a ve .

Fi n ally t h e Ki ng s a id
,
I f yo u mus t take
,
‘

y o u r M i s s i o n to S tan ley P o ol a t le as t let o ne ,

o f yo u s ta y he re D o n o t le a ve us t o ig n o ra n ce
.

a nd t h e p r ies t s They t e ac h us n ot hi n g
. Y ou .

h a ve t augh t us a li t tle a nd j us t as we a re ,

begi n n i n g t o u nde rs t an d a re you g o i ng a way

,

t o le a ve us ? ’

They p ro mi se d t o c o n s ide r th e m att e r care

fully a n d fi na lly a rr ived a t t h e c o n clu s i o n t h a t
, ,

a l t h ough t hey o ugh t t o pu t t hei r m ai n fo r ce i n t o

s tart i n g t h e M i s s i on o n t h e U ppe r Rive r t h ey ,

 “
C m o e o v er an d h el p us
”
9 1

w o uld n o t a ba n d o n t h e old fr ie n ds a t S an
“
S alvad or These we re deligh t ed whe n t hey
he ard t h e de c isi o n which was san c t i o n ed by
,

th e C o mmi t t ee at h o me .

N o t l o n g a ft e r t hi s M es s rs C o mbe r Be n t ley .
, ,

a nd C rudgi n g to n t oo k le a ve o f t hei r S a n
S alvad o r frie n d s le av i n g M r H a rt l an d t o h o ld
, .

t h e p o s t t he r e M r C rudgi n g to n p ro c eeded
. .

t o E ngl an d t o c o n fe r wi t h t h e C o mmi tt ee o n

v ari o us m at t e rs a nd M e s srs C o mbe r a nd

, .

Be n t ley p rep ared t or a sy s t em or t ra n sp o rt t o

t h e P oo l .

“
O n e g re at impedime n t t o t hei r p rog ress was
t h e n ume r i c a l we a k n e s s o f t h e p art y ; a nd i n

s eve ra l o f h is le tt e rs h o me a b o u t t his t ime ,

H olm an Be n tley w o n de r s whe n helpe rs will b e

c o mi n g
.

‘
Whe re h e as ked in o n e are t h e y o u ng
,
’

,
‘

m en o f t h e B a p t is t Chu rc he s a t h o me ? Wh at
a

h as c o me o ve r t hem all? The re was suc h a

bu rs t o f e n t hu s i as m whe n t h e C o ngo M i s s i o n
was s ta rt ed a n d t h at n o t c o n fi n ed t o t h e elde r s
,

in th e Chu rc he s We h a ve h ad t o fac e g re at
.

difficul t ie s b ut we h a ve bee n ab le i n a g re a t
, ,

me as u re t o o ve rc o me t hem Th e c lim at e h as
, .

a b ad n a me b ut I do n o t t hi n k t he re is n eed
,

o f s u c h g r e a t fe ar o f t h e c lim at e We h a v e .

“
ado p t ed a m o de o f livi ng t h at seems t o sui t
9 2 M an yan ga

us ve ry well an d all of u s h ave firs t rat e he alth

,
-
.

I h a ve n o t h a d feve r fo r n i ne m o n t hs We t a ke .

c are t o h a ve ple n t y o f g o o d fo o d ; we do n ot
s c o rn m o squi t o n e ts a n d believe in a c o m,

fo r tab le bed as in all t h a t t e n ds t o a go o d

,

n igh t s r es t The s e s impl e me a n s do mu c h t o

’
.

keep us he art y a n d well Wi t h t h e excep t i o n .

o f p oo r M rs C o mbe r we h a ve n ot o nly all

.
,

su rvi v ed b ut e nj oy rem ark a bly g o o d he al t h

, .

I n deed I e nj o y be t t e r he al t h t h a n whe n at h o me
in L o n d o n
’
.

I n a n o t he r le t t e r he s a id
O ur hi s t o r y t hu s far h as n o t bee n by a ny
‘

me a n s o ne o f di sa s t e r fa ilu re a n d de at h ; and . ,

y e t whe n we w r i t e h o me c a lli ng fo r m o r e help ,

i n s t e ad o f t h e re a dy reply whi c h we h ad eve ry

r e as o n t o expe c t n o o n e is, r e ady t o c o me t o

o ur a id ! I f a n y o n e h a d s ugges t ed t o me th e
p os s ibili t y o f s uch a t hi n g t wo a n d a h alf ye ars
a o
g I,
sh o uld h ave m o s t i n dig nan t ly r efu t ed

s u c h a s c a n d a l o us libel o n t h e s t e r li n g qu ali t y
o f t h e dev o t i o n a n d e arn es t n e s s o f t h e y o u n g

m en o f t h e Chu rc hes I t will be a l a s t i ng .

di s g ra ce if t h e B elgi a n E xpedi t i o n hu n t i ng for ,

iv o ry a n d rubber ge t s a he ad o f t h e B ap t is t
,

M issi onary S o c ie t y see k i n g t o win j ewels fo r

,

t h e S avi o u r s c ro w n
’ ’
.

Ac t i n g o n M r S tanley s advice th e missi o naries

.
’

,
94 M an yan ga

to a b o o k h a n di n g o ve r t h e l an d t o us The y
,
.

t o o k t hei r c oa t s a n d fo rt y y a rd s o f whi t e c l o t h .

Th e t wo pig s which we re p r e s e n t ed h ad bee n

, ,

t ied up By an d by whe n t h e pe o ple h ad

“
.
,

a s c e n ded t h e hill s o m e o n e s a id , Whe r e are t h e ,

pigs ? Th e illus t ri o u s vi s i t ors h ad s tol en th ei r

”

o wn p r ese n t ! We s h o u t e d t o t hem t o b ri n g
b ack our pigs t hey s h o u t ed b ac k s o me thi ng
,

a b ou t w a n t i n g m o r e c oa t s a n d c l ot h and c o n ,
!

t in ued t hei r way It was a l rea dy t wiligh t b ut

. ,
,

I se n t a b o y a ft e r t h e pigs H e o ve rtoo k a .

sm all b o y m a ki n g h is wa y sl o wly b ac k wi t h a
i in t o w an d t wo c o a t s o n h is a r m O ur
pg , .

b o y t oo k p o s s e ss i o n o f t hese a n d t h e n ex t day ,

t hey s e n t t h e sec o n d pig t o r edeem t h e c oat s .

Th e pe o ple w at c hed wi t h mu c h i n t e re s t t h e
buildi n g o f t h e h ou s e an d whe n it was fi n ished ,

Wished t o see t h e r oo ms They w o n de red mu ch .

at t h e my s t e r i o u s b oo k s I n t h r ee m on t h s .
‘ ’

t ime , w ro t e M r C o mbe r Be n t ley h ad made

’
.
,
‘

a g oo d a n d s ub s t a n t i a l s tat i o n
’
.

B y t h e t ime t h e mi s s i onarie s go t t o M a n y anga

t h e Belgi a n E xpedi t i o n k n o w n u n de r t h e i n i t i al s ,

of A I A
‘
. .h ad al re a dy e s t a bli s hed i t self t he re
I
.

But th e pe o ple s o o n le ar n t t o di s t i n gui s h

be t wee n whi t e m en a n d t h e M is s i o n s too d o ut ,

in r elief a gai n s t t hem H olm an w r i t es : Th e .

‘

Afr ican I n ternational Ass oc iation . S ee N ot e, p 87 . .

 M i s s i o nar i es an d Tr a der s 95

ot he r day whe n t h e nat ive s i nt e nded t o kill

s o me Z an zibar is o n t h e m arke t t hey s e n t us ,

d o w n p riva t e w arn i n g les t o ur b o y s s h o uld go

.

a n d mee t t ro uble Th e pe o ple like u s ; o u r

.

ge n t le m an n e r sh o w s o ut in gre at c o n t ras t t o
t h e s t ro n g E xpedi t i on O n e o f t h e Belgi a n
’
.

o ffi c e rs in t h o s e d ay s n a i vely t o ld Be n t ley t h a t
‘
S tanley h ad he a rd t h a t they we re ge tt i n g o n
well wi t h t hei r t ran spo rt o f t h e fiv e hu n d red
l o ads a nd t h at he [S t an ley] h ad w r i t t e n him
,

t h at he mu s t be sh a r p o ve r his t ran s p o rt o f t h e

b o ile rs ; it w o uld be s t ra nge if mi s s i o naries fr e s h

fr o m r eligi o u s c ollege s c o uld do m o re t h an
Belgi an o ffi c e rs fro m t hei r mili t ary s c h o ol s ! ’

A s t o Be n t ley s r el a t i o n s wi t h t h e Belgi a n
’

o ffici a l s on e o f h is c o llea gue s sa ys : I n h is ‘

,

i n t e rc o u rse wi t h o t he r whi t e m en he was alway s

fran k a n d c o u rt e o us wi t h ou t eve r pu s hi n g him
,

self t o th e fo re .
’
A n d s o it rem ain ed all a l on g ,

eve n t o t h e en d o f his life Y et he k n ew als o .

h o w t o h o ld his o wn whe n n eces s ary as t h e ,

fo ll o wi n g ex trac t fro m o n e o f h is le tt e rs will

sh o w
‘
Th e ot he r day V t old me t h at he h ad
.

pu rc h ased t h e ga rde n gro u n d whi c h form s

o ur r ive r fr o n t age b ut a s t hey h ad s u ffi c ie nt
,

g arde n g rou n d o f t hei r o wn ri ve r fron t

t hey w ould b e m os t h appy t o pl a c e it at
9 6 M an yan ga
o ur disp os al as l o n g as we are he re o n t h e ,

u n de rs t a n di n g t h a t we h a n d it b ac k t o t hem

a n y t ime we o a way I t h a n ked him fo r t h e

g .

o ffe r, b ut decli n ed t o t a ke my o wn as a gift .

H e p ro fessed n o t t o k n o w a ny t hi n g ab o u t my
a rra n geme n t wi t h t h e Chiefs I t o ld h im t h at
.

t h e co n t rac t wa s s ig n ed a n d t h at my r igh t t o t h e
,

r ive r fro n t a ge was evide n t ly r e c o g n i s ed by t h e

n a t ive s in t h a t t hey fel t it n ece s s a ry t o a b s t ra c t

fro m me a p ro mi s e t h at n at ives migh t fis h fro m

I ngelez o s be ac h
’
. H is t alki n g was rat he r high
h an ded I t o ld him t h at th e A I A s h o uld be
. . . .

ve ry c areful Wh at p recede n t s t hey s et I f t hey .

”
c h o s e t o ig n o r e p ape r wh at w o uld t hey do
,

t o i n s u re t o t hem s elve s t h e l a rge t e r r i t o ries t hey

we e t he m o o p oli i g
r n n s n ? A n y n ew c o me r c ould -

s e t t le o n t hei r l an d if
“ ”
p ape r is t o be ig n o re d ,

a n d an
y fo o li s h n a t ive y a r n is t o be li s t e n ed t o .
’

A pr opos o f t h e a dve n t o f t h e E xpedi t i on he

w r i t e s in o n e o f h is le t t e rs : I t m ay seem t o ‘

s o me a pi t y t h a t t h e E xpedi t i o n h as c o me a t
t his t ime t o t o uch t h e pe ople s n e ares t i n t e re s t s
’
.

Bu t it h ad be t t e r c o me befo re us t h an a ft e r us ;
in t h e l att e r cas e t h e missi o na ry w o uld alw a y s be
r eg ar ded as t h e i n t r o duce r o f t h e s p o ili n g tr a de r ,

a c u r se ra t he r t h a n a b les s i n g I n deed it is t h e
.

feeli n g o f us all t h a t t his E xpedi t i o n h as bee n

t h e i n s t rume n t in G o d s h an d s o f O pe n i n g up t h e
’
 M an yan ga

mi n ded pe rs on full o f p r ej udi c e a gai ns t w o rldly

a u t h or i t y a n d t h e p o we rs t h at be ; b e fully ’
‘

a pp r e c i a t ed th e E x pedi t i o n fo r wh at it was
w o rt h I n o n e of h is le t t e rs fro m M any a n ga
.

he w r i t es : I do n o t see h o w we c ould
‘

eve r be es tabl ished at t h e P oo l or up rive r -

,

wi t h ou t t h e E xpedi t i o n They m a ke us fai rly

secu re N o w t o o t he r e IS a m o t ive fo r a nat ive
.
, ,

b o y t o le a rn carpe n t ry and o t he r ,t ra des .

Th o ugh t rade b r i ngs o t he r t ro uble wi t h it ,

s o l o n g as t h e c ou n t ry is n o t s w a mped wi t h

s pi r i t s it is als o a g re at a dv a n tage
’
.
,

‘
Whe n h o s t ili t ie s we r e at t h e w o rs t be t wee n
t h e E xpedi t i o n a n d th e n a t ive s t h o ugh u nwilli n g ,

to sell t o t h e Z a n zibaris t h e pe o ple we re ,

a n xi o u s t h at we s h o uld h ave foo d fo r our

b oys . They a rranged fo r o ur b o ys t o go
up t o N d an d a nga a t d aw n and s old us rat i on s
‘

fo r t en d ays while t h e Belgi a n s were at

,

t hei r wi t s en d for foo d

’
E ve n n ow t hi n gs
.

a re fa r fro m squ are They c an sc a rcely get

.

s u fficie n t t o s at isfy t hei r hu n ge r al t h o ugh my ,

b o ys all h a ve as mu c h as t hey can p o ssibly

ea t,
whil s t I h ave a s t o re fo r t h e b oat b oys
due t o m o rr o w an d h a ve a ls o ar ran ged fo r
-
,

for t h e c a ra v an which is due in t wo

”
c h op

d ays Th e Belgi an s do n o t k no w a ny t hi ng ab o u t
.

t h e c oun tr y l ang uage an d so do n o t k n o w h o w

,
 N ei gh b o u r l i n es s 99

to get at th epe ople We h ave th e a dv an tage

.

o ve r t hem t he r e We k no w h o w t o get
.

o n wi t h t hem h avi n g bee n o ut a ye ar o r t wo

, ,

a nd ca n j o ke a n d ch at a n d l a ugh wi t h t hem a n d ,

t h at is a s u re roa d t o a d ar key s he a rt Th e
’

“
.

”
S tat e m an will on ly s ay G o away go a wa y , ,

whe n t hey c o me t o l o o k a t him s o t hey fe ar him ,

whil s t t hey like t h e lively I ngelez o .

’

But t h e B elgi an E xpedi t i o n a l s o p ro fi t ed by

t h e vi c i n i t y o f t h e mi ss i o n arie s Th e a dv an t ages
.

we re by n o me a ns all o n o n e side The re wa s .

,

for ex ample a de c ided g a i n t o t h e E xpedi t i o n

,

in t h e fac t t h at M r Be nt ley s k n o wledge o f

’
.

medi c i n e and s u rge ry was fr eely a t t h e s e rvi c e

o f a n y p a t ie nt n eedi n g it whe t he r whi t e o r bl a c k
, .

A n d t h e dem a n d s fo r su c h help we re fr eque n t .

I n o ne o f H o l ma n s le t t e rs he s a ys : I h a ve h a d
’
‘

s o m e fin e p ra c t ice in medi c i n e an d su rge ry h ere .

M an y o f t h e Z a n zib ari s o f t h e E xpedi t i o n w er e

‘

sick a nd c a me t o me fo r medi c i n e E ve n t h ose

, .

at S t a n ley P o o l s e n t d o w n t o fe t ch it s o t h at th e

E n glish M is s i o n h as a ve ry g o od name wi t h t h e
Z anzib ari s .
’

I n an o t he r le tt e r he w ri t e s S tan l ey s cara ‘ ’

v a n en r out e fo r S t a n ley P o ol wa s a t tacked

by t h e nat ives a n d fo u r men we re b adly
,

w ound ed They ca me t o me I go t o ut m o s t o f
.
,

t h e sh ot s d ressed t h ei r w oun ds ev ery day a nd

, ,
I OO M an yan ga

t hey s o on go t well O n e m a n h ad his arm b a dly

.

b ro ke n a n d s mas hed I s et it a n d d res s ed it.

,

eve ry day I t wa s n e c e s sary t o keep th e w o u n d

.

O pe n a l o n g t ime t o let o u t t h e li tt le s pli n t e rs o f

,

de a d b on e b ut he is all r igh t n ow an d t h e o the r ,

da y I s aw him cu t t i n g g ra s s a n d c h o ppi n g w o o d ,

u s i ng t h a t ar m .
’

Th e medi c al w o rk wa s a g re at help in a cqui ri ng

t h e c o n fide n c e a n d r e s pe c t o f t h e n at ives Th at .

a n d h is ge n i a l a n d u n ifo r m ki n d n e s s g a i n ed for

Be n t ley s u c h i n flue n c e o ve r t h e n a t ive s t h at ,

al t h o ugh t hey we r e p ass i n g t h ro ugh t ro ubl o us

t ime s wi t h t h e E xpedi t i o n n o o n e eve r h ad a b ad ,

w o rd t o s ay a b o u t him O n t h e c o nt rary in all .

,

t hei r t ro uble s t h e pe o ple we n t t o him for advice ,

a n d l o o ked t o him t o help t hem in m a ki n g pe a ce .

M an y a n i n t e rn al war wa s a ve r t ed an d m an y a , ,

Chief s life h as bee n s a ved by h is wise an d p at ie n t

’

de ali n g wi t h t hem in t ime s o f ex t remi t y .

O n o n e o cca si o n a Chief fro m t h e n or t h s ide

t o ld him t h a t M a k o s o t h e he a d o f t h e n ew
,

emb as sage h ad bee n p al a ve ri ng wi t h a s o u t h

,

b an k Chief Lu t e t e wh o s aid t h at in a ll owi n g

, ,

th e A I A . . pe o ple t o put up a ferry h o u s e

.
-

by t h e r ive r he o pe n ed an d s h o wed t h e r oad ,

a n d t h at all t ro uble h a d e n s ued fro m t h at .

H o lm an asked t h e Chief Wh o buil t t h e s to n e ,

‘

chu rch at B anz a N su n di ? Th e whi t e m en h a v e

1 02 M anyan ga

th e fi rs t h e h ad s et himsel f t o kn ow t hem and ,

t o u n de rs t an d t hei r m o de s o f t h o ugh t .I n m o re
t h an o n e le t t e r he p o i n t s o ut t h at t h e sec r e t o f

t h e o ffice r s l ac k o f p o we r was bec a use t hey do

’ ‘

l o ve t h e n at ives I t was h is l o ve for

’
n ot .

t h e pe o ple t h at m a de him see k t o u n de rs t an d

t hem a n d t h a t was t h e key t o his g r e at i n flue n ce

,

o ve r t hem . H e w o uld s it wi t h t hem at t hei r

li t t l e fi res as if he we r e o n e o f t hem ; i ndeed
he himself rem arks in a le t t e r : I a m gl ad t o
‘

fin d t h e pe ople o f C o n g o a re s imple h o mely ,

fo lk wi t h wh o m o n e c an m ake frie n ds I t m akes

.

it e a sie r t o fo ll o w P a ul s ex ample o f bec o mi n g

“ al l t hi n g s t o all m en
.
”
H o w g re at a p r ivilege
is o u rs t o be be are rs t o t hem o f su c h gl ad
t idi n g s !
’
 Ch ap t er V I I

I n Jo u r n eyi n gs O ft

G od s a id :
“
B r eak tkou t/zese yokes un do

T/zese keavy our dens . I or dai n

A wor k to last t/zy wkole life t/z r ougk,

”
A mi n istry of s tr ife a n d pa i n .

He s et kis fa ce aga i n st tko kla st,

[dis feet aga i n s t t/ze fli n ty skar d,

Ti ll tko kar d servi ce gr ew at las t,

[i s o wn ex ceedi ng gr eat re war d .
’

WHI TTIE R .

UT l h o ugh t hey h ad fou n d th e way t o

a t

S tan ley P ool in Feb ruary 1 8 8 1 it wa s , ,

n ot u n t il t h e en d o f J uly 1 8 8 2 t h at t h e s ta t i o n
, ,

t o whi c h t hey ga ve t h e n ame o f A rt hi ng t o n

was es ta blished All t h e i n te rval was t a ke n up

.

wi t h t ran sp o rt w o rk p rep ara to ry t o e s ta blishi n g

t hemselve s at t h e P ool Had t hey bee n m o r e
.

in n umbe r it w o uld n o t h ave bee n s o l on g a ta s k ,

a n d t h e del ay ca used by l a ck o f r ei n fo r ceme n t s

b o t h h ampe red an d t ried t hem s o rely .

M r C o mbe r in o n e o f his le tt e rs give s a

.
, ,

c alcul at i on t h at at t h e l o we s t c o mpu ta t i o n s ix
‘

1 03
 ‘
1 04 I n J o u r n eyi n gs O ft ’

a re eeded fo r t h e w o rk whi c h wa s t he n in t h e
n ,
’

h an ds o f o n ly t wo B e n t ley a n d myself W ri t i ng
,
‘
.
’

o n Sep t embe r 2 1 88 1 fro m M a n y a n ga H o lm an

, , ,

rep o r t s t hat t h e I s an gil a s t at i o n was left in

c h a rge o f t h r ee b oy s an d in t h e M iss i on a ry ,

H er a ld o f Ap r il 1 88 2 M r C o mbe r s ay s :
, , .

‘
B e n tley is m a ki n g a ru s h t o M us uka addi n g ,
’

‘
O ur life seems m a de up o f r ushi n g a b o u t j u s t
n ow
’
. H e t o o w o n de rs t h at it is s o diffi c ul t t o
, ,

fin d s ix v o lu n t ee rs fo r t h e M i ss i o n qu o t i n g ,

H olm a n s s ayi n g I f it we re a g o ld m i n e we h ad
’

,
-

dis c o ve r ed it w o uld be e as y t o fin d m en willi n g

,

t o c o me I n a n o t he r le t t e r H o lm a n s a y s : A
’ ‘
.

B elgi a n o ffi c e r t o ld me t h e o t he r day t h at he
was s elec t ed o u t o f t wo hu n d red applic a n t s .

Two hu n d red a ppli c an t s fo r a s m all p o s t u n de r

t h e B elgi an S t a t e an d n o t eve n s ix a re r e a dy
,

to give t hemselves t o t h e w o rk o f wi n n i ng
A fr i ca fo r Ch r is t ! ’

Wi t h wi s e fo resigh t H olm an w r i t es in
N o vembe r 1 8 8 2 ,
:

I s ee t h at M r C o mbe r in h is le tt e r is urgi n g
.
, ,

t h at if p o s s ible fu r t he r a ddi t i o n s t o t h e M is s i o n
, ,

s t a ff be m a de as s o o n a s p o s s ible M igh t I .

s ugges t o ne s peci al re as o n fo r t h e s peedy

desp at ch o f m o re help ? I t was n o t s o ve ry
di fficul t fo r us t o m a ke a foo t i n g in C o n go ,

whe re t he re was s o me k no wledge o f a E u ro pe an

 ‘
16 6 I n J o ur n eyi n gs O ft ’

m orn i ng th e bu rde n o n my mi n d all day ; whe n

,

t his w or k an d t his field h a ve o ur he art s o ur ,

lives o ur eve ry e n e rgy ? I k n o w t h a t you will

,

feel t h e n eed we u rge ; yes an d do all t h at ,

c a n t o u rge it up o n t h e Chu r ches

’

y o u .

Th e t ran s p or t w o rk in t h o s e d ay s was a ve ry
se r i o us bu s i n ess a nd th e few mi s s i o n aries wh o
, ,

h ad t o s h ar e i t be t wee n t hem o ft e n fo u n d ,

t hem s elve s in g r e at s t rai t s ; b ut all w o rked

b ra vely sh o ulde r t o sh oulde r t h ough it s eem s
, ,

t h at M r C o mbe r a n d H o lm a n did m ore o f th e

.

t ra velli n g t h an m o s t o f t h e o t he rs .

Th e ro u t e t o t h e P o ol was at t h at t ime fro m

M us uka t o Vivi by w at e r he n ce t o B ay n e s ville ,

or I s an gil a a b o u t s eve n t y miles o ve r ro ugh

,

qu art z hills a we ary foo t j o u rn ey

, F ro m .

B ay n esville t o M an y anga t hey we re able t o a v a il

t hemselves o f s o me six t y miles o f n avigable
wat e rway o f which t he re we re m any des c rip t i o n s
, ,

al l a g reei n g in t hi s o n e t hi n g —t h at it was a wild

a n d r agi n g r ive r well n igh imp ass able n eedi n g
’
-
, ,

gre at n e r ve an d i nge nui t y .

But t h e h ar d j o u r n ey s t o I s a ngil a an d dan

ero us p as s age o f t h e fie r ce s wi rli n g r ive r j us t
’
‘

g
n e a r t he r e m a de b o t h M r C o mbe r a n d H o lm a n
, .

feel t h at t hey o ugh t t o seek a s afe r ro ad t o th e

P oo l G radu ally t hey s hift ed t hei r bas e s ta t i o n
.

fro m M usuka t o Tu n d uwa s o me fift ee n miles up ,

 A D an ger o u s R i v er 1 07

on t h e left b an k whi c h sp o t t hey called U n de r

,

hill ; and t h e s t at i on at I s an gil a was s hift ed t o

n e ar Vu n d a a fin e p i e c e o f he adl an d r u n n i n g o u t
,

i n t o th e r ive r al s o o n th e s o u t h b an k whi c h
, ,

t hey n a med Bayn es t o n By t his t hey s aved

.

t hi r t y miles o f diffi c ul t c at arac t w o r k t h ough ,

it n ece s si tat ed fift ee n mile s ex t ra o ve rl a n d .

Th at t h e rive r w o r k was a t t e n ded wi t h n o

li tt le d a n ge r m ay b e i n fe rred fro m th e foll o wi n g
ex t rac ts fro m le t t e rs M r C rudgi n g t o n w ro t e :
. .

‘
I n s o me pl ac e s we h ad be au t iful s t re t che s o f
fin e calm w at e r
,
A t o t he r pl a ces we h ad t o
.

p ro ceed ve ry c a refully as t he re we re rapid s an d

,

fie rce b o ili n g Whi rlp oo l s I m ade o n e o r t wo

.

j o u rn eys up t h e r ive r wi t h B e nt ley t o M an yan g a ,

a n d I s h a ll n eve r fo rge t his skill in t h e n a v i g at i o n

o f t h e b oa t a t m o s t di ffi c ul t p o i n t s o f t h e r ive r
’
.

H o lm an himself w rot e in o n e o f his fi rs t le tt e rs

fro m M any anga : I do n o t k n ow wh at th e
‘

o t he r p ass ages are like b ut t h e way t h e c a p ta i n

,

ch o se t o c ro ss th e r ive r was a m o n g ro c k s s o me ,

o i nt s o f which we re o nly eigh t ee n i n c hes u n de r

p
wat e r s o t h a t we w er e a b o u t t wo h o u rs o n a n d
,

o ff ro cks s ome t ime s sh o o t i n g a ra ce t he n h o ld

, ,

ing o n t igh t for t h e n ex t s h o ck o n ly ge t t i n g o ff

,

fro m o n e ro c k t o get on t o an o t he r The r e are .

o t he r c h a n n el s b ut t h e c ap t a i n t oo k t hi s o n e as
, ,

t h e o t he r s , t h o ugh de epe r h av e s t ill ro ughe r

,
 In J n eyi n gs O ft
‘ ’
1 08 our

wat e r I mu s t s ay t h at t h e fo lks he re seemed

“
.

h o rr ibly afra id o f wh at t he ycall s t ro n g w at e r ,

t hei r fe ar o ft e n le adi n g t hem i n t o t h reefold

d an ge r beside s le ng t he n i n g t h e j o u rn ey an d
,

mu c h i n c re as i n g t h e l ab o u r o f pulli n g This .

c h a n n el a t R o ub el a was a s a mple o f it I t IS a .

du t y t o be c areful b ut s o me t imes fe ar will le ad

,

i n t o w o rse d an ge r !
I n D ecembe r 1 8 8 1 B e n t ley s le tt e rs w ere ’

, ,

d at ed fro m V ana whe r e t hey c amped u n t il th e

,

I s an gil a s tat i on was buil t I n Feb r u ary he .

w ro t e fro m I s an gil a in Ap ril fro m M an y an ga, .

I n J u n e he is b ac k a ga i n at B ay n e s ville a n d in ,

J uly j u s t m a n age s t o c a t c h a s aili ng s hip go i n g t o

L oa ng o bei n g me rc ifully kep t fro m t ra velli n g by
,

t h e E t hi o pi a whi c h was w r ecked o n t h e L o a n g o

’

c o as t
. I n O c t o be r he is o n ce m o r e b a c k a t
M an y an ga an d in J an u a ry h is le t t e rs are aga i n
,

w r i t t e n fro m t h e P o ol Th e wh o le o f 1 8 8 3
.

wa s s pe n t much in t h e s ame way p ar tly at ,

S t anley P ool ; t he n hu rryi n g t o o n e o r o t he r

o f t h e i n t e r medi a t e s ta t i o n s r igh t up t o t h e ,

t ime of h is fi rs t fu rl ough in th e sp r i n g o f 1 8 8 4 .

H olm an o n c e r ep o rt s h a vi n g d o n e t h e dis tan c e

fro m S t anley P0 01 t o Vivi in t en d ay s h ard ‘ ’

m arc hi n g I t mu s t h a ve bee n h ar d m arc hi n g

.
’ ‘
,
’

i n deed a s t h e usu al a ve rage fo r t h e ca rrie rs

, ,

bu rde ned wi t h l oads weighi n g usu ally be t wee n

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1 10 I n J o u r n eyi n gs O ft ’

heard o f t hem fro m him u nless it we re t o rec o rd ,

s o me s peci a l i n s ta n ce o f G o d s fa t he rly c ar e
’
as ,

in t h e c as e o f a l arge b ran ch o f a t ree whi c h fell

d o w n wi t hi n a fo ot o f t h e pl ace whe re he lay
a s leep .S t ill he h a d h is s h ar e o f r e a l ro ad
t ro uble s like all t h e r es t O n o n e o ccas i o n he
.

w ri t es
I h ad t o s ta rt aga i n o n Tue s d ay t h o ugh while ,

t h e feve r was s t ill h a n gi n g a b o u t me A t t h re e .

’
o c l o c k it beg a n t o ra i n a n d i n c r e as ed p o u ri n g
“ “
, ,

”
d o w n n o t c at s a nd d og s b ut eleph a nt s a nd
hipp op o ta mi u nt il eve ry p a t h was a t o rr e n t
,
”
.

We h o ped t o re a ch a Z an zib ar is shel t e r ; b ut t o ’

o ur di s m a y whe n we t t t h c mpi n g s p o t at
, g o o e a

M p a mbu N d o l o we fo u n d eve ry t hi n g h ad bee n

,

bu rnt The re was n o s hel t e r for us n e are r t ha n

.

eigh t mile s m arc h Th e ra i n wa s s t ill falli ng

.
’
.
,

a n d I h ad bee n wet t o t h e ski n fo r n e a rly t h ree

h o u rs a nd in a feve r eve ry j o i n t s h aki n g and

, , ,

s o c o ld a n d s t iff t h a t I c o uld s c arcely s t oo p I .

c o uld h a ve s at d o w n an d c r ied in my utt e r

mi s e ry b ut I t h o ugh t it be tt e r t o pi t c h t h e t e n t
,
.

S o me b o ys b ro ugh t w oo d a nd I h ad fo rt u n at ely ,

a li tt le p a l m o il wi t h me ; t his o n a pie c e o f ra
g , ,

s oo n s ta rt ed a fire in t h e t e n t Th e b o ys c ut me .

a li t t le g ra s s ( wet o f c o u rse ) a n d m a de me a bed

, ,

o n t h e g ro u n d I n a few mi n ut es I s lipped off

.

my wet t hi ngs a nd was be t wee n my rugs

,
.
’
H o l m an Tr an s p o r ts t h e
“
P a e ce 1 1 1

As a rule H o lm an Be nt ley s o o n got o ve r his

feve rs Th e joy o f s u c ces s was exhil arat i ng an d
.
,

n o s oo n e r wa s he a ble t o be a b o u t a g a i n t h an he

s et t o w o r k wi t h full e n e rgy We can re ad his .

s a t i s fa c t i o n be t wee n t h e li n es o f th e fo ll o wi n g
le t t e r w ri t t e n in th e l at t e r part o f t h e ye ar
,

1 883
‘
O ur sp o rt h as bee n m o s t succes s ful a nd
t ra n

ra pid ; t h e
“ ”
Pe ac e is a t th e P o o l ; o n ly a li tt le
s p ar e ge ar r em a i n i n g which is n o w o n t h e r o a d
, .

Th e wh o le s t e a me r as well as s tat i o n g o od s h as
, ,

al l bee n t ra n sp o rt ed in ab o u t six m o n t hs In .

a n o t he r m o n t h s t ime it will be fi n ished a n d we

’

s h a ll h a ve t ime t o b re a t he Th e m o s t o p t imi s t ic
.

w o uld h ardly h a ve d re am t o f such rapid t ran si t .

S t an ley a ye ar an d a h alf ago l aughed a t t h e

‘

, ,

ide a o f o ur bei n g a ble t o O b ta i n a s i ngle n at ive

c a r r ie r be t wee n h er e a n d t h e P oo l O ur diffi .

c ul t ies we r e ve ry g r e at b ut o n e by o n e t hey are

,

bei n g s t e adily o ve rc o me Th e s tra i n up o n us is

.

o ft e n i n t e n se ; b ut o ur g re a t M a s t e r is wi t h us ,

a n d gives us t h e d a ily guid a n c e a n d s t re n g t h fo r ,

d a ily n eeds cle ari n g a way th e d ark n ess an d per

,

p le x it y f o r t h e n ex t s t ep —b ut o ft e n On ly for t h e
‘

n ex t u n t il t h e t ime c o me s for yet a n o t he r

, This “ .

is all t h a t we n eed an d we h a ve always fou n d

,

’
t h at s t ran ge i n c o mp rehe n sible del ay s h a v e
w o rked o ut o n ly fo r goo d .
’
1 1 2 I n J o u r n eyi n gs O ft ’

H e re a t h o me it m ay n o t be e as y t o re a l i s e
t h e a m o u n t o f l a b o u r an d s t r ai n i n v o lved i n

arran gi n g l o a d s a n d ra t i o n s fo r l arge ca ra v a n s .

Y e t o n o n e o c ca si o n he me n t i o n s h a vi n g give n
o u t l o a d s t o 2 5 8 c arr ie rs i n o n e da !
y I t was

in t hi s way t ha t t h e w o r k whi c h h a d bee n ,

c al c ul a t ed t o r equi re t wo ye ars h ad bee n ,

c r o wded i n t o six m o n t h s .

U p t o t hi s t ime t ran s p o rt a n d buildi n g s o filled

up t hei r t ime t h at r e al mi s s i o n ary w o rk h ad bee n
a lm os t imp os sible ; b ut whe n o pp o rt u n i t ies fo r
t e ac hi n g did o c c u r t hey we r e n o t w a s t ed On .

o n e o cca s i o n i n t h e e a rly d a y s
,
M r B e n t ley was
, .

wi t h o u t ca n dle s Th e b oat h a d c o me up b ut t h e
.
,

c a n dle s a s ked fo r h ad n o t bee n se n t A ligh t .

was imp ro v i s ed wi t h p al m o il a n d a b it o f wi c k ,

b ut it was a m aximum o f sm o ke wi t h a mi n i
‘

mum o f ligh t By s u c h li gh t c o n ve rs at i o n we n t
.
’

o n wi t h t h e n at ive s and s o , t ime was well

empl o yed Th e s un g o es d o w n at s ix o c l o c k
.
’

a n d i t is qui t e d a r k in le s s t h a n h alf a n h o u r
a ft e r w a rds . Th e l o ng eve n i n g s we r e l argely
spe n t t hu s espe c i ally in t alks wi t h N lem v o
, .

I n o n e o f h is le t t e rs M r B e n t ley s ay s : We
.
‘

m ay n o t be a ble t o s pe a k o f c o n ve rt s in t h e fi rs t
t ime s b ut we k n o w t h a t g oo d a n d h o ly i n flue n ce s
,

’
a re a t w o r k in he ar t s o n ce u tt e r ly d ar k So .
,

t o o M r C r udgi ng t o n w r i t es : Th e v alue o f h is
‘
.
,
 ‘
I n J o u r n eyi n gs O ft ’

a pe nn y t hey fi rs t as k t h reepe n c e a nd tal k t alk

, , , ,

t al k for a l o n g t ime They like t o talk t o a

.

wh it e m an s o t hey t ry t o find s o me t hi n g t o sell ;

,

a n d t hey li k e me b ec ause I t al k a n d pl ay wi t h

t hem
’
.

F unny li tt le a dmix t ures o f childh oo d a nd

m an h o o d t hey a re as un c o n ce rn ed as E n glish
,

child re n whe n t hey do pl ay b ut wi t h a l m o s t an ,

a dul t s i n s t i n c t a n d cu t e n ess fo r self p r ese r v a t i o n

’
-
.

A n d he re ag a i n a t M an y an ga fr ie n dship wi t h
t h e c hild re n wo n t h e c o n fide n ce o f t h e m o t he rs

a n d o t he r r el a t ive s Th e w o me n he w r i t e s ‘ ’
.
, ,

‘
b ri n g d ow n foo d a n d n o m a n fe ars to se n d his
,

wife t o I ngelez o s s t a t i o n ’
I t is a my s t e ry t o
“
.

t hem as t o wh at we a re he r e fo r — They buy

fo wl s a n d g oat s and o t he r fo o d b ut t hey do n o t ,

buy iv o ry o r s l aves But t hey are g oo d I f any

. .

o n e is s ick t hey will give medici n e a n d n o t a s k ,

They o ft e n c o me t o me a s a
”
a n y t hi n g fo r it .

l as t r es o urc e a n d ge n e rally s oo n re c o ve r whi c h

, ,

give s t hem m o re c o n fide n ce in I ngelez o s medi ’

c i n e t h a n i n t hei r wi t ch d o c t o r s p o t i o n s
’ ’
-
.

M r C o mbe r t ell s in on e o f his le t t e rs o f A

.
‘

p oo r lad wi t h ulce rs s o p ut rid t h at eve n t h e

,

n a t ive s are disgu s t ed t u r n i n g up o n t h e s t at i o n

, .

H is o wn pe o ple refuse t o give him foo d a n d

w at e r a ny l on ge r a nd t h e b oys refus e t o h av e
,

him s leep in t hei r h o use o n ac c ou n t o f t h e smell

 A n U n gr atefu l Pat i ent 1 1 5

of his s o res But Be n t ley t akes him in and

.
,

c are s fo r him Y et t h e y o u t h evi nc e s n o g rat i

.

t ude b ut g rumble s a t eve ryt hi n g a n d i n s t e a d o f

, , ,

a t t e n di n g t o t h e c le a n si n g o f h is s o res him s elf he,

r equi r es t h a t t hey be d o n e fo r him . Whe n a ft e r

,

t en d ays he was t o ld t h a t he wa s n o w s o fa r o n
,

t h at he s h o uld do it him s elf he ra n a w ay !

, But
h is pe o ple b r o ugh t him b ac k . O n c e B e n t ley
s e n t him t o m a r ke t t o buy foo d fo r him s elf a n d ,

he c a me b ac k d ru n k h a vi ng u s ed t h e m o n ey t o
,

buy p alm wi n e Wh a t a s pe c ime n ! But eve n

.

t h o ugh t h e p at ie n c e a n d ki n d n e s s m ay be w a s t ed

o n th e l a d him s el f
, t he re a re o t he rs wh o t a ke

n o t e o f it a n d le arn fro m i t t h e Ch ri s t like life

’

, .
 C h a p t er VIII

A
‘
P eo p le i n D a r k n ess ’

E vi l dar kl
y r ei gnetk ,

N oug/z t f r em a i n et/z
’
o love .

BO N A R .

R B E N TL E Y S le t t e rs fro m M an y a n ga
.
’

a b o u t t hi s t ime sh o w us t h e c h arac t e r

of th e pe o ple he s ough t t o win a nd t hei r ,

m a n n e r o f life H e h as fo r ex a mple t o t ell

.
, ,

o f a m a n a r ra n gi n g wi t h a wi t c h d o c t o r fo r t h e -

de at h o f h is o wn s o n Wi t c h c ra ft wi t h all its
.
,

a tt e n d a n t evils o f de c ei t mu r de r a n d bl oo dshed
, , ,

was dep opul at i n g t h e c o u n t ry E ve ry m on t h.

or s ix week s s o me pe rs o n w o uld be killed

o n t h e ac c u sa t i o n o f wi t c h cra ft A n y a c c u s at i o n
.

migh t be t rumped up I f a m an we r e r ich a nd

.

did n o t give a w ay t o eve r y o n e wh o begged fro m

him he was de c l ared t o be a wi t c h an d killed I f
, .

a n y o n e s h o wed a n y p a rt i c ul ar s kill he wa s pro ,

n ou n c ed a wi t c h a n d killed I f a w o m a n was
.

i n du s t r i o u s a t h er fa rm an d t hus h ad a be t t e r
,

h a rve s t t h a n o t he rs s h e was c o n s ide red a wi t c h

,

a n d killed . O ft e n whe n a s ick pe rs o n d re a med

, ,

1 16
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A P eo p l e i n D a r k n ess
’
1 1

wi t ch d o c t o r was c alled t o t ell wh o h ad c aused

-

t h e child s de a t h Th e wi t ch d oc t o r p o i n t ed o ut
’
-
.

t h r ee m en a n d t h r ee w o me n Thus s ix pe o ple .

we re t o be killed beca u s e o f th e de at h fro m

na t u ra l c a u s e s o f o n e li t t le b a by .

Whe n H o lm an he ard o f it he a s ked wh at day ,

t h e p o i s o n was t o be give n a n d s o me o n e t o ld ,

him Whe n t h e pe o ple re alised t h at he k n ew

.

t h e day fixed fo r t h e execu t i o n t hey killed five o f ,

t h e six befo r e t h e t ime a rrived k no wi n g t h at he ,

w o uld s a ve t h e pe o ple s l ive s s o meh o w if t hey ’

did n o t fo res t all him Th e s ix th m an w o uld h ave

.

sh ared t h e s ame fat e b ut he m an aged t o run ,

aw a y .

W r i t i ng a b o u t an ot he r c ase M r B e n t ley s a y s , .

‘
O n ce we he ard t h at a w o m an h ad bee n killed as
a wi t c h an d t h at a m a n wh o was t o h a ve sh a red
,

t h e s a me fa t e h ad ru n aw a y Th e n ex t day .

I he a rd he h ad bee n c augh t Ta ki n g J o se a nd .

N lem v o I i mmedi at ely s t art ed o ff t o N d an

,

gan ga n o t w ai t i n g fo r b re akfas t as del ay migh t

, ,

be d an ge ro us We a rr ived at t h e t o w n and
.
,

h as t e n ed t o fin d t h e V i c t im A goo d run b ro ugh t .

us up o n t h e sce n e l at e b u t s t ill in t ime Th e

, , .

m an a pp a re n t ly de ad was bei n g d ragged by a

, ,

ro pe ro u n d his n e c k t o be bu rn ed Th e ra i n .

was p o u r i n g I d ro ve o ff t h e fell o w wh o was

.

d raggi ng t h e b ody an d o rde red a way a no t h er

,
 J u s t i n Ti m e 1 1 9

m an wi t h a
gun . Th e b o dy
ppe ared lifele s s a ,

lyi ng o n t h e face th e b ac k of h is he ad a m ass o f

,

bl oo d be at e n by a s t ick a n d c ut t o t h e b on e in
, ,

eigh t pl ac es As I be n t o ve r him he gas ped I

. .

t u rn ed him o ve r an d t h e c oo l ra i n s o mewh at
,

r evived him H e t u rn ed up o n h is s ide b ut was

.
,

unc o ns c i o u s Th e pe ople w a n t ed t o k n o w wh at
.

I wan t ed .

To c arry him d o w n t o t h e s tat i o n .

N 0 let us bu rn him
,
.

They h ad clubbed him t o p reve n t a ny esc ape ,

whe n t h e d re n chi ng ra i n d ro v e t hem i nt o a

h o us e .

‘
I s tayed by th e m an an d s ent J o s e t o get a
S t k t o c arry him wi t h For t h ree qu art e rs o f .
-

an h o u r he c o uld n o t get a s t ick n o r a cu t l a s s t o ,

c ut o ne wi t h N o on e w o uld help us o r le n d us
.

a n y t hi n g I h ad n o t hi n g wi t h me m o re se ri o u s
.

t h an a p o cke t k n ife A t l a s t in a n o t he r p a rt o f
-
.
,

t h e t o w n a s t i c k was fo u n d
,
Th e m an wh o h a d .

bee n d raggi n g t h e b o dy n ow a ppe ared wi t h a

u n p ro b a bly t o sh o w t h at he w o uld like t o h a ve
g ,

a s h o t ; b ut I s e n t him a w a y Pe o ple demu rred . .

S o me s aid t hey w o uld b ri n g him t o us t o

m o rro w ; o the rs sa id “ N o if we do no t kill , ,

him he will figh t u s whe n he ge t s be tt e r

,
.

‘
M e an while wi t h N lem v o s a n d s o me o t he r
,
’

b o ys l o i n cl o t hs and s o me s t rips o f pl an tai n

’
-
,
 ‘
P eo p l e i n D a r k n es s
’
1 20 A

b ark we t ied t h e u n c o n sci o u s vi c t im t o our s t ick

, ,

a n d befo r e t hey c o uld do a n y t hi n g or et o ve r

g ,

t hei r su rp r ise J o s e an d I sh o ulde red t h e bu rde n

, ,

a n d t ro t t ed o ff We did n o t s t o p t o re s t u n t il we
.

we re t h ro ugh t h e t o w n an d h alf way up th e hill -

.

Th e s t ick o r s o me t hi n g was v ery he avy an d I

, , ,

wan t ed my b r e a k fa s t b adly b ut we pu s hed o n as ,

fas t a s we c o uld J ose h a d t h e b o w N lem v o

.
,

an d I t o o k t u rn a n d t u rn a b o u t a t t h e o t he r e n d

o f t h e p ole We we re in a n as t y me ss —o ur
.

c oat s a n d h an d s 81 0 full o f b l oo d
, N e ar o n e
,
.

t o w n s o me pe o ple m et us I t h o ugh t t hey might

.

s h o ot a s we p as s ed s o I c o ve r ed t h e b o dy by
,

w alki n g be s ide him P an t i n g we r e ac hed th e

.

l as t de s c e n t whe re we w a i t ed fo r o ur K ro o b o ys
,

t o wh o m we h ad s e n t a mess age t o c all t hem t o

mee t us Th ree mile s o f ca rryi n g h ad m ade me

.

s t iff a ll o ve r .

‘
We go t him s a fely he r e a nd o n ex a mi n at i o n ,

I fo u n d g re at pie c e s o f t h e s c alp we r e l o o s e .

O ne pie c e hu n g b a ck a b o u t t wo squ ar e i n ches ,

c ut t o t h e b o n e in seve ral pl a ces We car efully .

w as hed a n d cle an s ed t h e w ou n ds t yi n g up eve ry ,

t hi n g wi t h l i n t dipped in c ar b oli s ed w at e r an d ,

cl apped mus ta rd pl as t e rs t o his c alve s Twice in .

t h e eve n i n g he c a me t o a b it ye s t e rd ay he pulled ,

t h e b an d ages off h is he a d ; t he r e is ve ry li t t le

disch arge and he al thy edges H e e at s an d is .

 1 22 A P eo p l e i n D a r k n es s ’

m an e t u rn t o th e t o w n for t hey we re a fra id o f

r ,

h is bewi t chi n g o t he r pe o ple

’
.

I n a b ou t a m o n t h s t ime t h e m a n r ec o ve red
’

a n d a c t u a lly ve n t u r ed b ac k t o h is t o w n t o get ,

s o me p alm wi n e ! O f c o u rs e H o lm an s e n t a ft e r ,

hi m immedi at ely ; h is life was n o t s a fe in t h e

to wn . Whe n ca ugh t he qui t e p o o h p o o hed a n y
,
-

p o s s ibili t y o f d ange r H is pe o ple c o ul d n eve r

.
‘

t hi n k o f h a r mi n g him ! S i n ce t he n H o lm a n
’ ‘ ’

w r i t e s he is c o mpelled t o l ie in a ch ai n Th e
‘ ’
.
,

m an died in D ecembe r 1 8 8 3 I n a n o t he r le t t e r
, .

a de t ailed a c c o u n t o f t h e case is give n th e ,

i n fl amma t i o n o f t h e b ra i n & c desc rib ed b ut , .

, ,

t h at is t o o l on g t o qu o t e he r e .

Th e foll o wi n g acc o u n t h as bee n give n befor e ,

b ut it c an n o t be left o ut o f a ny su r vey o f D r .

B e n t ley s life sh o wi n g us as it d o es his tac t in

’

, , ,

de ali n g wi t h t h e pe o ple
‘
Th e o t he r day th e big Chief Ta wan longo
was decl ared a wi t ch M at uz a M b o ngo s wife h ad
’

d re a m t o f Tawa n lo ngo sh o rt ly befo re she died ,

a n d M at uz a M b o n g o a sec o n d a ry Chief is m a ki n g
, ,

use o f it t o c le ar aw ay his l as t o bs tacle t o th e

H e ad chieft a i n s hip Th e pe o ple are b ad a n d
-
. ,

o n ly t o o gl a d t o h a ve t h e exci t eme n t o f a n o t he r

execu t i o n t o l oo k fo r ward t o ; it w o uld be g re a t

fun t o t hem t o see t hei r Chief reel a n d fall a n d ,

t he n t o t h ro w h im o n t h e fir e O f c o u r se t h e .
,
 R ea s o n s W i t h th e P eo p l e 1 23

a ccused k n ows he is i n n o c e n t a n d is re ady t o

t a ke t h e o rde al in t h e belief t h a t h is i n n o c e n c e
,

will be e s t abli s hed A s s oo n a s I he ar d o f it

.

I exp re s s ed my di s ple asu r e p re t t y freely an d ,

o ffe r ed Ta wanlo n go t o s e n d him d o w n r ive r

“
in t h e Plym o u t h b ut he sa id if he ran a w ay
t hey w o uld s a y he was guil t y a n d as he k n ew ,

he was i n n o c e n t he o f c o u rs e p refe rr ed t o
, , ,

d r i n k t h e N k asa They will n o t all o w t h at it

.

is a p o is on I t is believed t h a t s o me spi r i t
.

in p o we r—go d wi t c h o r wh a t eve r it is —will

, ,

help t h e i n n o c e n t m a n an d t h at decides t h e ,

a c t i on of th e p o i so n A day o r t wo ago
.
‘

Ta wanlo n go c alled me up t o t h e t o w n I we n t .

up a nd s at u n de r t h e s ame t ree whe re we we r e

,

fi red at a few m o n t hs ago I k n ew t h at t he re .

was n o t hi n g t o fe ar a n d t h a t eve n t h at piece

,

o f c o w ar di c e h ad n o t bee n i n t e n ded for me .

‘
Ta wa n lo ngo h ad bee n a rrangi n g his m at t e rs
in t h e p ro s pec t o f de at h a nd all t h e Chiefs a n d ,

g re at m en wi s hed t o a s k me s o me que s t i o n s
,

p riv at ely in t h e t o w n a b ou t s o me o t he r p al a ve r .

H avi n g t hem all p rese n t I s eized t h e O pp o rtu n i t y

,

t o t alk ab o u t th e wi t c hc ra ft affa i r re as o n i n g ,

wi t h t hem a b it a b o ut t h e fo o lish n es s o f th e
supe rs t i t i on . F o wl s g oat s all a n im al s t ree s
, , , ,

& c die —an d d on t m en ? The n I t o ld t hem

’
.
,

o f o ur sh o rt t er m h ere befo r e an en dless fu t u r e ;

 ‘
A P eo p l e i n D a r k n es s
’
1 24

t h at our lives we r e in G o d s h an ds and s o fo rth ’

, .

I u rged t hem o n all t he s e g ro u n ds t o do n o t hi n g

t o t hei r Chief b o t h bec a u s e he was my fr ie n d
, ,

an d a g r e a t m a n wi t h t h e whi t e m en Of .

M at uz a him s elf I as ked in a whi s pe r why he

“
, ,

p re s s ed su c h an a ffai r To day we he ar t h at
.
-

Ta wanlo n go is a wi t c h he mus t t a ke N k as a ,
‘ ’

a n d die ; t o m o r ro w we s h all he a r t h e s a me o f
-

”
M at uz a M b o n go . Why was he such a fool as
t o do t hi s wicked n e s s ? H e t o ld me t o be
quie t le s t a n y o n e s h o uld he ar b ut his h a n d ,

for s o me t ime t rembled as he s a t t he re I a ls o .

exp res s ed t h e s a me s e n t ime n t t o all c o nc e rn ed ,

a v o idi n g pe r s o n ali t ie s S o me o f t h o s e s i t t i n g
.

r o u n d beg a n t o s ay t h a t t hey w o uld m a ke him

t a ke t h e cup ; o t he rs beg a n t o mu t t e r t h e m agi c

“ ”
w o rd n satu ( hu n ge r) a n d s lu n k off Fi n ally , .

th e p r i n cip al Chief p ro mi s ed me th at aft e r ,

wh at l s aid t hey w o uld n o t p re s s t h e N k as a

,

b ut t h a t if t hey let my fr ie n d Tawa n lo ngo o ff

I mu s t give t hem a g o at t o m a ke a fe as t a n d
a d an ce Th at I s a id I w ould do b ut a dded
“
.
,

Take c are yo u d on t eat my g oat a n d t he n go

’

a n d kill Ta wan lo ngo ; if yo u do d o n t c o me

’

t o vi s i t me a n y m o re They p ro mi s ed n o t t o
.

do t h at . I believe t h at t hey will let him o ff .

The n we sh all h a ve a g o o d h a n dle t o w or k

,

Tawanlo ngo an d pe rh aps t o ch ec k m uch o f

,
 A P eo p l e i n D a r k n ess
‘ ’
1 26

I ld him t h at n o w he mus t t ry h ard to s t o p

to

t h e b a d c u s to m . I h o pe i n deed t h at t his will be

a begi n n i n g o f t h e en d o f N k asa . But t hey w ill
n o t give u
p t hei r b a d p a s s i o n s al l a t o n ce T hi s .

is t h e fi rs t t ime we h a ve bee n a ble t o m a ke

a di r e c t a tt a ck o n t h e cus t o m whi c h is su c h a

fe arful cu rse t o t h e c o u n t ry and it is well t h at

,

we h a ve c o mme n c ed o n a big
L a t e r o n whe n M r Be n t ley h ad p ro t ec t i o n
.

p o we rs fro m t h e S t a t e he put up t h e blue S tat e

,

flag o n t h e ve ra n d ah o f h is h ou s e s o t h at a ll ,

wh o c ame t o t h e s t at i o n migh t be remi n ded

t o c o me t o him if t hey we r e in an y t ro uble .

A n d s o t hey did . H e was freque n t ly e n g aged

in he a r i n g p art i c ul ars o f qu a rr els a nd a c t i n g as
,

pe acem a ke r be t wee n t h e p art ies a t feud S o m e .

t imes wh ole d ays w o uld be s pe n t in t hese

p al a ve rs Whe n a t l as t th e c on t e n di ng p art ies
.

h ad left whi c h t hey s eld o m did u n t il l at e in t h e

,

a ft e rn oo n t h e r ememb ra n ce o f i m pe n di n g d ar k
,

n e ss w o uld fo rc e t hem t o s eek s o me se t t leme n t

he w o uld c o me in t i red o ut wi t h t h e s t ra i n
,

and sa
y t o me s a dly A
,
n o t he r
‘
d a
y g o ne ,

a n d n o t hi n g to s h o w fo r i t ; h a ve n o t don e
ra n s l a t i o n at a l
’
an
y t l!
A n o t he r c au s e o f much t ro uble was p o lygamy .

I t was whil s t a t M a n y a n ga t h at H o lm an t oo k up
a defi n i t e a tt i t ude t o w ards t h e q ues t i o n P o ly .
 V i ew s on P o l yga m y 1 27

gamy is c o mm o n o ve r t h e wh o le o f t h e Co n go ,

t h o ugh wi t h diffe re n ce s ar i s i n g fro m l o c al

ci r cums tan ces S t ill it was a m at t e r a b o u t
.

which th e missi on ar ies n eeded t o h a ve s o me

cle ar and u n ifo rm r ule o f c o n du c t M r B e nt ley
. .
,

wi t h a t rue s tat em an s i n sigh t re alised t h at

’

t h e ca uses mu s t be d o n e a way wi t h if th e
w ro ng was t o be effe c t u ally r igh t ed Th e ide as .

o f t h e a dvi s a bili t y o f n ew c o n di t i o n s h a d t o be

u n de rmi n ed by t h e t e ac hi n g o f Ch ris t M any .

diffi c ul t p ro blems ari s i ng o ut o f t h e in t ri

,

ca t e and p o lyga m ou s c u s t o m s o f t h e c o u n tr y ,

c o n fr o n t ed th e mi s s i o n a rie s in t h o s e e arly d a y s .

B o t h M r C o mbe r a n d M r Be n t ley we r e o f t h e
. .

o pi n i o n t h a t t o urge t h e m en t o r e ta i n o n e wife

o n ly was o ut o f th e ques t i o n as l ong as t h e

w o me n did no t ac quie s ce ; a nd s t range t o s ay
, ,

t h e w o me n , b o t h t h ro ugh p ride as well as

l azi n e s s we re as h ard t o win o ve r t o desi re
,

Ch ris t i an m arri age l aw s as th e m en .

A gi rl on ce s a id t o me I w o uld n t be th e
,
‘ ’

o nly wife o f a m a n a n d h a ve t o c o o k a n d w o r k
,

for him eve r y day ! M e o n ly o n e ! N o t a b it

of it
D ru n ke n n ess was ano t he r evil b ut a s ye ars
we n t by t he re was in o ur di s tr ic t a m arked
, ,

imp ro veme nt in t his m at t e r n o t o nly t h ro ugh

,

M r Be n t ley s ugges t i n g t o t h e G o ve rn m en t t h a t
.
 A P eo p l e i n D a r k n es s
’
1 28
‘

th e ar a e in which t h e s ale o f alc o h ol wa s

pe r missible s h o uld be res t ri c t ed b ut e s pe c i ally
,

by th e c o n ve rs i o n o f t h e n at ive s t o Ch r i s t i an i t y .

A s fo r sl a ve r y t h a t a ls o exi s t ed b ut h appily
, ,

it was n o t such a g r e at evil t he r e as in s o me

o t he r p a rt s o f Afric a N o m a n s life was s afe ;
’
.

b ut he fel t m ore s e c u ri t y u n de r t h e p ro t ec t i on
o f s o me p o we r ful Chief t h a n o t he r wi s e ; a n d fo r

t his r e as o n m a n y a m an h a s s old him s elf as

,

sl a ve t o s o me Chief t h e o n ly way in which it

a ffec t ed him bei n g t h at he h a d t o live in his

Chief s t o w n i ns t e a d o f h is o wn
’
.

G reed was a n o t he r we a k n e ss o f t h e pe ople .

N lem v o t ell s u s t h at O n e day t hey c a me t o a

,
‘

V ill age whe r e s o me o n e wa s ver y s i c k ; s o t h e

D o c to r ga ve t hi s m an a d o se o f medi c i n e O n .

r e t u rn i n g t h e s a me wa a n d as ki n g t h e m a n if
y
he we re be t t e r he replied t h a t he was qui t e well
, ,

a n d a l s o r eques t ed t h e D o c t o r t o pay him for

h a vi ng tak e n t h e medici n e !
As to th e pe rs o nal appe ara n ce o f t h e
C o n g o ese They h a ve th e B a n t u t ype fa ce s
.
,

whi c h is a de c ided imp ro vemen t o n t h e t hick

lipped lo w fro n t ed t ype o f t h e t rue E t hi o pi an
,
-
,
.

I n C o n g o p ro pe r t h e pe o ple do n o t c ut a n d
dis figu re t hei r fac e s ; b u t at t h e P o o l t hey
h a ve a m o s t u n ple as an t cu s t o m o f sh avi n g
th e eyeb ro ws a n d c u t t i ng o ff an d pulli n g
,
1 30 A P eo p le i n D a r k n es s

fa milies th e families i nt o h o useh olds E ach

, .

h o useh o ld h as its he ad a nd e ach cl an al s o, ,

a l t h o ugh t hey m a be di s t r ibu t ed i n a s m an y

y
a s t we nt y t o t hi r t y fa milies .

Th e vill age whe re th e he ad o f th e cl an

live s is c alled M b an z a th e depe n di n g vill age s
,

a re c alled M a v an ga Th e M av a n ga a re o ft e n
.

divided i n t o groups o f h ouses c alled bel o ; ‘ ’

t h e he a d of th e bel o is a v ass al o f t h e
Chie f H e is su rro u n ded by his wives s o me
.
,

r el a t i o n s s o me sl a ve s an d p ro b ably a few
, ,

frie n ds t o wh o m he gives p rot e c t i o n an d ,

wh o help him F o rme rly o n ly t h e Chiefs

.

of th e vill ages we re c alled M fumu n o w ,

‘
M fumu is th e sy n o n ym for a ny free m an
’
.

Th e t ribes a re mixed by i n t e r m arr i age s -

Th e .

pe rs on al p o we r o f a Chief is n ot ve ry g re at .

Whe n his wishe s c o i n cide wi t h th e wi s hes

o f his pe o ple he is t h e head b ut t h e fee t ,

m ay refu s e t o carr y him and th e

,
arms

r efuse t o w o r k P o we r is he redi t ary t h rough

.

t h e m o t he r I n C o n g o a n y a ffa i r rel at i ng t o t h e
.
,

c l a n will be b ro ugh t befo re t h e he a d o f t h e cl a n .

A n y t hi n g r el at i n g t o th e fa mily will be ,

b rough t befor e th e he ad o f t h e fa mily Th e .

fe t i s h d o c t o rs are n eve r c alled in a ny j udici al

a ffa i r s. War can o n ly be decl ared by pe rmi s si on
o f t h e Chief o f t h e dis t r ic t A decl arat i on o f
.
 C h i efs R i gh t s
’
1 3 1

war is m ade at su n d ow n fo ll o w ed by gu nsh ot s

,

at d aw n .

Th e righ t o f th e s o il in a n y dis t ric t bel ongs

t o t h e Chief o f t h e M b an z a ; e ach t o w n h as it s

o wn r igh t s o f s o il
, b ut a ny i n dividu a l m ay
pl a n t whe reve r th e g ro u n d is u n o ccupied as ,

l o n g as it is in t hei r own dis t ric t .

 Ch ap t er IX

A r t h i n gt o n at L as t
‘
Tke m os t kea utiful a n d com p lete lives are i kose t/z a t ar e

given to t/ze f
’
u p service o otker s .

H E o bj ect o f th e M issi on bei n g t o ev angelise

t h e i n l a n d t r ibes it is n o w o n de r t h at t h e
,

missi o n aries c o uld n o t feel e as y in t hei r mi n ds

un t il t hey h a d es ta bli s hed t hemselve s a t S t an ley

P oo l fro m whe n ce t hey c o uld re ach t h e H i n t e r

,
‘

l an d b y s t e a me r But al t h ough t h e P o ol was

’
.

disc o ve r ed in 1 8 8 1 t h e missi o narie s we re

, ,

t h rough l ack o f helpe r s u n a ble t o s t art buildi n g

,

t he re u n t il ab o u t eigh t ee n m on t hs l at e r Dr . .

B e n tley fel t ve ry kee n ly th e absence o f fresh

help fro m h o me .

I n a le tt e r d at ed J uly 1 8 8 2 he w ro t e , ,

‘
I t is a disg ra ce t h at al t h o ugh we re ac hed t h e
P o ol o ne and a h alf ye ars ago we c an n ot yet ,

a dv a n ce t o p o s sess it Th e pe ople wh o se n t
.

t h e B elgi an E xpedi t i o n a re pu s hi n g rapidly fo r

w ard a t g re at expe n s e a ft e r t h e r i c hes t hey t hi n k

,

m ay be fo u n d o ut he r e Wh at s h o uld be d on e
.

t o s av e th e pe r ishi n g s o uls we kn ow are he re ?

1 32
1 34 A r t h i n gt o n at L as t

m o re o n th e gre at affluents G re at l akes dis .

c o ve r ed, t h e sh o r es o f which a re s aid t o be

t hickly p o pul at ed A g re at p opul at i o n is t he re

.

fo re t o be r e ac hed by t his r ive r; all o f wh o m are

l ivi ng in t h e deepe s t o f he at he n d ark n ess N eve r .

by a n y ch a n ce h a ve t hey he ard o f G o d s l ove o r ’

o f J esu s Ch r is t t hei r S a vi o u r But it is n o

.

us e r ushi n g o n wi t h a h o s kip a n d a j ump a n d

p , , ,

t he n h a ve o ur c o mmu n i c at i o n s fa il Sl o wly a n d
.

s t e adily mu s t t h e fo u n d at i on s be l a id up o n which
we t rus t t h at a subs t a n t i al edifi c e m ay be ra ised .

We h a ve bee n m ar vell o usly p rese rved in he al t h

a n d s t r e ng t h,
while o t he rs n e ar us h ave falle n .

We h ave bee n e n c o u raged by m an y u n mis t ak able

t o ke n s o f D ivi n e help an d bles s i n g ; o ur o n ly

t ro uble is o ur s h or t h an ded n ess

-
O ne m an al o n e
.

c an n ot do mu c h m or e t h a n fo rward t h e goo ds ,

an d k eep th e s t a t i o n g o i n g . We he ar tal k
o f ec o n o my b ut t he r e is n o ec o n o my in t h a t n o r
, ,

in s tart i ng s t at i o n s sh ort o f m at e ri a l a n d wi t h o u t
,

c o mple t e arrangeme n t s as t o de tails fo r t h e ,

t hi n gs mus t be h ad s oo n e r o r l at e r a n d w as t ed ,

e n e rgy is t h e o nly resul t o f w ork i ng wi th

i n su ffi c ie nt t o ol s .
’

O n o n e o cc a si o n whe n M r C o mbe r was al o n e

,
.

at th e P o ol a nd H olm an at M an ya nga he
, ,

w r i t es
‘
A few d ays ago a c arav an o f t h e A I A . . .
 S t an ley P0 0 1 1 35

b ro ugh t me a le t t e r dic t at ed by M r C o mbe r . .

H e h as h ad a no t he r o f t h ose t e rrible h aem at u ric

feve rs H e pl a c ed t h e d rugs all h an dy a n d t old
.
,

his b oy wh at t o do whe n he became deli ri o u s .

Whe n he w ro t e t h e w o rs t symp t oms h ad a b at ed ,

b ut t hey h ad left him ve ry we ak H e was al o n e

.

—and why ? Be cause i n s t ead o f th e re ady

,

r esp o n se t o o ur appe al fo r help which we h ad

,

eve ry righ t an d re as o n to expec t we h ave bee n,

left by o ur c o m rades at h o me t o h o ld an d w ork

t h e p o s i t i o n we h ad bee n se n t t o t ak e all by ,

o u rselves
’
.

A t l as t in a le t t e r fro m L oang o in Aug us t

, ,

1 882 ,
H olm an was a ble t o r ep ort t h at t hey h a d
arran ged t o se t t le at t h e P oo l .

We h ave at l as t c o mme n c ed at S tan ley P o o l .

I was t he re a m o nt h ago wi t h M r C o mbe r a nd .

,

he t he n agreed wi t h t h e chief age n t o f t h e

E xpedi t i o n o ve r t h e piece o f t e rri t o ry t hey h av e
b o ugh t at S ta n ley P oo l We h a ve left a b o y in
.

ch arge an d a re se n di n g up s t ores M r C o mbe r

, . .

will go up a n d build as s o o n as I re t u rn .
’

Th e P o o l i t self is desc ribed by D r B ent ley as .

fo ll o ws
‘
Th e P oo l is ab ou t t h ree hu n d red miles fro m
t h e c oas t in a s t raigh t li n e b ut t o get t he r e o n e
,

h as t o le ave th e r ive r at a b o u t 1 2 0 mile s fro m

t h e c oas t a n d p ass a m o u n t a i n o us r egi o n whi c h
, ,
 1 3 6 A r t h i n gt o n at L as t

me an s a w alk o f fo u r hu n d red mile s Th e P oo l .

is a b o u t fiv e t ime s a s big as t h e I sle o f Wigh t ,

a n d i n t h e c e n t r e o n e ca n n o t s ee t h e m a i n l a n d

fro m a c an o e Ab o ve t h e P oo l a re s o me whi te
.

c liffs , whi c h r emi n ded S t a n ley o f th e c liffs o f

D ove r a n d t o whi c h he a cc o rdi n gly ga ve t h at
,

n ame I t was h o ped t h at t hey w o uld be o f

.

c alcare o us m at t e r b ut t he y are n o t hi ng b ut t h e
,

whi t es t s ilve r s an d They a re a b o u t 1 8 0 fee t

.

high a n d fo rm a ve r y g ran d e n t ra n c e o f t h e
,

r ive r i n t o t h e P ool They a re ve ry be a u t iful

.
,

like t h e m an y bu tt r es s ed wall s o f a g rea t

-

c at hed ral Th e r ive r t he r e is a b o u t t wo a n d

.

t h r ee qu a r t e r miles wide ; a t t h e fi rs t c at ara c t

-

it is a b o u t t wo miles b ro a d The re is a l arge

.

i s l a n d in it o n whi c h live m an y eleph an t s a n d

buffal o s ; n at ives go an d hu n t t he r e s o me t i m es .

Th e P o ol is a b o u t eigh t ee n mil es l o n g Th e .

cu rre n t is s o s t ro n g t h at c o mi n g d o w n wi t h t h e
,

s t re am a b o u t fiv e h o u rs a r e s pe n t in d ro ppi n g
,

acro s s it i n a c a n o e I t is e n c i rc led by l o ft y hill s

.

a t a di s t a n c e o f a b o u t s eve n miles fr o m i t s s h o r e .

Th e s eve n mile s i n t e r ve n i n g is lo w a n d flat ,

ge n t ly r i s i n g t o w ard s t h e b a s e o f t h e hill s .
’

Whe n H o lm an a c c o mp an ied M r C o mbe r o n .

h is fi rs t visi t t o t h e P o o l in 1 8 8 1 N ga L iem a , ,

t h e g re a t Chief a t N t a m o s eemed ve r y ple as ed

,

“
t o s ee hi m ag a i n a n d r ec o g n i s ed him at o n c e
, .
1 3 8 A r t h i n gt o n at Las t

wa tc hes , an d th e c o mp as s es t h at guided us o n
th e r oa d , a s m all mu s ical b o x a s pi n n i n g
,

t op, &c .

‘
A no t he r wild Chief named Ban k wa s e n t t o , ,

s ay he w o uld l ike us t o build in h is t o w n a n d

buy h is iv o ry I p aid him a vi s i t a n d re ac h ed

.
,

t h e t o w n while he was o ut We fo u n d it a l a rge .

,

p o pul o us pl a ce Th e pe ople we re ve ry n o i s y a nd
.

r ude
( a l t h o ugh I we n t wi t h his m an wh o t o ld ,

t he m wh o I was ) ; we fel t far fro m c o mfort able .

They t oo k o ff ou r i n t e rp r e t e r s h at an d put it o n
’

s o me m a n s he ad wh o t h r ew it a m o n g t h e c r o wd
’
.
,

They s w ar med qui t e cl o sely rou n d a n d whe n we ,

t o ld t hem t o s it d o w n t hey l a ughed qui t e r udely .

I n o t iced o n e m a n t o u c h his spe ar an d wi t h his ,

emp t y h an d m ake a m ot i o n o f t h ro wi n g it a t us ,

a n d t he n he a n d his m a t e l aughed a s t h o ugh it

w o uld be g re at fun We h oped t h at Ban kwa .

w o uld s o o n c o me t h at we migh t h ave a l i t t le

,

m o r e pe ac e This n o i s y i n s ole n c e migh t e as ily

.

devel o p i n t o vi o le n c e Th e pe o ple are r e ally .

s t ro n g s a v ages We can n o w for m o ur o pi n i o n

.

o f t h e pe o ple ve r y qui c kly a n d k n ew t h a t we ,

we re n ot a m on g frie n d s They k no w t hey ca n .

no t h a r m t h e p o we rful E xpedi t i o n b u t t hey do ,

n o t believe u s as t o o u r r e as o n s fo r c o mi n g t o

t hem .

‘
Aft e r a b ad qu a rt e r o f an h ou r Ban kwa
 A p p r ec i at i o n of S av a ges 1 39

arr ived an d we we n t t o s ee him

, H e s oo n .

m ade eve ry one t o be sile n t a n d s e at ed We .

t o ld him t h at we h a d m ade fr ie n ds wi t h t ulu ,

a n d n o w he h ad a sked us t o vi s i t him an d we

h ad c o me H e s aid he was gl ad we h ad c o me
. .

We gave him a l arge h a n d bell in re t u rn for -

,

whi c h he gave us a goat a n d wished u s t o c o me

a g a i n a n d s t a y a da
, y o r t w o i n his t o w n Like .

his pe ople he t oo is a s a v age a n d t h o ugh he

, ,

beh a ved well he is a m an o n n o ac c o u n t t o be

,

t ru s t ed A s av age is impulsive a n d foll o ws t h os e

.
,

impul s es H e is a wild u nt amed a n im al a nd

.
, ,

s c arc ely regards o r fe a rs a n y o n e o r an y t hi n g .

But al t h ough t hey a re sa vage s t hey a re fin e ,

pe ople t o w o rk a m o n gs t an d supe r i o r in eve ry

,

way t o t h o se be t wee n t he m a n d th e c oas t Fo r .

a m a n mus t h a ve s o me d as h a n d s pi r i t t o be

a s a v age ; i n t h a t t hey a r e m o r e h o peful t h a n

t h e dull s t upid deg raded race s uch as we “

, , ,

h ave m et el s ewhe re I do n o t t hi n k we s h all

.

be e at e n up j u s t yet We h a ve wo n t hei r
.

c o n fide n ce an d g o o dwill t o a r em ark able ex

te nt . They are r i c h t h rough t hei r iv or y t rade .

Thei r c an o e s are ve ry fi n e a n d well c arved ,

p addle s o f h ard w o o d t as t efully car ved All .

d re s s de c e n t ly a nd m an y are eve n well d re s sed

, .

We h ope t h at we sh all s oo n be o n t e rm s
o f fr ie n d s hip We mus t h o weve r be wi s e
.
, ,
1 40 A r th i n gt o n at L a st
an d c a u t i ou s C au t i o n wi t h ac t i o n a t t h e r igh t
.

m ome n t m ay do wh a t blu n de ri n g h as t e m a y
de s t ro y a t a n y t ime But t hi s t e n t a t ive s tat e .

a n d p o li c y h as bee n o u r n o r m a l c o n di t i o n a nd ,

h a s n o t bee n by a n y me a n s u n s uc c es s ful .

H a s t e an d del ay a re equ ally d a n ge rous Th e .

be s t t hi n g is t o k no w whe n t h e t ime is t he re ,

a n d t he n ac t a t o n c e
’
.

O f t h e p o pul a t i on fu r t he r i n l a n d n o t hi ng
defi ni t ely was k n o w n b ut t h e mi s s i on a rie s h ad ,

a l re a dy bee n t o ld t o expe c t wilde r a n d s t ill m o re

u n c e rt a i n pe o ple u p r ive r s o m e o f wh o m we r e
-
,

r ep o r t ed t o be fie r c e w a rlike a n d eve n a ddi c t ed

, ,

t o c a nn ib a li s m Whe n S t an ley a n d h is pe o ple

.

p as s ed d o w n fo r t h e fi rs t t ime t hey s h o t a t t hem ,

a s a t a hipp o p o t a mu s a n d c r ied o u t Ny a m a ‘
, , ,

N ya m a ’
whe n t hey s a w t h e whi t e s ki n .

‘
I h a ve s ee n w ro t e D r B e n t ley whi t e an t s
,
’
.
,
‘

a t t ac k live c h a rc o a l a n d t h e n a t ive s t hi n ki n g o f
’

a t t a c ki n g S t a n ley s fo rc e s e em s t o be a p a rallel
’
.

Bu t if o n ly t h e s a v a ge r y be wi t hheld t he r e is ,

g o o d n a t u r e a n d e v e ry p o s s ibili t y Re c kle s s
-
.
,

u n re as o n i n g fi c kle c ruel w a rlike s a v age a s wild

, , , ,

be as t s l a zy a n d hu n g ry are t he s e pe ople wh o m
,

s o me c o n s ide r to n eed no g o spel o r o t he r ,

i n t e r fe r e n c e .
’

Th e B at eke o f N t am o t oo a re rat he r i n c li n ed , ,

t o be i n s o le n t They are s o u s ed t o bullyi ng

.
1 4 2 A r t h i n gt o n at L a st !

missi o narie s fel t t h a t th e usu al ro u t e o n th e

n ort h b an k was s a fe o n ly t o s t ro n g well armed ,
-

c ara v an s But n o o t he r ro u t e was o pe n at t h at

.

t ime The n H o lm a n B e n t ley r emembe red his

.

o u t s t a n di n g p ro mi s e t o a a vi s i t t o a Chief
p y
n a med M a ki t o M aki t o was o f high rank in
.

t h e dis t r i c t in his m o t he r s r igh t b ut was ’

t h e s o n o f a N t eke sl a ve Al t h o ugh a y o u ng
.

m an h ardly m o r e t h an t we n t y fiv e ye ars o f
,
-

a e
g ,he h ad al r e a dy a g re a t n a me Whe n he .

we nt t o th e c oas t t h at ye ar it was s aid t h at ,

a t h o us an d pe o ple j o i n ed his c arav an H is .

t o w n was a b ou t t we n t y miles e as t o f M a n y an ga

o n t h e s o u t h b an k a n d n e ar a ve r y imp o rt an t
,

m arke t K o n s o M a kwekwe I n t h e e arly d ays

,
.

Lu t e t e th e Chief o f Ng o mbe an d his frie nd

, ,

M a ki t o o f M at a di h ad at ta cked s o me c a ra va n s
, ,

o f t h e E xpedi t i o n which r esul t ed in t h e bu rn i n g

,

of part o f his t o w n Whe n t hey c a me t o .

m a ke pe ac e wi t h t h e E xpedi t i on at M an y anga ,

D r Be n t ley helped t hem a n d wo n t hei r frie n d

.

ship a nd t hey t he n desi red him t o vi s i t

,

t hem .

N o w w r i t es M r B e n t ley was t h e t ime t o

’ ‘
, .
,

r edeem my p ro mise an d h O pin

g t h a t it migh t
,

r esul t in fi n di n g an al t e rna t ive t h o roughfar e

be t wee n t h e c oas t an d t h e P ool we we nt ,

t o pay t h e l o n g p r o mised visi t t o M aki t o

’
-
.
 A n o th er R o a d O p en ed 1 43

Nlem v o ell s us t h at t hey s tart ed o ff wi t h

t

a n umbe r o f K ro o b oys t o fin d t h e road an d ,

by fo ll o wi n g t h e p at h s fro m vill age t o vill age ,

a n d c o n s ul t i n g t h e c o mp as s a s t o t h e di r e c t i o n ,

t hey di s c o ve red h o w t o r e a ch t h e c oas t Al t h o ugh .

t h e pe o ple in t h e hidde n vill age s did n o t l ike

an
y E u r o pe a n s t o p a ss t h a t w a
y H o lm a n ,

was a ble t o m ake fr ie n d s wi t h t hem He .

t o ld t hem t h at he h a d n o t c o me t o des t ro y

t hei r t o w n s o r do t hem a n y h ar m b ut j u s t ,

t o visi t his frie n d M a ki t o a n d m a ke it s afe

,

fo r a n y o n e t o p as s a l o n g t h at ro a d wh o
w a n t ed t o go t o th e c o as t t o buy and sell
go o d s A s t e ame r al s o was go i n g t o be s e n t
.
, , ,

a n d he w o uld be gl a d if s o me o f t hem w o uld

help t o c arry it up t o t h e P oo l ; t hey w o uld

be give n g o o d pay Th e pe o ple we re gl a d t o
.

he ar ab o u t t hi s an d p ro mi s ed t o help in t h e
,

c o n veyi n g o f t h e s t e a me r I n deed whe n t h e

.
,

‘
Pe ace c ame a l arge n umbe r o f ca rrie rs
’

fro m t hi s di s t ri c t helped t o c arry h er .

O n re t u rn i n g H o lm an w r i t es We we re ' ‘

well re c eived a n d s pe n t t h ree an d a h alf

,

d a ys a m o ng t hem We h ad wo n t hei r
.

g oo dwill an d fel t t h a t t h e road v id th e

,

s outh b a n k was s afe at an y rat e fo r a t ime

,
.
’

S o o n ce aga i n he j us t ly b ore t h e na me o f
:

K omb a N zil a .
’
1 44 A r th i n gt on at Las t 1

N ot l o n g aft e r his re t u rn fro m t hi s t r ip

t h e P o ol he w r i t e s We we re a ble t o
‘
to
°

et seve ra l c arr ie rs fr o m M a kit o s di s t r i c t

’

g .

I h a ve p a id o ff t h e fi rs t ca rav an t o day They -

.

t o o k t hei r pay ve r y quie t ly wi t h o u t dem a n di n g

,

t h r ee t ime s t h e s t ipul at ed pay I h ave h ad

.

C o n g o s t h re at e n t o bu rn t h e h o u s e d o w n ,

be ca use I w o uld n ot c o n se n t t o pay t hem

t wi c e as mu c h as h ad bee n ag reed up o n .

P ayi n g o ff a lot o f c arr ie rs is o ft e n a ve ry

difficul t busi n es s ; t hey t h re at e n bully blus t e r
, , ,

beg refuse s t or m u n t il t hey fin d it is n o

, , ,

use a n d t h at t hey will get n o t hi ng m o r e

“
.
,

Whe n all th e t ryi ng it o n is o ve r t hey

a ccep t t hei r pay
, g ro w ple asan t ch a ff
, and ,

i n qui re whe n n ex t we sh all be w a n t i n g t he m .

I t r equi re s n o li t t le a m o u n t o f p a t ie n ce an d
g o o d hum o u r an d s elf c o n t ro l t o be a ble t o
- -

m an age a blu s t e r i n g c ro w
”
d o f c arr ie rs .
’

H is le t t e rs at t hi s t ime give vivid

pi c t u res o f t h e pe o pl e a n d t hei r w ay s .

‘
A n o t he r t ribe r ep re s e n t ed a t th e P o ol is
th e Baya n s i . They a re quie t fo lk a n d a re ,

ve ry frie n dly They c a n be s t ro n g an d

.

s a v age t oo i n t hei r o wn c o u n t r y I fr eque n t ly

.

g o i nt o th e t ow n an d a lw a y s like t o visi t

t hei r qu a rt e r . They build s m all hu t s t oge t he r ,

fo rmi n g a s t ree t They s it ch att i n g un de r

.
1 46 A r th i n gt o n at L as t '

immedi at ely a li tt le fell ow will run a n d

fe t c h a c o u nt ry s t ool O n e de ar li t t le gi rl
.
,

M unjeke ( Th e L augh t e r) ab o u t s eve n ye ars ,

ol d c o mes t o s ee us o ft e n
, Cu r i o us b ut .
,

dig n ified t imid b ut t rus t ful s h e like s t o l oo k

, ,

a t pic t u res a nd t h e m an y
,
s t range t hi n gs we
ca n sh o w h er She is a s pe c i al fa v ou ri t e
.

wi t h us But we h ave m an y l i tt l e frie n d s

.
,

B at e k e a n d Bawam b u as well I d o n t t hi n k .
’

it t o o s an gui n e t o h ope fo r a da y s c h o o l o f
fift y t o a hu n d red c hild re n O n e o f N ga .

L iem a s wives a s k ed me t h e o t he r day why

’

whi t e l adie s did n ot c ome t o t e ach t hem

d o n t we c a r e fo r w o me n t o o ?
’ ’

A s t o t hi s ques t i o n th e mis s i o n aries all

,

ag reed t h at u n le ss s o me l adi es we re willi ng

t o c as t in t hei r lo t wi t h t hem t h e M issi o n

w ould be a ve ry lop sided a ffa i r I ndeed -

.
,

it migh t be a fa ilu re But t hey we r e s a n gui n e

.

t h at ,in due t ime suffi cie nt l a die s w o uld j o i n

,

t hem s o me as wives an d l at e r o n s ome as

, ,

i n depe n de n t w o rke rs ; an d t h at t hu s t hey

w o uld be able t o t e ach a n d t ra i n g irls t o
be fit p art n e rs fo r t h e b o y s in wh o m t hey
we re s eeki ng t o i n culcat e highe r ide al s o f
h o me l ife an d pe rs o nal m o rali t y t h a n h ad
hi t he rt o prev a i led W ri t i n g t o a frie n d o n
.

th e subj ec t D r Be n t ley s ays

,
.
 W h er e are th e L a d i es ? 1 47

‘
E ve n t h e R o m a n C a t h o li cs r e c og n i s e t h e
u rge n t n eed o f w o me n in t h e M i s s i o n field ,

a n d t h e M issi o n a t L u n dan a is al r e a dy p r ep a r i n g

fo r t h r ee o r fo u r “ s i s t e rs
.
”
A B a chel or M i s s i o n
in Afr i c a i n dee d I s h o uld t hi nk in a n y c ou n t ry
, , ,

a s an e s t a bli s hed t hi n g w o uld be as di s g ra ceful

,

a blu n de r as was eve r pe rpe t rat ed Th e .

s t ro n gh o ld o f t h e t e r r ible supe r s t i t i o n in t hi s
c ou n t ry lie s in t h e w o me n wi t h wh o m we ,

m en c a n n o t h a ve much t o do I s h o uld like

.

t o see s o me gi rl s t ra i n ed t o bec o me fit a n d
w o rt hy wive s fo r s u c h b o ys as N lem v o —a n d
wh o is t o do it ? We m en c an not do it It .

w o uld be imp o ssible fo r us t o p rese rve a

c h as t e ch ara c t e r in t h e eye s o f t h e n at ive s
\ ,

if we received gi rls o n t o our s tat i o n In .

w ri t i n g t hi s I as sume t h at M i s si o n w o rk is t o
be c arried o n in an e a rn es t t h o rough p rac t i c al
, ,

m ann e r an d t h at n o t t o m en o n ly sh all be
,

give n t h e h on o u r a n d p r ivilege o f such a v o cat i o n

as o u rs
. Th e n at ives a re alw ay s a s ki n g why
we do n o t b ri n g whi t e l adie s A nd why n o t .
,

i n deed ? Wi th o u t l adie s M i s si on s w ould be a

fo lly fo r we c an no t do an y thi n g wi t h t h e
,

w o me n ; u rges me t h at I go h o m e a n d
g e t m a rr ied .
’

W r i t i ng t o a frie n d a b ou t t h e l att e r sugges t i o n ,

he s ays : I f wisely ch o se n wi t h regard t o he al t h

1 48 A r t h i n gt o n at L ast

and ot he r fi t n ess l adie s will be a g re a t blessi ng

,

to o ur M i s s i o n But I do n ot w a n t a wife
.

wh o will hi n de r me ; mi s s i on aries wives sh o uld

’

be fi rs t mi ss i o nary t he n wife eve n as mi ss i o n aries ,

sh ould be fi rs t mi s s i onar ie s an d t he n hu s b an d s .

O ne t hi n g I s h all seek t o r emembe r c on s tan t ly ,

t h at if m arr i age is t o hi n de r my useful n e s s ,

I h ad be tt e r n ot m arry a n d if I am a ble t o ,

fin d a l ady wh o w ould be willi n g t o a c c o mp an y

me b ac k she mu s t k n o w t h at I am fi rs t a
,

missi o n ary a nd se c o n dly h er hu s b an d I n fac t .

,

j us t a s t h e wife o f a mili t ary o ffi c e r c an n o t

c o u n t o n h a vi ng h er hu s b a n d a lways wi t h
h er s o my wife mu s t n o t expec t me a lway s
,

by h er side The re are l a dies willi n g t o c o me

.

o ut in si n gle blessed n ess The re m ay be o n e

.

wh o w ould do th e s ame o n ly as my wife Y ou .

will u nde rs tan d me I t hi n k t h at I me an n o t hi n g

, ,

c old o r call o us b ut t h a t I wi s h my s e r vi c e t o t h e
,

M issi o n t o be unaffec t ed by a ny c h an ge I migh t

wi s h t o m ake pe rs o nally M i s si o n ary w ork
.

sh o uld be t h e who le life s w o rk an d all p r ivat e

’

i n t e res t s yield t o it A mi s si on ary s wife

.
’

wh o h as t h e mi s si o n ary spi ri t a n d e nj oys g o o d ,

he al th m ay do as much a n d m ore t h an h er
,

husb an d b ut wi t h o u t t h o se qu alific at i o n s n o
,

o n e o ugh t t o c o me I n my o wn c ase I s h o uld

'

Wish t h at m y Wife if I b ri n g one b e acc epted as

, ,
 C h ap t er X

F i r s t F u r l o u gh , and M any L ab o u r s

M ake tkon [dis s ervice tlzy deligk t,

H e ll m ake t/zy wa n ts i f is
’
ca r e .
’

UT five ye ars o f such t o il a nd th e t h ree ,

l at t e r wi t h s o much h ard m archi n g c ro wded

i n t o t hem re n de red it a bs o lu t ely impe rat ive t h a t
,

M r B e n t ley s h o uld h a ve r es t
. Ac c ordi n gly in
.
,

t h e Sp r i n g o f 1 8 8 4 he left t h e C o n g o o n fu rl o ugh
, ,

t a ki n g W i t h him N lem v o wi t h wh o se help he

,

h o ped du r i ng t his t ime o f r es t t o p a s s t h ro ugh

, ,

t h e p ress a D ic t i o n ar y a n d G ra mm ar o f t h e

C o ng o l a ngu age They sa iled in t h e P o rt ugue s e

.

m a il s t e a me r a n d l an ded a t Lisb o n fro m whe n c e

, ,

t hey t ra velled h o mew ard s o ve rl a n d a rr ivi ng in ,

L o n d on in t h e middle o f Ap ril j u s t in t ime t o be

,

p rese n t at t h e Sp ri n g M ee t i ngs o f t h e v ari ous

B a p t is t S o c ie t ies H e sp o ke a t th e g re a t M is
.

s io n a ry mee t i n g o f Thu r sd a y eve n i n g in E xe t e r

‘

H all ; a t a Bi rmi n gh a m mee t i n g o n t h e F r id ay

m o rn i n g and at th e Y o u n g Pe o ple s mee t i n g
,
’

in L o n d o n o n t h e s ame eve n i ng Wi t h th e .

1 50
 D ep u t at i o n W o rk 1 5 1

E xe t e r H all speech s ome wh o l ooked fo r s t i rr i n g

o ra t o r y we re dis a pp o i n t ed b ut t h o se wh o wi s hed
,

t o g a i n i n form at i o n we re m o re t h a n s at isfied It .

was full o f m at t e r ; it was c on c ise an d t o th e

p o i n t whil s t t h e fran k si n ce ri t y a n d bu o yan cy o f
,

his t on e m ade M r B e n t ley widely s o ugh t for as

.

a mi ss i o n ar y depu t a t i o n .

Beside publi c s pe a ki ng he h ad o f c o u rse t o , ,

a c c ede t o t h e r eque s t o f m an y i n t e r viewe rs ,

a n d wa s m o re t h a n o n ce a sked t o w ri t e le tt e rs
o f expl a n at i o n a n d a dvice t o fri e n d s wh o we re
in d o ub t as r ega rd s ce rta i n a spec t s o f t h e p o li c y
o f t h e M issi o n .

H e was e s peci ally deligh t ed t o h a ve bee n

a ble t o pe rs u a de M r A rt hi n g t o n t o e n c ou rage
.

t h e C o mmi tt ee t o ac t ive forw ard p olicy H is .

i n flue n ce resul t ed in M r A rt h ingto n s le tt e r t o

.
’

t h e C o mmi t t ee o ffe ri ng 75
, fo r th e pu rp o se ,

which led th e C o mmi t t ee t o pas s a pro p o s al

t o pl ac e t en s ta t i o n s a t a b ou t o n e hu n d red miles
‘

a p a r t a l o n g t h e r ive r be t wee n S t an ley P oo l a n d

, ,

S t anley F all s and t his is t o be c o ve red as s oo n

, ,

a n d as fas t a s sui t able m en o ffe r

’
.
,

I n o n e o f h is le tt e rs t o a fr ie n d we h a ve
h is views as t o t h e t ype o f m en t o be se n t
‘

o ut

We c ann o t l oo k t o o ur t he o l ogi cal c olleges fo r

‘

al
l t hey are qui t e i n a dequ at e M y o wn feeli n g is
.
1 5 2 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

ra t he r fa v o u r o f g oo d e arn es t p rac t ical l ayme n

in ,

-
m en wh o figu r e as firs t rat e Su n d ay s c h oo l
- -

m en wh o p rese n t high qu al i t ies — fell o ws wh o

,

k n o w h o w t o win hea rt s Y o u will re a dily un de r

.

s t a n d t h e t ype —a c o mbi n a t i o n o f e n e rgy a n d t a c t .

I t o c c u rs t o me t h at yo u will k n o w m an y such
m en a n d in l oo ki n g a b o u t seeki n g a dvice a n d
,

help I a m w r i t i n g t o yo u a m o n g t h e fi rs t t o ,

as k
you to fa v o u r me wi t h i n fo r m a t i o n a s to

an
y wh o m y o u k n o w o f w h, o migh t help u s I .

w o n de r whe t he r t h e cl a ims t o M i s si o n se rvi c e

a b ro a d h a ve eve r bee n b ro ugh t befo r e o u I
y .

k n o w yo u w o uld o bey t h e c all o f du t y in t his

als o did you rec o g n ise it a s s uch ’
.
,

But like m a n y a n o t he r missi o n ary o n fur l o ugh ,

t h e ce as ele s s dem a n d s o f depu t a t i o n w ork t old

up o n M r Be n t ley . .To a frie n d he w ro t e t h at he

fel t ve ry we a ry o f t hi s e n dles s d r ive a ddi ng : I f
‘
,
’

it l as t s m uc h l o n ge r I s h all sm ash up ; I ha v e
bee n s o i n ce s s an t ly bu s y a n d an xi o u s l at ely wi t h ,

n o r e s t a t al l t h a t I a m r e ally w o rse fo r t h e
,

c h a n ge t o E n gl a n d an d
, t wo d a ys ago we n t

d o w n wi t h feve r . I am be t t e r n o w b u t s t ill
,

feeli n g out o f s o rt s ’

N a t u ra lly o f a re t i ri n g c h a ra c t e r M r Be n t ley
,
.

fo u n d n o g re at ple asu re in all t hi s publ ici t y ;

b ut p o li t ic a l ch an ge s we re impe n di n g o n t h e
C o n g o a n d he fel t t h at it was his d ut y s o
, ,
1 54 F i r s t F u r lo u gh

n ot , I igge ri n g bey o n d my s t re ng th wi t h
am n ,

al l t h e t e rr ible bu rde n o f t hi s D i c t i o nary an d

G ra mm ar I f I c o uld give my u ndivide dat t e n t i o n
.

t o it I s h o uld s oon t i t r e a dy fo r t h e p r i n t e r s

“
e
, g ,

”
b ut if I did t h at o t he r t hi n gs w o uld h ang fire at
h o me We s h o uld get n o help a nd th e ex t e n s i o n
.
,

scheme w o uld be p os t p o n ed I do n ot supp o s e .

y o u eve r did s uch a wicked t hi n g a s t o fa ll

a s leep o n y o u r k n ees b ut o t he rs h a ve This
,
.

high p re s s u re is r ui nat i o n t o b o dy s pi ri t w o rk , , ,

a n d eve r y t hi n g I h ave n eve r fel t s o mise rably

.

d o w n in my life .
’

To a n o t he r he w r i t es : D o n o t be imp at ie nt ‘

wi t h me I a m d o i n g t h e bes t I c a n a t t h e
.
,

c o s t o f myself I am peggi n g a w ay Fo r
. .

v a r i o us r e as o n s I fo u n d it imp o ssible t o bu ry
myself in th e c ou n t ry as I h a d h o ped .

M o t he rs h a ve t hei r feeli ngs an d I mu s t s ta y at

h ome a l t h o ugh my n e a rn e s s t o th e M i s s m n
,

H o use re n de rs me li able fo r refe re n ce fo r eve ry

t hi n g .Y o u k n o w h o w I wa s hi n de red at t h e
fi rs t o ve r t h e i nt e r views n e c e s sary t o t h e Ten
S t at i o n s S c heme C o n g o Tre a t y a n d fi rs t
, ,

u na v o id a ble s peeches I h a ve n o t s t udied my

.

o wn c o n ve n ie n ce o r ple asu r e Th e D ic t i o n ary

.

h a s g ro w n bey o n d a n y t hi n g I h ad eve r expec t ed ,

and th e l ab o u r o f ge tt i n g it re ady was a l s o

he avie r and s l o we r t h an I expec t ed H o weve r .
,
 Ber li n C o n fer en c e 1 55

no w he re is n o t hi n g left o f t h e fi rs t p art b ut
t

s traigh t fo rwa rd c opyi n g I am mu c h di sapp o i n t ed

.

a t t hi s e n fo r ced l o n g s t ay I f it we r e t ra n s l at i o n
.
,

i n deed I w o uld n o t s tay t o fi n i s h it he re ; b ut

t he re is n o d o dgi n g t his I t is n o h o l id a y t o .

be at h o me u n de r s u c h c i rcum s ta n c es E ve ry .

p o ssible m o me nt all p os s ible t h o ugh t an d e n e rgy

, ,

m u s t go in t hi s o n e di r ec t i o n a n d I a m all t h e ,

w o rs e fo r it in he al t h I h ave s uffe red fro m

.

sleepless n e s s l a t ely I mu s t n o t go m o re i n t o
.

t hese de ta ils t h a n t o ass u r e you t h at I h a ve

d o n e a n d am d o i n g my level bes t t o get o ut

, ,
.

But wh a t is d o n e mus t b e well a n d t h o ro ughly

do n e a t an y cos t
, I n s o d o i n g I feel t h at
.

I am be s t s t udyi ng t h e i n t e re s t s o f o ur
M i s si o n To s ca mp t h e w o rk t o s ave a m on t h
.

w o uld be w o rs e t h an fo olish I t is r e ally t h e .

g re at e s t pie c e o f s elf de n i al I h a ve yet bee n

-

c alled up o n t o m ake .
’

I n a le t t e r t o a n o t he r c o lle ague a diffe r e n t

s ubj e c t c r0 p s U
p : T he re is t o be a C o n fe r e n c e
‘

a t B e rl i n o n t h e 1 sth We mus t give t h e .

F r ee S t at e all t h e supp o rt p o s s ible It m ay .

h a ve fa ul t s a n d we ak p o i nt s b ut it is s u rely ,

be t t e r t h an a n y p ra c t i cable al t e rn a t ive hi t he rt o
sugges t ed .
’

Whe n t h e delega t e s t o t h e C o n fe re n c e did

m ee t at Be rli n M r B en t ley was s e n t t he re t o
,
.
'
1 5 6 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

be h an d fo r refe re n ce s h o uld he be n eeded ;

at

b u t he wa s n o t c alled fo r .

All t hi s t ime p r iv at e m at t e rs h ad h a d t o be
u t as ide ; he h ad a b s o lu t ely n o t ime fo r t hes e
p .

E igh t m o n t h s h a d c o me a n d p assed a n d as ,

t h e p r evi ou s ex t ra c t s h o ws he was al re a dy
c o n t empl at i ng h is r e t u rn a n d as yet G o d h a d
,

n o t give n him a n p r o spec t o f bei n g a ble t o

y
t a ke b ac k a c o mp an i o n wi t h him Th o ugh he
.

was an xi o u s if p o s sible n o t t o re t u rn t o t h e
, ,

C o ngo un m arr ied he was begi n n i ng t o fe ar t hat

,

he migh t a ft e r all h a ve t o do s o
, , .

But G o d h ad n ot fo rg o t t e n him Wh at be t t e r
.

pl ac e wh at m ore sui ta ble t ime fo r t h e m a n wh o

, ,

h ad wished t h at h is wife if G od sh ould give h im

,

o ne s h o uld
, be o f a missi o nary s pi r i t t o be ,

i n t ro du c ed t o his fu t u re wife t h an t h e M issi o n

H o u s e an d a ft e r t h e N ew Ye ar s P raye r
,
’

M ee t i ng ? I t wa s b ut a h a n d s h a ke in p a ssi n g ,

a n d n ei t he r o f t h e t wo t h o u gh t a n m ore ab ou t
y
it . But whe n in t h e foll o wi n g F eb ru ary t hey
, ,

aga i n m et a t t h e h o u s e o f a frie n d a n d M r , .

B e n t ley was t old t h a t t h e l ady n ex t t o wh o m h e

h ad bee n si t t i n g h ad o ffe red he rself fo r M i s si o n
w o rk in Chi n a — b ut wa s expe c t i n g t o be refused ,

a s t h e mi s s i o n ar ies o ut t he r e c o n s ide r ed t h a t t h e

t ime was n o t r ipe fo r s e n di ngo ut u n m arr ied l a dies

t o C hi n a — t h e t h ough t fl ashed ac ro ss h i s mi nd
1 58 F i r s t F u r lo u gh

a b o u t t h ree o r fo u r t ime s t wi c e o f t he s e bei n g ,

o n t h e pl a t fo r m a s a s pe a ke r But t he re we re .

t wo t h o ugh t s t h a t c o uld n o t be r e as o n ed a w a y .

Th e fi rs t was t h e w arn i n g o f a Chi n a mi s s i o na ry

n o t t o wi t hd ra w fro m G o d s s e r vi c e t h ro ugh t h e
’

di sapp o i n t me n t o f n o t bei n g se n t t o Chi na If .

t h e c all t o w o r k h ad bee n fro m H im H e w o uld

‘ ’

o pe n a n o t he r
‘
d o or S t ra n ge ! Had n o t I
.
’

my s elf s a id whe n o ffe r i n g fo r Mi ss i o n w o rk ,

a n d a s ked whe r e I s h o uld like t o be se n t t h a t it ,

was n o t fo r t h e s e r v an t t o s ay whe r e s h e w o uld

o a nd wh a t w o r k s h e w o uld do ; it wa s fo r t h e
g ,

mi s t re s s t o app o i n t ? Was t hi s c all t o C o n go

fro m t e M e
h a s t r ? Th e sec o n d was a s e rm on o n
t h e w o rd s Wh o s o eve r will s a ve his l ife s h all
‘
,

l o s e it ; an d wh o s o eve r will l o s e his life fo r M y

s ake s h all fin d it ( M att xvi ’
O f t h e se r m o n
. .

n o t hi n g was r emembe r ed b ut t h e t ex t h ad bee n

,

a mess age Aft e r t h a t t he r e wa s n o m o r e

.

hesi t at i o n a n d t h o ugh at o ur n ex t i nt e rview

,

H olm an w arn ed me t h at t h e M i s si o n was h is fi rs t

l o v e a n d t h at h is wife m us t be willi n g t h a t it
,

s h o uld h a ve t h e fi rs t c o n s ide ra t i o n we b ot h fel t ,

t h a t o u r H e a ve n ly F at he r h ad guided us t o t his

p o i n t a n d t o ge t he r we k n el t d o w n t o as k H is
,

ble s s i n g up on o ur pl an s for w o rk t oge t he r fo r

H im .

H o w s o me o f M r Be n t ley s frie n d s r e c eived

’
.
 C o n gr at u lat i o n s 1 59

th e n ew s m ay be gat he red fro m th e foll owi n g

le tt e r fro m M r T J C o mbe r
. . .

MY D E AR O LD H O L MA N —H e ari ng t h at W s
,
.
’

weddi n g day was t o h ave bee n yes t e rd ay remi n d s

-
,

me t h at p ro b a bly y ou rs ca n n o t be far dis t an t ,

a n d a s I s h o uld n o t like t h e eve n t t o t ra n s pi r e

wi t h o u t y o u r h a vi n g a li n e o r t wo fro m y ou r old
c olleague I will w r i t e a t o n ce
,
.

Y o u k n o w well de ar o ld fell o w wh at es t eem

, ,

a n d l o ve I feel fo r yo u We h ave h ad s o much

.

t o bi n d us c l o s ely t o ge t he r i n o ur p as t w o rk I .

s upp o s e we t wo h a ve bee n t h ro w n m o r e t o ge t he r ,

a n d h a ve w o r ked m o r e c l os ely h an d in h a n d t h an ,

an o t he r t wo o n t h e C o n g o O ur fr ie n d s hip is
y .

o n e t h a t I t hi n k n o t hi n g ca n b re ak a n d I d o n t
’

k n o w an y o n e wh o m I e s t eem m o re highly t h a n
I do you—and yet I h a ve m an y fr ie n d s as yo u ,

k n ow .

All t h at I wish you an d y o u r de ar wife for t h e

, ,

fut u re yo u c an gue s s —m a ny ye ars o f h appi n ess

a n d useful n e ss in y o u r w o rk o n t h e C o n g o M ay .

t h e L o r d G o d t h r o w aro u n d yo u H is s pe c i al pro

t ec t io n a n d e n r i c h yo u b o t h wi t h s pe c i a l bles s i n g
, .

I am , as yo u k n o w ve ry t h a n kful t h at y o u h a ve
,

falle n i n l o ve a n d t h a t s o me o ne h as falle n in
,

l o ve wi t h you a nd t h at yo u n o w b r i n g a wife
,

o ut wi t h yo u s peci ally t h an kful u m a be s u e

y o ,
y r
1 60 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

th at h er he art is s et n o t o nly up on H olm an but ,

up o n a s h ar e i n H o l man 5 w ork Th e L o rd bless ’

.

yo u b o t h a bu n d a n t ly .
’

We s pe n t a t ruly h appy fort n igh t in H oll an d in ,

Augus t whe re I h ad t h e ple a su re o f i n t roduci n g

,

him t o my rel at i o n s and frie n ds a nd we r e m ar ,

r ied t h e l a s t week o f S ep t embe r

'
Th e foll o win g .

M o n d ay fo u n d us at Sw an s ea whe reth e Au t um n a l ,

M issi o n ary S e rvi c es we re bei n g held t h at y ear ,

a n d whe r e farewell wa s t o be s a id t o M r B e n tley, ;

t o ge t he r wi t h M r Wee k s a n d o t he rs o n th e
"

Tue s d a y Th e s umme r h ad bee n a s I h ave

.
,

s a id full o f w o r k a nd a n xie t y fo r H o lm an Th e
, .

fo rt n igh t in H oll an d h ad c o me j u s t in t im e t o
a ve rt a b re a kd o w n ; b ut i t wa s a fag ed an d
g
we ary m an o f wh o m t h ey t oo k le a ve t h a t eve n
ing ; a n d his exp o s u re t o t h e c o ld o n t h e nigh t
o f t h e v a ledic t o ry mee t i n g b ro ugh t s o me l os s
o f s igh t whi c h i n c re as ed t o t o t al bli n d n e s s
, .

Aft e r h a vi n g bee n a wa y fo r t wo weeks we

re t u r n ed t o L o n d o n whe re we t oo k l o dg i n gs n e a r
,

my hu s b and s p are n t s O ur h o me c i rc le t he n
’
.

c o n s is t ed o f o ur t wo selves wi t h N lem v o an d ,

Aku Th e l att e r was a li t tle gi rl fro m t h e U ppe r

.

C o ng o wh o h ad bee n caugh t by t h e A ra bs in on e
,

o f t hei r ra ids Whe n M r C o mbe r h a d re t u rn ed

. .

t o E n gl an d in 1 8 8 5 he h ad b rough t wi t h him
,
 A Co n go KISS 1 61

M r G re n fell li t t le d augh t e r a n d Aku h ad bee n

’
. s ,

s e n t wi t h him a s n u rs e in c h a rge o n t h e wa O n
y .

M r C o mbe r s r e t u rn s h e ca me t o us a n d H o lm a n
’
.
,

h o ped t o s ee h er t h e wife o f o n e o f h is b o y s .

She wa s a b righ t lively child a n d I beca me , ,

ve ry fo n d o f h er .

M r Be n t ley in h is chee r ful way w o uld

.
, ,

s o me t ime s t e as e Aku O n e day a ft e r t h e u s u a l

.
,

g ree t i n g o n re assembli n g a ft e r a b s e n c e s h e ,

r em ar ked

I n ou r c o u n t ry we n o ki s s !
N o t kis s ! he a sked wh at do yo u do t he n ? ’

O h n o t hi n g
‘ ’
.
,

D o n t m o t he rs kiss t hei r b abies

’
? ’

’
No .

D o n t hu s b and s kiss t hei wives

’
r ?

N o ( wi t h a ve ry s h o c ked fa ce )
‘ ’
.
,

Wh a t do t hey do t he n ? ’

H e re s h e h alf a musedly h alf sh a mefa cedly -

,

t h rew o ut h er r igh t arm wi t h a ge s t u re t h a t

evide n t ly me an t figh t i ng We do like t h at .

,
’

she s aid .

By an d by it was t ime t o say g oo d n igh t an d -

,

whe n Aku we nt t o say G oo d n igh t t o M r ‘ -

’
.

Be nt ley he ga v e h er a quick li t t le s l ap in t h e fa c e
,
‘

Fi rs t she l o o ke d s u rp r i s ed at t hi s u n u s u al an d
u n expe c t ed t re at men t b ut o n divi n i ng wh at was ,

me a n t was at o n c e c o n vulsed wi t h l a ugh t e r

,
.

1 2
1 62 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

Th at C ongo kiss ! she c ried Aft e r t h at

‘ ’
a .

wh en asked whi c h she w o uld h a ve a C o n go kis s ,

o r a n E n gli s h ki s s s h e w o uld say E n glish kis s ‘

, , ,

ple ase — E nglish kis s be t t e r !

Th e s udde n fa ilu re o f sigh t wi t h whi c h M r , .

B e n t ley h ad bee n seized h ad s o o n a ft e r o ur

, ,

r e t u rn t o L o n d o n s o s e ri o usly i n c rea s ed t h at
,

fo r him t o w r i t e legibly for c om pos nors was

imp o s s ible Th e fi rs t p art o f t h e D ic t i o n ary was
.

fi n i s hed ; i n deed we h ad bee n fo ll o wed by p roo fs

whe reve r we we n t But he h ad o nly j us t s tart ed
.

t h e c r i t i c al r e a di n g t h r o ugh o f t h e w o rds o f t h e

s ec o n d s e c t i o n which M r H arr y Whi t e a y o u n g

, .
,

s t ude n t o f Rege n t s P a rk wh o was l oo ki n g

’

fo rw ard t o w o rk o n t h e C o n g o h ad Co pied o ut for ,

him I t seemed a se ri ous fix t o be in ; b ut t h e

.

di fficul t y was m et by my u n de rta ki n g th e du t y .

A t t h e s a me t ime M r B e n t ley did n o t let

.

his bli n d n e s s keep him fro m all w o r k He .

s o o n m ade himself a w r i t i n g pad wi t h guide -

,

so t h at he migh t s o me t ime s whe n I was ,

u nav o id ably a bse n t w ri t e d o w n part s o f th e

,
‘

g ra mm ar and it was no t l on g befo re he began

,

t aki n g t his pad t o bed wi t h him t o w r i t e d o w n

if he s h o uld h appe n t o wa ke up in t h e n igh t

‘ ’
.

H e r ej o iced o ve r t h e way he h ad m anaged t o

o u t wi t his p oo r bli n d eyes an d was a bl e t o ,

w ri t e n ow as well in t h e d ar k as in th e ligh t .
 64 F i r s t F u r l o ugh
‘

m ade our h o u rs for me al s aye an d fo r sleep , ,

t oo depe n de n t o n o u r w o r k
, I f he was in th e
.

middle o f s o me di s c u s s i o n as t o t h e c o rrec t
sh ade o f t h e me a n i n g o f a w o rd n o t hi n g was ,

a ll o wed i n t e rrup t I n t h e eve n i n gs we

‘

to .

w o uld w o rk o n aga i n u n t il s uppe r o r eve n ,

a ft e r ,
s eld o m cl osi ng t h e b o o k s befo r e

a n d fr eque n tly c o n t i n ui n g u n t il eleve n o r t welve

o c l o ck
’
.

O n o n e o cc as i o n I r emembe r N lem v o go t
, ,

ve ry c ro ss a t h avi n g t o go o n p as t t ime a n d ,

w o uld n ot a n swe r p ro pe rly Eleve n o cl o c k

.
’

s t ruck b ut H olm an s t ill pe rs i s t ed ; t welve

,

o cl o c k c a me we we r e s t ill a t it ; N lem v o g rew

’

s leepy n o w a s well a s s t ubb o rn

, But H o lm an .

was de t e rmi n ed t o fin d out wh a t he w an t ed t o

k n o w a nd we s at t h at n igh t u n t il a qu art e r t o
,

o n e befo r e I c o uld l a d o w n t h en
y e p .

I will expl ai n h o w it c a me t h at we we re
o bliged t hus t o w o r k Whe n M r B e n t ley s
. .
’

eyes we r e faili n g befo r e he h ad qui t e l o s t th e

,

s igh t in b o t h he h ad s h o w n me his me t h o d s
,

a n d t ra i n ed me t o put t h e V ari o u s pile s o f

s lip s o f p a pe r in ce r t a i n p o s i t i o n s — t h e u n p as sed

t he r e ,t h e fi n i s hed o n es t he r e t h e c le a n s t o ck
,

t he r e , t h os e u n de r di s c u s s i on t he r e a n d in ,

s uch a way t h at t he y we r e alw ay s in t h e s a me

o si t i o n fro m t h e le a di n g ide a t o t h e sec o n d ary
p , ,
 Val ue of M et h od 1 65

or m o re rem o t e me a n i n gs o f th e w o rd H is .

B an k t ra i n i n g h ad give n him me t h odi c al

h a bi ts an d t h o ugh in his C o ngo l ife he was
,

n o t a ble t o h a ve t hi n g s a lw a ys h is o wn wa y ,

i n al l his li t e rary w o rk whi c h wa s n o t s ubj ec t

,

’
to o t he r i n flue nc e s a nd ,o t he r pe ople s
co n ve n ie n ce he kep t t o t h e g oo d old h abi t s
,

fo rmed at h is desk at t h e Alli an ce B a n k .

S o it c a me t h at whe n bli n d he was a ble t o ,

i m agi n e t h at he s aw eve ry s lip o f p ape r a n d ,

re a d t hem wi t h h is mi n d s eye S o me t imes

’
.

on cl oser i n ve s t igat i o n a w ord w o uld p ro ve

t o be o n ly a ve r y r em o t e sec o n d ar y me a n i ng ,

a n d t h e r o o t ide a o f t h e C o n g o w o r d al t o ge t he r

diffe re nt ; t he n t h e wh o le o rde r o f slips w o uld

h ave t o be r e arra nged .

I t will r e adily be un de rs t o o d t h a t t o a bli n d

pe rs on depe n di n g e nt i rely o n his mem o ry any
, ,

i n t e rrup t i o n t o h is im agi n ary di s pl ay o f p ape r s

w ould be m os t upse tt i n g and n o i nt e rrup t i o n
, ,

o ve r whi c h we h ad a n y c on trol c o uld be ,

all o wed in t h e middle o f a n y imp orta n t a b s t ra c t

ide as . Th e de s c r ip t i o n o f o bj e c t s g a ve n o
t ro uble ; ei t he r t hey h ad n a me s o r t hey h ad
But wi t h s u c h w o rd s as go od ne s s ‘ ’
n ot .
,

‘
pu ri t y j u s t i c e in fac t a ll a b s t ra c t ide as he
,
’ ‘
,
’

, ,

t oo k th e g re at es t c are re ali s i n g t h at t h e
,

cle arness a nd p uri t y o f fu t u re Bibl e t ran sl a t i o n

1 66 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

work depe n ded l argely o n h is pat ie nce a nd

fa i t hful n ess t he n .

Th e difficul t y o f th e w o rd h o li n ess will ‘ ’

illus t rat e t his A t S a n S alv a d o r o n e colle agu e

.

t h o ugh t t h e w or d z im o l was t h e equiv ale n t

‘ ’
a

of h o li n ess M r Be n t ley s k n owledge o f

‘ ’ ’
. .

P ort uguese e nab led him t o p ro ve t o t h e

b re t h re n t h at it was a mis t ake Z im ola is .
‘ ’

de rived fro m e s m o l a ‘
I t is no t a
’

C o n g o w o rd at all a n d ca nno t exp r ess ,

h li e s s
o n . T h e wo d
r fo r h o li n ess — t h at h o li n ess

which c o n ta i n s t h e idea o f pu ri t y wi t h o u t de
filem en t —t h e r oo t fo r t h a t lie s in t h e a dj ec t ive
a v el el I t is used for pu re w a t e r cle an
‘ ’
a .
,

pl a t es ; if t he re is a sp o t o f defilem ent t hey

a v el
’
el
‘
a re n ot a .

L at e r o n we fo u n d a no t he r w ord m pwe ,
‘
,
’

which is pe rh ap s s t ill m o r e emph at ic ally

, ,

s p o t less Fo r th e ce rem o n i al pu r i t y o f th e
‘ ’
.

Levi t i cal P r ies t h o o d in s o far t h at it c o n sis t ed ,

in t h e a v o id a n c e o f t h at whi c h defiles he ,

fo u n d he n eeded a no t he r w o rd and t h at t his ,

ide a w ould be bes t exp res s ed by n t int i ‘

.
’

Th e m a n wh o is ve ry c ar eful in m at t e rs o f
c le a n li n e s s wh o will n o t eat an y t hi n g fil t hy
, ,

is n kwa n t int i To t e a ch t hem t o p ray t o

‘ ’
-
.

h a ve t hei r he art s m a de m i esm o l a w o uld b e ‘ -

’

t o t ea ch t hem t o p ra y t o h a v e t hem m a d e
1 68 F i r s t F u r lo u gh

a pile m o r e t h an fift y fee t high t o w r i t e o ut a n d ,

a ft e r w ar d s l oo k t h ro ugh a n d c r i t i c i s e le s t t he r e ,

sh o uld be a n y mis ta ke o r fal s e t ra n s l at i o n .

S o me t imes t h e s lip s w o uld be r e ad an d p as s ed ,

a lm o s t as s oo n a s r e a d b ut s o me t imes a s i n gle
,

w o r d w o uld t a ke h o u rs o f di s c u s s i o n .

But it was a n e nj o y a ble w o rk fo r as , ,

H o lm a n s a id t h e l an gu age is a fin e o n e a n d
,
‘
,

w ort hy o f s t udy I n deed he was much

.
’

puzzled as t o h o w s o deg ra ded a pe o ple c o uld

h a ve s o r i c h a n d be au t iful a l a n gu age .

Al t h o ugh t h e pe o ple in t hei r di s cu s s i o n s are

ve ry mu c h m o re le n g t hy a n d ro u n d ab o u t t h a n
we a re t hei r s peech is decidedly c r i s pe r
,

t h a n o u rs .

We als o t o o k d o w n w o rd s o f Aku s l a n gu age ’

whi c h H olm a n h o ped l at e r o n t o put in a

p a ra llel c o lum n wi t h h is C o n g o D i c t i o nary .

The s e we we r e a ble t o get fro m h er at o dd

m o me n t s a n d a t me al t ime s an d in a l e t t e r o f
-
,

H o lm an s t o M r B ay n es w r i tt e n in Fe b ru a ry
’
.
, ,

1 886 he s ay s t h at he h as c ollec t ed s o me
,

t h r ee o r fo u r hu n d red w o rd s I n t h e s a me
.

le tt e r he w r i t e s o f h is bli n d n es s : I t is a ‘

me rc iful a ffli c t i o n bei n g ac c o mpa n ied wi t h n o

,

p a i n a n d s c a rc ely hi n de ri ng me a t all in
,

my w r i t i n g w o rk t h o ugh it is a le s s o n in
,

p at ie n c e an d he n eve r r eli n qui s hed h is fa i t h

,
’
 V i s i t t o N o r man dy 1 69

t h at pe r fec t wi s d o m pe rfe c t l o ve is w o r ki n g fo r
‘
,

t h e be s t
’
.

A t l a s t h a vi n g fi n i s hed t h e w ri t i n g o f t h e
,

Di c t i o nary it s t ru c k me t h a t we migh t re a d
,

o ur p ro o fs as s at i s fa c t o r ily s o mewhe re in t h e
c ou ntry as in ou r s m a ll s t uffy l o dgi n g s in
,

L o n d o n ; a n d a s F re n c h is th e o ffi c i al l a ngu age
in C o n g o I s ugges t ed g o i n g o ve r t o F ran c e
, .

A c c o rdi n gly we dep o si t ed Aku wi t h H o lm an s ’

pa re nt s t aki n g N lem v o wi t h us for th e w o rk s

,
’

s ake . We s pe n t a ve ry refreshi n g m o n t h in
N o rm an dy w o rki n g ass idu o u s ly at t h e G ra mm ar
,

in t h e m o rn i n g s a n d t aki n g o ur p ro o fs i n t o t h e
,

l o vel y garde n in t h e a ft e r n o o n s an d eve n i n gs .

A few t ime s our h o s t e s s p rev a iled up o n him t o

d rive wi t h h er t o t h e c h at e a u o f a frie n d o r t o ,

a c co mp a n y h er t o s o me l o vely sp o t in t h e
n eighb o u rh o o d H e als o t h o ro ughly e nj o yed
.

s pe n di n g s o me h o u rs wi t h t h e cur e o f t h e
V ill age a n i n t ellige n t well r e a d m an
, , Of .

c o u rs e t h e o pp o r t u n i t y was t o o g o o d t o be

l o s t a n d H o lm an go t all t h e i n fo rm at i o n h e
,

c o uld o ut o f him as t o v a r i o u s m a t t e rs o f t h e

i n t e rn al g o ve rn me n t o f t h e R o m an C a t h oli c
o rde r t h e wa y in whi c h t h e n umbe r o f M ass e s
,

t o be s a id fo r t he de a d w o uld be di s t r ibu t ed
'

a m o n g s t t h e le s s bu s y c o u n t r y p r ie s t s &c , .

I t was alw ay s a r e a l ple as u re t o H o lm an t o

1 70 F i r s t F u r l o u gh

spe n d t ime wi t h an y o ne wh o c o uld give him

i n form a t i o n
.
‘
I like ge t t i ng t h e pick o f t hei r
b ra i ns he w ould s ay ; I alw ay s get s o me
,
’ ‘

u s eful i n fo rm at i o n in t h at way a nd ge n e rally

,

find out s o me t hi n g I did n o t k n o w befo re

’
.
1 7 2 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

at t h ree fo u r Th ree d ays my di a ry t ells me

or .
, ,

we h ad n o di nn e r at a ll a n d j us t ru s hed i nt o a
,

sh o p o n t h e wa y h o me in t h e a ft e rn o o n t o get
a b un which we at e in th e t ra i n t o s ta ve o ff
,

hu n ge n
A fr ie n d in E ngl a n d o n he a ri n g o f M r B e n tley s
, .
’

l o s s by fire ki n dly o ffe red t o r es t o r e s o me o f t h e

,

t hi n g s . I t was j u s t like him t o a c c ep t t hi s ki n d

o ffe r in t h e fo ll o wi n g di s i n t e r e s t ed wa y M igh t
I m ake a s ugge s t i o n ? Whe n S t at e o ffi ci al s a n d
C o n t i n e n tal ge n tleme n h a ve vi s i t ed me I h a ve ,

o ft e n wi s hed I h ad s o me b o o k t o le n d t hem .

I wa s t hi n ki n g o f t hi s before I left h o me b ut did ,

n o t k n o w wh a t b oo ks t o
g et I t was a diffi c ul t
.

ques t i o n N o t k n o wi n g whe re t o t u rn fo r a dvi c e

.
,

I w ro t e t o M de L av elaye o f Li ege ; he w ro t e
.
,

t o h is fr ie n d E de Pr es s en s é o f P ar i s wh o se n t
, .
, ,

me a lis t I t h as o c c u rr ed t o me t h a t it w o uld be
.

m o r e a g r ee able t o you t o ass i s t in s uch a m at te r

t h a n in an y t hi n g a b s o lu t ely pe rs o n al M y ide a .

as t o t h e b o o k s is t h a t I m a be a ble t o le n d
y
t hem t o t h e fo r eig n e rs we mee t o ut t he r e h o pi n g ,

t h a t ei t he r by t hei r o wn m a t t e r o r c o n ve rsa t i o n ,

s ugge s t ed by t h em g oo d m a y be d o n e
,
I t is s o .

ve r y di ffi c ul t t o t o u c h o n r eligi o us m a t t e rs wi t h
t h e t ra de rs a n d S t a t e fo lk I f t he r e is a ny t hi n g
.

t h at w o uld help in t his I sh all be gl ad t o a v a il

’
my s elf o f it .
 Ki n dly F eel i n gs 1 73

Th e l o ss his g oo d s by fire du ri ng h is
of

a b s e n c e in E n gl a n d whi c h b ro ugh t a b o u t t hi s
,

s ugge s t i o n , m ade H o lm a n an xi ou s t o re a s s u r e
t h e mi s s i o n arie s o n t h e s p o t as t o h is o wn

pe rs o n al feeli n g s in t h e m att e r le s t he s h ould ,

in a n y wa y be mi s u n de rs t oo d Fo r t hi s pu r .

p o s e he w ro t e in t h e fo ll o wi n g t e r m s t o o n e
o f his c o lle a gues : I do n o t k n o w yet t o wh at
‘

ex t e n t my l o s s will fall up on me I am .

c o mfo rt i n g mys elf wi t h t h e t h o ugh t t h at I am

t h e o n ly m an wh o s uffe rs as I believe t h at M r , .

G re nfell s bel o ngi ngs a n d t h o se o f o ur o t he r

’

b r e t h r e n a t t h e P o ol will h a ve bee n s afely

,

c o n veyed t o N sh ash a M y o wn a nd up c o u n t ry
.
-
’

s t o res will d o ub t les s h ave bee n ve ry wisely left

, ,

a t N t a m o u n t il we sh o uld k n o w whe re t hey w o uld

fi n ally h ave t o be se n t t o But whe t he r t h e .

di sas t e r o ccu rr ed a t N s h as h a ( whi t he r my t hi ngs

h ad bee n s e n t on ) o r a t N ta m o ( whe n ce t hey
h ad n ot yet bee n r em o ved ) I k n o w t h at yo u ,

h a ve o n ly d o n e wh at h as bee n wises t and

be s t
.
’

Sh ort ly befo r e t h e t ime fo r o ur depa rt u r e for

t h e C o n g o a fr ie n d i n vi t ed us t o M a lve rn fo r

a s h o r t vi s i t ,
wi t h freed o m t o re a d p ro o fs a ll
‘

da y ( if we wished ) Th e i n vi t at i o n was ve ry
’
.

gl a dly a c cep t ed a n d we we nt
, .

J u s t befo re re ac hi ng O xford t h e t rai n s t o pped .

1 74 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

B y and by we he a rd t h at a l ady wh o was in th e ,

n ex t c a rr i a ge h ad fa lle n o ut o n t h e li n e
, S o me .

c o ns ul t at i o n wi t h t h e s tat i o n m as t e r fo ll owed and -

,

H olm a n o ffe red t o r e t u rn wi t h a li t t le e n gi n e

t o pi c k up t h e l a dy a n d re n de r an y a s s is tan c e
,

t h at was n e eded .

I remembe r bei ng mu c h puzzled a nd a ski n g ,

him h o w it was t h at he was selec ted t o go out o f

al l t h e c ro wd O n ly bec a use I j us t h appe n ed
.
‘

t o be t he r e This wa s s o like him I well

’
. .

r emembe r h o w ple a s ed he was at ge n e rally j us t ‘

h appe n i ng t o be t he r e whe n t he r e was a m o r e ’

t h a n u s u ally se r i o us su rgic al c as e H e o b t ai n ed .

a g oo d de a l o f expe r ie n ce a nd i n s t ruc t i o n t h a t

way S t ill I believe t h a t his bei n g j us t t he re

.
‘

was n ot s o mu c h th e fort u n es o f war as his

c o n s t an t r e a di n ess t o be o f us e .

But M r Be n t ley s C o n go life h a d p rep ared

’
.

him fo r eme rge n cies eve n whe n t hey e n tailed ,

su rge ry .

O n e day befo re I h ad eve r bee n o ut t o

,

C o ng o — befo re i n deed he k n ew t h at I h ad
, ,

bec o me acqu a i n t ed wi t h H o lm a n— M r C o mbe r .

,

in spe a ki n g o f M r B e n t ley s medi c al w or k ’

.
,

s a id : I f I we re ill n ow I w o uld rat he r b e

‘
,

t r e at ed by H o l m an t h an by an yb o dy he k no ws
wh at h e is a b o u t a n d is m os t careful an d ,

p ra c t ical O n e o f his earlies t expe rime n t s o f

.
’
 1 76 To t h e F i eld O n c e Mo r e
Afte r a while t h o usan ds o f pe ople we re
v a c ci n at ed ; s i n c e t he n t h e s m allp o x in t h e
c o u n t ry h as bee n mu c h le s s an d c o n s eque n t ly ,

m a n y live s h a ve bee n s a ved N lem v o r emi n d s .

me t h a t t h e n o w widely k n o w n sleepi n g s i c k n e s s -

a l s o s et M r B e n t ley s ze al at w o r k H e t r ied
’
. .

t o fin d o u t wh at c au s ed t h e s i c k n e s s Fo r .

t hi s pu rp o s e he as ked t h e p at ie n t s t o expl a i n

wh at t hey fel t whe n t hey k n ew t hey h ad t h e

sleepi n g si c k n ess ; wh a t s ort o f foo d t hey a t e ;
-

wh at s o rt o f bed s t hey s lep t o n ; a nd wh at

t h e fi rs t s ymp to ms we r e Th e pe o ple w o uld.

expl a i n while he li s t e n ed a n d t o o k n o t e s h o pi n g
, ,

t o m ake t h e i n fo r m at i o n u s eful t o i n qui re r s a t

h o me .

All t hi s by t h e way I mus t re t u rn t o

.

o ur M alve r n visi t We spe n t a ple as a n t

.

week t he r e w o rki n g h ard eve ry m o rn i n g a n d

, ,

e nj oyi n g d rives wi t h o ur frie n d in th e a ft e r

n oo n . I am s u r e we be n efi t ed by o ur li tt le
ou ung .

Th e igh t before s a ili n g t he r e was a V ale

n

dic t o ry S e r vi c e a t t h e D o w n s Ch apel a rran ged

’

t o begi n a t seve n o c l o ck We c o uld n o t get

’
.

c le a r o f t h e M i s si o n H o use u n t il s ix o c l o ck
t h at eve n i n g We t he n ru s hed h o me h ad a
.
,

b as i n o f b r e a d a n d milk ( all t h e fo o d we h ad
h ad t h at day) whi c h t h e se rv an t p rep a red while
‘

,
 Lis b o n 1 77

we we re ge t t i n g i n t o m ore sui table garme n t s ,

a n d r e ac hed t h e Ch a pel j us t in t ime fo r t h e

mee t i n g . The r e we re fou r o t he r mi s s i o n ar ies

t o jo m i n t h e fa rewell n ew c o lle ague s wh o we re
,

go i ng o ut for t h e fi rs t t ime — t h e Rev s R D . . .

D arby R H C G rah am H R Phillip s a n d

, . . .
,
. .
,

H Shi n dle r
. .

We s ailed fro m Tilbu ry D o cks fo r Li s b o n ,

a rr ivi n g t he r e on Thu rs d ay Sep t embe r 3 rd , .

M r Be n t ley s k n o wledge o f P or t ugue s e s t o o d us

’
.

in g oo d s t e a d A rra n geme n t s fo r t ra n s hippi ng

.

we re m a de a t o n c e a n d we we r e s o o n i n s talled
,

in o ur n ew s t e a me r t h e S Th o m e Al t h o ugh
‘ ’
. .
,

t he r e was ve ry l i tt le t ime i n Li s b o n we m a n aged ,

t o go t o t h e J a r di n Al ca n t a ra t o get a— fin e
view o f t h e ci t y ; a nd vi s i t ed t h e Pl aca de
D o m Ped ro a n d t h e n e ar c hu r ches The re t .

is al s o an i n t e res t i n g t ra m r ide t o B elem ,

whe re t he r e is a n old chu rc h well w o rt h s eei n g ,

a n d s o me o f o u r fell o w t ra velle rs we n t t he r e
-
.

But M r B e n t ley h a d s o me t hi n g mu c h m o r e
.

imp o r ta n t o n h is mi nd H e h a d he ard t h at .

t he re s t ill exi s t ed in a Li s b o n mu s eu m an o ld

m an u s c rip t c opy o f a C a t e ch i s m wr i tt e n by th e ,

p rie s t s wh o lived in C o n g o t h ree o r fo u r hu n d red

ye ars ago H e t he refo r e s o ugh t out t h e o n ly
.

P rot e s ta n t ( P re s by t e ri a n ) M i n i s t e r o f t h e pl ac e ,

a n d befo r e we left he h a d o b t a i n ed a p ro mise

I 3
1 7 8 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

fro m him t o s e arc h for t h e C at echis m a nd s e n d

him a c o py L at e r o n whe n it re ac hed u s in
.
,

C o ng o H olm an was deligh t ed t o fin d t h a t it wa s

,

in t h e s a me di ale c t as t h at he h ad r educed a n d ,

t h a t m an y o f t h e w o rds u s ed fo r abs t rac t ide a s

by t hem we re t h e s ame t h at he h ad fo u n d Th e .

ch a n ge s we re ve ry s ligh t The r e was no t s o .

mu c h diffe re nc e be t wee n th e C o n g o o f t h ree

hu n d red ye ars ago a n d t h at o f t o day as t he re is -

be t wee n t h e l a n gu age u s ed by Ch a uce r a n d o ur

p rese n t day p o e t s
-
Thi s is ve r y r em a rk a ble
.
,

be a r i n g in mi n d t h at t he re we r e n o b o o k s at all
n or an
y w h o c o uld r e a d o r w r i t e in t h e co u n t r y .

Th e chief diffe re n c e s exi s t ed in t h e m o de o f

s pelli n g ; for i n s t a n c e t h e p r ies t s h ad u s ed
‘ ’

, q u

whe re we h ad put kw ‘
.
’

We we re mu c h m o re c o mfo rt able o n o ur n ew
s t e a me r a l t h o ugh t h e P o rt ugue s e c oo ki n g was
,

n o t a pp r e c i at ed by t h o s e o f t h e p ar t y wh o h ad

n eve r bee n o u t o f E n gl a n d .

A t B anan a we fo u n d a sm all r ive r s t e a me r

wa i t i n g t o t ake p as s e n ge rs up t o B o m a N ex t .

m o rn i n g o n t ran s hippi n g we fo u n d t h e ac c o m m o
, ,

d a t i o n s o p oo r ( no se a t s bei n g p ro vided ) t h at t h e
m i s s i o n ar ie s as ked whe t he r t he r e w o uld be t ime
t o r e t u rn t o t h e big s t e a me r a n d fe t ch t hei r de c k

c h a i rs t o whi c h t h e c ap ta i n ag r eed
,
Whil s t t hey .

we re g o n e th e G o ve rno r wh o was a ls o g o i n g up
, ,
1 80 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o re

U n de rhill —a l o vely sp o t ; b ut wh at a cl imb

up t o t h e h o use an d o h th e he at o f t h e h o u s e !
, , ,

I did n o t reli s h th e suppe r— allt i nn ed foo d ple n t y , ,

b u t n o t a ppe t i s i n g I t wa s Su n d ay whe n we
.

a rr ived a t U n de r hill I n t h e a ft e rn o o n we h a d
.

a c o mmu n i o n s e r vice t oge t he r wi t h s o me o f t h e

Ame ri c a n B ap t is t M i ss i o nary U n i on fr ie n ds wh o ,

h a d c o me ou t o n t h e s t e a me r wi t h u s Fi n di n g .

t h at t he r e we r e n o t c a rr ie rs e n o ugh t o t a ke us

al l t o o u r v ar i ou s des t i n at i o n s it was a rra nged ,

t h at M r D arby sh o ul d a c c o mp an y us t o t h e
.

P oo l le a vi n g M r Shi n dle r t o w a i t fo r m o r e
, .

c arrie rs As t wo we re w a n t ed fo r S a n S alvad o r
.
,

t h e i n s ep ara ble fr ie n ds M e s s rs G rah a m a n d

, .

Phillip s we r e de s ig nat ed fo r t h at s t a t i o n
,
.

We a rrived a t W a the n o n t h e eleve n t h day at

n oo n a n d i t was a ple a s a n t s igh t t o s ee al
, l th e
s tat i o n b o ys in whi t e j umpe rs ru n n i n g d ow n t h e
hill t o mee t us Th e day aft e r we arr ived M r
.
, .

Pe rc y C o mbe r s ta rt ed o ff t o t h e P0 01 t o fe t c h
d o w n M r D avies wh o h ad h ad a b ad feve r t he r e
.
,

a n d we s t ayed t o help M r C o mbe r du ri n g h is

.

b ro t he r s abse n ce This was s o pl an n ed t h at

’
.

H o lm an a n d he c o uld h ave s o me t alks t o ge t he r .

A n e arly d o me s t ic i n c ide n t g a ve us s o me
a mu s eme n t M r C o mbe r as ked me t o be g oo d
e n ough t o l o o k aft e r t h e in en age— h e did n o t
. .

’ ‘

l ike d o i ng it whe n t he re we re l a dies a b o u t He

’
.
 U p th e Kw an gu 1 81

too k me t o th e foo d s t o re an d sh o wed me wh at

,

t he r e was I t was a p o o r s to ck a n d c o n t a i n ed
.
,

n o mil k a n d n o fl o u r ; s o t h a t t h e p o si t i o n wa s

s ufficie n t ly pe rplexi n g fo r o ne u t t e rly u nac

q ua in t ed wi t h t h e r e s o u r ces o f t h e c o u n t ry !

O n e day H o lm an was n ot ple ased wi t h wh a t I

h ad p ro vided We h ad n o t h ad a n ice puddi ng
.
‘

’
fo r eve r s o l o ng c o uld n t I c o n c o c t s o me t hi n g ?
’

By way o f exa mple he a nd M r Pe rcy C o mbe r .

u t t hei r he a d s t oge t he r t h a t a ft e rn oo n a n d we
p ,

we r e t re at ed t o a puddi ng m ade o f t api o ca b aked

in t re acle w at e r We a pp reci at ed th e fun b ut
.
,

n o t t h e puddi n g They did n ot o ffe r t o suppl an t

.

me aga i n .

We s tayed t h re e weeks a t W at he n aft er ,

whi c h we p ro ceeded to t h e P oo l arr ivi ng t he re ,

o n N o vembe r 4 t h Ab ou t a fo rt n igh t o r t h ree

.

we eks l at e r we we n t up th e K wan gu in th e
Pe ace I t was a ve ry ple as an t j o u rn ey a n d
’
.
,

gave M r B e n t ley t h e o pp ort u n i t y for l o ng talks

.

wi t h M r G re n fell a b o u t t h e w o rk The r e we re
. .

v ari o us re as on s fo r expl o ri ng t h e Kwan gu I t .

was h o ped t h a t it w o uld be fou n d t h at t his

w at e r way w o uld be in s u c h a di re c t i o n as t o
b ri n g us i nto n e ar p ro ximi t y wi t h S a n S alva d or ,

whi ch w o uld gi ve us a new hi t he rt o u n tapped

r egi o n fo r t h e p ro cu r i n g of c arr ie rs fo r t h e
t ran sp o rt be t wee n S ta n ley P o ol a nd t h e c oas t
( .
1 82 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

Ch ri s t m as D ay was spe n t by us j u s t o n
t h e s ide o f th e Kin u n z i R apid s T h e n ex t
g .

day was Su n d ay We spe n t t h at o n th e be a c h

.

n e ar th e t o w n Th e pe o ple we r e ve ry fr ie n dly
.
,

a n d c a me o u t in o n e or t wo big c a n o e s t o

i n s pec t us We h ad o ur t ra velli n g h arm o n iu m

.

o n b oa r d and I
, pl ayed a n d s a n g s o me C o ng o
h ym n s wi t h whi c h t hey we re ve ry ple as ed
,
.

M r B e n t ley expl ai n ed t h a t we h a d c o me t o
.

t h e c o u n t ry t o t e ac h t hem ab ou t t hei r
‘
un

k n o w n G o d They sig n ifi ed t hei r a pp ro val o f

.
’

t hi s an d h o ped t h at we sh o uld s o o n vi s i t t hem

,

a ga i n .

A t t h e e n t ra n ce t o t h e Kw a n gu we h ad
h ad s o me di ffi c ul t y i n c o mmu n i c a t i n g wi t h t h e
pe o ple ; b ut as we go t fu rt he r up t h e r ive r we
we re able t o use t h e S a n S al v a d or di ale c t .

H e r e was fu rt he r j us t ifi cat i o n o f t h e de c i s i o n o f
t h e fo u r pi o n ee r b re t h r e n t o a d o p t t h e l a n gu age

o f th e ol d ca pi ta l ; fo r he r e r igh t a w a y a t ,

Kin gun z i in t h e i n t e ri o r a m o n t h s j o u rn ey fro m

’

, ,

S t a n ley P ool H o lm a n h ad n o difficul t y at all in

,

m aki ng himself u n de rs t oo d .

Al t oge t he r we we re s ix week s o n t h a t j o u rn e y ,

r e a chi n g S ta n ley P oo l aga i n o n t h e 3 rd o r

4 t h o f J a n u ar y t h e d ow n j
, o u r n ey t a ki n g us

ve ry much le s s t ime t h an t h e up whe n we ,

s t o pped a t eve r y pl a ce A s fo r ri ve r s ce n er y
.
,
1 84 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o r e

c o mfo rtable fi re s ide a t h o me ce rta i n ly t h ose o f

,

us wh o h a ve bee n o bliged t o do pi o n ee ri n g ,

a lm o s t a d n a usea vi w o uld i n fi n i t ely p refe r quie t

,

missi on w o rk o n o ur s t at i on s t o t h e p r iv at i on s
an d exp o s u r e whi c h mus t i n evi tably at t e n d all
such jo u rn ey s i n t o t h e u n k n o w n i n t e ri o r .

M r G r e n fell h as r ep r es s ed t he s e feeli n g s a n d
.
,

h as pe r fo rmed t h e du t ie s whi c h fell t o him in a

m as te rly m an n e r a n d r e c o rds his i n fo r m a t i o n
,

in s o i n t e r e s t i ng a s t yle t h at s o me o f o ur frie n d s ,

wh o r e a d t h e a c c o u n t rega rd it as a c h armi n g
,

excu rsi o n o n ly Sh all we bl ame M r G re n fell fo r

. .

n o t g r umbli n g a t we a r i n ess ,
p r iv at i o n d a nge rs
, ,

a n d i n c o n ve n ie n c e ; o r be c au s e he a bs ta i n s fro m

m a ki n g s t o ck o f t h e r i s k t o c hild a nd wife ,

wh ose p rese n ce seems t o h ave d o n e m o re t h an

a n y t hi n g t o m a ke t h e j o u r n ey a su c cess ? Sh all
we n o t ra t he r a dmi re t h e d a u n t less c o u rage an d
s elf a b n eg a t i o n
-
whi c h e n abled him t o pe rfo rm
his sk wi t h s uch g oo d g rac e
t a ? ’

O n o ur r e t u rn t o S t anley P o o l M r an d M rs
,
. .

G re n fell immedi at ely s tart ed fo r E u ro pe le avi n g ,

M r B e n t ley in c h arge o f th e s tat i o n whils t

.

M r Whi tley a n d M r Ch ar t e rs we n t wi th t h e
. .

‘
Pe a ce t o t a ke M r D ar by t o L u kolele N o
’
. .

s oo n e r h ad we fa i rly s e t t led d o w n t h a n M r .

B e nt ley t h rew himself aga i n i n to th e w ork an d ,

fo r t h e n ex t t h re e or six w ee k s all was fa i rly

 O u r F o o d Ru ns S h o rt 1 85

s t ra igh t forw a rd . In my o wn di ary I fin d th e

fo ll o wi n g
S un day , 1 6 th . Aft e r
b re a kfas t H o lm a n
s h o wed th e bo y s h o w t o l as h t wo ca n o es
t oge t he r H e t h o ugh t o f taki n g t hem all i n t o
.

t h e t o w n wi t h him t o h a ve t h e Su n d a y s e r vi c e
,

t he re . M i s s Spe ari n g a n d t h e gi rl s we n t t oo .

Aft e r arra n gi n g a few s m all h o me du t ies I h ad ,

t h e co as t fo lk wh o u n de rs ta n d m o re or le s s
,

E ngli s h t o h a ve a li tt le se r vi c e wi t h t hem
, .
’

Th a t a ft e rn o on a cara v a n arr ived Al t h o ugh .

we did n o t like t hei r arr ivi n g o n Su n d ay we ,

we re t h an kful i ndeed t o h a ve a supply o f

p ro vi s i o n s fo r t h e fire p r evi ously me n t i o n ed
,

h ad qui t e des t ro yed o ur fo o d s t ores an d we ,

we re s h o rt o f alm o s t eve ry t hi n g Fo r a t ime .

,

i ndeed t h e si t u a t i o n wa s ve ry t ryi n g fo r we
, ,

we r e in g re a t s t rai t s for fo od F o rt u n at ely M r . .

Whi t ley h a d go t m o s t o f t h e s t e a me r h a n ds
aw a y , s o t h a t t he r e we r e o n ly a s m a ll n u m be r

o n t h e s t a t i on b ut eve n t he n we we r e n o t a ble
,

t o get suffi c ie n t kw anga ex c ep t by se n di n g

‘ ’

o ve r t o M fwa t h e o t he r s ide o f t h e P o ol
, We .

als o kep t a m a n d o i n g n o t hi n g b ut buyi ng u

p
kwanga in th e hills am o n g s t t h e Bawum b u I n , .

t hi s way we m a naged t o keep our s t at i o n o rph an s

fro m s tarvi ng b ut it was a ve ry an xi o u s t ime

, .

This s tart ed us thi n ki ng whe t h er We c o uld no t

 1 86 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o r e

ra s i e fo wls fo r t h e t able ; a nd H olm a n ih

g e n io us ly m a de me a n i n cub a t o r whi c h wa s
,
ve r y
s u c c e s s ful , as a ft e r r e s ul t s p ro ved Th e o n ly .

t ro uble wa s it w o uld t a ke t wo hu n d r ed egg s

, ,

a n d we c o uld seld o m buy m o re t h a n fo u r o r

five at a t ime But t he s e we r e w a n t ed for t h e
.

t a ble a n d s o me t ime s h a d we fo u n d bee n t ake n

, , ,

fr o m u n de r a s i tt i n g h en .

Th o ugh t h e di ffi c ul t y o f t h e l angu age o ft e n

me t o go a n d as k M r Be n t ley t o
’

o bliged .

t ra n s l at e fo r me my h o usekeepi n g du t ie s we r e
,

ve ry s imple o n d a y s t h a t t hi n gs ra n s m oo t hly ,

an d I wa s a ble t he refo r e t o c o n t i n ue helpi n g

, ,

M r B e n t ley wi t h h is p ro o f re a di n g
.
-
.

We h ad fi n i s hed t h e ac t u al D i c t i o n ary in
E n gl a n d b ut we we r e n o w busy wi t h t h e
,

G ra mm ar which we h ad no t bee n a ble t o

,

c o mple t e befo re s aili n g O ft e n we we r e up

.

t ill eleve n a n d t welve a t n igh t r e a di n g o ve r

h is m a n u s c r ip t ; fo r t h e eve n i n g t ime a ft e r t h e ,

s t a t i o n was a sleep wa s o ur bes t ch a n ce o f

,

u n i n t e r rup t ed w o rk W r i t i n g t o a frie n d a b o u t
.

t h e G ra mm ar he s a y s : E ve ry day as I w o rked
‘
,

at t h e G ra mm ar I fo un d t h at my t ask was
g ro wi n g bigge r I
. wa s h o pi n g t o h a ve bee n

a ble to r ep o r t t h at al l wa s in p ri n t b ut ,

g ra mm a t i c al p o i n t s h a ve ca u s ed m u c h del a y .

I t is no g o o d s hi rki n g difficul t ie s a nd t h e ,
1 88 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o r e

i n deed tok n o w t h at you s pe n t sleeples s n igh t s

o ve r it . I ga ve t h e wide s t m argi n in c al c ul at i n g
a t t h e o u t s e t t h e le n g t h o f t ime it w o uld t a ke me .

I t w o uld h a ve bee n foo li s h a mbi t i o n t o h a ve

d re a m t o f t rac i ng o ut an d di s c o ve r i n g as much
, ,

a s I eve n t u a lly did I w o r ked my h ardes t ; h ad

.

I put h a r de r w o r k i n t o it s t ill you w o uld h ave ,

g r ieved o n o t he r l i n es I do n ot w r i t e t his in
.

vex at i o n b ut t o u rge yo u n o t t o w o rr y wh at eve r

,

t h e pe o ple s ay I n s t e a d o f feeli n g a sh amed an d

.

di s g ra ced a t t h e s l o w n e s s o f th e w o rk I t hi n k , ,

l at e r o n yo u will feel t h a n kful t h at I h a ve d o n e

,

t h e w o r k t o t h e be s t o f my a bili t y I h a ve d o ne
.

my be s t ; you su rely w o uld n o t h a ve m e do

o t he wi s e
’
r ?

To a frie n d he w ro t e : Wh at a rel ief it

‘

is n o w t h at b o t h [ th e D ic t i o n ary a nd t h e
G ra mm ar] a re d o n e ! Th e s t ra i n h as bee n
ve ry g re at b u t g ra ce a n d s t re ng t h h ave bee n
give n a n d t he r e h as bee n n o c o ll ap s e I feel
,
.

t h e r e ac t i o n a b it I a m ve r y we ary a nd w an t
.

a r e s t a n d c h a n ge ; I h a ve h a d no h o lid a y yet

si nc e j o i n i n g t h e M i s si o n eigh t ye ars ago a n d ,

I

I am qui t e l o oki n g fo rw ar d t o th e re t u rn o f
th e Pe ace fo r t he n we s tart o n a mi s si o n ary
’

c ru ise Th at will h a ve its resp o n sibili t ies ,

E v en dur ing h is fortnigh t in Hollan d we h ad daily read

pr oofs togeth er .
 Ch an ge of W ork G i v es R es t 1 89

an xie t ies an d d a nge rs b ut it will be a r elief

, ,
:

fro m t h e me n tal s tra i n which h as bee n s o

p rol o nged — t h e eve r t o ili n g an d t u rn i n g t hi n g s

o ve r , like a n e n dle s s ga me o f c he s s We are .

l o o ki n g fo rw ard t o vi s i t i n g all t h e imp o rt an t

t o w n s a n d pl ac e s whe r e we a re likely t o s e t t le ,

s o t h a t we m a y get t o k n o w t h e pe o ple be tt e r ,

an d t hey us
. I n t h e fi rs t j o u rn ey s o f M r .

G re n fell t his was imp o ssible . We m us t no w

s ee wh a t c a n be d o ne in t hi s wa y I am .

deeply an xi ou s t o get am o n g t he s e up rive r -

folk a m on g wh o m my lifew o rk will lie

, .
’

Th e n ex t le t t e r s h o w s h o w he a v o ided t h e
r e ac t i o n o f t h e fr eed o m fr o m t h e l on g s t ra i n o f

al l t hese ye ars : Aft e r fi n ishi n g my D i c t i o n ary

a n d G ra mm a r w o rk I fel t out o f s o r ts s o o n ,

J u n e 4 th I s tar t ed o n a c o u n t ry t o u r s o u th an d
e as t o f S t an ley P o ol le avi n g M arg o wi t h b a by
,

a n d t h e s t at i o n in c h a rge o f M r Biggs . Th e .

fi rs t t o w n vi s i t ed was Lemb a whe re reside s ,

M o k o k o o n e o f t h e m o s t imp o rt an t Chiefs o f
,

t h e n eighb o u rh oo d wh o did n o t p re s e n t a v e ry
,

imp o s i ng appe aran ce . For t h e l as t h alf h o u r -

I h ad bee n feeli n g ve ry u n well my eyes bu rn i n g

, ,

a nd a s ligh t he ad a c he w arn i ng me o f feve r

, .

I alm o s t he s i t a t e t o me n t i on t his a s yo u he a r
,

mu c h o f feve rs o n t h e C o n g o b ut o n ly
'

so ,

t h ree o r fo u r t imes can I r ec all a feve r whe n

1 90 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o r e

t ra velli ng ; I h ad all n e c e s sa ry medi c i n e s t o

h an d . I lay d o w n fo r a n h ou r in a h o u s e
le n t t o me b ut t h e pe o ple wa n t ed t o see me
, ,

a n d g r umbled a t my s e c lu s i on Al t h o ugh I fel t

.

ve r y u n well I go t up a n d w alked ro u n d t h e t o w n
,

wi t h t h e Chief s s o n an d s o me o t he r l ads I t is
’

, .

l arge fo r a n Afr i c an t o w n a n d is c o mp os ed o f,

a n umbe r o f c lu s t e rs o f h o u s e s s ep a ra t ed by a

few ya rds o f j u n gle Th e Chief s e n c l o su r e

’
.

c o n s i s t s o f t wel v e o r m o re h o u s e s ro u n d a ,

se c luded c ou rt . H e used t o h a ve fift ee n

wive s ; t h ree a re de a d b ut he is s e r i o u s ly,

t hi n ki ng o f b r i n gi n g up t h e e s ta bli s hme n t t o
t h e o r igi n a l n umbe r E ac h o f t h e wive s h as
.

h er o wn h ut . Th e t o w n is c o mp o s ed o f su c h
clu s t e rs ra n gi n g fro m fou r t o eigh t h o uses e a c h .

S o me we re gl a d t o s ee me b u t s o me co n ,

s erv a t iv e s o uls t h o ugh t t h e a dve n t o f whi t e

m en a n u n mi t iga t ed evil I was n o w in a

.

fai rly high feve r a n d gl ad t o get i n to th e h o use

,

a n d lie d o w n aga i n .

‘
Ve ry s o o n a ft e r I lay d o w n t h e Chief ca me
in t o see me b r i ngi n g a c al ab as h o f p alm wi n e
, ,

an d a l o t o f fr ie n d s a n d r e t a i n e rs They filled .

t h e h o use . I de c li n ed t o d ri n k b ut t hey h ad ,

c o me wi t h su c h g o o d i n t e n t t h a t I w o uld n o t
a s k t hem t o go They h o n o u red me in wh at
.

is c o n side red a m o s t p ro pe r s t yle Had I cle ared .

1 92 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

They l oo k e ach o t he r a s much as t o s ay

at , ,

H e d o es n ot like t o t ell us s o he s ays it is p alm

,

o il . P alm o il is yell o w ; t hi s is whi t e ; we k no w

it c an n o t be t h at Pe rh aps it is hum an fat !
.

Wh o k n o w s wh at t he s e t e rrible whi t e m en do !
‘
I n deed we a re believed by m an y fo lk t o be
,

c a n n ib a ls .

‘
N ex t day I walked ab ou t t h e t o wn b ut c o uld ,

n o t t alk t o t h e pe o ple n o r t hey u n de rs t a n d me .

I t ried s eve ral t imes t o m ake t hem u n de rs t an d

s o me t hi n g a b o u t o u r me ssa ge t h ro ugh o u r ih

t erpr et er b u t t h e u n i n t e re s t ed l o o k s h o wed h o w
,

li t t le was u n de rs t oo d .

‘
I n t h e a ft e r n o o n N ga N k ari a n d t wo o f his
wive s p a id me a vi s i t P o o r m an ! he h as a
.

diffi c ul t g a me t o pl ay g re a t Chief t h o ugh he be

, ,

wi t h all h is p a ras i t e s a n d s t ro n g fr ie n d s wi t h
,

wh o m it was n e c es sary t o keep o n g o o d t e rm s ;

g o o d as frie n d s h a d as e n emies I like him
,
. .

F ro m h is t o w n I r e t u rn ed h o me via K imp o k o ,

t h e s t at i on o f t h e Ame r i c a n E pis c o p al M issi o n .

Th e j o u rn ey h as bee n ve r y i n t e r es t i n g I t h as .

give n us v a l uable i n fo rm at i o n as t o p o pul at i o n s ,

l an gu age s t r ibe s ; a b o ve all frie n d s hip s h a ve

, ,

bee n m ade A g oo d k n o wledge o f t h e c o u n t ry

.

is gai n ed a n d we c an s ta rt m a ki n g our pl an s
,

fo r w o r ki n g it The re a re ple n t y o f t o w n s
wi t hi n e as y di s ta n c e o f Lemb a a n d o f A rt hi ng t o n
 L ett er t o H i s F at h er 1 93

s tat i o n wi t h as l arge a pO pula t io n as a t any o f

'

o u r s t a t i o n s a n d wi t hi n e a s y r e a c h
,
I t will be .

a fin e field fo r w o r k G re a t o pp o rt u n i t ie s fo r
.

i t i n e ra t i o n a n d wide a nd c o n s ta n t s o wi n g o f
,

t h e s eed . But fo r t his a pe rm a n e n t an d effi c ie n t

s t a ff will be n eeded .
’

To h is fa t he r he w ro t e o n pe rs o nal an d
d o me s t i c t o pi c s : I mu s t n o t forge t t h a t y o u r
‘

bi rt hda y is n e ar a t h an d I s h all n o t be able .

t o g ree t yo u o n t h a t day n o r t as t e t h e w o n d r o u s
,

c h err y pie b ut m ay yo u e nj oy it n eve rt hele s s

,
.

M an y h appy r e t u rns de a r fat he r o f t h e day

, , ,

a n d a s ye ar by ye a r o u g r o w r i pe r fo r he a ve n
y ,

m ay th e ye ars h e b r igh t e r a n d be t t e r t h a n an y
b efo re I f you feel t h a t th e limbs are a b it s t iffe r
.

a n d we ake r t h a n o n ce m ay t h e s t re n g t h an d
,

vig ou r o f t h e i n n e r m an m o re t h a n m a ke up fo r
t h e we ake n i n g o f t h e t a be rn acle Ta ke c are .

o f y o u rs elf an d we will l o o k
, forw a rd t o t h e
t ime whe n I c o me h o me ag a i n wi t h o u t a D ic t y

t o w o rr y me Thi s ye ar fi n d s yo u a g ra n dfat he r
.

wi t h a ve n ge an c e A t l as t yo u h ave a d augh t e r
.

in D o ra a n d if we h ave n o t imp ro ved o n t h a t

, ,

we h ave a t le as t d o n e well in p r e s e n t i ng you

wi t h a li t tle g ran d s on O ur li tt le H e n ry is
.

ge tt i ng o n fa m o u s ly M argo p ro n o u n c e s him
.

t o be a w o n de r ful b o n o t s o mu c h in a dip o s e
y ,

t issue b ut i n t elle c t u ally ; a n d I t hi n k she mu s t b e

,

1 4
1 94 To t h e F i eld O n c e M o re

r igh t H e is evide n tly o f a calcul at i ng t u rn fo r

.
,

he s pe n d s much o f h is t ime c o u nt i ng t h e ra ft e rs
o f t h e h o use .H e is ve ry he al t hy a b o n n y li tt le ,

m an wi t h a g o o d he a d H e s mile s n icely a n d
.

s o me t imes l augh s o u t righ t t h o ugh wh at s t r i k e s ,

him a s hum o ro u s I re ally d o n t k n o w H o weve r ’

.
,

we are g r e at fr ie n d s I t is o n e t hi n g t o r e c eive
.

a b a by i n t o t h e w o rld a n d qui t e a n o t he r t o k no w
,

wh at t o do wi t h him Whe n M argo c o me s

.

h o me fo r h er c h a n ge s h e will o f c o u rs e t a ke th e
,

l i t t le m a n wi t h h er b ut whe t he r she s h o uld b r i n g

,

him b a ck u n t il I c o me h o me I r e ally d o n t k no w ’
.

The r e is ple n t y o f t ime t o t hi n k a b o u t it s t ill ,

I like t o l oo k a he ad .
’

A n o t he r le t t e r ga ve fu rthe r de tails o f th e
w o rk
‘
We h ave m ade a n ew dep art u re in o ur s ch o o l
w o rk Befo re a n d s i n ce t h e Kw angu t rip I h a ve
.

vi s i t ed t h e t o w n eve ry Su n d ay a t le as t a n d l at ely ,

M i s s Spe ari n g h as a c c o mp an ied me wi t h all t h e

c hild r e n We pa ddle up I s t ee r a n d s o a m o s t
.
, ,

h o mely fa mily p art y we m a ke O ur o bj e c t a .

,

vi s i t t o t h e o ld Chief n o t t h e whi t e t rade rs I

,
.

a m begi n n i n g t o pi c k up my o l d K i t eke an d add ,

a l i t t le m o r e t o it K i t eke h o weve r is imme n s ely

.
, ,

diffi c ul t . I c o uld le arn t h ree s t raigh t fo rward

l an gu ages like C o n g o Kib an gi o r K ib o k o , , ,

befo re I c ould get a g rip o n K i t eke Dr . .

1 9 6 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

a rr ived wi th his g re at E mi n P ash a Relief E x

p edit io n s,o me seve n hu n d red m en H e h ad .

wi t h him foo d fo r t h ree d a y s o n ly a n d r em a i n ed ,

fo r a b o u t t en o r t welve d ays We h ave bee n

.

ve ry a n xi o us ab o u t it a n d m ade fo o d a m att e r
,

o f speci a l p ra ye r Th e E u ro pe an e s tablishme n t s
.

h ad fo r s o me t ime al re ady s c a r cely h ad e n o ugh

fo o d for t hei r pe o ple E ve ry o n e was in
.

di fficul t y ; we k n ew we s h ould expe r ie n ce t h e

s a me . O ur p ra ye rs we r e a n swe red ; we h ad
s uffi c ie n t fro m day t o da t h o ugh o t he rs we re
y ,

o n ve ry sh o rt ra t i on s
’
.

Th e fo ll o wi n g le tt e r t o a fr ie n d r efe rs t o t h e
foo d di fficul t y It als o illus t rat es M r B e nt ley s
. .
’

re a di n es s t o help o t he r s
‘
Th e F re n ch G o ve rn me n t h a ve much appre
c ia t ed o ur help t o Lep o r e a n d h a ve s h o w n t hei r
,

g rat i t ude by helpi n g us in fo od m att ers ; at

i n c o n ve n ie n c e t o t hem s elve s t hey h ave sh o w n ,

u s c o r di a li t y a n d p o li t e n ess We h ave w ri tt e n t o
.

t hem o ffe r i n g t o ta ke a n y m a ils up r ive r wi t h us -

.

We mus t do w h at we can t o get o n go o d t e rms

wi t h th e F r e n ch G o ve rn me n t for t h e s a ke o f o u r
w o rk o n t h e M o b a n gi I w a nt t o vi s i t t hei r p os t s
.

whe n I a m up rive r C ou rt e o us n e s s a n d a li tt le
-
.

ki n dly help in sm all m at t e rs a re a pp reci at ed by

o t he rs a n d c a use u s l i t t le o r n o t ro uble
, We are .

h avi n g much t ro uble in th e way o f foo d H ave .

 Th e E m i n Ex p ed i t i o n 1 97

no t killed a g o at fo r a l o n g t im e D r ied fis h a nd .

o c cas i o n a lly a s m all c hi c ke n i s t h e s t yle o f t hi n g

we h a ve t o be c o n t e n t wi t h We get o n ly j us t .

e n ough fo r e a c h d a y s n eed s ’
.

‘
We h a ve m a de th e ac qu a i n ta nce o f Tippu Tib .

H e is n eve r g o i n g t o do a ny t hi n g n augh t y a n y
m ore H e s ays he is ge t t i n g old a n d if a m a n
.
,

d o es n o t be c o me religi o u s a t for ty he n eve r will ,

a n d s o he is m a ki n g up for u n sa id p ra ye rs and ,

g o e s t o t e ac h pe ac e a n d me rcy t o o t he r s l a ve rs .

N ous ver r ons

‘
Whe n M r S t an ley arrived t h e. a ce h ap “
Pe
pe n ed t o be in d o ck a n d we h ad t o fin d foo d fo r
,

h er cr ew as well as o u r s t at i o n fo lk m or e t h a n
, ,

fift y pe o ple al t oge t he r M r S t an ley h ad as ked

“
.

t h e ass i s ta n c e o f th e Pe ac e fo r t h e t ra n s p o rt o f
s o me o f h is pe o ple We a n t i c ip at ed t h e diffi c ul t y
.
,

a n d ra t he r t h a n h ave s u c h a c ro wd o f hu n g ry

pe ople ab o u t us o r eve n p ar t o f t hem we u n de r

, ,

t o o k t o help H ad we n o t d o n e s o wi t h g oo d
.

g rac e he w o uld h ave ta ke n h er by force This

, .

is n o s u s pi c i o n we k n o w it H e we n t himself in
.

th e Pe a c e They h a ve bee n g o n e n o w a b o u t
.

fift y fiv e d ays an d we begi n t o l o o k a n xi o u s ly fo r

-
,

h er r e t u rn Su c h expedi t i o n s ar e a g re at n ui s a n c e
.

a t t h e t ime b u t it will o pe n up a n ew r egi o n

, ,

whi c h is th e fi rs t s t ep t o ward s th e le t t i ng in o f
th e ligh t a n d t h e e s ta bli s hme n t o f t h e K i n gd o m
,
1 98 To t h e F i el d O n c e M o r e

of Ch ris t so we mus t l oo k at th e b righ t as well

,

as t h e d ar k side .

‘
As t o t h e expedi t i on t h e hum an i tari an asp ec t
,

d o es n o t t ake m e much I believe it is m o re fo r

.

t h e r elief o f E mi n P as h a s iv o ry or p o ssibly t he re
’

1 8 s o me o t he r r e as o n a t t h e b a ck o f which we

k no w n o t hi n g fo r it is a bsu rd t o t hi n k t h at a m an
,

p o s s es s ed o f so m uc h iv o ry as he h as c an n o t get
a w ay if t h at we r e i n deed h is wi s h
’
.

I n a n o t he r le tt e r he w r i t es t o r elieve h is ,

p are nt s fro m an y a n xie t y o n o ur a c c ou n t

‘ “ ”
Whe n t h e Pe ac e ge t s b ac k a n d we s tart ,

o u r mi s s i o n a r y i t i n e rary ou r c o r r esp o n de n c e will

,

be i rregul ar ; we sh all o ft e n mi s s t h e m a il s ; do
n o t be a n xi o us alw a y s r emembe r t h a t
“ n o n ews
”
is g o od n ew s . We s h all n eve r let a n o pp o rt u n i t y
slip by D o no t be a n xi o us Tru s t us t o t h e
. .

g rac i o us keepi ng o f t h e g re at G o d Wh o s e we a re ,

an d Wh o h a s s o ki n dly c a red fo r us hi t he r t o
’
.

I n t h e s a me le t t e r he des c ribe s t h e pl ac e o f t h e
b a by in missi o nary w o r k : I h a ve a l a n ky b oy
‘

fro m t h e c an n ib al B a n gal a fo lk he r e fro m wh o m ,

I am a l r e ady t ryi n g t o get at t hei r l a ngu age .

H e is e n gage d a t t h e c os t o f 7 % d per m on t h . .

I b o l o is his n ame H e d o e s n o t s t e al much

w
.
,

a l t h o ugh he n he s t e al s li t t le t re as u red bi t s
o f me at fro m t h e o t he r b oy s while t hey a re ,

as leep he is a rar e h a n d a t t elli ng lies

,
How
200 To th e F i eld O n c e M o r e

helpe r in o ur w ork fo r our H e a ve nly F a t he r .

H o w I l o n g t o get t o my p ro pe r w o rk ! M arg o s ’

he al t h 1 5 sple n did ; no p a le c heek s a nd bl an c hed

lips as s o m an y fe ared H er b righ t a c t ive dis
.
,

p o s i t i o n d o es m o re for h er t h an qui n i n e I reck o n , .

B aby h as go t o n fa m o usly a n d is as l ively as

,

y o u like H e.is t h e fi r s t li ttle whi t e b aby b orn

in t he s e r egi o n s .

‘
I a m c o n t i n ui n g t hi s o n Su n d ay eve n i n g I .

h a ve j u s t t ra n s l at ed t h e 6 7 th P s alm a n d M arg o
,

h as bee n a dj u s t i n g it t o a p re tt y an d simple c h an t ,

o f whi c h M r S a ke r was ve ry fon d

. .We h a ve
t ried it o ve r wi t h t h e b o ys ; it g o e s capi t a lly I .

w an t t o do s o me m o re P s alm s du r i n g t hi s ih
defi n i t e t ime o f w a i t i n g befo re we go up r ive r -
.

I h a ve als o o ffe red t o t ra n s l at e t h e G os pel by

J o h n if t h e t wo C o mbe rs a n d M r Week s will
, .

m an a ge t h e o t he rs The n if p oss ible o n t h e

.
, ,

s t e a me r I will t ry an E pi s t le .

N lem v o is by t hi s t ime I h o pe r e t u rn i n g
, ,

t o me H e h as bee n p re ac hi n g a b o u t in t h e
.

t o w n s aro u n d h is n at ive pl ac e O n o n e o c c as i o n
.

ab o u t t wo hu n d r ed a n d fift y pe o ple we r e p r ese n t .

H e h as d o n e it all a l o n e he pl ays o n h is c o rn e t
a n d t he n t a lks t o t h em H e is j u s t t h e s ort o f
.

b o y t o be a c e n t r e a ro u n d whi c h t o b ri n g o t he r
la d s . The re will be e n o ugh n at ive w or ke rs in
C o n go H e sh o uld m ake a g oo d ev angeli s t a n d
.
,
 N lem v o at W or k 20 1

s oo n be like a sec o n d whi t e m an wi t h me A s a .

r ule ,
I s h all n o t t a ke a n d l o c a t e pe o ple far fro m
h o me b ut in h is c as e it is diffe re n t t h e ligh t c a n
,

s o o n be s p re a d aro u n d h is h o me fr o m S an S al

v a d or The n t oo he n eed s fu rt he r t ra i n i n g a n d
.
, ,

t e a chi n g a n d n o o n e will h ave t h e s a me c a r e

,

for an d i n fl ue n ce o ve r him t h a t I h a ve
,
I h o pe .
,

t he refo re t h at he will s ta y a n d w ork wi t h me

,

fo r a g oo d t ime u n t il he ca n t a ke c h arge o f a
,

s ub s t a t i o n in my di o c ese
-
H e is e ngaged t o be
.

m arried t o a ve ry n i c e gi rl wh o is n o w wi t h us .

She is t h e be s t gi rl o n t h e M issi on N lem v o .

is ve ry fo r t un a t e t o get h er The r e is g o o d .

evide n c e o f s pi ri t u a l l ife a nd g row t h in b o t h o f

t hem a n d t he re a re g r e a t p o s s ibili t ie s o f u s eful
,

n es s Aku is givi ng us h ope s al s o S he h as bee n

. .

mu c h m o re t h ough t ful o f l at e a n d t he re is ve ry ,

li tt le t o fin d fa ul t wi t h She is c e rt a i n ly t ryi ng t o
.

do wh at is r igh t These de s i res re c eived fu rt he r

.

quicke n i n g t h ree weeks ago whe n s h e was bi tt e n

by a s n ake .

‘
O u r h o use he re h as ga lv a n i s ed i ro n w all s ,

a n d a g ra s s ro o f Th ree g o o d s ized ro o m s h a ve
.
-

s e r ved t o m a ke us fa i rly c o mfo r t a ble a n d give me ,

a de c e n t quie t s t udy
, We migh t m a ke o u rselve s
.

ve ry c o mfo rtable he re ( at A r t hi ng t o n ) if t h at we re ,

t h e en d a n d aim o f o ur lives b u t I h ave alw ays ,

r egarded myself as a s t ra n ge r an d s oj o u rn e r he r e ,
20 2 To t h e F ie l d O n c e M o r e

an d t h at my du t y is up r ive r N o t becau s e the re

-
.

is n o t hi n g t o be d o n e he re b ut bec ause it is ad
,

vi s a bl e th at s o me o n e o f expe r ie n ce sh o uld pl an
a n d a rra n ge fo r t h e s t a t i o n s u r ive r a n d t he r e is
p
-
,

n o o n e a v a il a ble b ut myself The n agai n it is

.

c on side r ed imp o rt an t t h at o n e o f t h e se n i o r m en
t a ke a s t at io n well up r ive r -
Wi t h M r C o mbe r
. .

at W at he n M r G re n fell he re if I a m n e ar
, .
,

t h e E qu at o r we a re fa i r ly well dis t r ibu t ed an d ,

ca n e a c h be in a n imp o r t a n t s t ra t egi c p o si t i o n .

E ve ry t hi n g cle arl y p o i n t s my du t y t o go forward ,

a n d my fu t u r e h o me will m os t li k ely lie s o me

whe re be t wee n L ukolele a n d B a n gal a ( I b o k o ) ,

b ut t he re is a g re a t de al t o be d o n e before we can
se t t le d o w n M r G re n fell h as m a de a su rvey o f
. .

t h e field b ut s o wi de h a ve bee n his j o u rn eyi ngs

, ,

a n d such g re a t di s t a n c e s h a ve bee n c o ve r ed su c h ,

a c t ivi t ies a n d d r ive a n d hu rr y t o et o ve r t h e

, g
g ro u n d befo re supplie s a nd s t ores fa iled t h at ,

while o ur m ap s a re ve ry full we k n ow as yet ve ry

,

li t t le o f t h e pe o ple s .

N o w c o mes th e sec o n d s t age I p rop o se t o

“
.

”
m ake t h e Pe a ce a fl oa t i n g M i s s i o n s t at i o n ,

t o vi s i t all likely pl a ce s a n d imp o r t an t t o w n

ship s t o s t ay s o me d ay s a nd eve n weeks whe r e

,

de s i ra ble t o get t o k no w t h e pe o ple a nd be

, ,

k n o w n by t hem I s h all t hus be a ble t o

.

de t e rmi ne t h e bes t p os i t i o n s t o be o ccupied

 C h ap t er XII

Up th e R i v er

To love G od we m us t a ll H is cr ea tur es love

To love [r ils cr ea tur es we m us t fi r st love H i nz
, .
’

BA I L E Y .

T l a s t by Augu s t Pe ace h ad r e t u rn ed
th e
’

, ,

fro m t h e E mi n expedi t i o n a n d we we re ,

a ble t o s t ar t o n o ur l o n g i n t e n ded t r ip u r ive r

-
p
-

t o vi s i t t h e t o w n s a n d fin d ou t t h e be s t s t ra t egi c
,

p o i n t t o build t h e n ex t s tat i o n .

M r Whi t ley wh o h ad bee n a c t i ng as c a p ta i n

.
,

o f th e
‘
Pe ace i mmedi at ely s t ar t ed o n h is j o u rn ey
,
’

t o E ngl an d ; M r Ch art e rs was t o go wi t h us ;

.

M r B iggs wa s o n c e m o r e left in ch arge o f t h e

.

s t a t i o n As M r Pe rc y C o mbe r was n eedi n g a

. .

ch a n ge it was a rran ged t h at he sh o uld c o me

,

up t o s t a y wi t h M r B iggs du ri n g o ur a b s e n c e
. .

O n S a t u rd ay t h e 9 t h we h ad go t eve ry t hi n g
re a dy fo r t h e s t ar t H olm an h ad o n ly t o go
.

d o w n t o Kint am o o n s o me S tat e bu s i n e s s
p revi o us t o s t art i n g up r ive r I we n t wi t h -
.

him fo r t h e s ake o f t h e o u t i n g a n d we n t t o ,

a a visi t t o M r a n d M rs B illi n g t on o f t h e
p y . .
,

Ame rican B ap t is t M is s i o nary U n i o n Whils t .

 D eat h of Mr . C o m b er 205
l

t he re th em ails arr ived and t o o ur bewilde rme n t

,

a n d di s t r e s s we r e c eived t h e n ew s t h at G od
h ad t a ke n M r C o mbe r t o H im s elf . I t was .

a t e rr ible bl o w t o M r Be n tley I s h all n eve r

. .

fo rge t h o w u tt e rly p aralysed he was wi th g rief .

Th e fr ie n d s hip h ad bee n ve ry s t ro n g They .

we re s o ab so lu t ely u n i t ed in t hei r views a b o u t

M i ss i o n w or k a n d h o w it s h ould be carr ied o n ;
,

i n deed t hey we re fr ie n d s cl o s e r t h an b ro t he rs .

Th e sad n ew s ga ve him s o me speci al c o r re

s po n den ce s o t h a t we did n o t s t art u n t il t h e
,

Tue s day i n s t e ad o f o n M o n d ay as we h ad
expec t ed .

H o w much he app reci at ed his old frie n d an d

c olle ague will bes t a ppe ar fro m t h e fo ll owi n g
le t t e rs To M r Pe r cy C o mbe r o n t h e o c c asi o n
. .

o f h is b ro the r s de a t h he s ay s Wh at a b ro t he r
’

de ar To m h as bee n t o us Wh at a b ro t he r t o us
al l Y o u mu s t feel l o n ely wh at c an I s ay ? G od
al o n e c a n s u s t a i n yo u ; o n ly H is H a n d c a n dr
y
y o u r t e a rs For de ar To m wh at a ch ange
.
, ,

wh at jo y wh a t res t fro m t h e c o n s t an t c are !

,

We do n ot k n o w wh at t o do wi th o u t him ; we
c an b u t j o i n in h is j oy I f an y o ne h a s r e c eived
.

”
a well d o n e he h as H e h as e n t e red up on th e
.

j o y o f his L o r d T r
y t o t.hi n k o f h is g a i n ra t he r

t h a n y o u r l o s s if p o ssible
,
It is e as y t o pen t hi s
.

b ut as I w r i t e t h e t e ars fl ow fa s t a n d if I c an no t ,
26 6 U p th e R i v er

m ast e r my feeli ngs h o w ca n you ?

, We all
l o o ked up t o him H o w helple s s I feel n o w a s
.

t h e S e n i o r o f t hi s M issi o n ! H o w d a rk it s ee ms
a ft e r h is b r igh t ligh t h as g o n e o u t A m on t h .

will h a ve p as s ed befo re t hi s r e a c he s you Do .

as To m did whe n he l o s t t h e de a r wife wh o m

,

he h as n o w r ej o i n ed C o me a wa y fo r a while
. .

I am w r i t in g a le t t e r t o all t h e s tat i on s an d
beggi n g immedi a t e r eply t o a ll que rie s M e an .

while I mus t run up t o L o kolele an d as at

, ,

le as t six weeks mus t el ap s e befo re I c an get a

r e ply I pu r p o se s t ayi n g a w a y a b o u t seve n week s
, ,

n o t l o n ge r M e a n while t hi n gs will t a ke s h a pe
.
,

a b it . B e he r e t he n a s s oo n as yo u c an ;
, ,

B iggs will be al o n e u n t il you c o me Y o u h a ve .

g o n e o ve r t h e li n e qui t e rece n t ly an d will be ,

a ble t o a dvi s e Aft e r a t alk a n d pl a n n i n g as t o

.

d o w n r ive r you c an c o me a c rui s e wi t h me in

“
-
,

th e Pe a ce .B r i n g s o me w arm cl ot hes for ,

it is c o ld s o me t imes I sh all be a n xi ou s u n t il
.

"
I he ar fro m yo u aga i n as t o y o u r o wn he al t h .

To t h e b re t h re n a t W a t he n L uku nga S an , ,

S alvad o r a n d U n de rhill M r B e n t ley w ro t e

, , .
,

u n de r t h e s h ad o w o f t hi s be re aveme n t dis ,

cussi n g fut u re pl an s a n d c o n di t i on s
‘
Th e he a vie r r esp on s i b ili t ies t h at c o me up o n
us m a ke us m ore depe n de n t up o n our Divi n e
M as t e r a nd t h ey sh ould le ad t o a q uic ken i ng
,
208 U p th e R i v er

m us t be give n to th e study o f t h e l an gu age I f .

an y on e h a s o n ly o n e h o u r a da t o s p are an d
y ,

i t is a ques t i o n whi c h is t o h ave t h e t ime s t udy ,

o r s c h oo l
, s t udy s h o uld h a ve t h e p refe r e n ce fo r ,

u n t il a mi s si o n a ry k n o ws t h e l a n gu age he c an n ot
do mu c h . W o r k t h ro ugh a n i n t e rp re t e r is
ge n e rally u n s at i s fa c t o ry Thi s yo u will s ay is
.
, ,

s elf evide n t ; b ut it is j us t such s elf evide n t t hi n gs

- -

t h at n eed t o be emph asi s ed A t S a n S alv ad or it

.

m ay be p o s sible t o give m or e t ime a n d att e n t i on

t o s c h o o li n g b ut I feel t h at a n ywhe r e else n o t
,

mu c h c an be d o n e o n a l arge sc ale as yet N o .

o n e is j us t ified in spe n di n g t ime which o ugh t t o,

be dev o t ed t o h is o wn s t udy o f t h e l a ngu age ,

in t e ac hi ng h alf a d o ze n c hild r e n t o w r i t e We .

sh o uld o n n o a c c ou n t t e ach E n glish D o n ot

, , .

all o w an y E n gl ish t o be s p o ke n U n t il a
.

missi o n ar y is a ble t o S pe a k wi t h fai r e ase in t h e

n at ive l an gu age he is o f b u t li t t le use fo r di rec t
,

M i s s i o n w o rk H e will be a ble t o c o mmun ic at e

“
.

t o t h e li tt l e c o t e r ie a ro u n d him b ut he wil l
”
,

n o t be a ble t o t e a ch t h e pe o ple a t l arge Th e .

s tudy o f t h e ve rnacul ar mus t t he refor e ta ke t h e

p re c ede n c e o f w o r k whe n t h e m o s t p ressi ng
,

d aily du t ies h ave bee n at t e n ded t o .

’

I t will be ag reed t h at t hese sugges t i o n s we r e

di c t at ed by expe rie n ce a nd by a r egard fo r
t h e bes t i n t e res t s o f t h e w o rk .
210 U p th e R i v er

m ark s H appily th e b aby t oo k it ve ry ple asant ly

. .

H e l aughed a n d c ro wed a nd seemed t o enj o y

,

t h e exci t eme n t Aj eke t hey sh o u t ed he

‘ ’ ‘
.
, ,

is l aughi n g an d s o he was m o s t he art ily But ,

.

he n eeded a g oo d b at h whe n h e go t b ack t o

t h e s t e a me r .

Aft e r le a vi n g L ukolele whe re M r Ri c h ards

, .

a n d M r D ar by h ad m ade g o o d s t r ides t o w a rd s
.

se t tli ng a nd ge t t i ng h old o f t h e pe o ple we

, ,

n ex t s t o pped a t Ng o mbe whe re we we re n ot ,

s o fa v o u ra bly imp r essed t h o ugh t hey a r e s a id t o

,

be wishi n g fo r a whi t e m an t o se t t le wi t h t hem .

We we re m o re ple as ed wi t h th e Buxin de pe o ple

whe re we a n ch o red o n S at u rd ay eve n i n g as it ,

was t oo l at e t o go o n t o I reb o t h at n igh t .

H a lf a n h o u r s s t e a mi n g n ex t m o rn i ng b rough t
’

us t o I r eb o O n M o n d ay m o rn i n g we s t e amed
.

i n t o t h e l ak e H e re b a by h ad a feve r a n d
.
,

was e v ide n t ly ve ry s a dly m o a n i n g c on t i n u ally

,

s t ill he h ad t o be b ro ugh t out t o be see n by

t h e pe o ple .

A S we an ch o red at t h e fi rs t t o w n in t h e
l a ke we fou n d t h at th e pl ac e was on fire
, .

H eedle s s o f d o ub t s as t o h o w his i nt e rfe re n ce

migh t be regarded M r Be n t ley r u s hed t o help
,
.
,

c a lli n g t o s o me o f t h e s t e a me r c r ew t o go t o o .

Wi t h t hei r as s i s tan ce t h e fir e was put o ut I f .

t hi s h ad bee n a C on g o t o w n p ro b ably t h e fire

 L ak e M an tu m b a 21 1

w o uld h a ve bee n att rib ut ed t o wi t c h c ra ft o n o u r

p art But whe t he r t he s e fo lk we re t o o ple as ed
.

a t H o lm a n s a le rt n e s s in helpi n g t h em o r whe t he r
’

t hey t oo k m o r e n o t e o f n at u ra l c au s e s a n d we re

le s s s upe rs t i t i ou s o r whe t he r o n ce m ore it was

,

t h e a dve n t o f t h e whi t e b aby I a m u na ble t o ,

A t an ra t e t hey we re ple as ed and n o t

sa
y .
y ,

di s t re s s ed a n d th e Chief s old H o lm an a fin e
,

fly b r u s h j u s t like t h e o n e he was h oldi ng

,

himself .

I n o w c o n t i n ue M r Be n tley s o wn narrat ive

.
’

S t e a mi n g al o n g t h e s o u t he rn s h o re o f th e b ay
o f t h e l a ke we fo u n d a c r eek n i n e t y y a rd s wide
, ,

a n d fo ll o wed it fo r t h ree mile s O n r e t u rn i n g we

“
.

”
s t o pped a t a be ac h pl ac e whe re th e c an o e s o f
,

t h e t o w n a re kep t Th e pe ople t he r e we re ve ry
.

t imid b u t we we re a ble t o go i n t o t h e t o w n a ft e r
,

a l i tt le p a rley an d p res en t ly t h e Chief c a me t o s ee

,

us . H e was t e rr ibly ex c i t ed an d a fraid t o t o uch

us , a n d beh a ved m ore like a wild a n i m al j u s t
t ra pped ; n ot t h at he wi s hed t o h arm us b ut t h e ,

s m alle s t r em a r k t o his pe o ple wa s as S h o rt a n d

ex c i t ed as if h is h ouse wa s o n fire H e ga ve us .

a g o at a n d in o ffe r i n g it s p o ke in s u c h a m a n n e r
,

t h a t u n t il h is w o rd s we re i n t e rp r e t ed I t h o ugh t
, ,

t h at he was de c l a ri n g war t o t h e k n ife Thi s was .

o n e en d o f t h e t o w n s hip o f B o k o s o By an d by .

a bigge r Chief fro m fu r t he r in t h e t o w n a rr ived

21 2 U p th e R i v er

an o ld m a n wh o h ad l o s t
, eye H e s at d o w n
o ne .

ve r y n e ar us at i n vi tat i o n a n d eve n sh oo k h an d s
,

wi t h us ex a mi n i n g c u ri o u s ly th e h an d h e h ad ju s t
,

t ak en f
“
Y ou a re not m en pi ri t s
, yo u he are s ,

s aid We s ugge s t ed t h at we we r e ve ry w arm

.

a n d sub s t a n t i al o n es an d t h a t, we we r e in t h e
h abi t o f s leepi n g a nd e at i n g as o t he r m o rt als
i n deed we h ad j us t a ccep t ed a go at for o ur
di n ne r fro m o ur frie n d be s ide him ; did s pi r i t s
ea t a n d sleep ?

But yo u are spi ri t s n o t m en he i n sis t ed

, , .

‘
I p o i nt ed out my wife a n d b a by o n th e
s t e a me r .H ad spi r i t s wive s an d b a bies ? Th e
pe o ple l aughed at t h e ide a b ut t he n t hi n ki n g ,

pe rh ap s Why S h o uld no t S pi r i t s h ave wive s a n d

“
,

b abies he c o n t i nued N o you are S pi r i t s you

?
, , ,

a re n o t g o o d why do yo u alw ay s b r i n g t ro uble ?

O ur pe o ple die our farms do n o t pro du c e as
,

t hey sh ould ou r g oa t s a n d fo wls die S ick n ess

, ,

a n d t ro uble c o mes a n d yo u a r e t h e c au s e
, Why .

do yo u o t d his ? Why d o y o u n o t l et u s a l o n e ?

We t old t hem t h at t he s e m at t e rs we re in t h e
h an ds o f I ya nja ( G o d) a n d h ad n o t hi n g t o do,

wi t h us o r a n y S pi ri t s I t was t hi s ve ry bu s i n e s s
,
.

t h at h ad b ro ugh t u s t o t hei r c o u n t r y t o t e ac h ,

t hem a b o u t I yanja The n we we n t o n t alki n g

o f de at h an d G o d s pu rp o ses t elli n g t h em t h at
’

.
, .
2 1 4 U p th e R i v er

th e w at e r . A t t h e s o u t h e as t e rn c o rn e r we
-

fo u n d a l arge t o w n N gili Wum b a whe re we

,
-
,

we n t as h ore fo r s o me t ime R o u n d t h e n ex t .

t wo p o i n t s a n d i n a s m alle r b a we s t o pped
,
y ,

fo r a while at ano t he r en d o f t h e s ame l o n g

t o w n ship . Th e pe o ple he r e we r e ve ry diffe re n t
fro m t h e I reb o folk b ot h in he a d d re s s a n d
,
-

in l a n gu age Thei r t ype o f fac e resembled th e

.

W a bum a o f t h e Kwa a nd M fin i Rive rs a t th e

s o u t h o f L a ke Le o p o ld Th e cl ot h t hey w o r e
.

was o f t h e ki n d m ade in t h e K ass a i regi o n ; it

is a d am as k velve t m ade o f t h e fib r e o f t h e
fro n dlet s o f a p a lm s t r ips o f t h e r ibs o f t h e
, ,

fron dlet s bei n g w o ve n i n t o t h e t ex t u r e an d t he n

c ut o u t t o fo r m a pile which is t he r efo r e fo r med
,

in t h e s ame way a s E u ro pe an velve t t h o ugh it ,

is n ot n e arly s o t hi c k n or s o s ilky Th e c l o t h .

is a s t o u t t ex t u re a n d whe n r edde n ed wi t h
,

p o wde red c am w o od a n d edged wi t h a s h o r t

-
, ,

t hi c k fr i nge o f p alm fib r e h as a r ich a ppe ara n ce

, ,

a n d mus t be ve r y du ra ble .

A t th e n ex t t o w n we s t o pped a t t h e pe o ple
‘

ca me o ut t o me et us wi t h t hei r b o w s a n d p o i s o n ed

a rr o ws . Befo re l on g t hey we re a c t u ally ex

c h a n gi n g al l t hei r we ap o n s o f defe n ce for c l o t h
and be ad s ! Befo r e le avi ng N gili Wum b a a -

n at ive h ad v o lu n t ee r ed t o c o me wi t h us t o in

t roduc e u s a t Tc h a k o
. We ent e red a deep b ay
. ,
 S eek i n g an O u t let 2 1 5

a n d as we we re t he n a t t h e s o u t he rn en d o f th e
l a ke we expe c t ed t h at if a n y w a t e rw ay exi s t ed
, , ,

we s h o uld s o o n fin d it A t t h e end o f t h e b ay
.

we fo u n d a c reek fift y y ards wide t h e s oun di n gs

ga ve t h ree fat h oms a nd t h e c u rre n t was fl o wi n g
,

i n t o th e c reek P a ssi n g an O pe n i n g fro m th e

.

s o u t h we c a me t o a n o t he r c r eek r u nn i n g n or t h
,

and s ou th . As it was n e arly su n se t we t u rn ed ,

n o r t hw a r ds a n d c a me o ut a g a i n i n t o t h e l a ke
, ,

a n d a n c h o r ed fo r t h e n igh t N ex t m o rn i ng
.
,

h o pi ng t o di s c o ve r t h e c o mmu n i c at i o n be t wee n
L a ke N t umb a an d L ake Le o p old we r e t rac ed ,

t h e l as t p art o f t h e j o u r n ey an d fo ll o wed t h e
,

s o u t he rn c reek Th e sh o r e s o f t h e c reek we re
.

t hickly w o o ded wi t h g oo d u s eful t imbe r b ut ve r y ,

lo w n o t m o r e t h an six i n c hes t o a foo t ab o ve th e

,

w a t e r while t h e w at e r m ark o n t h e t ree s ( c are

,
-

fully me asu red ) s h o wed a r i s e o f eleve n fee t .

Th e c reek be came narrowe r a nd n arro we r a nd ,

it l oo ked as if we h ad c o me t o t h e end ; b ut in
h a lf a mi n u t e it t u rn ed sh arply a n d we r e ac hed
,

a b ro a d c reek which p ro ved t o be t h e o pe n i n g

,

s ee n t h e p revi o us n igh t Turn i n g s ou t hw ar d s

.

we foll o wed it u n t il we we r e n e arly s ix mile s

fro m th e l ake Th e s o u n di n gs ga ve t h ree o r
fo u r fa t h o m s o f w a t e r b ut th e c reek h ad n ar
ro wed t o t we n t y y ard s wide wi t h ple n t y o f
,

s nags s o a l t h o ugh t h e w a t e r sl owly ru n n i n g up

21 6 U p th e R i v er

as s u red us t h a t t h e c reek ex t e n ded mu c h fu rt he r ,

we fel t t h at it was t o o r i s ky t o go fu r t he r o n o u r
p re c i o u s s t e a me r o n ac c o u n t o f t he s e s n ags We .

r e t u r n ed t o t h e l a ke by t h e b ro a de r c r eek We .

p as s ed s eve ra l fi s hi n g ca mp s .

The re c an be li tt le d o ub t b u t t h a t t h e c o u n t ry
he re is t o a ve ry l a rge ex t e n t i n u n d at ed in t h e
ra i n y s e as o n ,pe rh ap s by t en fee t o f w at e r r igh t
a w a y t o L a ke Le o p o ld and u t o t h e B o s i ra
, p
Rive r . I t is p o s s ible t h at t he r e are low in
h abi t ed hill s a n d r idge s ; s uch is t h e na tu r e o f
t h e c o u n t r y n e a r t h e U r uk i B o s i ra -
.

A li t t le fu r t he r a l o n g t h e sh o r e o f t h e b ay we
ca me t o t h e t o w n ship o f I k o k o We l a n ded o n
.

t h e Chief s be ac h a mid a de n se cr o wd o f m o s t
’

a g r ee a bl e pe o ple Th e o ld Chief N t ula was

.

a fra id t o c o me u n t il I se n t a mes sage t o him

t o fe ar n o t hi n g ,
“al l h is c hild re n we re o u t h e -

”
be ac h s u re ly he w o uld c o me t o o
, H e did s o .
,

a n d wi s hed me t o go b a ck t o h is h o use s o wi t h ,

my wife I we n t C on ve rs at i o n was carr i ed o n

.

t hus — I s p o ke t o E b o kea a n o ld s c h oo lb o y o f
,

M r Ful le r s in t h e C a me roo n s H e h ad bee n

’

“
. .

s o l on g o n th e Pe ac e t h at he k n ew e n o ugh
K ib an gi t o s pe a k t o M o ngo ngo a m a n wh o h ad
’

c o me wi t h us fro m I r eb o a n d wh o c o uld m ake

,

himself u n de rs t oo d by t h e Ba x iengi as t h e ,

N t u m b a pe o ple c all t hemselve s .

’
 21 8 U p th e R i v er

s et up in t h e i n s ig n i a o f n at ive ro yal t y —h a t ,

k n ife a n d fly b r us h I t was n e ar s uns e t whe n we

, .

left s o we o n ly s t e amed ro u n d t h e p ro m o n t o ry
, ,

an d a n ch o r ed in t h e n ex t b ay behi n d N tula s
’

tow n . N ex t m o rn i n g we fou n d a li t t le fu rt he r
o n a n o t he r c r eek le a di n g fro m t h e E S E Th e . . .

Chief o f o ne o f t h e n eighb o u r i n g t ow n s was wi t h

us fo r a while a n d s a id t h a t t h e c l o t h desc ribed
,

a b o ve was b ough t up t h e c reek fro m t h e

Ba n kun du ; t h e c reek ex t e n ded fo r a l o n g
dis t a n c e .

Th a t was o n S a t u rd ay Th a t a ft e r n oo n M r
. .

B e n t ley was o n t h e s h ore l o o ki n g a ft e r t h e

w o o d s upply an d o t he r m at t e rs H e was fa r .

fro m well I n ow c o n t i nue h is n arra t ive

.

‘
O n t h e Su n d ay h avi ng a n c h or ed o ff Luke n g o
, ,

we we nt a sh ore o n e o f t h e u s u al b road l o n g
, ,

s t ree t t o w n s ex t e n di n g ve r y far I w alked fo r .

o ve r a mile i n o n e di r ec t i o n b ut r e t u r n ed n o t
,

feeli n g ve ry well We un de rs too d fro m M r

. .

S tan ley s m ap t h at a n o t he r t o w n Bikulu wa s

’

, ,

n e a r by a n d s tar t ed t o fin d it in t h e a ft e rn o on
, .

N o t bei n g a ble t o do s o we a n c h o r ed beside a n

,

i s l an d N ex t da y we p assed s o me m o r e ro cky
.

p o i n t s Th e n ex t we h ad t o run in t h e lee o f a n
.

i s l an d fo r t h e w a t e r was s o rough a n d o ur a w n i n g ,

s t a n c hi o n s o we a k t h at i t wa s n e a rly j e r ked o ve r
,

b oa rd by t h e ro lli n g o f t h e s t e ame r I n t h e .
 R et u r n t o t h e M a i n R i v er 2 1 9

f e rn o o n I was t oo u n well t o t a ke mu c h i n t e r e s t
a t

in t hi n g s s o we r a n p as t s e v e ra l t o w n s o n t h e
,

n o r t h e as t
-
of th e l a ke an d s lep t o ff Ngulu
, ,

r e ac hi n g I r eb o t h e n ex t a ft e r n o o n .

Th e pe o ple o n t h e l a ke a r e like t h e Bam b un as

in m a n y r e s pe c t s t hey we r e v e r y ag ree a ble We .

we re a ble t o go a s h o re a n d fo u n d a g oo d ,

p o pula t i o n The r e is wi t h li t tle d o ub t w a t e r

.
, ,

c o mm un i ca t i o n wi t h L a ke Le o p o ld We as c e n ded .

t wo c r eek s o n e fo r 8 5 t h e o t he r fo r 6 % mile s
, .

Bu t t h e c r eek s a re n o t fit fo r s t e a me r w o rk ,

t h o ugh a b oa t o r c an o e w o uld do well Whe re .

we t u rn ed b ac k in e ac h t he re we r e t h ree fa t h o m s
o f w at e r , a n d m ar k s o f a r i s e o f eleve n fee t o f

high wat e r c ar efully me as u red They run t h ro ugh .

fo re s t s an d a re full of s n ag s a n d we h ad t o be ,

ve ry c areful We did all b ut t h e m o s t n o rt he rly

.

c o rn e r ; t h at was p ass ed be c au s e I was ill .

‘
O n r e t u rn i n g t o I r eb o o n Augu s t 2 4 t h aft e r ,

o ur t o u r o f t h e l a ke we fo u n d t h e pe o ple t he r e
,

a t wa r wi t h e a ch o t he r We l e arn t t h a t t h e
.

p revi o u s day a b o y fro m I pa ka s t o w n h a d bee n ’

be a t i n g t h e d rum o f o n e o f t h e s eve ral t o w n s t h at

m ade up t h e t o w n o f I reb o whe n s o me o n e s ug ,

ge s t ed t h at t hi s mu s t be a c h alle n ge fr o m Ipaka s ’

pe o ple A c c o rdi ngly t h e y o u n g ro wdie s h as t ily

.

ass umed t hei r wa r p a i n t a n d t hei r s pe a rs whi c h

-
, ,

a re s eld o m o u t o f t hei r h a n ds Th e b oy wh o h ad
.
2 20 U p th e R i v er

drummed was be at e n o ut o f t h e to w n a nd a n ot he r ,

o f I a ka s pe o ple wh o h a ppe n ed t o be t he r e wa s
’

p
s h o t de a d .M e a n whil e t h e ro wdie s h ad g o n e t o
,

t h e j u n gle behi n d t h e t o w n u t t e r i n g defi an t c r ie s .

Figh t i n g is n ot c arr ied o n in t h e t o w n b u t t h e ,

.

p ro pe r t hi n g t o do is t o go ou t behi n d in t h e
I pa ka s pe o ple he ar in g t h e n o ise a n d
’
o pe n .
,

defi an t s h o u t s als o we n t ou t t o t h e j un gle ;

,

exec rat i o n s we re ex c h an ged a n d wa r c o mme n c ed , .

By a n d by t h e n ews r e ac hed t h e c o mb at ant s

t h a t bl o o d h ad bee n s pil t — a s l a ve o f I paka s
’

h ad bee n killed Su c h an o ccu rr e n ce m ade

.

eve ryb ody deeply a n xi o us les t he s h o uld be t h e

n ex t vic t im t h e resul t bei ng t h a t n o o n e fu rt he r

wa s hu rt t h a t day i n deed t h e figh t i n g was at ,

a n e a r ly h o u r a dj o u rn ed u n t il t h e da y a ft e r n ex t .

‘
Whe n we arr ived I pa ka s warr i ors we re ,
’

deligh t ed t o see us for t hey a ssumed t h a t o f

,

c o u rs e we w o uld help t hem o n t h e m o rro w a n d ,

p ro mi s ed t o give us a c o uple o f g oat s Thi s .

we de c li n ed t o d o a n d we r e t au n t ed wi t h bei n g
, ,

frigh t e n ed like chi c ke n s a n d s o fo rt h We s t ill

, .

r efu s ed a n d expl a i n ed o ur missi o n a n d s a id t h a t

, ,

t h e s t upid qu arrel s h o uld n o t be c o n t i n ued ; b ut .

t hey w o uld n o t lis t e n t o us .

Th e w o me n w a iled o ve r t h e c orps e an d t h e ,

m en sw o re ve n ge an ce We s at u n de r t h e t rees
.

o pp o s i t e I pa ka s h o use a nd sa w th e war pa ra de
’
.
222 U p th e R i v er

w a t e r M ys t e ri o u s bu n dle s lay o n t h e g ro u nd
. .

O ur i n t r u s i o n m ade him feel a wkw a rd Aft e r a .

li t t le m o r e rat t li n g mu tt e ri n g an d gazi ng at t h e
, ,

w at e r he t o ld us all was o ve r a n d we re t u rn ed t o
, ,

t h e t o w n t o ge t he r I p a k a p ro fe ss ed n o t t o w o rr y
.

mu c h o ve r t h e war m at t e r b ut did n o t t ro uble t o

,

s t o p it A m an h ad bee n killed a n d his pe o ple

.
,

w a n t ed t o figh t They m igh t if t hey liked he

.
,

h ad n o t hi n g t o do wi t h figh t i n g he was a g re a t ,

m an a n d a Chief— s u c h n o ta ble pe o ple n eve r go t o

war t hem s elve s t hey p refe r t o pay o the rs t o get
,

killed ! H o weve r whe n we left we fo u n d him

, ,

h ara n gui n g t wo Chiefs o f n eighb o u ri n g t o w n s ,

wh o we r e r el at ives o f h is b argai n i n g fo r t h e ,

p r ice o f t hei r assis ta n c e .

‘
H e w o uld like us t o go and build t he r e .

H e h as bee n t o ld o f th e de at h o f o ur b ro t he r
( T . C o mbe r
) a n d t h e p o ss ibili t y t h at we sh all
,

h a ve t o go els ewhe re b ut i nsis t s t h at we sh all

,

o t o him We h a ve p ro mised him t h a t o n my

g .

r e t u rn d o w n — r ive r I will t alk t h e m att e r o ve r .

H e w an t s u s t o d o c t o r h im whe n s i c k an d t o live ,

wi t h him Thi s is j u s t wh at we w an t him t o s ay

. .

The re is n o e ar n e s t de s i re fo r t h e g o spel b ut his ,

fo lk c o me t o L uko lele t o sell foo d t o our b r e th re n

Ri c h ard s a n d D a rby an d he w o uld like s o me
,

quie t ple a s i n g whi t e m en t o go an d live wi t h

,

him als o .
’
 L ab o u r D i ffi c u lt i es 2 23

Two d ays l at e r we we re at t h e Equ ato r s tat i o n

o f t h e Ame r i ca n B ap t is t M is s i o n We we n t up
.

t h e Lul an ga Rive r as ce n di n g it t h e le n g t h o f
,

o n e d ay s s t e a mi ng t o s ee t h e big t o w n s as
’

far as M o l o n g o we we r e well r e c eived eve ry

whe re . We c ould n ot be far o ff t h e P igmy
c o u n t ry for we saw seve ral adul t pe o ple o f
,

s m all s t at u r e , b ut as we c o uld n ot a fford t ime

t o t ra vel a b o u t simply t o s at isfy o ur cu r i o si t y ,

we re t u rn ed aft e r t h e o ne day an d m ade o ur ,

way up t o w ards B angal a whe re we arrived o n

,

Sep t embe r 2 nd .

‘
We h a ve bee n much c o n ce rn ed t o o b ta i n w ork
pe ople fo r t h e M issi o n Fi rs t we h ad K ro o b oy s
.
,

t he n L oa ngo s we r e i n du c ed by us t o le ave t hei r

c ou n t ry fo r t h e fi rs t t ime O t he r pe o ple o n t h e
.

r ive r p ro fi t ed by t his t o e ngage L oango s a l s o ,

a n d t he s e bec a me t o a g r e a t e x t e n t t h e w o rk

pe ople o f t h e L owe r Rive r Whe n t h e F r e n ch

.

G o ve rn me n t a n n exed L oan go o n e o f t hei r fi rs t

,

a c t s was t o s t o p t h e exi t o f L o a n os wh o we re
g ,

a idi n g in t h e devel opme n t o f t h e F r ee S t at e

i n s t e ad o f t h e F r e n c h t e rr i t ory Acc o rdi ngly

.

t hey i s s ued a law p ro hibi t i n g t h e e ngage m e n t

o f L o a n gos fo r fo r eig n empl o yme n t To t his.

t hey a dhe r ed s o c l os el y t h a t whe n M C arri e .

,

t h e n ew F r e n ch bi s h o p vi s i t ed t h e U ppe r Rive r
,

r e c e n t ly
, t hey w o uld no t a ll o w him t o h a ve
2 24 U p th e R i v er

L oang o c arr ie rs a s he p refe rred t o t ra vel by

,

t h e C o ngo S t at e r o u t e .

‘
Th e S t at e h ave bee n empl o yi n g a l arge
n umbe r o f m en fr o m t h e n ei ghb o u r h o o d o f I b o k o .

Th e S t at e o ffi c e rs as s i s t ed u s in o ur que s t a n d ,

we h ave e n g aged t wo gan gs on e o f s ix t ee n a n d ,

t h e o t he r o f t we n t y fou r m en as s t e ame r cr ew s
-
, ,

o n t h e c o n di t i o n t h at t hey a re n o t t o be empl oyed

fo r t ran sp o rt w o rk We we n t up t o Luse ngo

.
,

t we n t y mile s a b o ve B an g al a Th e re adi n e s s o f
.

m en t o e n g age fo r se rvice is a m o s t h o peful

p ro s pec t for t h e fu t u re o f t h e Uppe r River A t
”

p rese n t in t h e well p o pul at ed di s t ric t s a b o u t he re

-

t he re is n o t hi n g fo r m en t o do b ut qu arr el a n d

figh t ; n o i n duceme n t t o t rade t h ough eve ry o n e ,

w ant s t o be r ich N o w a ft e r t wo ye ars t h e m en

.
, ,

m ay earn e n o ugh t o be a ble t o afford s eve ra l

s l ave s ; t h o s e wh o h a ve r e t u rn ed are al re ady
c h a ffin o t he r fo lk s an d c all t h o s e wh o h a ve n o t
g
“
,

”
see n t h e whi t e m en bushme n A t firs t t h e .

S t at e c o uld o n ly ve n t ur e t o m a ke t h e experi
me n t wi t h a few o f t hese wild c an n ib al fo lk b ut ,

it is t ime fo r us t o begi n n o w a n d we h o pe t h at , ,

divided up be t wee n t h e s tat i o n s a n d kep t well i n ,

h an d t hey will t u rn o ut g o o d w orkme n They

,
.

a re m en o f s ple n did phy s ique an d t hei r t e rm o f ,

s e r vice will give u s t i me t o i n flue n ce t hem .

A t B a n g al a a m on g s t o t he rs we m ade fr i en ds
, ,
 Di s t r es s i n g N ew s 2 25

wi t h o ne smili ng a mi a ble mild l ooki ng Chief

, ,
-

wh o h ad e at e n seve n o f h is wives a n d h ad s o me ,

wh at beggared him s elf in c on s eque n ce Th e l as t .

c an n ib al fe as t t hey h ad h ad in h is t ow n was les s

t h a n five m o n t hs ago .They are fin e well m a de ,
-

fell o ws n o t wilde r m at e ri al t h an t h e K roo b oy s

, ,

b ut far c he ape r t h an a ny o t he r l a b o u r empl oyed ,

t hei r w ages bei n g a b ou t 25 2 a ye ar B e s t o f all .

,

t hi s b r i n g s us in t o u c h wi t h pe o ple n e arly eigh t

hu n d red miles fro m t h e co as t Amid mu c h .

s h ou t i ng a nd c hee r i n g we s t art ed d o w n o n
Thu rs d ay aft e rn oo n .

‘
Th e n ex t day we m et t h e S tat e s t e ame r
c o mi n g up fro m th e P o ol be ari ng t h e sad n ews
,

t h at ou r b rot he r Whi t ley was de ad Th ree d ays .

”
l at e r we m et t h e H e n ry Reed a n d o ur b re t h re n ,

o f th e Ame r i ca n B a p t i s t M i s s i o n t o ld us t h a t J o h n

Biggs h ad al s o b ee n called a w ay t o t h e highe r

x

s e r vice. C ru s hi ng bewilde ri n g bl ow up o n bl o w !
, ,

Ho w c an t hi s a be ll f o r t h e bes t ?

P a s si ng I reb o l at e r o n o n o ur re t u rn we agai n
, ,

s topped an d I p ak a as ked u s aga i n a b out o u r

,

buildi ng t he re H e s a id h is mi n d was s t ill t h e

.

s ame Th e s i t e was the r e fo r us we c o uld build ,

as s oo n as we liked . Whe n w o uld we c o me ? I

t old him o f th e s ad n ew s j us t received b ut ,

p ro mi s ed t o s e n d w o rd h o me .

‘
Th e Chief M ay o ng o was ve ry frie ndly and ,

I 6
2 26 U p th e R i v er

wi s hed me to t ake his so n a lad o f ab o ut fourt ee n

,

ye ars wi t h me t o see t h e c ou n t ry and go d o w n

,

t o t h e P o ol . D o ub t less he t h ough t t h at t h e
k no wledge o f t h e c o u n t ry t hus gai n ed w o uld se r ve
him whe n he g rew up an d we n t t radi ng S o .

M asheke is wi t h me I am s t udyi ng th e l an gu age

.

o f t h e I reb o dis t r ic t wi t h him I wish I k n ew

.

whe r e I was go i n g t o se t t le t he n I c o uld c o m

,

me n ce my n ew l a n gu age at o n ce b ut whil e t h ere

is u n ce rta i n t y a n d del a y I mus t w o rk at s o me
t hi n g
, t he r efo re K ib a n gi a n d t h e l a ngu ag e o f

I b o k o ( B a n g al a) p ro g ress side by side I h av e .

al r e a dy ex t rac t ed t h e c o n c o r d o f t h e n o u n s an d ,

h a ve t wo hu n d red w ord s o r s o o f e ac h .

‘
Th e n ex t day we re ached L u kolele agai n .

We we r e t o h a ve left s om e o f t h e B angal as he re
as w o r kme n b ut t hey h a d c arr ied t hei r pi ra cy t o
,

such le n g th s h a vi n g mu rde red nat ive t rade rs fro m

,

d o w n rive r t o w n s t h at t hey h a ve p al ave rs eve ry

-
,

whe r e a n d we r e a fra id t o s t o p t he re I t was a

,
.

g re a t di s app o i n t me n t t o us b ut t he re was no help

,

fo r it s o le a vi n g eve r y av a il able L oan go wi t h

,

o ur b re t h r e n Rich ard s an d D ar by we t o o k th e
,

B a ng al as o n wi t h us t o t h e P o o l As u s u al we
.

fo u n d t h e w a t e r ve ry ro ugh be t wee n th e m o u t h o f
t h e Kwa an d S t an ley P oo l I t is n o u n c o mm o n
.

t hi n g fo r t ra velle r s t o be se asi c k for t h e l a s t

hu nd red miles Ge t ti ng d o w n as far as B o l o b o

.
,
228 U p th e R i v er

in al
lt his a D ivi n e rec og n i t i o n o f our w o rk Th e ?

t ryi n g o f g o ld in t h e fu rna ce as o nly g o ld w o uld

be t ried ? Th e pu rgi n g o f a frui t ful vi n e t h at

it m ay b ri ng fo r t h m o r e frui t ? I do n ot k n o w
h o w fa r t hese w ords will c o n vey my ide a a n d t h e ,

t h o ugh t whi c h is s t re ng t he n i n g me .

‘
Ce rtai n ly t h e r ive r is far m o re r e ady t h an I
expect ed t o find Thi n gs a re i ndeed full o f h ope
. .

I f s o me fr ie n ds a t h o me we re t o m a k e a t rip a nd
a n d see fo r t hemselves t hey w o uld spe a k m o r e
,

s angui n ely eve n t h an I do fo r I k n o w t h e pe o ple

,

a n d t hei r w ay s , a n d c an a pp r eci at e t h e v a r i o us

di fficul t ies be t t e r t h an o ne of les s expe r ie nc e .

Th e t ime is r ipe for o ur es tablishi n g a s tat i o n

at a n y p o i n t be t wee n th e P o o l a n d B an gal a .

O ur U n de r hill s t o r es are n e arly empt ied Th e .

t ool s a n d m at e ri als for t wo n ew s tat i o n s s h o uld

al l r e ac h S t an ley P o o l ve ry s oo n We h ave
.

r eceived s e r i o us a n d ki n dly i n vi t a t i on s in t wo
s ple n did dis t r i c t s — o n e i n deed u n equ a lled o n al
, , l
t h e ri v e r
. I ca n spe a k fro m pe rs o n al o bse rv at io n
o f t h e wide field t he r e is for i t i n e rat i o n a m o n g

pe o ple wh o are r ea dy to wel c o me t h os e wh o can

expl a i n t o t hem s o me o f t h e mys t e r i es o f life ,

s uffe r i n g
, an d de ath an d wh o w o uld lis t e n
,

a t t e n t ively t o t h e s t o r y o f t h e C ro s s .

‘
A l t h ou gh we ca nn o t s pe a k o f p o pul at i o n s su c h
a s in I ndi a a nd Chi na we find re ally p opul o u s
,
 M ys ter i es of Pr o vi den c e 2 29

di s t ric t s t o w n s o f five h o u rs in le n g t h
, At .

B ol ob o t he re a re t we n t y fiv e mile s o f t o w n o n
-

t h e b a n k s an d ple n t y o f pe o ple i n l an d
,
I f t hi s .

p o pula t i o n is m ai n t ai n ed while t h e de at h ra t e is -

kep t up by c ruel c u s to ms a n d ig no ra n c e whe n ,

t his s tat e o f t hi n gs is ch an ged h o w ra pidly will ,

t h e p o pul at i on i n c re ase I c an n o t w r i t e a
st ro n g appeal such as is li k ely t o m o ve t h e
h eart s of t h e pe o ple at h o me I ca n o n ly t ell .

wh at I see a n d le a ve fac t s t o c arry t hei r own

,

weigh t .
’

Refe rr i n g t o t h e de a t hs o f th e b re t h r e n Whi t ley

an d Bigg s he w r i t es t o his c o lle ague s : Ho w
t e rr ible all t hi s is ! Wh at a g r ief t o Whi t ley s ’

p are n t s and frie n ds j us t as t hey expe c t ed t o g ree t

,

him To us i n deed t hi s is s peci ally se r i o us a nd

.

t ryi n g. Whi t ley h ad bee n my fr ie n d for m ore

t ha n fift ee n ye ars while B iggs by h is s t e r l i n g
, ,

qu ali t ie s h as wo n t h e he art s o f all wh o h a ve bee n

,

a ss oc i at ed wi t h him P oo r Whi t ley s ta r t ed h o me

.

a s s oo n as he wa s libe ra t ed fro m t h e E mi n B ey

expedi t i o n an d n o bl ame as t o u n n ece ss a ry del a y

,

ca n fa ll up o n u s B iggs was a li tt le o ut o f t o n e
.

whe n we left b ut was l o o ki ng fo rward wi t h

,

ple asu re t o t h e quie t t ime whe n bei n g al o n e o n

, ,

t h e s t at i o n wi t h ve ry few w o r k fo lk t o b o t he r h im
-
,

h e c o uld put allh is e n e rgy i n t o t he li n go Pe rc y

'
.

C o mber was t o be up iii a few days for a ch ang e;

2 30 U p th e R i v er

an d D r Sims p ro mised
. s tay a wee k wi t h him
to .

As it h appe n ed M r M u rphy o f t h e
, .

s t ayed t h ree weeks s o t h at he was n o t al o n e a ft e r

,

al l O ur b re t h re n o f t h e Ame ric an M is s i o n did

.

t hei r bes t fo r him a n d eve ry a tt e n t i o n was give n

, ,

b ut it mus t eve r be a r eg re t a nd s orro w t h at n o n e

o f us we re wi t h him a t t h e l a s t .

E xpl ai n o ur t ri als and l o sses as we m ay th e ,

fa c t r em ai n s t h at n i n e hu n d red miles are n o w

t h oro ughly o pe n t o M issi on w o rk a nd a n o t he r ,

five hu n d red t o t h e F alls will be o pe n l o n g befo re

we are r e ady t o do an y t hi n g wi t h t hem S e n d .

us m o re help t h at t h e w o r k o n o ur p rese n t
,

s t at i o n s m ay be m o r e effe c t ively ca rried o n a nd ,

t h at as s oo n a s p o s s ible we m ay a t le a s t o c c upy

t h e t wo imp o rta n t dis t r ic t s t o whi c h we a re

i n vi t ed .
’

A c opy o f th e a b o ve Rep ort was e n cl o sed t o

h is fa t he r t o r e a d a nd le n d ab o u t if it was n o t ,

publ ished I n a n o t e a t t h e en d he a dd s : I am
.
‘

al l behi n d in my c o rr esp on den ce an d wh at wi t h ,

Whi tley s and Biggs s effec t s t o s e t t le I h ave s o

’ ’

much t o do t h a t I mu s t le ave all p r iv at e m at t e rs

t o a n o t he r m a il
’
.

O wi n g t o t hese l o s ses by de at h it seemed t o ,

M r B e n t ley t h at his w o rk w o uld lie rat he r in t h e

.

devel opme n t of th e L o we r Rive r M i s si o n t h an

in expl o rat i o n and ex t e n si o n o n t h e U ppe r Rive r .
 232 U p th e R i v er

c o mes h o me t o me a n d is s t ro ngly u rged by th e

,

b re t h re n he re Bu t if I a m t o w o r k at C o n go
.

t ra n s l a t i o n I o ugh t t o live in a C o n g o di s t r i c t
,
.

I f it is my du t y t o be he re it will be my du t y t o ,

w o r k a m o n g t he s e pe ople a n d t o do t h at I mu s t ,

s t udy t hei r l angu ages a n d sh o uld get li tt le t ime ,

fo r C on g o he re I f I am t o t ra n sl a t e i n t o C o ng o
.
,

I mus t live a m on g C o n g o s To th e l at t e r b o t h .

C a me ro n a n d Ch art e rs s t ro n gly u rge me as als o ,

Ri c h ard s a n d D a rby I h a ve w r i t t e n t o W at he n
.

a b o ut it .
I

‘
I f it is s e t t led t h at we are t o go t o W at he n
I s h all s t ill i n sis t o n Pe r cy h avi ng t h e b r ick
h ouse . I f I am t o t a ke up t ran sl at i o n s I mus t
2

a ls o t a ke c ar e t o se c u re quie t a n d c ould n o t ,

u n de r ta ke su c h an exh aus t ive c orresp o n de n ce o r ,

at te n d t o t h e s m alles t de t a ils o f s tat i on w o r k

as o u r b ro t he r C o mbe r did b ut s h o uld seek a s ,

qui c kly as p o ss ible t o pu s h o n wi t h B ible w o rk ,

a n d o t he r n ecess ar y l i t e ra t u r e wi t h o cc asi o nal ,

j o u rn eyi n gs t o t h e n e ar t o w n s fo r evan gelis t ic

w or k .

I h ave n ow h ad t en m o n ths o f u n ce rta i nt y t hi s

x
Th e r eason as t o wh y h e p referred t o go to Wath en rath er
th an U n derh ill or S an S alv ador was in or der t o secure q uiet .

Bes ides , Wath en was at th at t im e our m os t cen t ral s tat ion .

2
Th e Brick H ouse was th e h ous e planned b y T JC om b er for . .

th e doub le h ous ek eepin g of h im self an d h is b roth er I t was th e .

b est h ous e of th e s tation .

 W ork W h i le i t i s D a y 233

t ime and a ft e r seve n an d a h alf ye ars o f t ra velli n g

, ,

expl ori n g a n d ge n e ral pi o n ee ri n g s h all be gl a d

,

t o see s o me c h an c e o f a h o me whe r eve r t h a t

m ay be
’
.

I t will be ga t he red fro m t his t h a t M r Be n t ley .

was n o t a n xi o us t o cl a im pre emi n e n ce fo r him -

self as se n i or H is o n e desi re was t o give all his

.

t ime a n d s t r e ng t h t o g o spel w o r k b o t h by v o ice ,

an d
p e n ; a n d he w as t h a n kful t o be a ll o wed t o

le a ve all t h e m as t e r i n g an d m a nagi n g o f t h e
‘ ’ ‘ ’

s t a t i o n t o o t he rs N o t t h at he s hi rked t h e w o rk in
.

o r de r t o sp ar e him s elf b ut t he r e is a dive rs i t y o f

‘
,

gift s a n d he gl adly rec og n i s ed t hi s fa c t N 0 o n e

,
’
.

w o rked h a rde r t h an he did H e w ould s ay t h at .

he h ad n o t ime t o be ill
‘
I n eve r k n ew him .
’

spe n d an idle h o u r n o r did he i n deed eve r s t 0p,

Wo r k as l o ng as it was p o s s ible for him t o go

on l o n ge r I n t h e eve n i ng whe n he migh t
.

h ave bee n t hi n ki n g o f re t i ri n g for t h e n igh t he ,

w ould s t ill be t alki n g wi t h i n qui re rs t h o ugh ,

c o ns c i ou s o ft e n t h at t he re yet rem a i n ed o ne or
t wo m o r e le t t e rs t h a t mu s t be w ri t t e n t o be

se nt o ff at d aw n t h e n ex t day .

As o n e o f t h e c olle agues w rot e t o me a ft e r

h is h o me c all : H e c e rta i n ly w o rked while it
-
‘

was day I was o ft e n a m azed at h is ac t ivi t y an d

.

a sh a med o f myself N 0 m an c an w ork a s he

.

w o rked as t o qu ali t y and qu ant i t y a nd no t s tan d

, ,
234 U p th e R i v er

un ique l
an d a o n e w ond erful exampl e o f wh at
, a

a m a n c an do .We l o ve a nd h o no u r him ; his

mem o ry is a n i n s pi ra t i o n t o e ach o n e o f us calli ng
“
,

us t o do all t h at is l o vely and o f go od rep ort ,

an d t o do it well
’
.
236 S ett les at W at h en
b rick h o use We we re s h o w n i n t o t h e s ame h ous e
.

we h ad bee n in whe n p assi n g t h ro ugh t h e s t at i o n

a b o u t a ye a r a n d a h alf befo r e an d it m a de u s ,

feel qui t e h o mely a t o n c e Th e pe o ple at W a t he n .

we r e deligh t ed t o see t h e li t t le whi t e child .

Th e fi rs t Su n d ay in M arch t h at ye ar N lem v o
was b ap t ized All t h e s tat i o n h an ds we n t d ow n
.

t o t h e r ive r as well as t wo B elgi an S tat e

,

o ffici als o ur n eighb o u rs

, wh o h ad n eve r see n ,

s uch a c e r em o n y befo re Fi rs t M r Be nt ley . .

r e a d a p a ss age of H o ly S c rip tu re and c o m

m en t ed up o n it The n N lem v o sp o ke a li t tle
. .

I c ould n o t u n de rs tan d it all b ut M r B e n t ley ,

.

wa s ve r y ple ased wi t h h is speech a s b ei ng a

well c o n n ec t ed e a rn es t a nd m an ly dis c o u rs e
-
, , .

Th at eve n i n g we h ad c omm un i o n se rvi c e t o

ge t he r s eve n in n umbe r — our t wo selves
, ,

M e ss rs C o mbe r D a vie s a n d H arr i s o n wi t h

.
, , ,

N lem v o a n d M a n wele a lad wh o h ad bee n

, ,

b ap t ized a t S an S al va d o r .

I n t h e en d o f Ap r il N lem vo was m arr ied t o

K al o mb o an d as he h ad bee n wi t h H o lm a n s o
,

l o n g a n d h ad bec o me t o him a n alm o s t cl o ser

,

fr ie n d t h an h is o wn b ro t he r my hu s ban d wi s hed ,

t o m a ke h is weddi n g s o me t hi n g ve ry spe c i al .

A c co rdi n gly we n o t o nly p ro vided him wi t h

,

a few o f t h e m o s t n ecess a ry ar t icles o f fu rn i t u r e ,

s uch as t wo o r t h ree c o o k i n g p o t s a k e tt le so m e
-
, ,
 C an o e O v er t u r n ed 23 7

pl at es a nd cup s & c b ut h ad qui t e a n i c e li t t le

, .
,

m arr i age fe as t in t h e eve n i n g t o which h alf a

-
,

d o ze n bigge r b o ys a n d Aku we re i n vi t ed I t .

was a ve ry ple asa n t eve n i n g wi t h ple n t y o f fun

, ,

an d n at ive fo lkl o r e a n d r iddle s . O n o ccas i o ns

like t hese ( a n d we h ave h ad seve ral a s ye a rs
ro lled o n
) H o lm an was m o r e like t h e big h appy ,

b ro t he r t h a n t h e m as t e r a n d t e ac he r .

O n M ay 2 s t H o lm a n t oo k B a by an d me d o w n
t o U n de rhill o n o ur way t o t h e c oas t
, B e t we en
.

W a th e n a nd Luku n g a we h ad t o m ake a big ,

c i r cui t o u s r o u t e
, as t her e was figh t i n g g o i n g o n

be t wee n s o me o f t h e t o w n s whi c h we s h o uld

o t he r wise h a ve p a s s ed t h ro ugh . We s t ayed a
day ex t ra at Luku nga in o rde r t o m arry Aku
t o M ant u .

We h ad s o me unp s ual t ra vell i n g expe rie n ces

t h at j o u rn ey H o lm a n t ell s o f o n e : A t t h e‘
.

Mp oz o we m et wi t h a n as t y a ccide n t Th e fe rry .

m en we r e no t t he re s o o ur L oan go s did t h e w o r k
, .

Aft e r t wo o r t h ree b oat l oa d s h ad p ass ed wi t h o u t

di ffi c ul t y m y wife an d li tt le o n e go t i n t o t h e
,

c a n o e I s t ayed t o di re c t t h e o t he r c arr ie rs
. .

Whe n t h e m an wh o p a ddled re ac hed t h e s t ro n g

w a t e r it t wis t ed t h e c an o e s he ad d o w n ve ry
’

mu c h a nd before he go t it ro u n d ag a i n th e
,

ca n o e h a d d r ift ed a g o o d de al H e m a n aged
.

badly and was carried o n t o a t ree t wo t hi rds o f

, ,
-
2 38 S et t les at W a t h en
th e way ac ro ss which was su nk e n in de ep w at e r
, .

Th e up tu rn ed s c au gh t t h e c ano e I t t u rn ed
root .

o ve r o n t o it s side a n d filled b ut bec ame fixed

,

in t h e root s I s t ripped at o n ce a n d s w a m o ve r
.

t o t hem O n e m an sw a m a sh o re wi t h b aby ;
.

a n d as t h e m en W ished t o h a ve a ro pe t o as s i s t
in t a ki n g my wife a sh o re we h ad to se nd a m an
,

o ve r t o et t h e r o pe whi ch fa s t e n ed my bed
g
bu n dle M y wife s at in t h e w at e r o n t h e s ide o f
.

t h e c a n o e fo r t we n t y mi n u t es before we c o uld get

h er a sh o r e Th e cu rr e n t was ve ry s t ro n g
. .

‘
I t was rat he r a t ryi n g t ime Th rough our.

H e a ve n ly F a t he r s g o od n e ss n o h arm re s ul t ed
’

a l t h o ugh we h ad s t ill t o s t an d in wet t hi ngs

n a wet bl an ke t
( I i ) fo r a l o n g t ime w ai t i ng ,

t ill t h e c an o e c o uld be go t o ff t h e s n a g s r igh t ed , ,

a n d s e n t a c r o s s o n c e m o r e befo r e we c ould et
g
o ur b o x e s a n d a c h a n ge H appily we l o s t n o t
.

a t hi n g . Th e c a n t ee n h ad c ro ssed fi rs t s o t h a t ,

we we re able t o get a cup o f t ea at o nc e Th e .

s un was h o t ; we fel t as if we we re h avi ng a

v a p o u r b at h We h a ve i n deed gre at c ause for
.

t h an kful n ess fo r t h e d a n ge r was ve ry g re at

, .

H ad n o t t h e c an o e be c o me a t o n ce well fixed ,

I fe ar I sh o uld h a ve l o s t b o t h wife a n d child .

’

Re achi n g U n de rhill we fo u n d t h at M r
, .

Sc r ive n e r wh o was al s o re t u rn i n g h ome o n

,

fu rl ough h ad a goo d deal t o arrang e before

,
 2 40 S ett l es at W at h en
a nd t h e
y lis t e n ed wi t h i n t e res t I fo u nd s o m e .

pe ople fro m a b o u t a hu n d red miles in t h e i nt e r i o r

o ne Su n d ay whe n I was t he r e Th at is a cl as s
.

o f w ork t h e frui t o f whi c h m a y n eve r be k no w n

t o t h o s e wh o c a rr y it o n But it m at t e rs l i t t le
.

wh o s o ws o r re ap s a s l o ng as G o d is gl o rified
,

a n d s o ul s s a ved A t le as t it mus t d ra w att e n t i o n

.

t o t h e g o s pel mes s age a n d t e n d t o p r ep are t h e

,

c ou nt r y a t l arge fo r it .
’

S o o n a ft e r t his it was p ro p o s ed t o r elieve

t h e mi s si o n ar ie s o f mu c h s t ra i n by se n di ng
o ut s o me o n e s peci a lly fo r t h e s t at i o n ro u t i n e

w o rk But M r B e nt ley s expe r ie n ce led him

. .
’

t o fe ar t hi s h is r e as o n s bei n g t h at i f t h e o n e
,

se nt we re a t rue a n d e ar n es t Ch ri s t i a n he w o uld
be diss a t i s fied u n le s s he a ls o h a d equ al c h a nces
,

of M i s si o n w o rk wi t h o u rs elves O n th e .
‘

\
o t h er h a n d if he was gi v e n t o u n de rs t a n d t h a t
,

he c a me as a bu s i n e s s m a n on ly he migh t be ,

v er y li able t o i n sis t o n bei ng let al o ne in h is

dep art me n t and re s e n t any s ugge s t i o ns Th e
,
.

M issi o n as a M i s si o n mi gh t n o t be s o dear t o
him a n d he w o uld n ot feel t h e s ame i n t e res t in
,

keepi n g d o w n t h e p ric es o r he migh t n o t feel ,

t h e s a me n eed o f o t he r p ro p r ie t ie s Th e R o m an .

C a th o li c Chu rc h wi t h it s s ple n did t e rr ible dis

, ,

ci l i n e c a n m an age s uch difficul t ie s c an h a ve it s

p , ,

a n d it s f r er os —b ut we are diffe re n t
;

fi
‘

or es
‘
Whe n .
 V i s i t t o S o l o n go 24 1

an y thi ng he re n eeds at t e n t i o n a nd is bei ng ,

discussed a m on gs t o u rselves we are all o n ,

equ al fo ot i n g .
’

We left U n de rhill a b o u t eigh t o cl o ck in t h e ’

m orn i n g of t h e s ix th day The re we re fift ee n o f

.

us all t o ld a n d fo r t wo n igh t s we h ad all t o s leep

,

in t h e b oat . I t was a c r u s h ! We r e ached

B anana o n Su n d a y mor n i n g We we n t o n b oard .

th e A fr ikaan at o n c e al t h o ugh it was n o t t o

‘ ’

,
’

s a il u n t il Tuesd ay m o rn i n g ; an d H o lm a n was
g ra ci o usly i n vi t ed t o s ta y o n b oar d wi t h me
u n t il th e s t e ame r sh o uld s tart M y o wn c abi n .

was t o o sm all eve n t o s it in b ut M r S c rive n e r , .

k i n dly all o wed us t o sh are his as much a s we

c ared t o t h at day .

Feeli n g t h at his t ime w o uld be be t t e r spe n t in

visi t in g M i s s i o n s ta t i o n s an d t he n go i n g up
,

t o U n de rhill by t h e m a il s t e a me r whi c h was due ,

in a c o uple o f d ays ra t he r t h a n r e t u rni n g by t h e

,

M issi o n b oat whi c h w ould t a ke a t le as t five

,

d ays if n o t m o r e ro wi n g up s t re a m he se n t up
, ,
-
,

t h e b oat in c h arge o f t h e b oys a n d we n t t o visi t ,

Dr S c h o le s at M ukim v ika
.
,
.

D r S c h o le s t oo k him i n t o t h e t o w n a n d M r
.
,
.

B e n tley was deligh t ed t o fin d t h e di ale c t s p o ke n

by t h e pe o ple t he r e ve ry n e a rly t h e s a me as t h at
at S an S a lv a d o r o n c e m o r e j us t ifyi n g t h e ch o i c e
,

o f o u r mis s i o n ar ies o f t h e l an g uage o f t h e c api ta l

1 7
242 S ett l es at W at h en
fo r thei r l i nguis t ic s t udie s H e s ays : Th e pe o ple
.

o n t h e c o as t a r e c alled A s ol on o
g T hei r
. li n g o is
a lm o s t ide n t i c al wi t h t h at a t S an S a lv a d o r much ,

n e are r t hem t h a n P a l a b a l a o r Wa t he n s o t h at ,

o ur b re t h re n at S an S a l vad o r c a n i t i n e rat e
t h o ro ughly for 1 50 miles wes t w a rd s I o nly .

n o t iced t wo o r t h r ee w o rds diffe re n t an d was ,

qui t e at h o me wi t h t hem F ou r A s olo ngo

.

wished t o e n t e r o ur s e rvice a nd I e n gaged ,

t hem . The re a re a n ice lot o f pe o ple a b o u t .

I t is n ot a t all a b ad pl a ce a n d sh o uld be ve r y
,

he al t hy ; ab ou t t wo hu n d red fee t ab ove t h e s ea

a n d sw a mp s a ,g o od b reeze always bl o wi n g .

I mu c h e nj o yed my week t he re .
’

Aft er ret urn in g t o U n de rhill he p a id a vi s i t t o

'

S a n S alv a d o r befo r e g o i n g b a ck t o W a t he n and ,

in a l e t t e r t o his b ro t he r he w rot e on Augus t I , ,

1 888 I h ave ju s t r e tu rn ed fro m my visi t t o S an

S a lvad o r a n d m uch e nj oyed t h e fort nigh t a m o ng
,

ol d fr ie n d s a n d s c e n es Th e w o rk is e n c ou ragi n g
.

a n d full o f p r o mise The re is a ch urch o f

.

eigh t ee n membe rs h alf o f t hem w ome n I h a ve

,
.

bee n mu c h ple ased t o n o t e t h e t ype o f t h e nat ive

Ch ri s t i a n s They supp o rt a n ev an gelis t o f t hei r
.

o wn ,
an d a
p y him five d o ll ars a m o n t h t o do

t h ree d ays a week o f i t i n e rat i o n in t h e n eigh

b o uri ng t o w n s Th e c h an ge o f he art is well

.

marked in so m e cases a w o nde r to ma n y

, .
244 S ett l es at W at h en
ye ars old an d gives ve ry go o d evide n c e o f a
,

ch anged he art I s h a ll be qui t e r e ady t o b a p t ize

.

him whe n he as k s me t o do s o I s h o uld be .

ra t he r sl o w t o do s o wi t h b o y s o f h is age a s
a r ule b ut t he r e can be n o d o ub t a b o u t B a lu t i
, .

H e t r ies t o ple as e and get o n an d t a ke s g re at ,

c ar e o f m e H e was M r Biggs s b oy a n d h a vi n g
. .
’

l o s t o ne m as t e r d o es no t w ant t o l o se a not he r ,

a n d o bj e c t s t o a n i n disc r e t i o n s o n my p ar t So
y .

n o w I h a ve t o ld yo u al l a b o ut my h o m e life a n d ,

h o w I m an age in my wifeless h o me —pe rh aps t oo

de ta iled b ut de t a ils su c h a s t hese o ft e n i n t e res t
, .

As t o M issi o n w o rk we h a ve se rvices eve ry

, ,

m orn i ng p raye rs a n d an add ress

, Twice in t h e
.

week I h ave a cl as s o n S t J o h n s G o spel ; t wo

.
’

o t he r eve n i n gs M r O ra m t a kes t h e b oys in O l

. d
Tes ta me n t hi s t o ry O n e eve n i n g is g ive n t o
.

i ndu s t ri al cl as s e s O n ly o n S at u rd ays we h ave

.

n o c l a ss ,fo r ve ry o ft e n o n e o f us g o es o ut fo r
t h e week en d t o s o me n eighb o u ri n g t o w n
-
On .

Sun d ays t h e o n e o n t h e s t at i o n c on duc t s a

se rvice in th e m o rn i ng We go o ve r t o a n e ar
.

t o w n i n t h e a ft e rn o o n N lemv o h as his o wn
.

di s t ri c t a t Vu n d a which b e regul arly vi s i t s

,

eve ry Su n d ay a n d s eem s t o be ge t t i n g o n well

,
.

M an wele my o t he r helpe r h as a no t he r dis t ri c t

, , .

I am s talki n g o n e o r t wo t ow n s j us t no w whi c h
are rat he r a fra id o f whi t e m en O ur Su nd ay
.
 M o re R o a d c l ea r i n g
- 24 5

se r vice is rat he r a p rec ari ous i ns t i t u t i on Th e .

p e o ple t hi n k t hey o ugh t t o be p a id for t hei r

pa t ro n age This o f c o u rs e we r efuse t o do

.
, , ,

s ayi ng t h a t o ur t e a c hi n g is fo r t hei r g oo d n ot ,

o u rs S o me t h o ugh a re i n t e re s t ed ’
. .
, ,

Whe n t h e mi ss i onarie s at W a t he n he ard t h at

t h e railw ay was likely t o be l a id t wo o r t h ree

d ays m arches t o t h e s ou t h o f our s t at i o n seei n g

’

t h at t his w o uld n e c essi ta t e r egul ar c o mmu n ic at i o n

s ou t hwards in t h at di rec t i o n H o lm an s old ,

’

r oa d cle ar i n g i n s t i n c t s p ro m p t ed him t o t ry
‘ ’
-

whe t he r by g o i ng a c o uple o f d ays s t ill furthe r

,

s o u t h he c o uld n o t o pe n up c o mmu n i c at i o n wi t h
,

t h e b r e t h re n at S an S a lv a d o r by a sh ort e r way

t h an a id U n de rhill H e fel t su re fro m his ch a rt s

.

t h at S an S alv ad or c o uld n o t be much fu rt h e r

a w ay fro m th e ra ilw a y o n t h e s o u t h s ide t h an we

we re o n t h e nort h Ac c o rdi ngly o n Sep t embe r

.
,

4 t h
, he s t a rt ed o n a c ro s s c o u n t ry t r ip t o S a n
-

S alv ad or whe re t hey arr ived u n expec t edly o n th e

,

1 i th A s H o lm an h ad o n ly a sh ort while befo re

.

visi t ed S an S alva d o r fro m U nderh ill t h e b re t h re n

l
,

wer e mu c h s u rp rised at s eei n g him t he re aga i n s o

s oo n .

Th e t ravelli ng ac ro s s c oun try o ccupied o n ly

eigh t d ays Wh at t hey h ad t ried s o h ard t o do
.

in t h e e arly d ays o f th e M issi o n was at l as t

acc o mplished ! I t was an exc eedi ngly i nt e res t i ng
2 46 S et t l es at W at h en
j o u rn ey a nd aga i n t hey p assed t h ro ugh seve ral
,

t o w n s whe re n o whi t e m an h ad eve r bee n see n

befo re .

O n e Chief was ve ry an g r y i n deed a n d sa id t h at ,

t hey sh o uld n o t sleep i n h is t o w n .

Th e guides expl ai n ed t h a t we h ad bee n

del ayed o n t h e road by givi n g medi c i n e t o sick
pe o ple at a n eighb o u ri n g t o w n b ut he c o n t i nued
,

a n g ry a n d fi n ge r ed his gun in such a nas t y

m an n e r t h at t h e m en we re gl a d t o get aw ay
fro m his p re s e n ce Th e n at ive t rade rs did n o t
.

wi s h me t o be t u rn ed o ut o f t h e t o w n like t h at ,

b u t eve ryb o dy else c o mbi n ed t o d r ive us aw ay .

Th e wife o f th e Chief especi ally beca me ve ry

exci t ed a n d c alled up o n h er fe t ish t o t a ke a way
“
,

”
t h e h o rr id t hi n g me an i n g th e whi t e m an
, .

I t was n o us e t ryi n g t o pe r su ade t hem t o let

us s t a y an d N lem v o a n d all t h e c a rr ie rs a greed
,

t h at it w o uld be d a n ge ro u s t o sleep in t h e t o w n

t hey migh t do s o me t hi n g t o us in t h e n igh t So .

we as k ed t h e pe o ple t o give us s o me w at e r t o
d ri n k as we h ad h ad no thi ng si nc e midd ay and
, ,

we w ould go on b ut t hey w o uld not give us an y

‘

n o r eve n di r ec t us t o a s t re a m
’
.

H o weve r t hey ga ve t h e mis si onary p art y

,

a co uple o f guides t o t ake t hem o u t t o t h e

n ex t t o w n But o n a rr ivi n g a t t h at t o wn t hey

.
, ,

foun d t he re was sm allp ox in it s o t h at t hey c ould

,
24 8 S ett l es at W ath en
sleepi ng in t hei rwn to This t ouched t hei r
.

a m our pno p r e . O n expl

‘
a i n i n g t o t hem w h o I
was a nd t h at I h ad n o o t he r busi n ess in th e
,

c o u n t ry b ut t o t e ac h t h e pe o ple g oo d t hi n gs
a b ou t G od ,a n d wa s n o w o n my way t o my
frie n d s at S an S alv ad or o f wh o m t hey h ad he ard ,

a n d t h at I h ad exp ressly t u rn ed out o f my wa t o

y
vi s i t t hei r to w n o f whi c h I h ad bee n t old t hey ,

eve n t u ally s h o wed me a h o use and a s ked me t o

give medici n e t o a sick m an They h ad o n ly .

r efused t h r o ugh fe ar o f t hei r t o w n bei n g visi t ed

by l arge arm ed forc es Th e n ex t m o rn i ng s at is

'

fac to ry resul t s we re r ep ort ed o f th e medici n e and ,

m any o t he r c ases p rese n t ed t hemselves .

’

Aft e r le a vi n g t h at t o w n t he re we re no ex t ra
o rdi n a r y i n cide n t s o n t h e roa d They pa ssed .

n ume ro us t ra cks o f eleph a n t s b u t we re fo rt u na t e ,

n o t t o c o me a c r o ss a n H lm an s a ys : I is ‘

y o . t

r at he r emb a rra ssi n g t o fin d o n e s elf in a j u ngl e

p at h t o he a r t h e bushes c rashi ng and t h e hea vy
, ,

t ra mp o f eleph an t s c o mi n g n e are r an d n e ar e r ,

a n d n ot k no wi n g whe re t o t u rn as t h e grass , ,

mu c h highe r t h an o n e s he ad m akes it imp o ssibl e

’

t o s ee t wo y ar ds in fro n t o r behi n d We als o .

p as sed s o m e ve ry r em ar ka ble ro ck s g re at m asses ,

o f limes t o n e r i s i n g b a r e a n d t a ll fro m t h e g ra ssy

pl a i n l oo ki ng in t h e dis tanc e like hug e rui n s o f

,

G ot hic archi t ec ture .

’
 of N lem v o
’
D eat h s M o th er 249

At o ne w n visi t ed he was t o o we ary t o

to

s it o r do a ny t hi n g b ut a s he lay o n his m at in
,

th e Chief s h o use he w o n de r ed a t t h e t hi n g s
’

whi c h t h a t m an s dilige n ce an d e n e rgy h a d go t

’

t o ge t he r . H e h ad a m os t i n t e re s t i ng t alk wi t h
him a b o u t e t e rnal r iches N eve r did I see a ny
.

o n e s o deeply i n t e r es t ed he was imp at ie n t o f any

i nt e rrup t i on I u rged him t o go a nd lis t e n t o th e
.

t ea chi n g o f t h e b re t h re n a t S an S al v ad or an d

le arn m ore .
’

On t h e Tuesd ay t hey arr ived a t S an S alv ad o r ,

whe re N lem v o was t o ld t h at his m o t he r was .

dyi n g O n he ari ng t his he a t o n ce hu rried off t o

.

his own t ow n She died t h e foll o wi n g mornin g

. .

Nlem v o sh o wed his r espec t t o his m o t he r by

c o n t ribu t i ng s o me t hi n g like t welve pieces o f a
‘

d o ze n y ards e ac h o f M an ches t e r p ri n t s for h er

w rappi ng and M r B e ntley se n t a p r ese n t o f six
, .

y ards o f whi t e s a t i n wh ic h was t ied o u t side all

,
.

an d fa s t e n ed wi t h red b ra id H olm an we n t t o.

c o n duc t t h e fu ne ral and sp o ke o f de at h an d th e

,

n eed o f he a r t p rep a ra t i o n fo r it .

Re t u rn i n g h o me by a diffe re n t ro u t e in o rde r ,

t o a v o id t h e w at e rless pl ai n M r Be nt ley o b ,
.

t a in ed a g oo d ide a o f th e p ossibili t ies o f

“
i t i n e rat i o n in t h at p art o f t h e c o u nt ry He .

passed t h rough seve ral t o w n s a nd was deligh t ed ,

t o find t h e effec t s o f t h e medici ne g iv en o n t h e

25 0 S ett l es at W ath en
o ut j o urn e y h ad wo n hi m a g o o d name eve ry
whe re o n h is r e t u rn H e h a d i n deed bee n t h e
.

t alk o f th e c o u n t r y .

To M r G re n fell he w ri t es a b o u t t hi s j o u rn ey
.

‘
I h a ve t a ke n m os t c areful a n d c o n s t an t n o t es
a n d be ar i ng s a n d h a ve s o me l o n g t r i a n gul at i o n s
,

wi t h t welve l o ng dis ta nces an d s h o rt e r c om m u ,

n ic a t io n s C o n s t an t sigh t s o f t h e g re at bluff o f
.

K impese I c an n o t expl ai n t hi s in a few w o rds

.
,

b ut yo u will see t h e r e s ul t in t h e m ap I a m
se n di ng .
’

Aft e r t h e N ew Ye ar he m ade a n o t he r j ou rn ey
t h ro ugh t h e dis t r ic t .

‘
I h ave j u s t re t u rn ed fro m L o v o a t o w n ab ou t ,

t hi r t y miles fro m t h e s ta t i o n I t h as bee n

.

visi t ed seve ral t ime s befo re by M ess rs C o mbe r .

a n d C a me ro n I we n t by t h e n ew road a li t tle
.
,

n o r t h a n d h a d s eve ra l ve ry i n t e res t i n g t a lk s wi t h
,

t h e pe o ple The r e a re t o w n s in all di re c t i o n s .

We h ave a n imme n se a m o u n t o f w o rk t o do t o
r e a ch al l t hese pe o ple E ve rywhe re I was
.

he a rt ily welc o med Th o ugh t hey received me

.

ki n dly t hey a re m o s t t e rr ibly di s o rgan ised

, ,

r o wdy a n d qu arr els o me a m on gs t t hem s elves ;

war p al ave rs eve rywhe r e ; eve ry t o w n at e n mi t y
wi t h its n eighb o u rs I t is i nt e re s t i ng t o n o t e
.

t h at at L o v o an d bey o n d as fa r as Nsu n di t h e ,

di alec t m o re n e a rly resembles pu re C ongo .

25 2 S et t l es at W at h en
i sm allp o x in t h e c o u ntry S o m e t o w n s
of
"

t on .

n e a rly died o ut o t he rs we re decim at ed I n

,
.

O c t obe r t he r efo r e whe n w r i t i n g t o t h e G o ve rn

, ,

me n t a b o u t v ari o u s matt e rs s u c h as t h e t e n u r e o f
,

l an d he t o o k t h e o pp o rt u n i t y t o se n d a reques t
,

fo r lymph fro m t h e G o ve rn me n t in o rde r t h at he ,

migh t v acci nat e t h e pe o ple a n d i f p ossible check

,

t h e rav a ges o f t h e dise ase which was c arryi n g ,

t hem o ff in l arge n umbe rs in t h e t o w n s Th e .

e o ple we r e s o deligh t ed a t t h e evide n t chec k

p
t h at v ac ci nat i o n ga ve t o t h e sick n ess t h at o n

v a cci n at i on d ays t h e h o use wo uld be besieged

wi t h na t ives an xi ou s t o be o pe rat ed up o n a nd h e ,

was e n t re at ed t o fa v ou r t h e n ort h b an k t oo , ,

wi t h a visi t in o rde r t o re n de r t hem t his help

,

t he re N eedless t o s ay t h at he welc o med t his as

“
.

”
an o pe n i n g o f t h a t di s t r ic t an d a ch a n ce t o
,

t ell th e s t o r y o f t h e G re a t Physici a n o f s o uls .

‘
I we n t t o E wo m b e th e o t he r day a nd v a c
c in a t ed eigh t y pe o ple in o n e day in a ce rta i n
w
to n t he r e — pe o ple wh o w o u ld o t he rwise h a ve
o bj ec t ed t o my e n t e r i n g t h e t o w n .

“G
‘
od m oves in a m ysteri ous way ,

His won ders t o perform .

”

H e h as m an y ways o f b ri ngi n g ab o u t H is pur

’
p o ses .

Th ey als o h ad a fewca s es o f sm allp ox o n t h e

 Fi gh t i n g S m al lp o x 25 3

s tat i o n b ut o n ly t wo de at hs if I r emembe r
, ,

a righ t. I n o n e o f his le t t e rs he t ell s me : Th e ‘

sm allp o x p at ie n t s are m o s t c arefully i s ol at ed .

We h a ve buil t a dece n t g ras s h ut in t h e bu s h .

O ram a n d I go d a ily wi t hi n t a lki n g di s ta n c e t o

“ ”
leeward dep o s i t c h o p a n d le ar n de ta il s ; we
, ,

ca n n o t t ru s t a n y ot he rs t o do it t h e pe o ple a re s o,

ve ry c arele s s We h ave t h re a t e n ed t h e whip t o

.

an y wh o p ass t h e c o r d o n a n d c o mmu n i c a t e wi t h

t h e p at ie n t s Th e pe o ple a re dyi n g in t h e t o w n s
.

ro u n d a b o u t t e rr ibly : t hi r t y a t M afiel a fift y a t ,

M bel o t hi rt y a t N t umba a nd s o o n They o n ly

, , .

h ave it in a few t o w n s b ut in t h o se t o w n s t hey

,

die lik eflie s .

’

B esides all th e mis s i o na ry w or k t h at we h a ve

bee n re adi n g o f in his le t t e rs M r B e n t ley wa s at , .

t hi s t ime e n g aged in pu t t i n g up a n ew h o u s e fo r

him s elf which he h o ped t o h a ve r e a dy by t h e

,

t ime t h at I s h o uld r e t u rn fr o m E n gl a n d I t was .

o f c o rruga t ed i ro n s hee t s H e did n o t s e n d to

.

E n gl and fo r t h e u n de rn e at h be a m s a s t he r e are ,

ple n t y o f go o d t rees in t h e n eighb o u rh oo d ; O f

c o u rs e it me ant s o me w o rry t o get t hem c ut
a n d squ a red b ut eve n i f it did t ake l on ge r
, ,

it was m uc h les s expe n s ive t h an i f he h ad

'

h ad t hem fro m E u ro pe Th e h o u s e whi c h

.

we fi rs t o c c upied h ad bee n buil t by M r .

D arli ng ; it h ad cl ay walls a nd a g rass

25 4 S ett l es at W at h e n
ro o f . I t was ve ry sui ta ble as a n o rdi nary
dwelli n g h ou s e b ut i n c o n ve n ie n t fo r li t e ra ry
-
,

w o r k in c o n s eque n ce o f t h e arra n geme n t o f th e

,

wi n d ow s a n d size s o f t h e roo m s Th e wi n d o ws .

we re o n ly 3 fee t s qu are a n d 3 fee t 6 i n c hes fro m

t h e grou n d Th e e aves o f t h e h o use we re lo w
.
,

t o p r eve n t t h e ra i n fr o m c o n s t a n t ly w as hi n g a n d ,

t hus s oa ki n g t h e w all s s o t h at i n t h e l a rge r o o m

,

t he r e was n eve r s u ffi c ie n t ligh t u n le s s t h e o u t e r

d o o r was O pe n a n d eve n t he n in ce rt a i n p o si t i o n s
,

o n ly . I n an y t o rn ad o we h ad h a s t ily t o ru s h an d
s hu t a l l t h e bl i n d s a n d ligh t our c an dles wh at ,

eve r t h e t ime o f day .

Th e t wo sm alle r ro o m s w o uld do a s bed ro o m s

for o n e pe rs o n b ut n ei t he r a re l arge e n o ugh a s a
,

w o rk ro o m t hey get ve ry s t uffy a n d u n ple as an t

‘
,
’

he w r i t e s whe n I h ave my t wo n at ive helpe rs

,
‘

wi t h me an d a t hi r d b o y t ra n s c ribi ng m anusc rip t s

,

wi t h t h e t ypew r i t e r I s h o uld see n o h ardship in

.

livi n g in t hi s h o u s e if my w o rk lay out o f d oo rs ,

b ut as my w o r k c o n fi n es me s o much t o o n e
roo m I do n o t t hi n k I c o uld keep h eal t hy in
,

t his way
’
.

Th e s i t e fo r t h e n ew h o use was s oo n cle ared

by t h e b o y s wh o we r e o n t h e s t a t i o n fo r t h e
s ake o f s c h oo li n g a n d m o ral t ra i n i ng Al t h o ugh .

he o n ly t o o k me asu r eme nt s an d put m ark s he ,

h ad to w at ch th e c arpe n t e r to s ee t h at eve ry
25 6 S ett l es at W a t h en
th e s a on e s was
celeb rat ed : N o t liki ng t o b e ‘

a l on e a t such a t ime M r Parm in t er o f th e

,
.
,

S a n dford expedi t i o n at M an ya n ga h ad c o me, ,

o ve r t o S pe n d t h e s e a s o n wi t h us As it was .

m a r k e t day we h ad t o s e n d o ut t o buy foo d

-
,

in t h e m o rn i n g s o t h e se r vi c e wa s n ot held
,

u n t il t h e a ft e rn oo n a ft e r whi c h we m ade a fe as t
,

fo r t h e h ouse a n d big b o y s u s i n g o ur bes t ,

di n n e r se rvice an d d o i n g t h e t hi n g h an d s o me ly
, ,

M ess rs O ra m an d Pa rm in ter w a i t i n g at t abl e

.

u nt il all we r e se rved M wa mb a ‘ ’

( a s te w o f me a t wi t h t h e pulp o f p alm n u ts ,

exceedi n gly t as ty whe n well m ade ) a plum ,

puddi ng a nd bl an c m ange
,
I t t oo k ve ry
-
.

li tt le t o s at isfy t hem The n we h a d t h e .

elec t r i c b at t e ry ; a n d t he n m agic l an t e rn views -

.

Aft e r t h at t ea was h a n ded ro u n d wi t h biscui t s

, .

B y a nd by we l oo ked at o ur w at ches and ,

fo u n d it t welve o c l o c k ! H o rro rs ! t o bed at

’

o n ce . B alu t i did n ot sleep ve r y well ; o the rs

we r e in t h e s a me pligh t Y o u r c a kes a nd .

c h o c o l at e h ad t o c o me t h e n ex t da y S o it .

was a qui e t t h ough h appy Ch ri s t m as

’
.
,

The n fo ll o ws n e ws o f p ro g r e s s in t h e
s pi r i t u a l w ork o f t h e M i s s i o n
‘
O n Su n d a y De c embe r 2 ot h , I am g o i n g ,

t o b a p t ize N k a ku ( t h e fi rs t n at ive Ch r i s t i an in

t his dis t ric t ) O n Tue s day J an u ary I s t we

.
, ,
 v i s a b i li t y
A d— of R u les 25 7

a re go i n g t o for m a Chu rc h N lem v o a n d .

K o l o m b o M anwele a n d N k a ku will form

,

t hem s elve s i n t o a Chu rc h a n d a dmi t a t o n c e

M a n t u a n d Aku a nd M r D a vie s b o y L o a t
,
.
’

, ,

t hei r reque s t We h a ve s eve ral o t he r b o y s

.

wh o are ve ry h o peful B alu t i h a s al re ady

.

sp o ke n t o N lem v o a b o u t bei n g b ap t ized ,

b ut he h as n o t as ked me yet
’
.

N 0 r ule s we re d raw n up a t t h e fo rm at i o n o f
t h e Chu r ch b ut l a t e r o n in 1 8 9 0 it was fo u n d
, , ,

n ecess a ry to fo rmul a t e s o me di r e c t i o n s for

ge n e ral guid an c e I f we c o uld get eve ry
.
‘

Ch ris t i an t o live up t o t h e go lde n rule o f

d o i n g t o o t he rs as he w o uld be d on e by ,

t he re w o uld be n o n eed fo r r ule s b ut if s Uch ,

r ules do n o t exis t Chu rc h di s cipli n e w o uld be

,

difficul t a n d i rregul ar Th at t h e n at ive s c o uld

.
’

app ro ve o f a n d a g ree t o s u c h rule s as t he s e ,

we re s u rely evide n ce s t h at t hey r e ali s ed t h at

t hey wh o live s h o uld n o l o n ge r live u n t o t hem

s elve s I n e a ch he a di n g it is give yield

’ ’
‘
.
, ,

s acr ifice whe n n ece s s ary b u t n eve r gai n

‘ ’ ‘ ’

, .

H e re a re t h e rules
‘
1. Th e de ac o n s o f t h e Chu rc h will pe rfo r m
t hei r o ffi c e fro m t h e day o f t hei r elec t i o n u n t il

t h e I s t o f J a n u a ry o f t h e n ex t ye ar n o m a tt e r ,

whe n t hey are elec t ed .

‘
2. S un days —We Ch r is t i an s sh o uld r espec t
1 8
25 8 S ett les at W at h e n
th e S abb at h D ay ; th e day o f res t in all o u r
a ffai rs We m ay w o r k G o d s w o rk o nly Th e
.
’
.

day o f Su n d ay is n o t a day t o go t o m arke t s ,

n o r buy n o r s ell , I t mu s t be h all o wed

. .

3 .M a r r i a
g e — A Ch r
. i s t i a n o r Ch r i s t i a n s
wh o wi s h t o m arr y mu s t be m arr ied in h o ly ,

m at rim o n y o n ly They mu s t give t hei r p ro mises

.

befo re t wo wi t n esse s an d t h e t e ac he r .

4 A Ch ris t i an h a vi n g t wo o r m o r e wives
‘
.

t o wh o m he was m ar r ied du r i n g t h e t ime o f

h is ig n o ran c e m ay j o i n t h e Chu rc h b ut he is
, ,

n o t eligible fo r Chu r ch o ffi c e ; fo r t hu s we a re

t augh t by P a ul in 1 Tim o thy iii 2 1 2 an d .

, ,

Ti t u s i 6 . .

5 .A n y membe r o f t h e Chu r ch wh o h a vi
, n g ,

a wife s h all, m arry a n o t he r s h all be expelled

fr o m t h e Chu rc h A n y c o n ve rt wh o wi s hes t o
.
,

t o j o i n t h e Chu r ch h a vi n g t wo o r m o re wives
,

can n ot
p u t t hem a w ay f o r t h e L o r d J esu s h a s
,

t augh t u s t h a t a m a n sh all n o t pu t aw ay h is

wife fo r a ny o t he r ca use excep t adul t e ry .

The re is n o o t he r c ause wh at eve r whi c h can

n ullify m arr i age .

‘
7 Whe. n a Ch r is t i an m arr ie s a w o m a n if ,

t h e r el a t i o n s o f th e w o m a n wh o a r e in he at he n

d ark n e s s dem an d p ayme n t let him pay it

, , .

The re is no t hi n g t o t h e c o n t rar y .

‘
8 A Ch r is t i an m ay n ot buy an o t he r pe rs o n ;
.
26o S ett les at W at h en
In his n ex t le t t er t o me we h a ve a n a cc ou nt
o f t h e Chu r c h s fo r m a t i o n
’

I h ad p r evi o u s ly t alked wi t h t hem ab o u t

r —
s tart i n g a Chu c h Chu rc h o rga n is at i o n t h e ,

dut ies a n d p r ivilege s o f a Ch r i s t i a n Chu rch .

M r O ram a n d I i n vi t ed t hem t o t ak e t ea
.

wi t h us o n N ew Ye ar s D ay a nd a ft e r a ’

p raye r mee t i n g c o n du c t ed by M r O ra m an d
, .

a dd ressed by him I sp o ke t o t hem aga i n o n

,

t h e old li n es a n d an s we r ed m an y ques t i o n s .

Aft e r a l o n g c on ve rs at i o n a n d careful expl an a

t i o n s it was p ro p o s ed by o ne o f t hem t h at t hey
,

sh ould t he n fo r m t hem s elve s i n to a Chu rch .

Th e t h ree o t he r y o u n g m en e ac h s p oke o f t hei r

desi r e t o do s o a n d t h e Chu rch was t he reupo n
,

fo rmed They t he n ele c t ed M a n wele a nd

.

N lem v o a s de ac o n s t h e fo r me r as sec re t a ry
, ,
’

a n d t h e l a tt e r a s t r e asu r e r a n d s upe r i n t e n de n t o f

ev an geli s t i c w o rk We are a n xi o u s t o s ee
.

t hi n g s s h aped o n bu s i n es s li n e s fro m t h e fi r s t ,

a n d it is u n de rs t oo d t h a t all w o rk un de rtake n
by t h e Chu rch be m a i n ta i n ed a n d s upp or t ed
by it All t h e membe rs are al re ady ac t ive in
.

Ch ri s t i a n w or k M ay t h e li t tle o n e be c o me a
.

t h o us a n d !
’

H e was pe rm i t t ed t o s ee it be c o me s o .

Th e nat ive w o r k ers we r e ze al ou s in t hei r

c aus e : N lem v o a nd M a n wel e are ge t t i ng o n
‘
 N at i v e E v an geli s ts 26 1

well in th e t o w n s t hey vi s i t a n d a re mu c h ,

e s t eemed a n d re s pe c t ed N k a ku vi s i ts h is t o w n
.

e v e ry Su n d ay K o l o mb o vi s i t s t h e w o me n o f
.

K i n di n ga . Two o t he r t o w n s h a ve als o bee n

t a ke n in h a n d .

N o w fo r y o u r le t t e r Su c h a joy t hey a re t o
.

me a lw ay s my p re c i o us o n e yet I w ould far

, ,

ra t he r h a ve yo u he re t h an r e c eive a le t t e r .

Gl a d a m I t h at I c a n n o w c o u n t t h e m o n t hs
o f w a i t i n g o n t h e fi n ge rs o f o n e h a n d
’
.

O f pe rs o n al de t a il a t t hi s t ime he n o t es t h e ,

p rog re s s o f t h e n ew h o u s e an d t h e i n t e rrup t i o n
,

o f t ra n s l a t i o n a l w o r k : I h a ve n o t t o u c hed Luke
‘

ag a i n s i nc e o u lef t Su ch a lot h as bee n

y .

c ro wded i n t o t he s e m o nt hs As s o o n as t his .

m ail g o e s I h a ve a ll M r Sl a de s effe c t s t o
, .
’

a r ra n ge, a n d t h e a c c o u n t s for t h e wh o le s t a t i o n

whi c h he left I t will be exceedi n gly awk

.

w ard as p revi o us t o t h a t t h e b oo k keepi n g h ad

, , ,
-

bee n in fo u r diffe re n t h an d s in e ach case t h e ,

ac c o u n t s h a vi n g bee n t ake n o ve r by t h e n ex t
m an t h ro ugh t h e sick n ess o r de at h o f t h e , ,

p revi o u s o n e .
’

I n t hi n ki n g o f my o wn re t u rn t o t h e field he ,

s ugge s t s n e w d ut ie s
‘
Y o u are a b it h o rr ified a t my a ski n g you t o
le arn b oo kbi n di n g a n d t eleg raphy Y ou k n o w
if we do mu c h p r i n t i ng he r e we sh all w an t t o
262 S ettl es at W a t h en
k n o w h o w t o s t i t c h o ur s hee t s t oge t he r s o I ,

t hi n k if yo u c o uld m an age t o fin d o ut a li t t le

a b o ut it while o u a re in E u ro pe it w o uld s a ve
y ,

much t ro uble b ut do n o t wor ry y o u rself a b o u t

,

it. A s t o t h e t eleg raph busi n e s s do you n o t

,

r emembe r we t alked t h a t m a t t e r o ve r t o ge t he r ,

a n d decided it w o uld be a g oo d t hi n g t o r ig
up a t eleg ra phi c app arat us a n d t h ro ugh c i rcui t ,

an d l et t h e b o ys pl a y a t le a r n i n g s o t h a t s o me
,

o f t hem migh t be a ble t o e n t e r t h e empl o y o f

t h e R ailw a y C o mp an y ? I s h o uld t hi n k it w o uld

n o t be mu c h t ro uble t o le arn t h e alph abe t a n d
ge n e ra l t ri c k s o f m a n agi n g t h e wi re .

‘
S o li tt le H e n ry h a s begu n t o s ay his p ra yers .

H o w much c a n he t al k ? I a m n o t a b it m o re
sa t i s fied wi t h my s o li t ude t h an I was a t fi rs t .

I t is o n ly five an d a h alf m o n t hs s i n c e I bid yo u

g oo dbye b ut I a m al re a dy c o mfo rt i n g my s elf
,

wi t h t h e t h o ugh t t h at I s h all o n ly h a ve t o w ri t e
fo u r m o r e m ails .
’
264 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

Fi rs t as toE du ca t i o n F ro m th e ve ry on se t o f
.

h is life in C o n g o it wa s D r Be n t ley s ide a t o

’
.
,

e t t h b ys t c o me t o t h e M i s si o n t o be t a ugh t
g e o o ,

r e a li s i n g t h at t he r e w o uld n eve r be e n o ugh whi t e

m en se n t ou t t o acc o mplish t h e ev a n geli s at i o n o f

t h a t l a rge c o n t i n e n t I f Afr ica is t o be s aved
.
,

it mu s t be t h ro ugh h er o wn c hild re n a n d as ,

‘
n o t al l b o y s wh o c o me t o o ur s t a t i o n s c a n be
expe c t ed t o r i s e a b o ve t h e c om m o n he rd we ,

n eed t o be p rep ar ed he s ays t o h a ve l arge

’ ‘
, ,

n umbe rs i n o r de r t o h a ve s uffi c ie n t t o se n d o ut a s

p as t o rs a n d t e ac he rs t o b ra n c h s tat i o n s The s e .

sh o uld h a ve ve ry c areful n u rt u r e a n d t ra i n i n g .
’

But we h ad n o t bee n l o n g a t S t a n ley P o o l

whe n he re alised t h at t h e t ime fo r s c h oo ls h ad
n o t c o me yet .

W r i t i n g t o M r C o mbe r he sp o ke ve ry
.

s t r o n gly t o t hi s effec t a ddi n g : ,

L et us s o w t h e ‘

s eed b roa d c as t I n due t ime we ( o r s o me o n e

.

el s e ) will r e ap a n d whe n frui t s h o w s we s h a ll

,

fi n d t h at a m o veme n t o f i n qui ry is s p re a di n g ,

a n d s o me t hi n g big will r e s ul t To s pe n d t ime .

an d e n e rgy in t e a c hi n g b o y s a n d gi rl s t o r e a d an d

w r i t e a t p re s e n t w o uld o n ly fu rn i s h t ra de rs wi t h
,

c le r k s & c
, . Fr eez et i ng a n d n o t t e ac hi n g mus t be
/

fi rs t p oli c y . I t s eems t o me t h a t t hi s mi s t a ke
o f t r yi n g t o get s ch o o l s befo r e t h e t ime was r ipe
, ,

will a c c o u n t fo r much o f o ur dis app o i nt me nt .

 E v an geli sa t i o n F i r s t 26 5

We we re g rieved be ca u s e we co uld n o t get

s c h o l ar s a n d o ur a t t emp t s a t s c h o o l s we r e fr us
,

t ra t ed. Ha d it bee n go o d we s h ould h a ve h ad

,

t he m ; b ut it was n o t s o o ur p raye rs we r e n o t
,

he ard I h a ve bee n ve ry s t ro n g in a dv o cat i n g

.

s ch o o ls ; n o w I feel t h a t as a me a n s t hey do n o t

ac c o mpli s h t h e en d . De s i ri n g e arn e s t ly a s we
do t o k n o w a n d pe r fo r m o ur G re at M a s t e r s
’

will m ay we be guided by H im i n t o it s
,

a pp r ehe n s i o n a n d a c c o mplishme n t I t seems t o

.

me t h a t we s h o uld seek fi rs t t o ac qui r e t h e

l an gu a ge by c o n s tan t co n t ac t wi t h t h e na t ive s .

I f t hi s is d o n e by r egul ar i t i n e ra t i o n s in whi c h ,

medici n e a n d p re ac hi n g go h an d in h a n d t he re ,

will arise a de s i r e a ft e r ligh t M e an t ime we .

,

c a n be p rep ar i n g t h e b oo ks fo r t h e c hild r e n t o

re ad whe n t hey do c o me a nd G o d will s e n d

,

t hem t o u s whe n it is t im e
’
.

Aft e r r efe rr i n g t o a n a r t icle whi c h a ppe ared

in t h e jou r n a l o f t h e D u t ch Ge og ra phi c al
S o c ie t y c r i t i c i s i n g th e r eligi o us co mpe t i t i o n at
,

S an S alva d o r a n d c o mp ar i n g t h e R o m an
,

C a t h oli c M i s s i o n wi t h t h a t o f t h e Mr .

B e n t ley co n t i n ued : M an t u N lem v o L uz em b a

, , ,

K avu n gu a n d a few o t he rs are n o t a r e s ul t o f

,

t h e s c h oo li n g b u t o f t h at cl o se pe rs o na l de ali n g
,

whi c h is o n ly p o ssible wi t h o n e o r t wo b o ys ,

att a ched t o a m an deeply an xi o us fo r t hei r

266 Th e M an an d h i s M eth o ds

spi r i tu al warfare S c h oo ls s h ould g row s l o wly ;

.

n ew c o me rs
-
will t he n yield qui c kly t o t h e
i n flu e n c e o f t h e well t ra i n ed o n es I c an w at e r
-
.

a sm a ll g a r de n b ut a hu n d red a c r es w o uld be b ut
,

ill t e n ded A l arge sch o o l m ay le arn t o re ad

-
.

a nd w ri t e ,
b ut li tt le el s e will r esul t fro m t h at .

Pe rs o n al i n flue n c e will be l o s t if t o o widely

di s s emi n at ed .
’

L at e r o n h oweve r whe n W a t he n s ta t i o n
, ,

was t h o ro ughly e s t abli shed an d whe n t h ro ugh , ,

c o n s ta n t i t i n e ra t i o n s eve ra l b o ys h ad c o lle c t ed
,

on t h e s t at i o n M r Be n t ley r e c og n i s ed t h a t
,
.

t h e t ime h ad c o me t o m ake t hei r i n s t ruc t i o n

a n i t em o f imp o r t a n c e a n d I fin d t h e fo ll o wi n g
,

p ass age s in his le tt e rs

‘
A s t h o se wh o seek fo r g old h a ve t o p ass to n s
o f c r ushed qu ar t z o r s a n d t h ro ugh t h e w a shi n g

t ro ugh s t o get a n y t hi n g t h at w o uld pay s o we ,

n eed t o de a l i n n umbe rs if we w o uld fin d a n d

,

t ra i n m a n y wh o w o uld r e n de r se r vi c e t o t h e

G r ea t M as t e r o r t hei r o wn pe o ple U n de r t h e .

p r e s e n t c i rc um s t a n c e s we s h o uld n o t t hi n k o f

\
t e a c hi n g o n ly t h o se wh o h a ve give n t hei r he ar ts

t o t h e S a vi o u r V e seek t o t e ac h a n d t ra i n
.

an y wh o c o me to us a n d h o pe and,
expec t
t h at a m o n g s t t he s e t he r e ar e m an y fo r wh o m

G o d e n t e rta i n s g ra ci o u s pu rp os es a n d we fin d ,

it t o be s o We l o s e no t ime by t e achi ng
.
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o u t p o s t sch oo l s a nd o n ly l a me n t t h at we h a ve
,

n o t a n y s e n i o r b o y s a va il a ble fo r su c h w o r k ,

a n d depl o r e th a t t hey t a ke such a l o n g t ime

t o g ro w . As t o t h e s upp o rt all o ur s ch o l ars

,

h a ve t o w o rk . They w o rk ei t he r o n t h e s tat i o n
o r pl a n t a t i o n s fro m 9 t o 1 2 a n d fro m
,
to

6 ; m o rn i n g p raye rs a n d r eligi o u s i n s t ruc t i on

a re fr o m 8 t o 9 s c h oo l fro m
, to

t h at is t o s ay fro m 5 o r 6 5 h o u rs t h e bigge r
,

on es w o rk ; 3 3 h o u rs are give n to rel igi o us

9
.
‘

i n s t ru c t i o n a n d s ecul ar t e ac hi n g ; leav in g t h em ‘

5 5
1
o r 6 g ~ h o u r s fo r me al s an d pl ay a nd 9 fo r s leep
,
.

They c on s ide r t h at we are a mply rep a id a n d

'

h a ve n o n ot i o n t h a t t hey are i n deb t ed t o us .

A t t h e s a me t ime t h e b o y s do like t h e s t at i o n
,

life an d app re c i at e t h e t e achi n g o t he rwise t hey

, ,

w o uld n ot s ta y a day I n t hei r eye s t h e

.

m at t e r is o n e o f give an d t ake ; t he r e is n o -

i n deb t ed n es s o n ei t he r s ide .
’

A s t o t h e s ugge s t i o n th a t a b oardi n g s c h oo l
migh t n o t be c o n ducive t o a high m o ral to n e ,

he s ay s
‘
I s t hei r h o me life fpure ? The re is n o t a

p re t e n ce o f pu r i t y in t hei r t o w n s T h e d an c e.

n o w in fa s hi o n i s excep t i o na lly vile O ur b o ys .

c o me fro m m a ny t o w n s They do n o t clique

.

t o ge t he r, an d e a ch lot w o uld r e adily t ell o n

t h e o t he r . A t t h e s a me t ime s o me o f t h e b o ys
,
1 . BO YS ’
s wm c s AT WA TH E N . 2 . PL A YI NG M BE L E .

3 . BO YS ’
BR A S S BA N D .

[To fa ce page 268 .

2 70 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

bec o mes qui t e a big bu s i n e s s E ve ry o n e k n ow s

.

t h at n o p re s e n t ca n be t h o u gh t o f a n d a s t h e ,

b o y s t ell me t h e l o cal p r i c es I buy my foo d as ,

c he a ply a s t h e n a t ives do
’
.

S o me t h o ugh t t h a t t he r e was a d an ge r o f t h e
b oy s be co mi n g u n fi t fo r n a t ive life a n d t ryi n g ,
.

to l o rd it o ve r t hei r u n educ at ed t o w n sfo lk

‘ ’
.

M r B e n t ley s me t h o d did n o t e n c o u rage t en

’
.

den c ies o f t his ki n d H is di s p os i t i o n s we re

.

c a refully m ade t o mee t a n y p oss ible diffi c ul t y .

H e expl a i n ed t hem t hu s A t o n e t ime o r ‘

“
:

a n o t he r o ur b o ys will t ry o n all s o r t s o f t hi n g s
'

b ut we a ll o w n o s u c h n o n s e n se Whe n t hey go .

o ut wi t h me my b o y s h a ve t o carr y t a ble c h a i r , ,

fo od fo wl s medi c i n e b ag l an t e rn b art e r s t uff

, , , , ,

an d a few t i n s o f p ro vi s i o n s a n d a n y t hi n g el s e ,

t h a t is w an t ed a s well as t hei r o wn bl a n ke t ;
,

eve ry o n e h as t o help Chief a n d s l a ve alike

, ,

a c c o r di n g t o s ize a n d s t r e n g t h .

‘
O n arr ivi n g at t h e h a l t i n g pl ac e t hey fe t c h -
,

fi rew o o d befo r e t he y re s t O n e o f t hem co o ks

.
,

a n o t he r l a y s t h e t a ble and s o o n
,
I ligh t e n .

t hi n g s fo r t hem a b it o n l o n g h ard m arc hes b ut

,

eve n t he n eve ry b o y h as t o c arr y his o wn

,

bl an ke t an d s p ar e c l ot he s a n d fo o d for a da y o r
,

t wo o r be a d s fo r buyi n g m o re
,
A n y supe rfi c i al .

s upe r i o r i t y t o t hei r t o w n sfo lk s oo n di s a ppe ars

o n t hei r r e t ur n t o t h e t o w n whe n th ey fin d ,
 N o E n gli s h s h o u ld be Ta u gh t 271

th at i l f a ui a ir/ r e Real s upe ri o ri t y t h at will

.

m a ke t hem build be tt e r h o u s e s w o r k dilige n t ly

,

to e arn be t t e r cl ot he s we are deligh t ed t o

,

n ot i c e
’
.

S o me pe o ple a dv ocat ed t h at we s h o uld t e ac h

o ur b o y s E n gli s h s o t h at t hey migh t h a ve t h e
,

be n efi t o f E n gli s h c o mme n tarie s a n d be a bl e t o

r e a d E n gli s h b oo ks . Al t h o ugh t hey migh t do
t hi s in S an S a lv ad o r we we r e in t h e B elgi an
,

C o ng o a n d we re n ot all o wed t o i n c lude E n glish

,

in t h e s c h o o l c u rr i c ulum The r e was als o

.

a n ot he r o bj e c t i o n to t his fo r eve n t h o ugh

,

we migh t t e ac h th e s ch oolb o y s su ffi c ie n t E n gli s h

fo r t hem t o u n de rs ta n d a n d eve n a pp re c i at e
,

t h e s h ade s o f t h o ugh t in t he o l ogic a l o r o t he r

w o rk s wh at a b o u t t h e t o w n s fo lk in ge n e ral ?
,

E n gli s h c o uld n eve r be c o me t h e l angu age o f th e

h o me s .

Th e t w o fold wisd o m o f o pp o s i n g t h e t e ac hi n g
of E n glish o n t h e s tat i o n a ppe ars in t h e
fo ll o wi n g ex t rac t fro m o n e o f M r B e nt ley s .
’

le t t e rs : A S ta t e o ffi c i al t o ld me t h e o t he r day
‘

t h at o ur s ch oo l migh t be pl ac ed u n de r c o n t r o l a n d ,

t h e m at t e r was al r e ady u n de r c o n s ide rat i o n Thi s .

is wh a t I h a ve bee n l o n g expe c t i n g D epe n d

.

up o n it if we do n o t s t op t h e t e ac hi ng o f E n gli s h
,

we s t an d a g o o d c h a n ce o f bei n g r e s t ric t ed b o t h
in t h e S t ate and P ort uguese t e rr i t o ry We m ay
.
272 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

expec t s o me ve r y defi n i t e o rde rs befo r e l o ng .

B e s ide s t h e c hief o f t h e R o m a n C a t h olic M i s s i o n

,

at t o ld a B elgi a n fr ie n d t h e o t he r day t h at

t hey c o uld n o t h o pe t o m ak e t h e pe o ple u n de r

s t a n d t h e my s t e r ie s o f r eligi o n b u t t hey c o uld

,

t e ac h t hem t o r epe at p ra ye rs in F r e n c h an d ,

t e ac h t hem t o w o r k They de s p ai red o f Ch r is t i a n

.

isi n g a nd i n t e n d t o go in fo r civili sat i o n We

, .

mus t see t o it t h at o ur ac t i o n s a nd l i n e s o f w or k
do no t give t h e ide a t h at we feel t h e s ame
’
.

I c ome n o w t o M r B e n t ley s views as t o t h e

.
’

du t ies o f n at ive Ch ris t i an s U p o n t hese he h ad

.

s t ro n g c o n vic t i o n s
. W r i t i n g a reply t o th e O ffe r
o f a fr ie n d t o supp o r t a n at ive ev a n gelis t he s ays ,

‘
A t p re s e n t t he r e is o n ly o n e s u c h n at ive p aid
ev angeli s t a n d th e Chu rch at S an S alv a d or is
,

well able t o s upp o rt him a n d d o es s o As t h e

,
.

Chu r ches i n c r e as e in n umbe rs a n d S pi r i t u al gift s ,

t he r e is eve r y r e a s o n t o believe t hey will be a ble

t o mee t all t hei r o wn expe n se s a n d it w o uld be ,

a mi s c hiev o u s p r e c ede n t t o a ccep t o u t side h elp .

I t is t hei r du t y t o do wh at t hey c a n fo r t h e
M as t e r s K i n gd o m a n d if an y o n e h as gift s an d
’

O pp o r t u n i t y t o dev o te t o t h at w o r k he sh o uld do ,

it a s a m at t e r o f c o u rse Th e E n gli s h Chu r che s

.

s h o uld a fo r t h e w o r k a n d expe n se o f t hei r

p y
E n gli s h age n t s t h e N a t ive Chu rc he s fo r t h e w ork
,

an d expe n se o f t hei r n a t ive a ge n t s This is t h e.

2 74 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

be pp i ed t o su c h a s ub s tat i o n wh at wo uld
a o nt -

be t h e diffe re n ce be t wee n a s ub s tat i o n and a -

full s t at i o n ? I a m a b it fe arful t h at a s ub
s t at i o n w ould a bs o r b t o o mu c h att e n t i o n a n d
e n e rgy in ro u t i n e w o rk We mus t h o pe t o o t h at
.

i n s t e ad o f o n e t o w n desi ri n g o ur c o n s t a n t
p re s e n c e m a n y m ay wi s h us t o se t tle wi t h t hem
, ,

m o r e t h an we c an p o s s ibly u n de rt a ke I t hi n k .
,

i ns t e a d o f buildi n g a few s ub s tat i o n s it w o uld

-
,

be be t t e r t o h ave o nly o ne l arge s tat i on an d ,

a rran ge fo r a g o o d n a t ive h o use t o be b o rro wed

whe n eve r an d whe reve r we w an t o ne a nd h a ve ,

seve ral o u t p o s t s to be vi s i t ed in t u rn by th e whi t e

,

m en . Pe rh a p s t h e ex o du s fro m Ng o mbe ( t h e
t o w n n ex t t o whi c h we buil t ) m ay r em o ve t h e

t emp t at i o n t o us he r e t o be s at i s fied wi t h wh a t we

did in o ur n e are s t t o w n a n d d rive us t o s o w th e

,

seed s m o re b ro ad ca s t .

A t L o v o t hey w a n t ed us t o h a ve a h o use in
t h e t o w n s o t h a t we migh t visi t t hem freque n t ly ,

a n d h o ld s e r vi c e s a n d s ch o o l . N O big expe n sive

sub s tat i o n b ut j u s t a c o n ve n ie n t g ra s s h o u s e
-
,
-

fo r a s c h oo l an d s e r vi c e s wi t h a bed ro o m a t t h e
,

en d. We migh t h a ve a h o u s e like t h a t a t L o v o ,

a n d an o t he r in a n o t he r t o w n a n d t his migh t
,

be ex t e n ded i n defi n i t ely whe n eve r t he r e are re al

e a rn e s t nat ive t e ache rs r e ady t o be s e n t by t h e
Chu rch Such w o r k w ould be n at ive w o rk a n d
.
,
Di v i si on of S u r r o u n d i n g D i st r i c t 275

s h ould be supp ort ed by t h e N at ive Chu rc h n ot ,

fro m M i s si o n fu n ds By and by we sh o uld h ave

.

n o t o n e o r t wo sub s t at i o n s b ut m an y o u t p o s t
-
,

s t at i o n s m an y ce n t re s o f ligh t in m an y ,

di re c t i o n s .
’

A t t h a t t ime t h e a ft e rn o on s e rvices o n t h e
s ta t i o n we r e a t t e n ded by fr o m a b o u t s eve n ty five
-

t o n i n e t y o u t s ide rs I n t h e m o rn i n g v ar i o us t o w n s
.

we re vi s i t ed ; t hu s t h e seed was al re ady bei n g

regul a rly s o w n by m a n y w a t e r s a n d t h e w o rk a t ,

W athe n was a c c o rdi n gly s oo n s o arra n ged t h at

e ac h c o lle ague s h o uld h a ve t h e c h anc e t o e ngage
i n t h e w o rk whi c h he h a d in V iew whe n O ffe ri n g
fo r M i s s i on s e rvi c e Th e di s t r i c t s u rro u n di n g
.

t h e s ta t i o n was divided i n t o fo u r p a r t s a n d e ac h ,

o f t h e fo u r c o lle ague s was r e s p o n s ible fo r t h e

w o rk in o n e di s t r i c t o n th e c o n di t i o n t h at e ac h
,

s h o uld be willi n g t o u n de rt a ke t h e w o r k o f t h e

s t at i o n in h is t u r n a n d t hus a ll o w th e o t he r
,

c o lle agues to abs ent t hem s elve s fo r a l i t t le

while .

As t o t hi s me t h o d M r Be n t ley w ri t e s : We.
‘

h ave decided t o divide o u r dis t ric t up i n t o

p a rishes an d e ac h of us t o ta ke c h a rge O f o n e
, .

I t fixe s t h e re s p o n s ibili t y a n d s h o uld t e n d t o

,

g r e at e r ac t ivi t y I k n o w mi n e fo r a b o u t t wo
.

d ay s di s t an ce t h at is t o s ay I h ave c ro s s ed it in
’

t wo o r t h r ee li n es an d h ave visi t ed s o me t h o ugh

, ,
2 76 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

r e ally o nly a few t o w n s t he re w o uld be ple n t y o f

w o rk fo r a d o ze n m en he re Al t oge t he r my o wn
.

parish is a b o u t s eve n hu n d red s qu ar e miles ; t h e

o t he r b r e t h r e n h a ve s t ill l a rge r p a r i s he s The r e
.

is a b o u t a vill age t o t h e s qu ar e mile s o yo u m ay ,

gue s s t h at s u c h a di s t ri c t t o ev an geli s e in t h e ,

t ime whi c h I c a n s p ar e fro m my t ran s l a t i o n w o rk ,

le a ves me ve ry l i tt le t ime for c o rre s p o n de n c e o r

lei s u re o f a n y ki n d Whe n I h a ve fi n ished Luke
.

I mus t do a n o t he r i t i n e rat i o n me a n while ,

S at u rd a y t o M o n d ay o u t i n gs a re a b o u t all I can
do . A t p r ese n t t he r e is n o spi r i t u al a w a ke n i n g
a m o n g t h e pe o ple he re ; we a re ge tt i n g much
n e a r e r t o t hem b ut S pi r i t u a l de a t h r eig n s eve ry
,

whe re S t ill we mus t n o t fa i n t o r be dis c o u raged ;

.
,

t he re is n o r e a s o n fo r it Th e ble s s i n g will c o me
.

al l in due se as o n ; we mu s t be dilige n t in t h e
s o wi n g ,
an d t he n t he re will be s o me t hi n g t o

sp r i n g up whe n t h e se as o n d o e s c o me Th e .

g re at diffi c ul ty lie s in t h e g ro u n d t o be c o ve red .

‘
I mus t se t tle my c e n t r e o f w o r k as s o o n as
p o s s ible M a ku t a five d ay s fro m he re whe re
.
, ,

To m C o mbe r was sh o t is in my di s t ri c t
, .

Kus aka n a th e Chief o f t h e Tu n gw a ( o n e o f

,

t h e M ak uta t o w ns ) is ve r y a n xi o u s fo r me
,

t o go t he r e ; eve r y few week s I get a mess age ,

u rgi n g me t o go I t ell him t h a t whe n I

.

h ave fi n ished Lu ke I will go He h as eigh t .

P r ep a r es fo r Tr an s lat i o n W o rk 2 77

b o y s for our sch o ol whe n I c an go t o fe tc h

,

t hem
’

M e a n while t h e li nguis t ic w o rk was g o i ng o n .

Th e s pi r i t in whi c h he u nde r t o o k t h e s ac red

w o rk o f B ible t ra n sl at i on will be gat he red fro m
t h e fo ll owi n g ex t rac t s fro m his o w n le t t e rs .

W r i t i ng t o M r B ay n e s he c all s it a g re at
.
, ,
‘

p rivilege a n d a gr e a t r e s p o n s ibili t y b u t a t t h e
, ,
’

s a me t ime a w o rk t h at will be ve ry c o n
ge n i al .

To his fa t he r he w ri t es ab o u t t his s ame t ime

t h at he h ad e n de a v o u red t o t ransl a t e th e
G o s pel o f Luke in s imple i n t e res t i n g s t yle , ,

a ft e r t h e fashi o n o f t hei r o wn s t o r ies an d idi o m .

‘
I h a ve fou n d a life w o r k n o w an d if wi t h it
-
,

I ca n c o mbi n e s o me i t i n e ra t i on and p re ac hi n g ,

it will be all I c a n de s i re in t h a t way if o n ly ,

G o d s blessi n g re s t s up o n me a nd my w o r k
’

I mu s t do s o me walking a b o u t to keep well .

’

H e t he n pi t u e him elf a t hi s tas ks

c r s s \ I ‘

h a ve m ade a high de s k fo r t ran s l at i on w o rk s o ,

t h at I s h all s t a n d a n d w or k I t is eigh t fee t .

l o n g and I ca n h a ve my lexi co n s g ra mm ar
, , ,

ve rs i o n s & c s p re a d o ut a n d w alk a b o u t t o
, .
, ,

e a c h M r C ame ro n s b oy M an wele a n ot he r
. .
’

, ,

ve ry n ic e la d r ece n t ly b ap t ized is t o help

, ,

me a s well a s N lem v o N o w I h a ve a n ice lo t.

,

of b el o ngi n g s a b o u t me a nd we are begi n n i n g

,
2 78 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

to feel at h o me I t is th e fi rs t t ime si n c e I left

.

E ngl an d in t h e sp r i n g o f 7 9 t h at I h ave bee n

’

a ble t o l o o k a t a pl a c e as h o me
’
.

To his c olle ague M r P D av ie s he w r i t es

, . .
,
:

A s t o t h e t ran s l at i o n o f t h e L o rd s P ra ye r t he r e
’

h a s bee n p re c i o us li tt le c ri t i c i s m hi t he r t o I am .

gl a d t o s ee th e b all s et ro ll i n g I t is t h e o n ly .

gu a ra n t ee o f a n d i n c e n t ive t o c areful w o r k I
, ,
.

h o pe yo u will be o n t h e l o o k out a ll ro u n d fo r -

such m att e r s I n t h e t ran s l at i on o f t h e Sc r ip

.

t u r e s we s o o n c o me fac et o fac e wi t h di fficul t ie s .

Sh all I be s tri c t ly l i t e ral o r c o ll o qui a l at a n y

c o s t s ? Th e h appy medium is t h e on ly s a fe o n e .

H o w s h o uld we like a s t ric t ly li t e ral E ngli s h

t ra n s l at i o n ? I r eck o n we s h o uld n o t l o ve t o

r e a d o ur B ibles if t hey c o s t t o o mu c h effort t o

u n de rs t a n d We h a d be t t e r s t rive aft e r a ca reful

.

t ra n s l a t i o n in whi c h wh a t eve r we t hi n k o f ve r b a l
,

i n s pi ra t i o n o f t h e S c rip tu re s we m a y t ry t o ca t c h
,

t h e ide a o f t h e o r igi n a l w o rds a n d r ep r e s e n t t he m

,

a s fa i t hfully a s p o s s ible .

We mu s t be c ar eful t h at we p ro pe rly u n de r
s ta n d o ur C o n g o w o rd s sub tle a s t hey a re a n d
, ,

t h at t h e s t ill m o re s ub t le fo r m s a r e c o rrec t ly

u s ed Fo r i n s t a n c e t h e w o rd s L em b wa a n d
.
,

Ko n dwa b o t h me a n t o l ack b u t in t h e c as e
”
,
.

o f t h e fi rs t t h e ide a is t h at a pe rs o n n eve r h a d
,

wh at he is wi t h o u t . Ko n dwa im pli es p revi o u s

2 80 Th e M an an d h i s M et h ods

spe a ki n g o f t h e b re t h r e n o f our L o rd Hav

‘ ’
.

ing l oo ked up t h e s ubje c t t o t h e bes t o f h is

a bili t y ,
M r B e n t ley de c ided for t h e use o f t h e
.

w o r d M pan gi ( elde r b ro t he r o r n e ar rel at ive )

‘ ’

r eg ardi n g t hem as child r e n o f J o s eph by a

p revi ou s wife o r p os s ibly c o usi n s
,
.

Th e o pi n i o n o f t h e c o lle ague s wa s divided

on th e m att e r To a s ugge s t i o n t h a t M r
.
.

B e n t ley s view S h o wed a le an i n g t o R o m an

’

C a t h o li c i s m he r eplied wi t h n at u ral i n dig n a

,

t i on : I do n o t r ej e c t o ur L o rd s D ivi n i t y
‘ ’

be c ause t h e P o pe o r t h e devil s eve n believe , ,

in it . I f we t h r o w o ve rb o ard all t h e t ru ths whi c h

t h e Chu rc h o f R o me r e ta i n s we s h a ll m a ke s hip ,

w r e c k o f o ur fa i t h ; b u t I a m n o m o re a P apis t
t h an you a r e I believe as fi rmly as yo u do t h a t
.

M ary be c a me t h e p ro pe r wife o f J o s eph b ut it is ,

h a rd t o p r ove t h at she h ad an y fu rt he r c hild re n .

’

Fi nally he s ugge s t ed t h a t it w o uld be bes t

,
‘

t o lay t h e m at t e r befo r e t wo o r t h ree m en in t h e

de n o mi na t i o n s u c h a s D r A n gu s wh o s e a ns we r
,
.
,

will h a ve weigh t .
’

A no the r di s cus s i o n a rose a b o u t t h e w o rd t o be

a d o p t ed fo r t h e C h u rch t h e b o dy of believe rs
‘ ’
.
,

Ab o u t t his he w ro t e
“ N sa
”
s eem s t h e bes t w o r d t o exp r ess t h e

ide a o f th e Chu rc h o f Ch ris t The r e is n o i n st i .

t ut io n he r e t o rep rese n t t h e G reek eccles ia b ut a ,

 I m p o r t an c e of A c c u r ac y 28 1

w ord t ath c an be tran s l at ed by c ro wd o r “

“
,

Th e
”
m ob , c e r ta i n ly d o es n o t exp res s t h e ide a .

Chu rc h is m ore t h a n a gat he r i n g o r c ro wd o f

“
,

pe o ple Th e w o rd N s a i e uez i n ue of a Clue/I

.
,
. .
,
‘

s eem s t o be t h e o n e we w a n t Th os e wh o h a ve
'

bee n b o ugh t by H im H is foll o we rs ; t hey b e

,

l o n g t o H im ; they a re H is r e t i n ue H is pe o ple ,
.
’

Befor e fi n all y p ass i ng t h e p ro o fs o f t h e N ew

Tes ta me n t t h rough t h e p re s s he se n t t hem t o ,

s o me o f t h e c o lle a gues fo r t hem t o r e a d an d

c ri t i c i s e . Fo r as he w r i t es t o o n e c o lle ague :
,

I a m m os t a n xi ou s t o get t h e w o rk c o rre c t a t all

c os t s a n d will a ll o w n o deli cac y O f feeli n g ab o u t
,

t h e o ve rh a uli n g o f my w o rk t o s t a nd i n t h e way .

Fo r me t o refu s e t o t a ke a n y mi s t a ke s o ut o r fo r ,

o t he rs t o i n si s t o n mi s ta ke s bei n g u t in w o uld
p ,

be m o s t se r i ous fo r ei t he r o f us Th e c ri t icisms .
’

( whi ch s o me t ime s a n swe r ed e a ch o t he r ) we r e

r e c eived wi t h a l l t h an kful n e s s an d we re c ar efully
,

weigh ed .

Th e t ra n sl at i o n o f t h e E pis t le s was c e rt a i n ly
m o re diffi c ul t th a n t h e simple ac c o u n ts of th e
G ospels As he s ay s in a le t t e r t o M r Tym m s
.
, .

o n t h e fi rs t ve rs e o f 1 C o r i n t hi a n s
‘ “
Th e w o rd c alled in t h e o pe n i ng ve rs e ga ve
me a puzzle r We h a ve n o deligh t fully v ague
.

w o rd s in C o ng o E ve ry t hi n g is p recise I h ave
“
. .

”
fi nally ad op t ed a w o rd equiv ale n t t o t old o ff ,
 282 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

or
“ lled
ca o ut o f ks t o an ap o s t leship a s
th e ra n ,

a m as t e r a pp o i n t s his seve ra l m en t o t hei r seve ra l

du t ies a n d c alls o ut o n e for a speci al du t y Thi s

, .

m ay n o t be a l t oge t he r s at isfact o r y b u t it is t h e ,

be s t as yet fo u n d a n d will fit in wi t h all th e

,

u sages o f wh at h as r e ally bec o me a t e c h n i ca l

t e rm . N lem v o h as a m a r vell o u s fu n d o f w o rds .

H e h as a ve ry h appy k n ac k o f hi t t i ng o ff ide as .

C o n g o will t a ke t h e S c r ip t u re s as well as E n glish ,

I r e c k o n I f it is we ake r in s o me re s pe c t s it is
.
,

s t ro n ge r in o t he rs Th e c hief faul t o f t h e l an gu age

.

is it s p re c i s e n ess
’
.

I t was a g re a t relief t o M r Be n t ley whe n M r . .

D avies u n de rt o o k t o t ra n sli t e ra t e a ll t h e B ible

n a me s a c c o r di n g t o a c o n s i s t e n t pl a n s o t h a t a l l ,

B oo ks migh t be u n ifo r m a n d hide o us C o ng o ‘

“
,

M ala ko s i
” ”
is a t io n s s u ch as fo r M a rk
“ “
, ,

” ”
A b ala yam i fo r Ab rah am & c be a v o ided ,
.
, .
’

D e ali n g wi t h t h e s a me s ubj e c t he s a id ,

I s h o uld ve n t u r e t o e n t e r a ca ve a t aga i n s t t h e
ve ry g r e at a m o u n t o f ch a n ge whi c h is p ro p o sed ,

fo r I c a n no t fo r a m o me n t t hi n k t h a t t h e
fu t u r e ge n e ra t i o n o f mis s i o n arie s w o uld car e fo r
t hese c h an ge s I n a p o we r fully s h o rt t ime t h e
.

bu s hm an eleme n t will h ave di s appe ared fro m

t h e n eighb o u rh o o d O f o ur s t a t i o n s a n d de c e n t , ,

~
well t ra i n ed b o y s a n d o t h er n a t ive s will be in
-
, ,

t h e h abi t o f pro n o u n ci n g all s or t s o f s t r a n ge

2 84 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

Th e ques t i o n was als o i ed as t o th e n ecessi t y

ra s

for c l o s i n g eve ry s yll a ble wi t h a v owel b ut ,

‘
w arn ed as we are w ro t e M r Be n t ley by ,
’
.
,
‘

s u c h m en as D r Cus t aga i n s t m aki ng p arodies

.

o f t h e B ible n a me s o r m a ki n g wide diffe re n c es ,

u n less a o s olu lel

y necessa r
y we de c ided t,h at i t

w o uld be bes t t o m ake t h e le as t p o s s ible a l t e ra

t i o n fro m t h e s o u n d o f t h e o rigi nal ; t h a t t h e

i n s e rt i o n o f t h e fan c y v o wels was u nn ecess ary ,

c o n fu s i n g a n d t e n di n g t o a bsu r di t y
, We t eac h .

ge og raph y a n d t h e s a me difficul t y o ccu rs in t h at ;

,

we c an n ot at t emp t a wh o le s ale d o ct or i ng o f all

m ap s .
’

I n l at e r ye ars whe n t h e N ew Te s ta me n t
,

was a c t u ally in p ri n t he w ro t e t o a c ol ,

le ague in regard t o s o me c ri t icism up o n its

,

s t yle

I a m mu c h g ra t ified a t y o u r ki n d w o rd s a b o u t
t h e N ew Te s ta me n t A s t o it s bei n g pe rh a p s
.
, ,

a b it t o o c l as si c t he r e was n o help fo r it
, .

The re is n o h alf way be t wee n whi t e m an s C o n g o

’
-

a n d t h e c l as s i c o r ra t he r t h e eu lluued s t yle
,
It , .

is t h e ac t u al l a n gu age o f t h e m as s o f t h e c o u n t ry ,

a n d t h e s t yle is t h e s t yle o f t h e n a t ive s o f C o ng o

fro m S an S alv ad o r righ t a way t o Ki ns uk a ,

M ak u t a an d Luvi t uku an d t o wi t hi n fo u r h o u rs
, ,
’

fro m he re als o o f t h e M b a n z a N z undi di s t ric t

,
.

My aim h as b ee n t o app ro ximat e as cl o sely as

 H i nts on L i n gu i s t i c W ork 285

p os sible t o th e C o ngo o f a n o rdi n ary n at ive .

All s o rt s o f s ugges t i o n s h a ve bee n m ade S o me .

r e c o mme n d t h a t o n e di a le c t be a dhe r ed t o s o me ,

a n o t he r ; o t he rs w o uld like it t o be s imple r m o r e ,

like S t at e C o n go o r t h e effor t s o f a n ew m a n
,

o ut ! But D og C on g o is n o e ar thly us e fo r
-

s pi r i t u a l w o rk ; a m an mus t put h is be s t i n t o
it fo r if t h e w o rk is c h a ff it will be i n evi t ably
,

bu rn t up in t h e fi r e s o f fu t u re s t udy an d devel op
me nt Pe rs is t e n c e in mis take s o n ly bec o mes a
.

m o n ume n t t o a m an s s h ame’
.
’

Th e advice give n t o an U ppe r Rive r m an

wh o w
a s d o i n g s o me t ran sl at i o n r eve als t o us

h o w M r B e n t ley him s elf w or ked

.

‘
D r ive o n s t udy h ard cl o sely an d c a refully ;
, ,

a v o id c ra n ks a n d fad s a s h o pele s s ly fat al an d ,

eve n t u ally m a ki n g o ne an O bj e c t of r idicule .

E n de a v o u r t o get at t h e li ttle t ro uble s s hu t t i ng ,

y o u r eye s at n o t hi n g n o m at t e r h o w o ft e n it
,

m akes yo u pull y ou r w o r k t o piece s an d re cas t -

.

Y o u say , I s h o uld n e arly h ave ac c o mpli s hed t h e

t ask by n o w if Wh at a pi t y t h at yo u did
n o t peg a w ay an d do it ! Whe t he r in t h e en d
y o u r t ran s l a t i o n is t o be p r i n t ed o r n o t it is y o u r
,

du t y t o s t udy t h e l an gu age a n d t o do y o u r bes t

,

t o arr ive a t pe r fe c t i o n n o m at t e r whe t he r y o u r

,

w o rk is fi n ally s elec t ed by y o u r b re t h re n o r n o t .

D o n o t be t o o exclusively l oc al Th e y o u ng fo lk
.
2 86 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

do no t u n de rs t a n d h alf t h e w o rd s o f t h e fulle r
spee c h I h ave far m o r e w o rds t h an a n y s i n gle
.

n at ive w o uld k n o w a n d m a n y w o r d s in t h e N ew
,

Te s t ame n t w o uld n o t be u n de rs t oo d by a n y o n e
m a n b ut t hey w o uld by a no t he r an d aga i n m an y
, ,

t h at t h e sec on d d o e s n o t k n o w t h e fi rs t w o uld
,
.

Th e fa c t is t h a t s o me t imes o n e c a n s upply th e
n eeded w o r d s o me t ime s a n o t he r N o o n e m an s
’
.
,

v o ca bul ary is b ro ad e n ough fo r all .

‘
As t o y ou r s ugges t i o n t h at I s h o uld put i n t o
w ri t i n g fo r ge n e ra l us e t h e p ri n c iple s a d o p t ed in
t h e N ew Te s t a me n t I fe ar t h at I s h o uld pl ac e
,

my s elf in a ve ry diffi c ul t p o s i t i o n in s o d o i n g I .

s h a ll a lw a y s be h a ppy t o a n s we r a n que s t i ons

y ,

a n d r e n de r a n p o s s ible se r vi c e de s i r ed by my
y
b r e t h re n ; a n y t hi n g el s e migh t be r e s e n t ed as
p re s ump t i o n o n my p art To att emp t t o t ra n s
.

l at e t h e N ew Te s ta me n t in s u c h a way t h a t
it s me an i n g sh all be a t o n c e app are n t t o a n
ig n o ran t he a re r wh o he ars for t h e fi rs t t ime is
, ,

a h o pele s s t as k . The r e are t wo widely diffe r e n t

s y s t em s o f t ra n s l a t i o n — t h a t o f c l o s ely fo ll o wi n g

t h e o r igi n al a n d t h at o f p a ra ph ra s i n g b ut while ,

t h e o rigi n a l c a n be fo ll o wed t o o s l a vi s hly a nd be ,

t h e c a u s e O f u n n e c e ssar y O b s c u r i t y t h e p ara
,

ph ras i n g is a m os t d a n ge ro u s c o u rs e We sh o uld .

s oo n be pu t t i n g i n t o it o ur o wn s upe r fi c i a l an d

O ft e n i n c o r r ec t n o t i on s Su c h w o rk as t ran s l at i o n
.
2 88 Th e M an an d h i s M et h o ds

eve n t ran sl at e t h e B ible o r t h e Pi lgr i m s Pr ogr ess ’

.

I t will be m aki n g a w ro n g begi n n i n g t o gi v e

a w ay . Whe n shall we be in a po s i t i o n t o m ake
a c h a n ge ? We w a n t t o t e a c h t h e n at ive
Ch r i s t i an s to s upp o rt t hei r Chu rc h an d Chu rch
w o rk I f fo lk s do n ot begi n n o w t o pay a
.

fa i r p ri c e fo r p r i n t i n g w o rk whe n will t hey ? ,

Th e pe o ple mus t le arn t o u nde rs ta n d fro m th e

begi n n i n g t h at t h e b o oks we re m ade an d p r i n t ed
r Mei r o a n d t he r efo r e t hey mu s t
f o enefi l , a
p y fo r

t hem . Th e b oo k s n eeded as r e adi ng b oo k s -

a re e n t e red in t h e sch o o l ac c o u n t b ut a n y b o y ,

wi s hi n g t o p o ss e s s a b o o k o f his o wn h as t o
m a ke s o me re t u r n fo r it .
’

A t t h at t ime we o n ly h ad a ft e r n oo n s c h oo l , an d
t h e w o r k d on e in t h e m o r n i n g be t wee n p raye rs

a n d midd a y was a s et O ff in re t u rn fo r t hei r-

‘
ch o p we ar i n g c l o t h & c Th o se b o y s t he re
,
’
-
, .
,

fo re wh o w ere desi ro us o f p os s e s si n g bo o k s h ad
,

t o w o r k in t hei r fr ee t ime i n t h e m o rn i n g befor e ,

b re akfas t e ach m o rn i n g s w o rk bei n g r ec k o n ed

,
’

equiv ale n t t o a ce rt ai n sm all a m o u n t S ix o f .

t he s e c u r ren cy o r s ix m o rn i n g s w o rk w o uld b e
’

, ,

r ep a id by o n e b oo k A n o t he r b oo k w o uld be
.

v alued at t welve m o r n i n gs Th e pr ice o f a .

N ew Tes ta me n t was t hi rt y d a ys w o rk S o m e ’
.

m a y t hi n k t hi s h ard a n d it s pe a k s well fo r t h e
,

e arn es tn ess o f t h e b oys desi re t o po ssess a New

’
 E a ger P u r c h a s er s 2 89

Tes tame n t of t hei r o wn t h at t hey we re willi n g

t o w or k t hi rt y m o rn i n gs t o h ave o n e a n d n o
,

s o o n e r did t h e Te s t a me n t s a rr ive t h a n t he re

we r e ve ry few b oys wh o c o uld re a d wh o did

n o t p o ss ess o n e .
 C h a p t er XV

M i s s i o n P o li c y a n d Per s o na l
D ea l i n gs

Be ye l/zer efor e wise a s ser pents , a nd flaw less as dooes .

’

M ATT . x . 1 6 .

RO M t ime t o t ime ques t i o n s o f p olicy o r

a dmi n i s t ra t i o n o f m o r e o r less imp o rt a n c e
, ,

c a me up fo r se t tleme nt Thei r di s cussi o n in

.

M r B e n t ley s le t t e rs is i n t e res t i n g Fo r t h e
’
. .

c o n side ra t i o n o f e a c h help s t o illus t ra t e n o t o n ly

t h e c o n di t i on s o f missi o n ary life b ut a ls o th e

,

n ece ss i t y o f h a vi n g , in t h e missi o nar ies m en ,

c a p able o f de ali n g wi th t hem .

A n d fi rs t as t o s o me m att e rs a ffec t i n g t h e
p ro pe rt y o f t h e B M S . . .

S h o rt ly befor e M r C o mbe r died t he re was an

.

a t t emp t o n t h e p a r t o f t h e S t a t e t o upse t t h e O l d
c o n t ra c t o f pe r pe t u a l t e n u r e wi t h t h e sugges t i on
,

t h at t h e s ame t e r m s we r e t o s ta n d for all t h e

s t at i o n s a n d n o i n dem n i t y was t o be s o ugh t if

,

we we r e t u rn ed o ut fo r a n y re as o n M r B e n t ley . .

fa nc ied t h at t his was pe r h aps a deep l aid s c heme -

wi t h a view t o o b ta i n i ng s o me S peci ally c o ve t ed

29°
29 2 M i ss i o n P o l i c y

is no ques t i o n as t o our du t y Th e ran ks mus t .

c l o s e up we mu s t s t ill s t ruggle o n D o n t be ’
. ,

d o w n he ar t ed my de a r O ld To m ; d o n t att emp t
,
’

imp o s sibili t ies I f you we re t o c o ll ap s e I s h o uld

.
,

be h o pele ss Wi t h yo u I h ave n o he s i tat i o n

. .

D o n t t hi n k t h at arran gi n g t hi n g s , a n d
’

s t ra igh t e n i n g up a n d pl a n n i n g is n o t w or k
,

fo r t h e M as t e r I do h O pe yo u will c o me up
. .

A c h an ge o n th e s t e ame r migh t s et yo u up a n d ,

I sh o uld be gl a d t o h a ve a c h an ce o f a ge n e ra l
c o ns ul ta t i o n wi t h you a b o u t t hi n gs .
’

D eli c at e a nd difficul t tasks we r e s o me t imes l aid

upo n M r B e n t ley as a se n i o r mi s s i o n ary
. To .

o n e he h ad t o s ugges t a c h a n ge o f du t y A n o the r .

was e n c o u raged t o t h ro w himself i nt o t h e s t udy

o f t h e l a n gu age Th e c olle ague t o wh o m t his
.

a ppe al was a dd r es s ed be c a me o n e o f th e m o s t

r el i a ble a u t h o r i t ies o n t h e l a n gu age .

D ur i ng th e t ime t h at M r B e n t ley was in ch arge

.

o f th e Pe a ce t h e S tat e se nt a n o rde r t h at o ur
,
’

M i ss i o n s t e ame r s h o uld fly t h e S t at e flag H e .

t he r efo re w ro t e t o t h e C o n sul a t L oa n d a a s t o t h e

p o si t i o n o f t h e S t at e flag o n th e M issi o nary

s t e a me r : I t is a lways diffi c ul t to c o n vey t o th e
‘

n at ive s a c o rr ec t ide a o f th e n at u re O f o ur
phil an t h r o pi c w o r k I t w ill be all t h e m o r e
.

di fficul t if we h av e t o m a k e our s t e a me r appe a r

a s if it w ere a S t at e v essel I f we are o bliged
.
 Tr o u b l es of M a rt i a l L a w 29 3

to fly t h e S t at e flag as a c o mplime n t due we ,

migh t a t le as t fly it fo rwa rd t o m ake a dis t i n c t i on

be t wee n t h e S t a t e a n d ou rselves I t mus t be a .

diffi c ul t a n d t ro uble s o me bu s i n e s s t o o rg an i s e a
p rope r G o ve rn me n t ; in s u c h a wild c o u nt ry
s o me s t ruggle s an d o c cas i onal bl oo d s hed are
a lm o s t i n evi t a ble b ut a s it a ppe ars fr o m al
,
l th e
r egul a t i o n s de c r ee s & c
, whi c h are bei n g i ss ued
, .
, ,

t h a t t h e S t a t e is g o i n g t o pu s h t hi n g s wi t h r ig o u r

a n d al l de s p a t c h we mi ss i o n a rie s o ugh t t o keep

,

di s t i n c t I am s o rry t o t ro uble you fo r as a

.
, ,

mis s i o n ary I s h o uld p refe r t o keep c le a r o f all

,

p oli t i c al m att e rs b ut p as t d o i n g s c o mpel us t o

,

p ro t e c t o ur s t e ame r Th e C o n s ul t o o k th e
.
’

m at t e r up a nd s o me s pe c i al a rran geme n t was

,

m a de .

The n c a me an o t he r ques t i o n o f rel a t i on s wi t h

t h e C o n g o F r ee S t a t e H e w ro t e t o t h e co lle ague
.

in c h a rge a t B o l o b o w arn i n g him t h at t h e S t a t e

,

wa s se n di ng an expedi t i o n o ve r l a n d t o t h e r egi o n s
ra ided by t h e A ra b s a ddi n g They h a ve a fo rc e
,

of m en They h a v e a leg a l r igh t t o bille t

.

a g o o d n umbe r o f m en up o n yo u a n d will ve r y ,

likel y do s o me t hi n g t o S h o w t h e nat ive s t h a t t hey

c a n o r de r , a n d eve n bully us as well a s t hem ,
.

Su c h le s s on s t o t h e n at i v e s w o uld be t h e bes t in
t h e l o n g run We c an n o t O bj ec t a nd will h a ve t o
.
,

ut up quie t ly wi t h i t j u s t as we a dvise t h e n a t ives

p ,
294 M i ss i o n Po l i c y

to do . Y o u m ay be u rp r i s ed at t his a n d w o nde r
s ,

wh at we are c o mi n g t o I c a n o n ly h o pe t h a t you
.

will h a ve n o m ore t o co mpl a i n o f N o de c e n t .

S t at e c an a ffo rd t o w a i t u n t il ev an gelis t ic w o r k
h as r e a c hed it s c o nsumm a t i o n whe r e s u c h devil r y ,

exi s ts a n d if u n de r su c h c i r cum s tan ce s we p ro t es t

,

t oo l o udly we s h o uld h a ve t h e s ymp at hy o f n o

”
o ne . L et us h o pe t h at t h e Pe a ce will n ot be
a g a i n s eized I t is diffic ul t t o say wh a t ca nn ot
.

be d o n e u n de r mili ta ry law We s h all be ve ry .

a n xi o u s fo r n ew s fro m o u a n d s h all n o t fo rge t t o

y ,

r emembe r o u i n y o u r d a n ge rs a n d difficul t ies i n

y
o ur p raye rs Relieve o ur suspe n s e as s o on as
.

p o s sible I t m ay be t h at you h ave he ard t h e

.

n ew s o f t h e E xpedi t i o n a n d al ,
l t he s e reflec t i o n s
a n d p o s s ibili t ie s h a ve o c c ur red t o yo u ; b ut in

c as e o u h a ve n o t he ard i t w o uld be w r o n g o f
y ,

me n o t t o se n d yo u wa rn i n g .
’

Th e c o mp os i t i o n o f t h e mis s i o n ary s t a ff ra i s ed
m an y p ro blem s s o me o f deli ca cy
, Yo u ng .

mi s s i o na r ies we r e o c c as i o n a lly u n willi n g t o

bel ieve in th e n ece s s i t y o f t h e warn i n gs a s t o
c ar e O f pe rs o n al he a l t h p r e s sed o n t hem by
s e n i o r m en and Mr
,
B e n t ley begged t h at t h e
.

imp o rta n c e o f s u c h ca re migh t be u rged up o n

t hem .A t a n o t he r t ime he w r o t e
‘
E ve ry t hi n g h as imp re s s ed me wi t h t h e
imp ortanc e o f t h e widesp rea d s o wi n g o f t h e
296 M i ss i o n P o l i c y

sh o uld t hey be expec t ed t o l oo k a ft e r a lo t o f

wild gi rls s t ra igh t O ff for gi rls u n less well
, ,

in h an d a re fa r m or e t ro uble t h an b o ys
, To .

h a ve give n any o n e t h e eleve n S t a n ley P o o l

gi rl s en m asse w o uld h a ve bee n e n o ugh t o kill
, ,

h er . I s h o uld s ay m ore t h an five t o s tart wi t h

a re t oo m an y N o t u n t il t hese a re well in h an d
.

s h o uld m o r e be t a ke n .

I n A me r ic a t h e l adies are o ve rh auled as

t h o ro ughly as t h e m e n and in c o n seque n ce t h e ,

l a die s are o ft e n be tt e r t h an t h e m en t he refo r e if , ,

a m an wh o is e n g a ged a pplies h is be t ro t hed h as ,

t o a ppe a r t oo I f a m an h as h a d dece n t he al t h
.

himself an d m arr ie s a b righ t ac t ive w o m an I

, , ,

s h o uld sa his c h a n ce o f life is much i n cr e a sed

y .

I do n o t k n o w h o w I sh o uld h ave s t ruggled

t h ro ugh my w o r k w orr y a n d a n xie t y especi a lly
, , ,

o f l at e b u t fo r my wife
, I f a wife a dds t o a .

m a n s an xie t ies h o w mu c h d o e s s h e lesse n

’

t hem ! Th e r e s ul t is a he a vy mi n us rat he r
t h an a plus I f a m a n c an fin d t h e r igh t
.

w o m an my a dvi c e w o uld be ve ry s t ro ngly in

,

fa v o u r o f mi s s i o n ar ie s m arryi ng .
’

Th e que s t i o n o f t h e s c ale O f a ll o wa n ce s t o
C o ng o mi ss i o n aries ca lled fo r t h a c h a rac t e r is t i c
le t t e r in whi c h Mr B e n t ley dis c ussed wi t h
,
.

c o mple t e di s i n t e r e s t ed n ess a r um o u r whi c h h a d

r e ac hed him Th e subj ec t was a ft e rw ard s c o n

.
 N at i v e S ett l em en t s 29 7

s ider ed by him wi t h his b ro t he r mi s si o nar ie s ,

a n d t hey we r e a t o n e up o n t h e m a t t e r Th e .

w o r k was t hei r c are a n d ques t i o n s o f all o w an ce s

we r e o f qui t e mi n o r imp o rt a n c e I n t h e mi n d o f
.

M r Be n t ley him s elf t h e p o i n t uppe rm os t was

.

t h e n eces s i t y O f a ddi t i o n al helpe rs fo r t h e eve r

ex t e n di n g w o rk a nd an y fi na n c i al re a rra nge
,
-

me n t c o uld o n ly be c on side red by him as it

a ffe c t ed t h e p os s ibili t y o f r e in fo rc em en t s
-
.

A no t he r a n d e n t i rely diffe re n t que s t i on a rose

,

in r egard t o t h e rel at i o n s be t wee n t h e M i s si o n

a n d nat ives wh o o f t hei r o wn free will a n d
, , ,

fo r r e as o n s o f t hei r o wn c a me t o se tt le n e ar
,

t h e mi s si o n ar ies . I n qui rie s we r e m ade as t o t h e

n at ive t o w n s g ro wi n g up be s ide t h e s t a t i o n a n d ,

t hese d r ew fro m M r Be n t ley a n i n t e re s t i n g

.

r emi n de r o f t h e i n flue n ce a M issi o n exe rc i s es

°

‘
They will be n at ive t o w n s g ro wi n g n e ar o ur
s tat i o n in n o way diffe ri n g fro m a n o rdi n ary
,

town ,ex c ep t t h a t we s h o uld h o pe t o h ave at

fi rs t a l arge r p ro p o rt i o n o f Ch ris t i an folk a m o ngs t
t hei r pe o ple .

‘
TO build n e a r us is n o p ro fes s i o n o f fai t h ,

n ei t he r do we e n t e r i n t o a n y o bliga t i o n s wh a t eve r

t o s upp o rt t h o s e wh o c o me t o us O ut o f t h e
.

five fi rs t all o tme n t s he r e t wo O f t h e h o lde rs are

,

membe rs o f t h e Chu rc h a t hi rd is e arn es t ly

,

a n d se r i o u s ly s eeki n g t h e S a vi o u r Two o t he rs
.
29 8 Missi o n Po l i c y

a re s t ill in he at he n d ark n e s s O n e is th e .

be s t s hephe rd we h a ve eve r h ad he re We .

a re gl a d t o h a ve su c h a h o peful m an a m o ngs t

th os e se tt li ng n e ar us . S i n ce his rel at i o n s
h ave t re at ed him ve ry b a dly he p refe rs t o ,

a t t ac h him s elf t o N lem v o a n d build h is h o me

,

beside us .

A n o t he r c ame fro m S an S alv ad or t o w o rk fo r

us he re As he h as n o r el at ive s t he re n or an y
.

p ro tec t or he is a fra id t o re t u rn fo r t he re he
, ,

w o uld be su rely kid napped an d s o ld s o he ,

p refe rs t o build he re . I t is his o n ly h o pe o f

m a i n ta i n i n g h is freed o m . N e ar us t he r e c a n
be n o s e r i o us o pp ressi o n n e ar us is t h e n e a res t
,

a pp roach t o secu r i t y o f p ro pe rt y s o beside us ,

he re t he r e will g ro w a nat ive t o w n ; no t a

M is s i o n t o w n b ut a n at ive t o w n They do n o t
, .

build o n o ur g ro u n d a n d we h a ve no t t h e fa i n t e s t
,

r igh t t o o bj ec t t o t hei r buildi n g o n fr ee s o il ,

n e a r e n ough t o us fo r o ur p re s e n c e t o sh a me

o t he rs fro m o pp re s si n g t hem
’
.

A n i n t e r es t i n g le t t e r t o a n a t ive c on ve r t in
G a b oo n was w ri t t e n whe n t h at c o n ve rt h ad t o
fa ce a p o si t i on o f s o me di fficul t y : I h o pe ‘

i n de ed t h at aft e r t h e Ame ri ca n M i s s i o narie s

h a ve d o n e s o mu c h for th e M p on gwe y o u r ,

pe ople will s t an d by t hem ; t h a t whe n t h e

F re n ch t ry t o hi n de r t hem y o u r pe o ple will ,
3 00 M i ss i o n Po l i c y

p a id us m ore th an a pa ssi n g vi s i t o n t h e r oad ,

left wi th o u t h avi ng he a rd fro m him t h e mess age

o f s a lv a t i o n .

To o n e he w ro t e : As t o t h e m att e r o f
‘

y o u r le t t e r Y o u will u n de rs t an d t h at I h a ve
.

bee n s o rry t o le a rn t h at y o u r diffi c ul t y s t ill

r em a i n s t oo s t r o n g fo r o u A t t h e s a me t ime
y .

I c a n a s su r e you t h at yo u h a ve my he art ies t

s ymp a t hy . I w o n de r if I h ave i n cre as ed y o u r
di ffi c ul t y by e n co u ragi n g t h a t re as o n a ble t h ough t
o f y o u rs t h a t s o l on g a s t h e o n e g r e at o bs t a cle
, ,

r em a i n ed , t h e way o f a c c e s s t o G o d in p raye r

was bl o cked TO a c e rt ai n ex t e n t it is t rue a n d

.
,

n eeds t o be r e ali s ed by yo u b ut t h at yo u s h o uld

be u n able t o put t h e evil a w ay in y o u r o wn
s t re ng t h in o rde r t o cle a r t h e way t o p raye r is
r e a lly n o t s u rp r i s i n g I s h o uld advi s e you t o t ell
.

G o d O f y o u r we a k n es s a n d w a n t o f h eart a n d , ,

as s u r ed a s o u mus t be o f y o u r o wn helple ss n es s
y ,

t o impl or e e ar n e s t ly H is help a n d s t r e n g t h Y ou .

c a n s urely o t o G o d in p ra ye r a s ki n g H im for
g ,

s t re n g t h O f mi n d a n d he a r t t o pu t a w a y y o u r

s in fr o m o u B e m o r e fra n k wi t h H im t h a n yo u
y .

c o uld t hi n k o f bei n g wi t h me Remembe r t h at

.

u c a n hide n o t hi n g Remembe r t oo t h at if
y o .
, ,

y o u c an
g o t o H im wi t h a n e a r n e s t he ar t yo u

c a n be su re O f H is m o s t l o vi n g s ymp a t hy a n d
’
’
help I do n o t im agi n e t h at you qu es t i o n G o d s
.
 L et t er t o a Tr a der 3 0 1

at t t i ude .
yY ou c a nn o t
s ay ou
g o wi t h al l y our

he art fo r you feel t o o i n diffe re n t Well t he n go

,
.
, ,

a n d t ell t h a t t o t h e H e a ve n ly F a t he r a n d s ee if ,

H e c ann o t a n d will n o t help yo u I f th e o n ly .

a n swe r o u e t be a n i n c re a s ed s e n s e o f y o u r o wn
y g
helple s s n es s a n d si n ful n e s s an d di s gus t o f y o u r
s elf ,do n o t be di s c o u rage d by t h a t fo r it is ,

n o u n usu al t hi n g fo r G o d u n de r s uch c i rc um ,

s tan ce s t o S h o w yo u yet m ore o f y ou rself t h at

, ,

t h e c u re m ay be all t h e m o r e ra dic al a n d
t h o ro ugh Th e si n ful n es s o f o ur nat u re s an d
.
,

t h e b as en ess i o f our he ar t s is far m o r e t e rr ible,

a n d far re ac hi n g -
t h an a ny o n e can p o s sibly

im agi n e Th e Ap o s tle P aul in o n e o f h is le t t e rs

.

1—
( E ph ii 5 ) efe s t t h f me di t i n f t h
“
. . r r o e o r r c o n o O e

E phesi a n Ch ris t i an s as de ad in t respasses and

This is n o figu re o f s peech ; wh at c a n be a
”
s i ns .

m o re helpless h o peless O bj ec t t h an a de ad m an ?
,

A n d you a re w a k i n g t o t h e k n o wledge o f t h e fa c t
t h at you a re in s peci al m at t e rs as h o peless an d

he lpless as a de ad m an I t is well t h at yo u .

s h o uld be ra ised t o a c on s c i o us n ess o f y ou r

t e rr ible p o si t i on an d t h e a wful d an ge r o f t h e
,

p as t a n d p re s e nt
’
.

‘
But let me u rge you n o t t o l o se he art o r t o
de t e rmi n e t o push t h e m at t e r n o fu rt he r B e ar .

t hi s in mi n d —t h at t h e ve ry fa c t o f t his r e alis at i o n

of y o u r d ang er and of y o u r l o s t h o peles s

, ,
36 2 Mi ssi o n Poli c y

c on di t i o n is an evide n ce o f th e w o rk in g o f
,

G o d s Spi r i t in y o u r he art This al on e s h o uld

’
.

le ad yo u t o h o pe in G o d s me rcy H e is n o t ’
.

pl ayi n g wi t h yo u b ut h a s sh o w n yo u thi s mu c h
,

t o aro use wi t hi n yo u a de s i re fo r H is me rc y an d ,

willi n g n e ss t o a va il y ou rself o f it H e is m ore .

r e a dy t o help a n d s a ve o u t h an o u are t o be
y y ,

helped a nd s a ved Th e hi t c h r e ally lies wi t h

.

y o u I.t is a g o o d t hi n g fo r
yo u t h a t i t lies
t he r e a n d n o t wi t h G o d
,
I t is yo u wh o n eed
.

t o be r e c o n ciled t o G o d n o t G o d t o you , G od .

is l o ng suffe r i n g a n d w an t s us a nd is n o t willi n g
-
,

t h at a n y s h o uld pe r ish b ut t h at all s h o uld c o me

,

t o r epe n t an c e I f t he n yo u feel you are help

.
, ,

less an d a s k t h e bles s ed S a vi o u r t o help you

, ,

will H e r efuse ? I t is imp o s s ible .

To fa ce aga i n t h e g re at difficul t y We h ave .

n ot a S a vi o u r wh o c an n ot u n de rs tan d o ur
in firm it ies b ut O n e wh o h as bee n in all p o i n t s
t emp t ed l i ke a s we are yet wi t h o u t s in ( H eb,
.

iv . S i n ce G o d H im s elf h as suffe red bei n g ,

t emp t ed H e is a ble t o help th o se wh o are

“
,

t emp t ed ( H eb i i .H e says : M y g rac e is

.

s uffi c ie n t fo r t hee fo r M y s t r e n g t h is m a de pe r fe c t
,

”
s h o w n in it s pe r fe c t i o n n we ak n ess C
( ) i (
“
2 o r .

xii . Aga i n we a re t old The re h at h no

t emp t a t i o n t ake n yo u b ut such a s c a n be b orn e
“G od y ou r F at he r will not suffe r you to b e
.
3 04 M i s s i o n P o li c y

The r e was n o t ime in t h e day for such le t t e rs

a s t hese They we r e t ake n fro m h is p re c i o us
.

n igh t s Th e d ay t ime I c o n s ide r as give n up t o

.
‘

sl a t i o n he w o uld s ay ; b ut he was as r e a dy
’
t ran ,

t o help a n y o n e wh o c a me t o him a t n igh t in

se cre t a s H is M as t e r h ad bee n t o r eceive

,

N ic o demus .

I n t h e n ex t le t t e r t o a fr ie n d wh o
, h ad
suffe red much we can r e ad b e t wee n t h e li nes
,

t h a t he h ad le a rn t t h e less o n o f meek n es s an d

fo rb e aran ce t h ro ugh t r i al I am s orry t o

n o t e t h e t o n e o f s a d n ess which r u n s t h ro ugh t h e

l att e r p art o f y o u r le tt e r Y ou evide n tly su ffe r

.

much by t h e u n k i n d n ess an d u n fai rn ess o f

o t he rs
. I mus t s ay t h at t hi ngs O f t his ki n d do
n o t upse t m e fo r a ny le n g t h o f t ime b ut fo r ,

t h at I w o uld t ak e n o c r edi t I t is a m att e r o f

.

t empe rame n t I c an no t h a ve a ny pe ace o f

.

mi n d as l o n g as I b roo d o ve r a w ro n g I .

ei t he r m ak e up my mi n d t o put up wi t h it
a n d s ay n o t hi n g o r if I a m t o o much
,
“c ro wded
a n d o bliged t o S pe a k o ut I do s o ; and h avi ng
,

m ade my p ro t es t let t h e m att e r d ro p , .

B esides in o t he r t hi ngs I fail myself an d h a ve

, ,

my o wn we a k n esses an d fo llies a n d have t o h o ld ,

my he ad ve ry lo w in my M as t e r s p rese n ce ’

t h at much dwelli ng o n t h e faul t s o f o t he rs

s ugges t s t oo m an y o f my o wn I find s o mu c h .
 To a F r i en d 3 9 5

cussed n ess in my o wn he art t h at I am n o t

su rp rised at fi n di n g it in o t he r s .
’

To a frie n d wi t h wh o m he h ad evide n t ly
,

sp o ke n much o n r eligi o u s m att e rs in h is e a rly

ye ars befo r e he left fo r C o ng o he w ro t e : All
, ,
‘

I a m a n xi o u s fo r is t h at you s h o uld arr ive a t t h e

t ru t h n ot n ece ss a r ily wh at I c o n s ide r t h e t ru th
, ,

b ut wh at S h all eve n t u ally t u r n o u t t o be t h e t ru t h .

Fo r ei t he r o f us t o mis s it will be a n i rre t riev able

di sas t e r . I h a ve j u s t bee n t ran s l at i n g t h e
G o s pel o f J o h n a n d a m p ro fo u n dly imp re s sed
by t h e u t t e r t ru t h like c o n si s t e n c y O f H is life
-
,

a n d t h e defin it en es s o f Ch r i s t s c l a im t o D ivi n i t y
’

a n d t o be a bs o lu t e a s Te a c he r a n d M a s t e r I .

wi s h you w o uld r e a d t h e G os pel t h ro ugh a n d

m ake up y o u r mi n d t h at if yo u feel yo u c a n
s a fely t a ke H im as Te ac he r a n d M as t e r yo u
will do s o Y ou m ay c o n s ide r t h at yo u are well
.

a c qu a i n t ed wi t h t h e wh o le g ro u n d b ut w h a t yo u
,

s aw fro m t h e eye s o f eigh t ee n will be ve ry

diffe re n t fro m y o u r a dva n ced s ta n dp o i n t wi t h ,

wide r k no wledge o f t h e w o rld a n d y o u rs elf We .

are t oo li a ble t o t rus t t o o ur e a rly imp r e s si o n s I .

believe t h at a careful i n qui ri n g r e adi n g o f t h e

,

G o s pel w o uld resul t in fu rt he r ligh t a n d devel op

me n t o f o pi n i o n I t w o uld n ot be a gr e at t as k
.

t o s u c h a r e a de r a s you O n e o t he r po i n t fo r
.
,

I am an xi o u s no t t o b o re you Y ou are s a t i s fied

.

21
30 6 M i ss i o n P o li c y

h y ou r p rese n t s ta t e o f mi n d d o e s n o t i n t e r
t at

fe r e wi t h a g oo d m oral life N O o ne I im agi n e .

, ,

c an p o i n t a fi n ge r a t yo u o n t h at sc o r e Bu t t hese
.

pe o ple o ut he re w o uld say t h e s ame o f t hem s elve s .

S t ill t hey c o me t e rr ibly far s h o rt o f wh a t t hey

o ugh t t o be a n d wh a t sa t i s fie s t hem is a b o mi n a ble
,

t o me a n d w o ul d be t o yo u ; s o al s o t h e an gel s
,

migh t t u r n up t hei r n o s e s at wh at m ay s eem

p a s sa ble t o y ou r eye s an d I remembe r t h a t
,

o u r L o r d s ay s t h a t t he r e is n o o n e wh o is g o o d

t h at c o me s up t o t h e m ar k G et s o me t hi n g
.

be t t e r t h an mi s e ra ble n egat ives t o t ru s t t o old ,

m a n o r a n eu t ral s tat e whe t he r fo r livi n g o r

, ,

dyi ng D o no t be vexed wi t h me fo r s ayi n g s o

.

mu c h ; wh at w o uld you t hi n k o f me if I s a id
less ? ’

To a fr ie n d wh o h ad bee n pl ac ed in a res po n
sible p os i t i o n he s e n t a w arm defe n c e o f t h e
,

mi s s i o n ary s c alli n g
’
P o s i t i o n s o f high au t h o ri t y
‘

a n d p o we r a r e in my mi n d p o s i t i o n s o f g re a t
, ,

r e s p o n s ibili t y We sh all all O f us h a ve t o give

.

a c c o u n t o n e day a n d o ur w or k will be a l
,
l o ve r
h auled a n d s ubj e c t ed t o a s e arc hi n g ligh t The n .

will c o me t h e que s t i o n as t o h o w far our i n t e re s t

we n t fo r g o o d a n d t o w ard t h e e s t abli s hi n g o f
,

t h e ki n gd o m O f Righ t e o us n es s a n d Pe ac e To.

do all t h at yo u a re l ikely t o h ave t o do a n d ,

p re s e rve y o u r i n t eg r i t y an d simpli c i t y o f he art

3 9 8 M i ss i o n P o l i c y

To an i nt im at e y o u n g fr ie n d wh o h ad suffe red,

he avy pe c u n i ary l o ss e s he w ro t e in t e rm s whi c h

,

s pe a k o f his o wn s pi r i t ual t r i al s as well as o f t h o s e

,

o f his c o rr esp o n de n t : I kn o w th e rush a n d

‘

bu s t le a n d s t rai n o f life O ft e n hi n de rs me from

s uc h r e adi n g o f G o d s W o r d a n d r efle c t i o n whi c h
’

a r e ge n e ra lly t e r med me a n s o f g ra c e Y o u mu s t .

be ve r y diffe re n t fro m t h e r e s t O f us if y o u r w alk

wi t h G o d is s o c l o s e t h at H e s h ould n o t wish
,

t h at it s h o uld be c l o s e r I O ft e n t hi n k t h a t
.

my he art g ro ws c o ld a n d t h at I n eed s o me s h arp

,

t r e a t me n t .I get it t oo in s o me wa y s ; b ut mu c h
, ,

les s t h an I dese rve S O it is in n o ph ari s ai cal spi r i t

,

t h a t I sugge s t t h at t hi s s o r e t r i al be a ccep t ed

in t h e way o f di s c ipli n e We k n o w t h a t t h e
.

L o r d di s c ipli n es t h os e wh o m H e l o ve s ; o t he rs
H e o ft e n le t s s eve rely a l o n e They p ros pe r a n d .

g e t o n b u t n o dis c ipli n e a n d n o g rac e

, , T h a t is .

t h e m o s t a wful t hi n g t h at ca n h a ppe n t o a m an .

See t o it t h e n t h at t h e t hi ng s whi c h n eed r ec t ify

, ,

in g be r e c t ified a nd t h at in all y o u r p r essu r e

, ,

an d w o r ldly c a r e t h es pi r i t u a l life be n o t n eglec t ed

, .

Be tt e r l o se a few o r eve n m an y p o u n d s t h an o n e
o f y o u r de ar child r e n ; b ut h o w o ft e n it h a ppe n s

t h at n o t hi n g s h o rt o f s o me c r u s hi n g be re a ve

me n t will b r i n g Ch ri s t i an pe o ple i n t o a r igh t

s tat e ! I h a ve n o s ugge s t i o n t o m ake as t o
wh at n eeds at t e n t i o n ; i n de ed I ha ve o n ly ,
.
 To a F r i en d i n Tr o ub l e 39 9

i nfe rred y o u r spi r i t u al di ffic ul t ies fro m my o wn .

I f t hi s t ri al w ork in you t h e en d whi c h

o u r H e a ve n ly F a t he r h as in view ,
H e will a id
a n d bles s you wi t h such succe s s o r p o ve r t y
as m ay be g o o d fo r yo u an d y o ur s . L et
me k n o w of y o u r suc c e s s e s t h at I m ay r ej o i c e
wi t h yo u in y ou r j o ys as well as s ymp at hi s e
,

wi t h yo u as I do n o w m o s t he ar t ily in y o u r
, ,

’
t roubles .
 C h ap t e r XV I

I t i n er a t i n g P r i v i leges and P er i l s

ff er e—w/z i le tfie ni gh -
wi nds roun d we si n
g,
A nd tlze star s bur n oriyat i n tfie mzdnzl
’

g/z t sky,

As I si t a p ar t ti n caoer n ed s ton e,

L ike E li/alt a t H or eos ca oe

’
a lon e,

A nd feel like a mot/ i n Me z M zg/uy H a nd

Tlza t spr ead tlze lzeaoens a nd fiea oed tlze la n d
A
~ s ti ll s ma ll voice comes tar ouglz t/ze wild,
( L ike a fa tlzer consoli ng lz is jr etful c/z i ld) ,
W/ziclc b i tter n ess, wr a t/z a n d f ea r ,
“
oa n isli es
S ayi ng, M an is dista n t out G OD is n ear !
PR I N G LE .

O M E H O W it is elli ng a n d i n flue n c e s a n d
t ,

ide as a n d s ayi n gs are c o mm o n a m ongs t

t he s e pe o ple wh o t wo ye a rs ago we re in t h e
, ,

’
d arke s t he at he n ism .

S o M r Be n t ley w ro t e o f i t i n e ra t i n g w o r k
. .

I s it re ali s ed wh at such w o rk c ar r ied o n in a ,

c o u n t r y l ike C o n g o me an s ? Pe rh aps h is o wn
,

n a rra t ive s will s h o w its p rivileges as well as

it s d an ge r s
‘
I h ad a week of i t i n e rat i o n seve n d ays ago ,

a n d wa s ve ry ple a sed wi t h my r ecep t i o n Th e .

fi rs t S u nd ay I was a t a pl a ce c alled N demb o ,

310
 3 1 2 I t i n er a t i n g

R a ilway is t o p a ss I n t h e ra i n y s eas o n th e lo w
.

c o u n t r y is i n fe s t ed wi t h eleph a n t s Th ey ra v age
.

t h e garde n s dig up t h e p o t at o es a n d m an i o c
, ,

k n o ck d o w n t h e p alm t rees a nd m a k e t hem

-
,

s elve s a pl ague t o t h e pe o ple — t hi r t y o r fo rt y ,

s o me t ime s eve n a hu n d r e d eleph a n t s in a he rd , ,

w a n de r i n g lOng di s ta n c es in a day They do .

mu c h h a v o c a n d th e n at i ve s t ravelli n g t h rough
,

t h e j u ngl e m a y a t a n y m o me n t be su rp r ised

by t h e c ra shi n g o f t h e t ree s a n d l on g file s o f ,

t h e g r e a t be as t s o n e i t he r s ide o f t hem We .

We r e h a ppy t o mee t n on e o f t hem A t seve ral .

o f t h e t o w n s we fo u n d foo d s c arce a n d a pi t e o us ,

t ale was t o ld us O f t h e ra v ages o f th e eleph an t s .

They are n o w a p ro t ec t ed ga me a n d a lice n se ,

c o s t i n g 1 ;2 5 h as t o be o b t a i ned befo r e a whi t e

m a n m ay s h o o t a n eleph an t Th e n at ive s t ra p
b u t ve ry few Thei r gun s a re p rac t i c ally
.

a few ,
.

u s ele s s wi t h eleph an t s I n th e a ft e rnoo n o f th e

.

4 t h we r e a ched N s o n ia .

A t Kusakan a s r eques t we s ta yed a t N s o n ia

’
‘
,

al l Su n d a y I n t h e a ft e r n oo n we h a d s o me n ice
.

t alk s wi t h t h e pe o ple They we re ve ry frie n dly

.
,

a n d deli h t ed a b o ve a l l t s ee a whi t e l a dy
g o .

Th e m en w o uld c ro wd ro u n d me a n d sh a k e
‘

h an d s ; t he n t hey t old t h e w o me n folk t o sh a ke

h a n d s wi t h my wife “ G o ; she is o n e o f
.

y o u rsel ves . Th e w o me n w ere deligh t ed ; t h ey

 Th e M an W i t h th e G un 313

Wo uld sa
y to th e m en , “
Y ou m en h av e y o u r
whi t e m an ; n ow we h ave o ur whi te w o m an .

”
She is our w o m a n o ur frie n d ! ,

‘
I t was n o t s o in eve ry t o w n H alf an h o u r .

a ft e r on e o f t h e be s t r ecep t i o n s we c a me t o ,

a t ow n whe r e t h e fi rs t m a n we m et h a d a un
g .

H e q ui c kly t o o k it fro m his s h o ulde r a n d levelled

it. Th e gu ide wh o was in fro n t o f me wi n ced ,

a nd wa s o n t h e p o i n t o f t u rn i n g b a c k H o weve r .
,

a ft e r p arleyi n g he led u , s t h rough t h e t o w n b u t ,

we c ould n o t s t op t he r e Th e w o me n b o l t ed .
,

a n d t h e m en w o uld o n ly l o o k at us fro m a
di s ta n ce .

O ur r e c ep t i o n at Tu ngw a wa s ve ry he art y
‘
.

E ve ry m o rni ng at seve n I held a se rvice ; it

was s o me t imes ve ry well a t t e n de d Aft e r t h at .

I ga ve medi ci n e an d t he n B i n ta t h e s o n o f th e
, ,

Chief wh o helped M r C ombe r w ould c o me to .

,

c arry my medici n e c ase a n d O ff we w o uld go to

-
,

s ee t h e p at ie n t s Fi rs t he w o uld t ake m e t o o ne
.
,

t he n t o a n o t he r a n d a no t he r I t was ge n e rally.

t welve o cl o ck b efo r e we we re b ack Aft e r t h e

’
.

midd ay me al Bi n ta w o uld s o me t ime s c o me a n d

sa
y Y o u did n o t see S O a n d s o whe n o u ga ve
- -
, y
medi c i n e an d o n ce m o re he w o uld pil o t m e O ff
”
, ,

c arr yi n g t h e c as e H e is a fi ne b righ t la d a n d
’ '

.
, ,

is ve ry a nxi o us t o c o me t o W at he n As a rul e .

it wa s fa i rly l at e in t h e a ft erno o n b efo re I c o uld

3 4
1 I ti n er at i n g

s it d o w n an d t he n I was ge n e rally t i red Aft e r

, .

a li tt le t ime a t c h art i n g o ut t h e di s t r ic t r o u n d

o ur s t a t i o n or r e a di n g or s t udy t h e t a ble w o uld

, ,

be sp re ad fo r o u r eve n i ng me al The n we w o uld

.

h a ve eve n i n g p raye rs wi t h all wh o came M y .

wife s upe r i n t e n ded t h e pu rch as e o f foo d fo r .

o u rs elve s a n d m en a n d ch at t ed wi t h t h e w o me n
, ,

n u rsed t hei r b a bi es a n d m ade

, m a ny frie n d s .

She h as bee n h a vi n g su c h a s pell o f sch oo li ng

o n t h e s t at i o n The re was an u n de rs t an di n g t h at
.

t hi s s t ay a t Tu n gw a was t o be a h o lid ay b ut ,

s h e s et t h e m o s t a dv a n ced b o y s wh o h ad c o me

wi t h us t o t e ac h re adi n g t o t h e o t he rs an d
, ,

he rs elf s tart ed an alph abe t cl ass wi t h th e to w n

b o y s S O we ga ve o u rs elves up al t o ge t he r t o
.

t h e pe o ple .

‘
The re was a g re a t de al o f s i c k n ess in th e
tow n . A n imp orta n t sub Chief was ve ry ill
-
.

They b egged me t o see him I ga ve him s o me

.

medici n e u rged s t ro n gly t h e imp o rta n ce o f

,

s o me go o d fo wl s oup a n d o n n o a cc o u n t t o
,

give him p alm wi n e I n t h e a ft e rn oo n he s e n t

.

t o say he wa s much be tt e r Th e p a i n h ad
.

s t o pped an d he h ad h ad a g oo d sleep W o uld .

I se n d him s o me m o re medi c i n e ? I s a id he
h ad h ad e n o ugh medici n e fo r t h e day a n d t h at ,

I w o uld s ee him in t h e m o rn i n g .

S om eh o w o r o t he r I did no t see him fo r

‘
316 I t i n er at i n g

I was all th e m ore c o n c erned ; b ut at fi rs t h e

s eemed t o be c o me w o rse a n d w o rs e a n d th e ,

sick m an s fr ie n d s t o o k c o u n s el t h at if he died
’

t hey w o uld sh o o t me I did n o t k no w t his t ill

.

m o n t hs h ad pas se d b u t n o w it is no se c re t t h a t
,

t hey re ally did c o n s ide r it This rage a t t h e

.

de at h o f a r el at ive is s o me thi n g di ffi c ul t fo r us
t o u n de rs t a n d a n d is t h e c ause o f g re at c ruel t ies
'

, ,

b ut n o o n e wh o k no w s t hese peo ple w o uld

s a y t h a t a n y c o n ceiv a ble fo lly or wi c k ed n ess ‘

was imp os sible ; we n o l o nge r w o n de r at a ny

t hi n g
.

‘
I fo u n d t h at he h ad eat e n sc arcely a ny t hi n g
fo r a week t h o ug h I h ad u rged fo wl s o up
,
He .

s a id he h a d n o fo wl s H e h ad give n me a fo w l
.

a day o r t wo p r evi o usly ; a n d a l t h o ugh I seld o m

did s o I h ad a ccep t ed it fe eli n g t h at my r efu s al

, ,

o f h is gift in h is s i c k n e ss w o uld be mi s un de rs t o o d .

I we nt b a c k t o o u r h o u s e a nd s e n t him h is o wn
fo wl b a ck wi t h a me ssage t h a t if he h ad n o fo wls
,

I c e rta i n ly w o uld n o t t a ke his l as t H e s o o n .

s e n t it b a ck by o n e o f h is wiv es wi t h an o t he r
v

fo wl t o be c o o ked fo r him u n de r my O wn eye .

M y wife m ade him a goo d s o up fro m it O n .

th e t e n t h day I t o ld Kus a ka n a we w er e g o in g
-

a w a y ; b ut he w o uld n o t he a r o f it A t l as t I .

he ar d t h at he did n o t w an t me t o go u n t il t h e
se n i o r Chief was b ett e r H e was v ery an xi o us
.
"

,
 O u r L i t tl e W ea k n ess 3 7
1

fo r if t h e Chief died th e pe o ple w o uld say t h at he ,

Kus akan a h ad b ro ugh t m e t he r e t o ac c o mpli s h

,

t h e de at h o f t h e s e n i o r Chi e f By t h e fo ll o wi n g
.

n igh t t he r e wa s s o much imp r o veme n t t h a t he

c o n s e nt ed t o o ur depart ure .

Th e rapid re c o ve ry o f t h e Chief is th e w o n de r
a n d t a l k o f t h e c o u n t ry an d I a m be tt e r k n o w n
,

a s t h e whi t e m a n wh o cu r ed D o n D a n iel t h a n

as B e n t ele .Whe n I we n t t o s ee him he wa s

n o t in a g ra t eful m o o d a l t h o ugh he o w n ed t h a t
“
,

I h ad c u red him Wh at a fuss yo u m ade !

.

I h ad t o eat a fo wl feed well ; wh at s t ran ge

,

t hi n g s yo u whi t e m en are ! Why did yo u no t

give me a p re s e n t whe n you left ? Wh at a
me a n fell o w yo u are ! My p at ie n ce was s o
far exh a u s t ed t h at I did no t vi s i t him ag a i n ,

a n d t old t h e o t he r pe o ple why I did n o t They .

s aid it was h is fashi o n a nd my su rp ris e an d

“
,

di slike o f s u c h fas hi o n was qui t e out of pl ac e

“
.

”
I t is o ur fas hi o n t o be ki n d a n d co u rt e o u s t o
eve ryb o dy give medi c i n e t o t h e s i c k eve n t ake
, ,

it t o t hem an d h a v e ple as a n t w o rd fo r
’

, a

eve ry on e sm all an d g re at a n d ge n e rally t o

“
, ,

be ve ry fr ie n dly I t is o n ly o ur fas hi o n a
“
.
,

li t t le we ak n ess o f o u rs n o t hi n g t o c o mme n d ,

us , o r c a ll for g ra t i t ude o r an
y feeli n
, g b ut a ,

cu r i o us i n t e r es t .I t is rat he r h a rd s o me t imes
t o keep d o w n t h e O ld Ad am whe n t hey c o ol l y ,
3 8
1 I t i n er a t i n g

e eve ry ki n d n e s s as a m at t e r o f c o u rs e b ut
t r at ,

mis s i o nar ies h a ve no busi n ess t o all o w t h e O ld

Ad a m it s way a ny m o r e t h a n o t he r pe ople s o ,

we remembe r t h at we mus t n ot be we ary in

'

—
well d o i n g .

L at e r o n whe n I we n t t o Tu n gw a I we nt
, ,

t o see him j us t as if n o t hi n g h a d h appe n ed .

H is he art wa s much le s s h ar d t h an befor e .

N 0 o n e in th e t o w n li s t e n ed wi t h m o r e a t t e n t ive
e ar n e s t n e s s N ei t he r was t he re an y on e wh o
.

s h o wed m o r e i n t e r e s t I do n o t t hi n k t h a t h is
.

feeli n g s a re t o u c hed Th at is no t a dis t i n gui s hi n g

.

fe a t u r e o f t hese pe o ple b ut whe t he r t o uched o r

n ot feel i ngs h ave bee n quicke n ed H e k n o w s
, .

t he re is a j udgme n t t o c o me fo r whi c h he is

n o t p r ep ar ed a n d Ch r is t h a s
, bee n p rese nt ed
t o him .

Th e se c o n d day a t Tu n gwa I was walki n g

‘

in t h e t o w n wi t h Ku s aka n a I s a id t o him
“N o w I mus t go bac k t o th e h ou s e I h ave
.
,

”
a l a mp t o cle a n
“
.

‘
Wh at ! a l am p ; wh a t is it fo r ?

“A l amp wi t h whi c h we m ake beau tiful

‘

pi c t u re s c o me o n a whi t e s hee t I t is n o u s e .

t o s h o w s u c h a t hi n g he r e I t c an o n ly be .

see n at n igh t a n d eve ry o ne w o uld be frigh t

,

e n ed .

H is cu r i o si t y was aro used ; he h ad n eve r

3 0
2 I t i n er at i n g
‘
F ro m Tu ngwa we we n t to M aku ta O ne
'

a ft e r n o o n I wa s s t r o lli n g a b o u t t h e t o w n Seei n g .

s o me w o me n m a ki n g p o tt e r y I we n t o ve r t o t hem
,

a n d s a t d o w n u n de r t h e g a bles o f t h e h o use fo r ,

t h e s u n was h o t We s o o n c h an ged t h e s ubj e c t

.

of c o n ve rs at i o n a l t h o ugh
, t hey we re mu c h
i n t e re s t ed in wh at I t o ld t hem o f m aki n g p o t s
in E n gl an d . The n we t alked o f t h e w o r k a t
Tu n gw a an d h ow s o me t he re h ad le arn ed o f
,

J esus a n d we r e t r us t i n g i n H im I w as s pe a ki n g
.

o f t h e l o ve o f G o d a n d h o w a n xi o u s H e was t o
,

c h a n ge o ur he a r t s a n d t o fit us t o o a nd li v e
g
wi t h H im in t h e Ble s sed H o me ab o ve ; h o w
r e a dy H e was t o help a n d ble s s al l wh o s o ugh t
H im whe n t h e s i s t e r o f o n e o f t h e Tu n gwa l a d s
,

wh o h as bee n wi t h us s o me t ime a n d is n o w ,

a membe r o f t h e Chu r ch s p r e a d o ut h er h a n ds

a n d c r ied m o s t p a t he t i c ally
,

“
O h G o d ! whe r e
,

a r e Y o
,
u t h a t I m a
y k n o w Y o u ?

‘
M y eye s fill up eve n n o w s o m eh o w o r ,

o t he r, as I t hi n k o f h er c r
y We t alked
. on

fo r s o me t ime a n d I t r ied t o a s s u re h er t h at
,

H e was ve ry n ea r a n d w o uld he ar h er whe n eve r

,

she sp o ke t o H im The n we t alked o f J esus

.

and H is g re at lo ve a n d t h e o t he r w o me n
,

j o i n ed in m uc h i n t e re s t ed an d wished t h at t he re
, ,

was s o me o n e t o t e a ch t hem at M a ku ta
’
I
.

Th ey n ow h ave a teach er.

A F i gh t b etw een Tw o To w n s 3 21

‘
Th e M aku ta m arke t pl a c e is
-
e i g ab ou t
a c l ar n

fou r hu n d red yard s in c i rc umfe re n ce w i t h a few

bu s hes a n d s o me l a rge t rees o f a s pe c ie s o f fic us .

The re eve r y fo u r d ay s t h e pe o ple mee t fro m

fa r a n d n e ar t o w n s it is a n o t ed m a rke t ; mu c h
in dia rub b er an d eve n iv o ry ex c h an ges h an ds
t he r e ; t he re is a l arge t ra de in s al t A t s o me
.

m arke t s t he r e m ay no t be a hu n d red pe ople at ,

o t he rs t he r e Will be as m a n y as t h r ee t h o u s an d .

Ve ry ne ar t o t h e m arke t t he r e was gun firing -

a he a d Th e b att le was t wo miles aw ay We

. .

de c ided t o w alk o n a b it befo r e m a ki n g defi n i t e

pl an s P r e s e n tly t h e fi ri n g was o n ly h a lf a mile
.

awa y t he n eve n le s s a n d as we h al t ed a n O ld
, ,

l a dy c a me fro m t h e b at t lefield She t old us t hey

.

we re figh t i n g jus t o n t h e p at h We h ad be t t e r
.

o b ac k a n d t a ke a n o t he r p a t h t o t h e e a s t She
g .

u n de r too k t o pil ot us t o t h e b ran ch o f th e

ro a d .

‘
P rese nt l y s o me m en c a me from h er to w n t o
see us They begged u s t o go t o t hei r t o w n t o
.

s leep .I t was t o o l at e t o c ro s s t h e pl a i n ; s o
we we n t t o t h e t ow n .

‘
P r ese n tly whe n t h e s un w en t d o w n we s aw
, ,

a l o ng file O f m en c o mi n g o n t h e p a t h I t was
.

t h e h o me c o mi n g o f t h e w arr i o rs
-
Th e t o w n s folk
.

ru s hed t o he ar t h e n ew s . Whe n t h e b ra ve s
lea rn ed o f o ur p res e n ce in th e t o w n we we re ,

22
3 2 2 I t i n er a t i n g

h o n o u red wi t h a n exhibi t i o n o f t hei r p ro we s s

a t a k n o ll j us t bel o w t h e t o w n The r e wa s
fi ri n g o f gu n s a n d s t r iki n g o f p o s i t i o n s The n.

t hey s w a rmed up t h e hill t o see us We s h o o k

.

t h e beg r imed h an d s .S o me h ad bl acke n ed t hei r

fac e s s o me w o re fe at he red c ap s o the rs h ad
, ,

r igged t hemselve s o ut in k n igh tly s t yle a n d

w o r e r i c h a n d c os t ly cl o ths S o me h ad eve n
.

g o n e t o t h e b a t t le wi t h p art i c o l o u red um b r ell a s !

-

‘
Th e fi rs t ques t i o n as ked by t h e t o w n s fo lk
was “ H o w we n t t h e day ? Has it bee n a
”
goo d figh t ?
Yes i n deed
,

N o o n e killed o n ei the ide

r s ?

N O o n e It h as bee n a g oo d figh t i n deed !

“That is h o w it s h o uld be
.

‘
.

‘
O n a n o t he r o c cas i o n We h ad bee n out fo r a
week t o ge t he r ! We i n t e n ded t o s leep t h e l as t
n igh t o u t a t M a s a n gi t h ree a n d a h alf h o u rs fro m
,

h o me Th e Chief was dy i n g ; t hey i n s i s t ed o n

.

my givi n g him medi c i n e I t was a n a wkwa rd

.

p redi c a me n t ; t hey migh t s ay I h ad killed him .

A t eigh t O c l o ck a t n igh t t h e pe o ple bec a me s o

’

exci t ed t h a t we t h o ugh t it was t ime t o cle ar o ut ,

a n d m a de a hu rr ied dep a r t u r e We h ad i n t e n ded

.

g oi n g t o a n o t he r t o w n t h e n ex t m o rn i n g a n d h ad
,

t o ld t h e t o w n spe o ple t his b ut we c o uld n o t well

,

a ppe a r in a hi t he r to u n visi t ed t o w n l o ng a ft e r
 2
3 4 I t i n er a t i n g

b ro the r was m aki n g a m at a n d as he h ad s o ld it

,

b efo r e i t was qui t e fi n i s hed he wa s pu s hi n g o n

,

wi t h t he b orde ri n g in t h e ligh t o f my c a n dle

‘

Aft e r p raye rs he h ad s t ill h alf a n h o u r s w o rk

‘
,
’

s o we we r e left t oge t he r I w ould n ot t ake my

.

c a n dle a w a y . Whe n all h ad g on e t o re s t K im

pewa s aid The s e a r e g re at t hi n gs t h at yo u t ell
”
us . I a dvised him t o acc ep t pe rs o n ally th e l o ve
a n d s a lv a t i on o f t h e ki n d S a vi o u r ; he sa id he

h ad n o t le arn ed e n o ugh yet E ve ry t ime we

.

c a me he li s t e n ed I sugge s t ed t h at he migh t
.

c o me t o t h e s t a t i on t o he ar m o r e s o me t imes a n d ,

whe n he h ad l e a rn ed e n ough an d u n de rs t o o d
well t he n he w o uld give h is he art t o t h e S a vi ou r
,
.

I wan t him t o co me as carr ie r o n my K i ns uka

Tu n gwa i t i n e ra t i o n H e t hi n ks he will b ut a n
.
,

“
elde r b ro t he r o f his died and is n o t yet bu ried ,

a n d t h at m a hi n de r him
y .

‘
N ex t day I i n qui red a b o u t M be n g o a vill age ,

hidde n a wa y in t h e hill s ; I h ad n eve r vi s i t ed it .

I le arn ed t h at t h e a pp ro aches we r e b ad The r e .

fo r e a y o u ng m a n fro m a t o w n o n t h e way c a me
t o pil o t us t h ro ugh t h e difficul t p ar t s o me qu art e r ,

o f a n h o u r up t h e bed o f a s t r e a m t h e b an k s o f ,

which 2 0 0 fee t high s l o ped a way a t a n a n gl e o f

, ,

a b ou t t we n t y deg ree s I h ad l o n g w o n de red

.

wh at h ad be c o me o f h is t o w n s folk H e t old m e .

t h a t t h e l at t e r h ad a ll died a n d o n ly he wi t h t wo
, ,
 Tr a m p i n g t h e C o u ntr y 3 5
2

ot he r y o u n g m en a n d t hei r wive s we re left ,

.

Th at expl a i n ed t h e a b s e n c e o f pe o ple fro m t h e

vill age H e was a ve ry de c e n t y o u n g fell o w a n d
.
,

in t h e li t t le c ou r t e s y o f s h o wi n g me t h e road ,

we h ave m ade fr ie n ds a n d I h ave p ro mi s ed t o

,

sleep in h is vill age t o get t o k n o w him be t t e r .

I h ad a n a t t e n t ive a udie n c e in t h e hidde n

vill age .

‘
F ro m t he re I we n t t o Nk a ku a w r e t ched u n , ,

s wep t pl a c e whe re t h e j u ngle g ro w s t hi c kly r o u n d

,

t h e h o use s They a re ve ry s ulle n a n d i n diffe r e n t

.

t he r e . M o s t O f th e m en we re a w ay I fou n d .

t h r ee o r fo u r o n ly b ut t hey h ad j u s t c o me in fro m
,

a t o w n a mile a w a y an d we r e t i red a n d hu n g ry
,

a n d did n o t w a n t t o lis t e n t o me S o me w o me n .

c lu s t e red n e a r t o t h e pl a ce Whe r e my b o y s we r e

s i t t i ng ,
a n d sa id t h a t as t h e m en we r e aw a y
, ,

t hey c o uld no t li s t e n s o I c o uld do n o t hi n g t he r e

, .

I we n t o n t o Kito v olo a n d fo u n d n o t a m a n in
t h e vill age s o t he r e wa s a ga i n n o a udie n ce
, Th e .

wife O f t h e m an wh o a lwa y s e n t e r ta i n s me s aid

t h a t h er hu s b a n d was a w a y b ut i f I w o uld all o w
, ,

h er t o fi n i s h h er c oo ki ng s h e w o uld v ac a t e t h e
,

h o u s e as u s u al s o I h ad a c up o f t ea m ade an d ,

l ai d d o w n o n a m at u n de r s o me y o u n g palm t ree s -
.

I n due c o u rse th e r em a i n s o f my midd a y me a l

we re c le ared aw a y an d I h ad a t alk wi t h o n e o f
,

my b o ys wh o h as bee n givi n g me a g re at de al o f
3 2 6 I t i n er a t i n g

t ro uble l at e an d wh o m I h ad b ro ugh t wi t h me
of ,

fo r t h e pu rp o s e O f a tete d t éte S o me o f t he s e
‘ ’
- -
.

li ttle t o u rs a re ve ry t ryi n g I w alk fa r t h e s un .

,

is h o t I get ve ry we ary o ve r t h e hill s a n d s eem

t o ac c o mpli s h li t t le o r n ot hi n g b ut as du r i n g t hi s , ,

l as t t r ip a li tt le e n co u rageme n t like t h at t alk

,

wi t h Kim pewa a nd t h e ki n dly m a n n e r O f t h e

,

fo lk in t h e O u t o f t h e way vill age m ake up fo r

- - -
,

t h e de ad he at he n i s m o f o t he rs .

‘
I n o n e t o w n I we n t t o I w a i t ed fo r a l o n g t ime .

N O b o x o r m a t was s e n t fo r me t o s it up o n —a
s ig n ific a n t b re ac h o f c o u r t esy — an d it was evide n t

t h at t h e Chief did n o t w an t t o di s c uss a n y m a t t e r

wi t h me o r li s t e n t o my me ssage O n a no t he r .

o c c as i o n a Chief was u n willi n g t o c a ll t h e o t he r

Chiefs t o he a r wh at I h ad t o t ell him a n d a ft e r a ,

m o s t u n s at isfa c t o ry visi t I left Whe n p assi n g .

t h rough t h e B el o O f t h e s ub Chief t hey a cc o s t ed -

me a n d a s ked wh a t busi n e s s I h ad wi t h t hei r

,

H e a d Chief They we re ve ry a nn o yed t h at t hey

.

h ad n o t bee n c a lled t o he ar my me s sage s o ,

t hey as ked me a b o u t it This was j us t wh at I

.

w an t ed s o we s at d o w n a n d t alked t h e m at t e r
,

o ve r . They we r e s t ill m o re vexed whe n t hey

fo u n d t h at my p rop o sal was t o put an o u t p o s t in
o n e O f t hei r t o w n s a n d t h a t t h e C hief h ad j u s t
,

p u t me o ff wi t h o u t t hei r bei n g a ble t o h a ve a sa

y
in t h e m att e r They h ad n eve r he ard an y t hi n g
.
3 28 I t i n er a t i n g

N ei t he r a t o ur gat he ri n g s eve ry m o rn i n g a n d
eve n i n g p raye r s n or o n Su n d ay c o uld I get
, ,

t h e pe o ple t o c o me in a n y de c e n t n umbe rs ,

a n d quie t t a lks wi t h t w o s o r t h r ees was all I

c o uld do .
’

O n e day H o lm an w a n t ed t o go t o a t o w n ,

c a lled M pu t u H e h a d bee n a s ki n g a b o u t it
. .

By a n d by whe n he ga ve t h e w o rd t o s t art t h e ,

guide led O ff in t h e w ro n g di r ec t i o n H o lm a n .

c alled him b a ck a n d as ked him whe re he was

t a ki n g him t o Th at was n o t t h e way t o
.

M b an z a M pu t u .M b an z a M pu t u ? t h e g uide
‘ ’

a s ked . H e a ppe a red t o h ave n o c on cep t i o n O f

t h e t o w n which he h ad bee n t alki n g a b o ut ; b ut

he c o uld n o t m ai n t a i n t h at l o n g an d t he n began
,

t o a s k wh at t hey w a n t ed t o go t he r e fo r N ex t .

he p rot e s t ed t h at it was o ut o f t h e way Th e .

r eply wa s t h a t t h a t wa s h is bu s i n es s To c ut .

a l ong s t o r y S h o rt it was o n ly by H o lm a n s
’

in si s t i ng t h at he h ad m ade up h is mi n d t o vi s i t
t h a t t o w n a n d was n o t g o i n g t o p as s it in t hi s
,

a b s u r d wa y t h a t he go t t h e guide a n d t h e b o y s
,

t o t a ke him t he r e .

‘
A t t h e o u t s ki rt s o f t h e t o w n t h e guide aga i n
p ro p osed t h at we S h o uld n o t e n t e r it as my ,

wa lki n g s t i c k was t h e o n ly we ap o n we mus t e red

-
.

I we nt o n as if t he r e wa s n o t hi n g t o be fe ared s o ,

i n t o t h e t o w n we filed a nd s oo n fo u n d t h e p ri n
,
 Th e A l a r m ed G u i d e 2
3 9

ci
p al m en . Th e guide p ro fu s e i n wa s
h is

a p o l o gie s fo r b ri n gi n g t h e whi t e m en i n t o t hei r

t o w n b ut I s oo n c ut him sh o rt an d t ol
, d him ,

t he re was n o t hi n g t o ap o l ogise fo r I a sked th e .

m an t o s e n d th e w o me n t o c o o k s o me dumpli n gs ,

a n d a l so b r i n g s o me o t he r foo d t o s ell fo r I wa s ,

go i n g t o h a ve lu n ch wi t h t hem a n d h a ve a t alk ,

befor e I p as s ed on in t h e a ft e rn o o n Th e pe o ple .

we re mu c h a mus ed a t t h e fe ars o f th e guide a n d ,

we r e qui t e s a t i s fied I me a n t no h arm They .

w at c h ed wi t h mu c h i n t e re s t t h e c o n s t r uc t i on o f
my t ravelli n g t able a n d ga ve o rde rs fo r t h e
-

c o o ki n g The n s i tt i ng d o w n u n de r t h e e a ve s o f
.
,

t h e h o use t h e m en ca me a n d sat ro u n d me while

,

t h e w o me n we n t t o c oo k .

They a sked a ft e r M r C o mbe r . .

”
H e is de ad .

M
”
A nd J oh n ny ? ( r H art l a n d
)
“
. .

H e is de ad t oo .

‘
The n I t o ld t hem h o w we h ad e s ta bli s hed o ur
s elves r igh t aw a y in t h e fa r Baya n s i They .

w o n de red a t t h e l o n g dis tan ces and su c h e n e rgy ,

an d w o n de red wh at o n e a r t h we h ad c o me fo r

an d wh a t we we r e s eeki n g C o uld we no t buy .

iv o ry an d rubbe r o n t h e c oas t ? I as su r ed t he m
t h a t wh at V ia n ga V ianga h ad t o ld t hem was
-

pe r fe c t ly t rue We do n o t t rade We h a ve
. .

g on e i n t o c o untries wh ere wi t h a n emp t y b o tt le

, ,
3 30 I t i ner at i n g

we c o u ld h ave b ough t an iv o ry t u s k ; whe re

t h e w o me n p o u n ded t hei r c a s s a v a s wi t h iv o ry

pes t les
“
.

Wh at h ave you c o me fo r t he n ? ,

‘
J u s t wh at V ia nga V ia nga t o ld you To t ell
-
.

y o u a b o u t t h e S a vi o u r J e s u s h o w H e died fo r
,

y o u , an d o pe n ed th e way t o s alv at i o n t o all

wh o believe in H im whe t he r bl ac k o r whi t e
,
It .

is n o n ew s t o ry ; it h a s l o n g bee n he ard in
t h e c o u n try Y o u a re behi n dh a n d ; yo u k n o w
.

n o t hi n g mu c h a b o u t it .

I f t h a t is y ou r bu s i n e s s yo u will t e ach u s
, ,

will yo u n o t ?
Ce rta i n ly ; t h at is wh at I h a ve c o me fo r
t o - day .

‘
So I t alked t o t hem while I t o o k my lu n c h .

The n whe n t h at was o ve r t h e w o me n ca me wi t h

, ,

t h e dumpl i n g s whi c h I b o ugh t a n d g a ve t o t h e

c arr ie rs a n d t he n wi t h a n i n c re as ed audie n c e
, , ,

I t o ld t hem o f t h e l o ve o f J e s u s an d H is w o rk ,

u n t il t h e c arr ie rs h ad fi n ished t hei r me al a n d all

was re ady fo r t h e s t art a g ai n They li s t e n ed
.

quie tly an d wi t h mu c h i n t e res t .

‘
I t was O ft e n ro u n d t h e fi re s t h at I h ad th e
be s t talk s O ve r t h e fire t h e pe o pl e c o m pli
.

m en t ed me o n my n i c e quie t w a ys I h ad n o t .

g o n e m a ki n g t ro uble by visi t i n g in all t h e t o w n s -

ro u dn — eve ry Afr ica n t o w n h as feuds wi th it s

 332 I t i n er a t i n g

We used t o t a ke o ur me a l s u n de r a s h ady t r ee
rat he r t h a n in t h e s m all n a t ive h o u s e s o r we did
( f
n o t bu r de n o u rsel ve s wi t h a t e n t a n d t he r e in
),

publ i c w o uld u n de rgo thei r c r i t i c ism Th e m en .

w o uld c h aff th e w o me n a n d t h e w o me n th e m en
, ,

o ve r t hese s ubve rs ive c us t o ms o f o u rs a n d c o m

me n t as freely a s i f we did n o t u n de rs tan d a

w o rd .

S o me t ime s my wife w o uld carv e a n d s o me

‘
,

t ime s I did t h e re s ul t bei n g t h a t t hey bec a me

,

qui t e c on fused a s t o whi c h was he ad a n d m as te r ,

a n d a s t o which h a d t h e r igh t t o divide t h e

foo d an d wh at p ro p o rt i o n fell t o e ac h I n t h e
, .

eve n i n g s my wife w o uld go i n t o t h e w o me n s ’

h o u s e s al s o an d t alk t o t hem as t hey c o o ked ,

a n d I w o uld j o i n t h e m en r o u n d t hei r fi r e s So.

we mixed wi t h th e pe o ple a n d m ade o u rs elves a t

h o me wi t h t hem ; o ur d a ily life an d beh a vi o u r
c l o sely s c r u t i n i s ed. A n y li t t le ac t s o f ki n d n e s s
o r a t t e n t i o n we r e m o s t ca r efully n o t ed They
.

h a ve c o me t o t h e c o n c lu s i o n t h a t we whi t e fo lk
l o ve an d re s pe c t o ur wive s an d s o me t ime s t hey
,

Y ou k n o w h o w t o m arry me an i n g o f
”
r em a rk , , ,

c ou rs e t h at we k n o w h o w a wife s h o uld
,
be
t re a t ed a n d t h at o ur c u s t o ms ar e t h e be s t
, .

‘
We h ad i n t e n ded t o h a ve visi t ed t h e l a rge
t o w n s hip o f N z un du . M e ss rs C ame ro n an d
.

C o mbe r h ad bee n t he re ab o u t t wo m on t hs pre

 Tu r n ed B a c k 333

v io us l
y b u
, t pe ople we re ve r y c o ld I h o ped
th e .

t h a t a few d ays s pe n t t he r e wi t h my wife w o uld

p u t u s o n a be t t e r fo ot i ng B u t whe
. n we
r e a ched K ibul a a t o w n o n ly an h o u r fro m
,

N z u n du t h e n ephew o f o n e o f t h e Chiefs c a me
,

wi t h s o me c o mpan i o n s t o s ay t h at t h e O ld Chief
o f t h e t o w n s hip was de ad a n d wa s n ot yet
,

bu r ied a n d t hey did n o t wi s h u s t o vi s i t t hem

,
.

We t o ld t hem t h a t we me an t n o evil o r vi o le n c e ,

a n d t h e p r e s e n c e o f my wife s h o uld ass u r e t hem

o f t hat b u t t hey t o ld us t h a t we we n t fu r t he r a t
o u r pe ril ; t hey did n o t w a n t t o h a ve a n de al
y
i ng s wi t h t h e S t a t e o r an y o n e a n d t hey begged
,

us t o let t hem al o n e I t wa s n o use t o expl a i n o r

.

talk ; t hey we r e s e n t t o s t o p us a n d we h ad ,

be t t e r t u rn b ac k quie tly a n d m a ke n o t ro uble s o ,

t he re wa s n o t hi n g fo r it b ut t o r e t u rn The r e .

ar e hu n d r ed s o f t o w n s which w o uld be gl a d o f

a vi s i t ; why s h o uld we fo rc e o u rs elves up on

N z un du ? A li tt le p a t ie n ce a n d t hey t o o will
,

c o me t o k n o w us .

‘
Th a t a ft e rn oo n as we c o n t i n ued our j o u rn ey
,

h o mewa rd s we ca me t o a t o w n N s al a ; gu n s
,

fi r i n g d a n c i n g an d iv ory h o rn s a nn o u n c ed t o t h e
, ,

w o rld t h at a fu n e ral wa s bei n g c ele b rat ed Th at .

t o w n h a d n eve r bee n v i s i t ed befo r e a n d a s we ,

e n t e red t h e w o o d which s u rro u n d s eve ry re s pe c t

a ble O l d t o w n t h e O ld Chiefs o f t h e di s t ri c t ca me
334 I t i n er at i n g
o ut to beg us to m a ke a de t o u r ro u nd th e o ut
s ki r t s o f t h e t o w n i n s t e a d o f p ass i n g t h ro ugh it
, ,

be cau s e o f t h e fu n e ra l We o f c o u rs e c o mplied
.
, , ,

a n d t hey led t h e wa We s oo n h a d a g r e a t
y .

n umbe r fo ll o wi n g a n d p re s e n t ly t hey begged us

,

t o be s e at ed u n de r t h e e a ve s o f a h o use A .

g r e at c ro wd s u rro u n ded us eve ry o n e s h o u t i n g

,

an d t alki n g a n d l aughi n g ; ple as ed t h a t s u c h a

p a ge an t s h o uld h a ve bee n a dded t o t hei r fu n e ra l

fe s t i v i t ie s
.

‘
The re h ad bee n a g r e at de al o f fe as t i n g a nd
p alm wi n e ; t hey h ad j us t s t o pped t hei r d a n c e t o
c o me a n d see us . Th e o ld C hiefs we re ve ry
a n xi o us fo r us t o m o ve o n a ft e r a few mi n u t es

fo r r e s t a n d i n s pe c t i o n I wished t o s pe ak b u t
.
,

t he r e wa s far t o o mu c h exci t eme n t a n d g oo d

hum o u red s h o u t i n g a n d n o ise I t was evide n t .

we h ad be t t e r s eek s o me m o r e fa v o u ra ble
o pp o r tun i t y
. B y a n d by t o t h e imme n s e r elief
,

”
o f th e O l d Chiefs we,
m o ved o n t o a to wn

t we n t y mi n u t e s di s t a n t whe r e we we r e fo rt u
,

mat ely all o wed t o s t ay t h e n igh t .

‘
O n e day a he a vy sh o we r O f ra i n d ro ve me
i n t o a t o w n fo r s hel t e r I t was h a lf a mile O ff th e
.

r oa d a n d I h a d n o t i n t e n ded t o go t o it a t a l
,
l I .

was an xi o u s t o go o n a n o t he r h o u r an d a h alf
bec ause o f t h e b ad ro ad s n ex t day whi c h w o uld ,

me an sm all p rog r ess But I O ft e n fin d t h at t hese

.
 3 36 I t i n er a t i n g

lis h in wh at he h a d i n t e n ded H e re is an
p g .

ex a mple o f t hi s
Aft e r lu n c h while th e b o ys we re c le ari ng
‘
,

aw a y t h e t hi n g s I we n t i n t o s o me ho use s n e a r
,

by t o give s o me medici n e J u s t as I wa s givi n g.

t h e l as t w o r d s o f c o u n sel a ft e r I h ad g o n e a w a y
,

I heard a m an sh o u t i n g a nd v owi ng d re adful

t hi n g s Th e w o me n ru s hed aw ay
. Th e m en .

s t oo d up a n d s o me we n t aw ay Su rp rised I .
,

as ked wh a t was t h e m a t t e r a n d n o t i c ed a m a n ,

wh o m we h ad j us t p as s ed o n th e road g o i ng
a w a y in a n ex c i t ed m a n n e r

“O h ! it is K i an da H e is d ru n k ; go away
.

a s qui c kly as u n H e h as g o n e t o et h is
y o ca .
g
un Wh a t a sh a me i t is ! Su c h a n i c e ki n d whi t e
g .
,

m an t oo , J us t bee n t e achi n g us a b o u t G o d a n d
.
,

givi ng medi c i n e t o t h e si c k Wh at d o es he w a n t.

t o s h o o t him fo r ? G o whi t e m an go a w a y as
, ,

qui c kly as yo u c a n we will help yo u .

‘
I sc arcely r e alised th e d ange r at o n ce ,

a l t h o ugh I h a d n o t a we a p o n o f a n y ki n d I .

t old t hem t o go a n d t ell t h e fell o w wh o I was .

I t is n o u s e t a lki ng t o t h e fo o l ; he is d ru n k ;
he h as g o n e t o get h is gun
“Take it a way fro m him Shu t him up in
.

‘
.

h is h o u s e ; t ie him up ; a n y t hi n g yo u like A re .

y o u g oi ng to l et him s h oo t me i n c o ld bl o o d
b efOre yo u r eye s ?
‘
 A D r u n k en Fo e 337

Ple ase g o a w a y qui c kly ! We will le a d yo u

o ut o f t h e t o w n a n o t he r wa y
”
. B e qui c k !
‘
Thi s was a mise ra ble busi n ess I t was
.

evide n t t ha t no o n e w o uld m o ve a fi nge r o r fa ce

for my s ake a d ru n ke n m an wi t h a gun The re
.

was g re a t s h ou t i n g at t h e o t he r en d o f t h e t o w n ,

a n d pe o ple begged me t o o a w ay M y b o ys
g .

we re in a g re a t frigh t I n t hei r hu rr y t hey

.

c o uld n o t c ra m a l l t h e t hi n g s i n t o t h e c an t ee n ,

an d a l o t o f t hi n g s l a y up o n t h e g ro u n d We .

bu n dled t hem i n t o t h e h a mm o c k O ne fr ie n dly

.

na t ive t oo k up o n e t hi n g an d a n o t he r a n o t he r ,

a n d s o t hey led u s o ut O f t h e t o w n .

‘
I t was a l arge t o w n . I t h o ugh t we sh ould
n eve r e t ut o f i t I t o ld t h b y s to
g o ; e o go a s

quickly as t hey c o uld ; n o r u n n i n g sca tt e ri ng o r

, ,

b re a ki n g t h e file Thi s t hey did A t eve ry

. .

h o u s e t he re we r e dem o n s trat i o n s o f reg re t a n d

a p o l o gy. Th e w o me n an d m en fo ll o wed w r i n g
in g t hei r h an ds a n d u n feig n edly s o rr y b ut ,

helple s s . N o o n e v o lu n t ee r ed t o quie t t h e
d ru nke n fell o w .

Cle a r o f t h e t o w n we c ro s sed a gulley whe r e

,

t hey begged me t o s t o p a n d buy foo d My .

b a rt e r b o x wa s fa r a he a d s o a n a t ive r u s hed
,

a he a d t o t ry a n d s t o p t hem and o n ly u st
, j
s ucc eeded in d o i n g s o t he re we b o ugh t t h e fo o d .

I t wa s g oo d o f t h e pe o ple t o c arr y it a ft e r us b ut ,

23
33 8 I t i n er at i n g

t hey s a id our
,
“
Y
b o ys a re hu n g ry I t was .
‘

quickly b o ugh t a n d e at e n th e c an t ee n p acked , ,

a nd , wi t h m an y r eg re t s a n d ap o l o gies th e ,

fr ie n dly nat ive s r e t u rn ed I fel t h alf as h a med o f

.

t h e b o l t a nd yet wh a t el s e c o uld I h a ve d o n e ?
,

O n e d ru n ke n m an was t h e t e rro r o f t h e t o w n .

This is t h o ro ughly Afric an .

‘
We we r e o bliged t o le ave t h e t o w n by t h e
r o a d we did a n d fo r t h ree h o u r s we h a d t o fo r ce
,

a wa a l o n g a n u n used p at h ac ro s s whi c h t h e
y
j u n gle was t igh t ly m att ed I t was O ft e n di fficul t
.

t o t ell whe r e t h e ro a d was fo r it was o bli t e ra t ed ,

by t h e t an gle o f eigh t fee t g rass Th e ro a d w o u n d

-
.

a b o u t in a v a lley be t wee n t wo ro w s o f t h e g r e at

lime s t o n e ro c ks al re a dy des c ribed Th e s c e n e ry .

was g ra n d a nd o ft e n I ro lled d o w n c augh t in

, ,

t h e j u n gle a s I l oo ked up a t t h e be a u t iful ro c k s

,
.

Fo r t wo a n d a h a lf h ou rs I fo rc ed t h e roa d
mys elf fo r t h e carr ie rs we r e all l o aded a n d c ould
,

ui c kly a n d t h e guide was a l s o behi n d

not
g o S O
q ,
.

Whe n a t l a s t he did c o me up t o relieve me ,

I wa s gl a d ve ry s o o n t o r e a s s ume t h e forc i n g
my s elf fo r he h a d b ro ugh t a gun wi t h him an d
, ,

eve ry mi n u t e I fe ared t h a t i t w o uld go O ff A t .

five O c l oc k we s igh t ed ac ro s s t h e pl a i n t h e t rees

’

o f a s m a ll t o w n whi c h we e n t e r ed a t s u n d o w n
, ,

j u s t in t ime t o o b t a i n fire a n d w at e r fo r t h e
n igh t ,a n d t h a n kful t hat we h ad n ot bee n
 C h a p t er X V II

P r o gr ess , E n c o u r a gem en t , an d
Tr i a ls
’
‘
A ll common tlz i ngs , eacl
z day s even ts ,

Taa t wi t/z t/ze lzour oegz n

'

a n d en d,

O ur p lea sur es a n d our discon ten ts,

A r e r oun ds o y wlziclz we m ay ascend .

We’

lza oe n ot wi ngs we
, ca n n ot soa r

B ut we lz a oe feet to sca le a n d cli me,

By s lo w y m or e
degr ees , o a nd m or e;
y s umm i ts of ti m e
’
l e cloud our .

LON G F E L LOW .

OR me re as on o r o t he r my o wn j o u rn ey
so

b ac k t o t h e C o n g o was del a yed U n fo r .

t unat ely t h e m a il s arr ived l a t e r t h a n u s u al t h at

,

m o n t h a t W at he n n o t in t ime t o p reve n t my
,

hu s b a n d c o mi n g d o w n c o u n t ry t o mee t me at th e
c oas t
. I t was a g re a t dis a pp o i n t me n t fo r him
t o fin d he h ad m a de a fa lse s t a rt But on c e .

m o re he m a de t h e be s t o f a b ad bu s i n e ss a n d , ,

fi n di n g t h at it wa s n o us e fo r him t o go d o w n
t o B a n a n a fo r a n o t he r t h ree week s t ime he ’

c ro s s ed t h e Rive r a n d vi s it ed h is O ld fr ie n ds

a t M a n y a n ga They we re ple as ed t o see him

.

340
 Tr an s l at i o n W or k H i n d er ed 34 1

a ga i n , an d c hided him for t h e a an b d o n me nt of

th e s t at o n i .

Th e ab s e n c e M e s s rs D avis C a me ron an d
of .
, ,

C o mbe r a t h o me in E n gl an d at t h e s ame t ime

i n v o lved M r Be n t ley in mu c h s t at i o n w o rk
.

p al a ve rs t ra n s p o rt bu s i n e s s a n d c o rre s p on de n c e
, , .

Thi s wi t h th e n e c es s ary visi tat i o n an d i t i n e ra

,

t i o n m a de t h e t ra n s l at i o n w ork o n e o f c o n s t an t
,

i n t e rrup t i o n ; s o t h at t he r e was ve ry li tt le t o
sh o w fo r t h e t ime I t wa s ve r y rare he say s
‘ ’
.
, ,

t h a t I c e as ed ac t u al w o rk befo re n i n e o c l o c k
‘ ’

a t n igh t ; fa r o ft e n e r it w o uld be t en o r eleve n .

M y helpe r N lem v o wi t h wh o m n ei t he r lad n o r

, ,

m an c an be in an y way co mp ared a ft e r h is t en ,

ye ars o f t ra i n i n g warn s me t h at wi t h a wife an d

,

li tt le o n e he mus t be t hi n ki n g s o me day o f
se t tli ng d o w n pe rm an e n t ly a m o n gs t h is own
pe ople wh o are l ivi ng in he at he n d ark n e s s an d
,

ab o u t wh o m he is ve ry a n xi o u s H e and all .

my b re t h re n u rge me t o push o n ; life is s h ort

a n d u n c e rta i n a n d I a m i n t e n s el y a n xi o us t o be
,

left al o n e t o get o n wi t h t ra n s l at i o n w o rk o f ,

whi c h t he r e is s u c h a c ryi n g n eed j u s t n o w .

I n t h ree o r fo u r ye a r s I s h all h a ve t o t a k e a
t u rn t o E n gl an d I s upp o se I sh o uld like by
, .

t h at t ime t o h a ve c o mple t ed an d r evised t h e

N ew Te s ta me n t Th at d o n e a li t e ra ry s t yle in
.
,

C ongo w ould be s et an d I can push o n wi t h th e ,

 E n c o u r a gem en t T r i als
“
34 2 an d

O ld Te s tame n t l at e r o n Fo r t he s e re as o n s I .

de s i r e t o h a ve a b s olu t e freed o m fro m s ta t i o n

ro u t i n e a n d t a ke o n ly s u c h ev a n gelis t i c w o r k as
,

c a n be d o n e fr o m S a t u rd a y t o M o n d a y ei t he r ,

o n t h e s t a t i o n o r o n an o r di n a ry i t i n e ra ry in t h e

di s t ri c t fo r my o wn b o dily a nd s pi r i tu al he al t h
,

’
a n d e n c o u ra geme n t .

Aft e r M r Sl a de s de at h M r B e n t ley an d M r
.
’
. .

O ra m we r e ass i s t ed for a s h o r t t ime in t h e

ge n e ra l o ve rl o o ki n g o f t h e s ta t i o n a ffa i rs by M r .

R o ge r C aseme n t wh o l a t e r o n be ca me H er , , ,

M aj e s t y s C o n s ul fo r t h e c o u n try But s t ill M r

’
. .

B e n t ley s h a n ds s eemed n o less full t h an eve r

’
.

Sce n e s like t h e fo ll o wi n g we re t ypical : E ve n ‘

n o w as I w r i t e my wi n d o w is full o f he a ds o f

pe o ple fro m a t o w n whi c h is jus t O pe n i ng up t o

u s ; t h e y w an t t o b e v a c c i n at ed They h a ve .

b rough t us a n ew b oy I h a ve give n o ur m o s t .

fr ie ndly Chief a pic t u r e b o o k t o l oo k at t o keep -

hi m quie t N o w he h as s o me t hi n g t o t alk a b o u t
.

fo r a li t t le while I c ann o t be o ffh a n d wi th a ny

.

o f t he s e pe o ple We mu s t be ge n tle a n d p at ie n t
.

a n d ki n d t o al l A li t t le c o ld n es s d o e s a lo t o f
.

h ar m ; t hey c ann o t u nde rs tan d wh at bei n g bu s y

is .

his t ime he was a g o o d de al o ccupied in

At t

helpi n g h is o ld frie n d M aki t o u n de r i n t e res t i n g

ci rcums tan ces .
P11 0
WA U
0

DO N Z M . D . N LEM V O .

O NE OF DR . BE N TL E YS
’
E A R L I E S T BO YS , \
A FTE R V A R D S H I S A S S I S TA N T
TR A N S L A TO R .

[D 11 1 m g 11 1 5 la st m a t to E ngla n d th e cold afi ecfcd h i s eyes ,

a nd h e 23 w en ti r ely b lz n d ]
no .

[To face page 3 43 .

 M a k i t o i s P u z z led 34 3

‘
The r e is
goo d p rob abili t y o f M a ki t o build
a

in g c l o se t o t h e s t a t i o n Th e S t a t e h as bee n full
.

O f t h e wilde s t a n d a b s u r de s t fe a rs a b o u t him I .

a m g o i n g t o t alk it o ve r wi t h M V a n gele a n d .

t ry t o s e tt le t hi n gs M aki t o s ay s his i v o r y t ra de
“
.

h as fa iled ; he c a nn o t m a ke a n y p ro fi t We .

mu s t t u rn t o s o me t hi n g el s e We mu s t h ave .

s c h ool s ; if I wa s y o u n ge r I t o o w o uld le arn , , .

”

They w an t t o give him N kasa ( t h e p o i s o n ) as a

wi t c h b ut he r efu s e s a n d n o o n e da re s t o m a ke
,

him t ake it ; b ut he ass u re s me t h at wh a t wi t h

h is w o rr y wi t h t h e pe o ple an d h is t e rro r o f a
n igh t su rp r i s e fro m
- th e S t a t e he c an s ca rcely ,

sleep at all H e is in a ve ry u n h appy s tat e a n d

.

w an ts t o build be s ide us H e is mu c h im
.

p res s ed wi t h t h e c h ara c t e r an d n ooles se o f N lem v o ,

M an tu an d M an wele s o emi n e n t ly s upe ri o r t o

, ,

an O f his fo lk L ut un u he c o n s ide rs a g r e at
y .

fa ilure b ut c ann o t u n de rs tan d wh a t m a kes su c h

,
I

a diffe r e n c e Thi s is a w o n de r ful c h an ge o f

.

a tt i t ude o n M akit o s p ar t n o t a c h a n ge o f mi n d
’

, ,

fo r he h a s l o n g bee n o u r m o s t de t e r mi n ed fr ie n d .

H e r e c k on s t h a t educat i o n is t h e t hi n g n eeded
n o w t h at t ra de h as fa iled .

‘
Th e S t at e w an t s M a ki t o t o go t o B o m a a n d ,

att r ibu t e s h is u n willi n g n e s s t o go to defi a n ce .

Th is was written in 1 8 89 . S in ce th en Lutun u h as professed

C h rist ian it y .
34 4 E n c o u r a gem ent an d Tr i als

But if he we n t th e o t he r j e al o us Chiefs w ould

bu rn his t o w n fo r t hey righ t ly fe ar t h a t he w o uld
,

be m ade he a d o f all t h e di s t r i c t H e ca n n o t go
.
,

t he r efo r e a n d t h e S t at e c a n n o t u n de rs tan d it
, .

I ca n expl a i n it t o t h e C o mmi s si o n ai re a n d
G o ve rn o r whe n I go d o w n b ut u n t il t he n it is
,

h ardly s afe fo r him t o m o ve Whe n he d o e s .

build it will be a ve ry l arge t o w n fo r m an y ,

pe o ple O f o t he r t o w n s w an t t o j o i n him ; b ut we
mu s t go c arefully t o w o rk a n d seek D ivi n e
guid a n c e . Th e g r e a t es t diffi cul t y will be t o
m anage it wi t h o u t t h e S tat e t hi n ki n g we a re
i n t r igui n g ag a i n s t t hem .
’

I t wa s fo r r e as o n s s u ch a s t hese a n d t o be ,

a b o ve suspici o n , t h at M r Be n t ley wa s speci ally

.

c areful n o t t o all o w th e b o ys t o be t augh t an y

E n glish M o r e t h a n o n c e t h e S t at e o ffi c e rs t ried
.

t o fin d o ut whe t he r we we r e a n gli c i s i n g t h e pe ople

a t al ,
l o r t e a c hi n g t hem E n glish O n o ne oc ca
.

s i o n t hey s p o ke t o a gi r l o n o u r s t at i o n in E n gli s h ,

a n d t h o ugh t t hey h a d fo u n d s o me t hi n g aga i n s t

u s whe n s h e r eplied ; b ut s h e wa s a mul a t t o gi r l

wh o m I h a d m et wi t h in E n gl a n d an d t ake n wi t h
me t o C o n go t o be my se r v an t t he re They .

fo u n d t h at s h e was t h e o n ly o n e o n o ur s tat i o n
be s ide s N lem v o wh o c o uld re all y s pe ak E nglish ,

a l t h o ugh we c o ul d n o t help a few o f t h e m ore

i n t ellige n t b o y s picki n g up li t tle sh ort se n t e n ce s

 3 46 E n c ou r agem en t an d Tr i als

was give n to l to
al
‘
ta ke a G os pel ,
’
if t hey
liked .

At l as t on J u n e 3 o th h is l o n g t ri al o f p at ie n ce
“
, ,

was e n ded A t o n e o c l o ck t h e S an Th o m e
’ ’
.

r e ac hed B a n an a H o lm an s aw my flag a g oo d
.

way o ff a n d s a id s o me p r e t t y t hi n g s a b o u t it s
pu t t i n g n ew l ife i n t o him ! S oo n a ft e r re achi n g
h o me he w ro t e t o his p are n t s
‘
We h ave re ac hed h o me sa fe an d s o u n d a ft e r ,

a c api t al j o u r n ey o f n e ar ly n i n e d a y s D eligh t ful .

we at he r s o t h at M arg o c o uld do a g oo d de al o f
,

w alki n g eve ry day The r e was s o mu c h t o t alk

.

a b o u t t h at we e nj o yed t his ve r y mu c h Ve r y .

t h a n kful we a re fo r all G o d s me rc ies t h at h ave

’

bee n mul t iplied t o us a nd ve ry t h an kful I am t o

,

h ave my de ar M argo b ack a n d t o he ar fro m h er

o f yo u a l l Th e h o use is n o t yet re ady for h er ;
.

p at ie n ce is eve r t h e w o rd o ut he re .

‘
L as t Su n d ay M argo we n t o ut wi t h me fo r
a week en d i t i n e ra t i o n
-
We r eceived a ve ry
.

e n t hu s i as t i c recep t i o n t h e w o me n are s o ple as ed

to s ee h er “ O ur w o m a n o ur m o t he r o ur
.
, _
,

fr ie n d ! we re t h e al t e rn at ive c r ie s fo r s o me
mi n u t e s . They we r e ve ry ex c i t ed ; s o me o n e
h ad c o me t o t hem a n d f or t eem —t h e w o me n
,

fo lk The re is ple n t y fo r h er t o do o ut he r e
.
,

if on ly we h ave g oo d h amm o c k c arr ie rs t o t a ke -

h er ab o u t .
 Telegr ap h y at W ath en 347

S i n c e M r D avie s a rr iv al o n e o f us h as bee n
.
’

a lm os t c o n s t a n t ly o ut an d it is o u r h o pe t h a t we
,

s h a ll n ow h a v e a s pell o f quie t r egul a r and , ,

s y s t em a t i c w o rk in t hi s s t a t i o n I a m pu s hi n g
.

o n wi t h my r evi s i o n o f Luke a n d h o pe s oo n t o
,

h ave fi n is hed it Th e fi rs t n i n e c h ap t e rs h ave

.

bee n s e n t t o U n de rhill S ta t i o n t o be pr i n t ed .

M argo is t ran s c ribi ng it fo r me o n th e t ypew ri t e r ,

s o t h a t t hi n g s a re m o v i n g o n qui c kly
’
.

A c c ordi n g t o H o lm a n s r eque s t I h ad t a ke n
’

o ut wi t h me a t eleg ra ph apparat u s which h ad ,

bee n p ai d fo r by s o me fr ie n d s S oo n a ft e r my .
-

a r r iv a l he s et t his up c o n n e c t i n g it wi t h o n e o f
,

t h e o t he r h o u s e s i n o rde r t h at t h e b o y s migh t

p ra c t i s e t elegraphy a n d s o fit t hemselve s fo r
,

t a ki n g p o s t s a t t h e v ari o us ra ilw ay s tat i o n s

l at e r o n .

The re is a t e n de n c y a b o u t t h e S t at e o ffi c i al s ,

wh o car e n o t hi n g fo r o ur evangeli s t i c w o r k t o ,

r egar d us as ra t he r a u s ele s s lo t o f fo lk .

Whe n t h e G o ve rn o r o n p as s i n g t h ro ugh o ur
,

s t a t i o n s a w t h e t elegra ph he c a lled it a capi ta l

, ,

ide a a n d s eemed t o t hi n k t h at s o me g o o d migh t

,

c o me o ut O f t h e M i s s i o n i f we we r e t o t u rn
o ut s o me de c e n t t eleg raphis t s U n fort u n at ely
.
,

we n eve r go t s o far as t h at bec ause t h e o n ly

,

t wo b o y s wh o we re t he n s h arp e n o ugh t o be

t augh t s a id , Wh y sh oul d we le arn t elegraphy ?

‘
34 8 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i als

We do n ot w an t t o go t o th e S tat e s tat i o n s ;
we wa n t t o s t a y wi t h yo u .
’

I t was n o t l o n g befo r e o ur Ch ris t i an s h ad

t h e t r u t h o f o ur L o rd s fo ret ellin s I h
’ ‘

g n t e ,

w o rld ye s h all h a ve t ribul at i on b ro ugh t h o me ,

’

t o t hem . I n 1 8 9 0 I fin d t h e fo ll o wi n g r e c o r d
o f t h e fi rs t n a t ive m ar t y r a m o n gs t o u r pe o ple
‘
A nat ive o f Vu n d a n e ar he r e wh o h as l at ely
bee n p ro fe s si ng Ch ri s t a n d d o i n g wh at he c ould
,

to spe a k fo r H im h as wi t h out d o ub t bee n

,

mu rde red in K imbe n z a be cau s e he t ried t o t e ac h ;

s o t h e fi rs t co n ve r t he r e h a s died fo r h is fa i t h
’
.

I n J uly 1 8 9 1 he h as t o t ell o f t h e o pe n i n g o f
, ,

o u r fi r s t ev a n geli s t o u t p o s t s c h oo l at Ki n suk a a ,

t o w n s hip ab o u t h alf— wa y be t wee n W a t he n a n d

S a n S alv ad o r
‘
I h ad vi s i t ed it t wice before ; o n c e wi t h
my wife They h ad bee n s uffe r i n g t e rribly
.

fro m s m all po x a nd it wa s eve n t he n in s o me

,

p a rt s o f t h e t o w n I h ad s o me b o ys wi t h me
.

wh o h ad bee n re c e n t ly v a c ci n a t ed a n d was ,

a ble t o v a cc i n a t e a n umbe r o f t hem I left my .

l a n c e t t he re wi t h M w a n a Ng o n de Child o f t h e
M o on They h a d l os t al t oge t he r a b o u t 7 5 0
pe o ple by t h e di s e as e an d o f t h e g re at c ro wd
,

whi c h as s embled whe n I fi rs t p as s ed t h ro ugh ,

o n ly a b ar e r em n a n t wa s left I was mu c h
.

s t ruck wi t h M w ana Ng o n de H e is n o t t h e H e ad .
350 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i al s
t hi ng s an d t h at o f t h ree ye ars befo re H e r e is .

o n e ex a mple r ep o r t ed by him : A week o r t wo ‘

a o o n e o f t h e l a d s h ad s t a rt ed a hym n in t h e
g
b oy s h o u s e whi c h was at o n c e t ake n up by t h e
’

o t he rs ,fo r t hey a re ve ry fo n d o f si n gi n g .

‘
Whe n t hey h a d fin ished o n e o f t h e big b oy s
“
, ,

a b o u t s ix t ee n s a id L oo k h ere yo u fell o ws I
, , , ,

h a ve s o me thi n g t o t ell yo u I n t h e t o w n I used

.

t o be a ve ry b a d lo t a n d wa s mu c h di s liked in
,

c o n s eque n c e I was b ad eve n a m o n g t h e b ad

.

o n e s ; a g r e a t t hief —a n d t he n he me n t i o n ed a

bl a c k c a tal o gue o f wi c ked n e s s b ut s i n c e I h a ve

bee n he r e I h ave le arn ed e n o ugh t o s h o w me t h at
hell was th e o n ly en d o f my c o u rs e I beca me .

ve ry an xi o u s a n d full o f fe ar a n d t a lked t o M r , .

D a vie s a n d wi t h t he Chu rch membe rs Whe n

,
‘

we we re o n t h e road a week o r t wo ago fro m

U n de rhill I was ve ry mise ra ble t h e day we
,

s t a rt ed All t h e way I wa s a n xi o u s a n d t alked

.

wi t h t h e membe rs O f t h e Chu rch wh o we re wi t h

us . N o w I k n o w t h a t J e s us h as t a ke n a w a y
a n d p a r d o n ed my S i n s an d I h a ve h a ppi n e s s
,

in my he ar t I k n o w t h at t h e H o l y Spi ri t
.

will t a ke a w ay t h e evil o ut o f m y he a rt a n d
m a ke me h o ly I f we a r e as h a m ed o f c o n
.

fe s s i n g Ch r i s t befo re m en H e will be as h a me d,

o f us whe n H e c o me s i n H is gl o r y s o I w a n t ,

t o a ck n o wledge befo r e yo u all wh a t J e su s h as

 Th e S w ay of S av ager y 35 1

d on e fo r me t h at , yo u m ay k now wh at H e ca n

do fo r
Th e b o ys h old p raye r mee t i n gs m o ng t hem
-
a

selve s an d Chu rc h membe rs give a dd res s es b ut

, ,

t his p art icul ar fo r m o f t e s t im o ny was n ew qui t e ,

a n ide a o f t h e o n e wh o s p o ke .

Y et s a v age ry s t ill held it s sw ay a m on gs t t h e

pe o ple as yet u n t o u c hed
S o me m o nt hs ago M r C a me ro n was in .

a tow n an d le arn ed t h a t t h e fat h e r o f o n e

o f o ur b o y s was j us t de ad H e exp re s sed .

t h e h O pe t h a t t hey w o uld n o t kill a n y o n e

else o ve r th e busi n e s s a n d t h e pe o ple as s u red

,

him t h a t n o t hi n g o f t h e ki n d w o uld be
t h o ugh t of . H e h ad s c arc ely r e t u rn ed t o
th e s t a t i o n befor e t hey t o o k o n e o f t h e de a d

Chief s wive s a n d wi t h o u t eve n t h e de c e n c y o f

,

a wi t c h d o c t o r s divi n a t i o n t hey a ccu s ed h er o f

’
-
,

wi t c hc ra ft a n d killed h er a t o n ce
,
Th e S tat e .

a u t h o r i t ie s s o o n he a r d o f it an d a n O ffice r wi t h
,

t hi rt y m en we n t t o dem a n d t h e m urde r e r Th e .

o ffi c e r h ad a n t i c ip a t ed n o r e s i s t an ce a n d h ad ,

o n ly give n h is m en t en ro u n d s o f a mmu n i t i o n

e a c h b ut t h e n at ive s a t ta c ked him an d c h as ed

‘

, ,

him for a n h our H e eve n t u ally c ame t o

.

o ur s tat i o n mu c h exh aus t ed H e left a day

, .

o r t wo a ft e r a n d c a mped a b o u t o n e a n d a h a l f
,

h o u rs aw ay s o t h at we migh t be in no wa y
,
35 2 E n c o u r a gem en t : an d Tr i als

mixed up in a mili tar y expedi t i o n We did .

o ur bes t t o i n duce t h e pe o ple t o ap o l ogise a nd

c o me t o t e rms wi t h t h e S t at e an d h appily ,

t h e wh o le a ffa i r wa s c o mp ro mi s ed by t h e s ur

r e n de r of th e mu rde re r O f t h e w o m an an d ,

a bs o lu t e s ubm issi o n
’
.

O ne day we h ad a visi t fro m t h e G o ve rn o r ,

W ab i s . H e arr ived e arly o n e day a n d left

a t t wo o cl o c k t h e n ex t H is E x c elle n cy V isi t ed
’
.

th e s c h o ol an d i n spe c t ed c o py b oo ks a nd t h e
-

sums o n t h e s l at e s an d he ard t h e re adi ng

, ,

an d was much i n t e res t ed in n o t ici n g t h e p ro g r ess

m a de H e r em arked t h at if t h e l a ds pushed on
.

well t he r e we re m an y g o o d p o s t s which t hey

,

m igh t o ccupy in t h e se r vi c e o f t h e S t at e N a t ive .

c le r ks an d t eleg ra phis t s c o uld n o t la c k empl o y

me n t in t h e fu t u r e M r B e n t ley t old him t h at

. .

while it was t o be h o ped t h at fro m t h e s c h oo l

t he r e w o uld p ro c eed b o y s p r ep ared a n d a ble t o

r e n de r su c h se r vi c e o ur highes t a im a n d c hi ef
,

de s i re was t o t u rn o ut t h o s e wh o w o uld dis

t ingu is h t hemselves as t e a che rs o f t hei r ig n ora n t

fell o w m en o n t h e li n es o f L O a t Ki n suka Cle r k s

-
.

w o uld be useful b ut goo d t e ac he rs w o uld be a

,

s t ill g r e a t e r ble ss i n g t o t hei r fell o w s a n d t o t h e ,

S t at e A hu n d red t e ache rs w o uld be a much

.

be tt e r r e s ul t t h an a hu n d r ed c le r k s .

This wa s a ph as e a n d p o s s ibili t y o f M i s si on
354 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i als

D evel o pme n t s at W a t he n i n c luded t h e in

c re ased use O f t h e sch oo l t h e t rue pl ac e o f whi c h
,

M r B e n t ley fully u n de rs t oo d : We o f c o u rs e
.
‘
, ,

c o n s ide r t h e p ro c l a m at i o n o f t h e G o s pel o ur fi rs t
du t y b ut s c h o ol w o r k is o f g re at i mp o rt an c e
“
, .

Th e k n owledge o f th e t h ree
”
Rs
’
do es n ot
me an a ch a n ge o f he art b ut we can re as o n a bly
,

h o pe t h at G o d will se n d t o u s a m o n g o ur c hild re n
t h o s e O f wh o m H e can m ake g oo d us e in t h e

ev an geli s at i o n o f t hi s c ou n t ry in t h e fu t u re I t .

i s H is way o f w o rki n g an d we c a n b ut expec t

,

such t o h appe n . M any will d rift b ac k t o th e

t o w n s a n d e arn t hei r l ivi n g as n at ives ge n e ra lly
, ,

b ut t h e bes t we h O pe t o see devel o p i n t o t e ac he rs ,

p a st o rs an d ev angel is t s fo r n o o n e c o uld d re a m
, ,

o f a h a n dful o f wh i t e m en s uffic ing fo r t hi s v as t

co n t i ne n t We h ave n o w five gi rl s an d t hi rt y
.

n i n e b o ys in t h e s c h o o l beside t h ree w orkme n

,

wh o d ro p a d o ll a r o f t hei r pay t o m ake up for t h e

t ime t hey a re in s c h o o l
’
.

‘
A t p r ese n t s ch o ol i s bei n g held in a sm all
c orrugat ed i ro n s t o re which used t o be a t
,

Luku n ga b ut was n o l o n ge r w a n t ed t he re b ut
, ,

we are t hi n ki n g n ow o f e rec t i n g a d ormi t o ry a nd

s c h oo l ro o m t o ac c o mm o d a t e 1 2 0 b oy s We .

sh all m a k e it wi t h a hip roo f at o ne end b ut ,

a g able a t th e o t he r, so t h at we m a y in a
few ye ars add a no t he r d o rmi t o ry for a dv an c ed
35 6 E n c o u r agem en t an d Tr i a l s

e mme n ded to do t hi s he t h o ugh t it useless

r co , .

Feve rs o f t hi s t ype are g en e rally qui c k o n es by

'

t h e t ime t h e mes s e n ge r r e a ched t h e P o o l I s h o uld

be ei t he r well aga i n o r de ad H o weve r as th e .

,

h aem a t u ri a kep t o n re t u rn i n g he w ro t e at l as t , .

D r Sim s r eplied t h a t t he r e was n o t hi n g else t o

.

be d o n e t h a n wh a t we h ad bee n d o i n g b ut he ,

t o ld M r Be n t ley t h a t I mu s t r e t u rn t o E u ro pe
.

immedi at ely I was h o weve r t oo we a k t o t ra V el

.
, , .

H is o wn he al t h wa s als o suffe r i n g fro m t h e

s t ra i n o f c on s tant w ork I n Feb ru a ry 1 8 9 1 .
, ,

he fo u n d t h at h is o wn e n e rgy was ru n n i n g o ut ,

a n d w ro t e h o me t h a t he h a d t o t a ke ve ry mu c h

ex t ra care I f I o ve rs t ep t en a ny n igh t I am
.
‘
,

seedy th e n ex t day a n d c an o n ly w ork by fo rce o f

,

will I t i n e ra t i o n t axe s me mu c h m o re t h an s uc h
.

w o r k sh o uld Two h ou rs w alk o ut o n S at u rd a y

.
’

a ft e r n oo n s is t h e m o s t I ca n do s o t h a t whe n ,

I a m o bliged t o go fart he r I a m co mpelled

t o t ake a h a mm o c k fo r t h e ex t ra ; a n d eve n

t wo h o u rs h a mm o c k plus t wo h o u rs o n fo o t
, ,

is t o o much s o me t ime s I ge n e rally feel be tt e r

.

a ft e r a s leep b ut I do n o t l ike t o p as s t h e
,

m a r k Th e fac t is I h a ve n o t n ea rly as mu c h
.
,

b odily e n e rgy as I s h o uld h a ve A n o t he r r e as o n .

u rge s i t self : if I am n o t b a ck fro m my fu rl o ugh

in 1 8 9 3 my c o lle agues will be hi n de r ed a n d
, ,

t hei r t ime s m us t b e c o n sid ered s o t h at we m ay ,

 N eeds a F ur l o u gh 35 7

n ot be away t oo m an y a t a t ime N ex t ye ar .

I sh all h a ve bee n o ut five a n d a h alf ye a rs I f .

t h e C o mmi t t ee h ave n o o bj e c t i o n t he refo r e,

,

I s h ould like t o le a ve t h e C o n g o n ex t sp r i n g
fo r a s pell in E n gl a n d I can n o t p oss ibly t hi n k
.

o f c o mi n g e a rlie r u n les s s o me t hi n g ve r y se r i o u s
,

h a ppe n s I a m ex c eedi n gly a n xi ous t o pu s h o n

.

wi t h t h e t ra ns l a t i o n s o f th e E pi s t les o f P aul
befo re I go h o me I am ge t t i n g o n much fas t e r
.

n o w h a vi n g a be t t e r k n o wledge O f t h e G r eek
,

t h ro ugh t h e w o r k a l re a dy a c c o mpli s hed I h ope .

t o do s o me g oo d w o rk in th e m o n t h s r em a i n i n g ,

as well as t re a dy fo r t h e p re s s t h e Appe n dix

g e

o f th e D i c t i o n a ry . I mu s t t a ke ex t ra care a n d
h a ve ex tra help in my i t i n e ra t i o n t h a t s o , ,

a v o idi n g exh aus t i o n I m ay be able t o d r ive

,

o n t o t h e n ex t dry se as o n .To le a ve s oo n e r
w o uld up s e t my w o rk ve ry s e ri o u s ly Thi s .

dimi nu t i o n o f s t re ng t h h as bee n s o g radu al a n d

impe rcep t ible t h at n o t u n t il l at ely h as it begu n
t o fo r ce i ts elf up on my a t t e n t i o n a n d eve n n o w
, , ,

o n ly t o a n ex t e n t t o m ake me take spe c i a l

p recau t i o ns.
’

But al t h o ugh he fel t h is s t re n g t h fa ili n g he ,

did n o t s l ac ke n o ff w o r k ; i n deed in M a rc h ,

t h a t ye ar he s t a rt ed a m o nt hly m a g azi n e whi c h ,

was p ri n t ed by t h e s t at i o n b o ys u nde r h is ,

di rec t i o n a n d supe rvisi o n Th e l i t t le m ag a z i ne

.
35 8 E n c o u r a gem en t and Tr i a l s

was c alled S e Kueianga ( Tno D a wn i s B r eaki ng) .

H is r e as o n s fo r s tart i ng t hi s will be s ee n in t h e
fo ll o wi n g le tt e r t o o n e o f t h e S an S al v a d o r
c o lle ague s .

‘
I a m no w wishi n g t o s tart my m agazi n e .

Will you t ry to get me s o me u seful art i c les fro m

s o me o f t h e be s t b o y s ? G oo d c o u n t r y s t ories ,

n a t u ra l hi s t o ry a n y t hi ng t h at w o uld i n t e res t
,

w o uld be ac cep t ed ; B ible s torie s a cc o u n t s o f ,

Ch r is t i a n w o rk t ran sl at i o n s a n d b oo ks i n t e n ded
, ,

fo r p ro pe r p r i n t i n g l at e r on migh t a ppe ar i n t h e
m aga zi n e a n d be c u t fro m it an d p as t ed t oge t he r
, ,

fo r r ep r i n t i n g l at e r o n. I n t hi s way ge o g raphic a l
a rt i c les c ould be c o ll at ed i n t o a ge og raphy
b oo k as t ro n o mi cal a rt i c les be s o me day b ro ugh t
,

t o ge t he r in a b oo k o n t h e s ta rs .I wan t as mu c h
g oo d n at ive w ri t i n g as p o ssible I t wo uld add .

t o t h e i n t e res t a s well as devel o p p o we rs Of .

c o u rse a n y t hi n g whi c h yo u o r Phillip s will w r i t e

,

will be gl adly a c c ep t ed C o u n t ry cus to ms migh t

.

be di s cu s sed a n d c ri t i c i s ed a dve rt iseme nt s o f

,

n a t ive w o r k t ran s l at i o n s O f go o d E n gli s h art icle s

,

o u t o f E n glish m aga zi n e s ; t he re is a wide field .

N ew hym n s c o uld a l s o be t hus ci rcul at ed .

’

I n t h e summe r o f 1 8 9 1 t h ere was a s ugge s t i o n

fro m t h e H o me C o mmi tt ee t ha t t he re sh o uld
b e a l o c al C o mmi t t ee o f M anageme nt fo r t h e
M issi o n .
 3 6 0 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i als

vi s i t wi t h M r Pe rcy C o mbe r. We are d o i ng .

‘

o ur be s t he says t o m ake a li t e ratu re in C o ng o

’ ‘
, , ,

b ut it s us e will be n ar ro wed mu c h if we h ave o n ly

t wo s ta t i o n s in C o n g o l a n d while t he re is a l a rge
-
,

di s tr i c t qui t e o ut o f o ur re ach in which t h e

l angu age is well k n o w n an d a c t u ally sp o ke n .

Wi t h s u c h di ffi c ul t ies o f c o mmu n i c at i o n h o w ca n ,

we do ve ry mu c h fro m t hi s s tat i o n for di s t ric t s

m e t h a a hu n d red mile s a way
o r n ? I h ave
j us t c o me in fro m my i t i n e rat i o n H a ve bee n .

a b o u t eigh t y mile s fro m W a t he n b ut wh a t ca n ,

be d on e fo r t h o s e s o far aw a y ? O n e visi t per

a n n um , pe rh ap s t wo l at e r o n an d a re s ide n t ,

t e a c he r , b ut wh a t a b o u t s upe r i n t e n de n c e ? I
h a ve my t ran s l at i o n w o rk whi c h t ie s me b ut , ,

t o vi s i t t h e t o w n s a n d V ill age s six t y o r s eve n t y

mile s a w a y w or k t h e wh ole dis t r ic t effec t ively

, ,

a n d s upe r i n t e n d t h e t e achi n g a n d ev a n geli s t ic

w o rk is a b o u t a s mu c h as o ur p r ese n t s ta ff ca n
m an age fo r m an y a l o ng day Th at is t o s ay i f .
,

I t ake up be s ides my t ran s l at i o n w o rk seve n

, ,

hu n d red s qu are miles an d t h e o t he r mi s si o naries

,
.

he re a t h o u s a n d squ ar e miles e ac h we sh all ,

n ot be a ble t o o rgan i s e an d effec t ively w or k

mu c h m o re I n t h e a c c o mp an yi ng m ap I h a ve
.

m ade s u n d ry red s p o ts t o give a ro ugh ide a o f ,

wh at we s ugge s t I t is t h at as s o o n as p ossible
.
, ,

we s h o uld e s t ablish t wo missi onar ies a t s o m e

 Z om b o E x t en s i o n S u gges t ed 3 6 1

g o o d p o i n t in Z o mb o I t rus t t he n ; t h at
.
,

t h e C o mmi tt ee will keep t his p ro p o s al befo r e

t hem a n d t h at while t hey a dvi s e ge n e ro u s t hi n gs

, ,

fo r t h e fa r S o ud a n t hey will n o t fo rge t a regi on

,

mile s n e are r t o h a nd whi c h m ay be o cc u ,

pied at s o mu c h les s co s t a n d diffi c ul t y a n d fo r ,

whi c h we s h all s o o n h a ve t h e N ew Te s ta me n t
r e a dy . Why sh o uld s u c h a regi o n be abs olu t ely
n eglec t ed in fa v o u r o f t h e A r a b ra ided o r Egyp t -

ra v aged dis t r i c t s ? I w o uld no t p ro p o se t hi s as

a n al t e rn a t ive s c h eme a n d s o s t o p al l up rive r -

p ro g re s s b ut o nly u rge t h at s u c h a regi o n whi c h

, ,

we are in s u c h a g o o d p o s i t i o n t o ev a ngelise a n d ,

o f whi c h we h a ve t h e l a ngu age r educed sh o uld ,

be p rope rly w o rked .

’

L a t e r o n in t h at ye a r M r B e n tley h ad a n .

ide a t h a t it migh t b e wise t o le a ve W at he n in

S ep t embe r and s pe n d th e wi n t e r in M adei ra wi t h
N lem v o in o rde r t o be ab le t o c o nt i nue t h e
,

t ran s l a t i o n wi t h les s i n t e rrup t i on b ut we c o uld ,

n o t m an age t o et a w a y
g .

We h ad a ve ry ple as an t Ch r i s t m as in 1 8 9 1 ,

b ut t h e fo ll o wi n g m o n t h was a m o n t h full o f
t ro uble . O n De c embe r 2 7 t h D r H a rry Gui n n e s s .
,

o f H a rley H o u s e wh o h ad bee n vi s i t i n g t h e
,

C o ng o B ol o b o M issi o n h ad arrived wi t h his

-
,

c o usi n M rs M c Kit t ric k wh o was s uffe ri n g fro m

,
.
,

h aem at u ri c feve r O ur bed roo m was pl ac ed a t

.
362 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i a l s
h er disp o s al , an d s h e was c arefully
u rs ed A s n .

s oon as S h e was be tt e r D r Gui n n e s s we n t d o w n

.

wi t h a feve r o f t h e s a me c h a ra c t e r They we re .

del ayed o n o ur s ta ti o n for t h ree weeks t h ro ugh

t his s i c k n ess le avi n g us o n J a n u ary 1 8 t h
, .

O n J a n u a ry i 6 th we h a d a weddi n g o n th e
s tat i o n
. O n e o f ou r y o u n g m en was m a rr ied t o
N lem v o s S i s t e r N lem v o s u n c le h ad c o me up
’ ’
.

fro m his t o w n n e ar S an S a lv a d o r t o see h is n ie c e

m a rr ied D r Gui nn ess t o o k a fin e ph o t og raph
. .

o f t h e weddi n g g ro up N ex t day o n e o f o ur
.

h os pi tal in p a t ie n t s died a n d M r Pe r cy C o mbe r

-
,
.

r e a d s ui t a ble p o r t i o n s fr o m t h e B u ri a l S e rvi c e
o ve r h is g ra ve Wh o w o uld h ave t h o ugh t t hat in
.

less t h a n a week we s h o uld be s t andi n g a few

y ards fro m t h at s p ot re a di n g t h e Bu ri al Se r vi c e
o ve r Pe rcy C o mbe r him s elf ? H e was o n ly ill
fo r fift y h o u rs H e di n ed wi t h us a t s ix O cl o ck ’
.

on Wed n e s d ay eve n i n g a s u s u al an d s pe n t t h e ,

eve n i ng wi t h us as he O ft e n did and o n th e

, ,

F r id ay he was g o n e We bu r ied him t h e n ex t

.

m o rn i n g A g re at r ed e n sig n t h e B ri t i s h flag
.
, ,

c o ve red t h e t a ble o n which t h e c o ffi n wa s pl a c ed .

O ve r t h a t was t h ro w n t h e M is s i o n fl a
g as a
p al ] .

I t is t h e e n s ig n o f S t Ge o rge h a vi n g a re d c ro s s
.
,

up o n a whi t e g ro u n d U p o n t h a t H o lm a n pl ac ed
.

a j us t o pe n i n g
-
p alm b ra n c h ( fro n d ) a nd I wa s
-
,

a bl e to u t a w r e at h of be a u t iful t ro pi c a l
p
364 E n c o u r a gem en t an d Tr i als

e n c o u rage s t h e li t t le o n es t o c o me t o H im a nd ,

h avi n g decided o n t h e w o rd s t o be used in t h e

t ra n sl at i o n he di c ta t ed t h e le tt e rs t o be t o u c hed
,

o n t h e t ypew r i t e r t o H e n ry
. Thu s it wa s a
li t t le c hild wh o w ro t e in t h e C o n g o l an gu age
t h os e p re c i o us w o r d s o f o ur L o rd Suffe r t h e
‘
,

li t t le c hild r e n t o c o me u n t o M e a n d fo rbid t hem

,

’
n o t : fo r o f s u c h is t h e K i n gd o m o f H e a ve n

( M a t t xix
. .
 Ch a p t er X V I I I

Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

gen i us s/zon e,
’
[n ai m r evea led a scl
tola r s
'

w/zolly lz idden en s 5 13m

f
’
A nd s o, n ot r om m ,

I n lzi m tile spi r i t f

o a ner o walked!
WORD S WORTH .

E h o ped t o h a ve r e t u rned t o C ong o

s oo n e r t h a n we ac t u ally did ; b ut M r .

B e n t ley in h is B ible t ran s l at i o n w ork w o uld

,
-
,

no t le a ve o n e ve rs e a n d go o n t o t h e n ex t

u n t il he was s at i s fied t h at he h ad go t t h e
me an i n g cle ar an d used th e r igh t w o rds Thus
, .

it ca me t h at t h e t ra n sl at i o n o f th e N ew
Tes t ame n t was n o t fi n i s hed u n t il t h e en d o f
Sep t embe r 1 8 9 3 whe n he a t o n c e s e n t N lem v o
,

b ac k t o C o n g o t o s a ve him fro m h a vi ng t o s t ay
t h ro ugh an o t he r c o ld s e as o n in t his c o u n t ry .

The r e rem a i n ed o n ly t h e p roo f re adi n g This -

.

o c c upied an o t he r t wo m on ths b ut by t h e ,

begi nn i n g o f Decembe r t h e l as t o f th e p ro o fs
h ad bee n r e ad t h e N ew Tes t ame n t wa s in
,

p ri n t a nd we we re a ble t o s tart o n ce m ore

,

36 5
366 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

fo r C o ng o arr ivi n g at B anana j us t aft e r

,

Ch ri s t m as .

Whe n we r e ached U n de rhill a day o r t wo

a ft e r t h at we we r e di sa pp o i nt ed t o find t h a t
,

t he r e we r e n o carr ie rs t o be h ad I t was.

five weeks befo re we c o uld pu rsue o ur j o u rn ey

t o W a t he n ; a n d a m i s e ra ble j o u r n ey it wa s t o o , .

H o lm a n s a id he n eve r r emembe r ed a w o rs e
one . H o weve r t he r e is an en d t o all t hi n gs
, ,

b a d as well a s g oo d a n d a t l a s t o n Su n d a y
, ,

Feb ru ary 2 5 t h we r e a ched W a t he n agai n Th e

, .

welco me c o uld n o t h ave bee n he a rt ie r S eve ra l .

b o ys m et us o n t h e r oad — l o n g befo re we re a ched

W at he n t hey we re ve ry ex c i t ed .

O n arr ivi n g a t t h e s t at i o n we foun d t h at t h e

,

sch o ol h o use h ad bee n bu r n t d own an d si n c e

-
,

t he n t h e u s u a l s e rvi c es a n d t h e sch oo l cl a s s es

h ad bee n held in o u r di n i n g roo m t h at bei n g

-
,

t h e o n ly u n o ccupi ed ro o m at t h e t ime AS .

s o o n a s we h a d go t t h e h o use s t ra igh t M r , .

B e n t ley s fi rs t ca re was t o c omple t e t h e

’

G ra mm ar .

O n M ay 1 2 th o ur li t t le gi rl was b orn Th e .

pe o ple o f th e n e ar t o w n s we r e s o i n t e res t ed
t h at I h ad m an y visi t o rs wh o c a me t o see t h e

b aby O n Sep t embe r 8 th H o lm an aga i n s t art ed

.

o n i t i n e ra t i on H e i n t e nded t o s tay o ut a full

.

m o n th b ut s o meh o w o r o t he r o n t h e 2 5 t h I
, , ,
 3 6 8 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

th e C o ngo P ress whi c h t hey want ed t o run at

t h e A n t we rp E xhibi t i o n As n o b o y w o uld car e
.

t o go al o n e t wo b o ys wh o h a d bee n t ra i n ed by
,

H o lm an at t h e B ro mley P ress at W at he n we re
s e nt . The s e b oy s did all t h e w o rk o f t h e
P res s a t t h e E xhibi t i o n u n de r a whi t e m an
,

ac t i n g fo r a n A n t we r p p r i n t i n g h o u s e Th i s was
.

a g o o d ex a mple t o t h e B elgi an s o f wh at c o uld

be d o n e by t hese fo lks an d als o s p o ke fo r us
, ,

s h o wi n g t h at we we r e n o t c o n t e n t wi t h simpl
y
t e ac hi n g t h e pe o ple t o si ng hym n s a n d we ar
‘

t ro use rs We w ro t e t o a cqu a i n tan ces in B russels

’
.
,

wh o fou n d t hem g oo d frie n ds in A n t we rp s o ,

t h at t hey we re n ot exp o sed t o t h e t emp t at i o n s

a n d d a n ge rs which migh t o t he r wise h a ve c o me

t o t hem .

Th e sch o ol me anwhile g r ew rapidly

, , Th e
.

b o ys a nd girls t hus gat he red t o ge t he r a re fro m

t o w n s far an d n e a r a n d fo r t h e t ime rem o ved
,

fro m t h e i n flue n ce o f t hei r he at he n h o mes Th e .

s e r vice s a n d t e ac hi n g we r e s t ill c o n du c t ed i n o ur

di n i n g ro o m I n o r de r t o s ep arat e t h e c l as s es
-
.

a li t t le fro m e a c h o t he r s o me h a d t o be s e n t
,

o n t o t h e ve ran d a h
. I n D e c embe r 1 8 9 4 M r
.
, , .

Be n t ley c o uld s ay o f th e a t t e n d a n ce : M y wife

‘

c o u n t ed 1 4 3 in a t t e n d an c e yes t e rd a y She h as
.

s o le c h arge o f t his w o rk a n d a big t as k it is for , ,

beside s th e ac t u al sch ool h o u rs fro m t wo t o fo u r

-
 A F i nan c i er 6
3 9

eve ry a ft e rnoo n she h as t o at t e n d t o t h e ge n e ra l

,

t ra i n i n g o f t hi rt ee n gi rl s a n d t h r ee b a bie s i n arm s ,

be s ide s c a ri n g fo r o ur o wn de ar l i t t le gi rl We .

r e c k o n ed it a n ac t o f fa i t h t o p r ep a r e fo r 1 2 0

b o ys in t h e n ew d o rmi t o ry whi c h S ir Ch arle s

W a t he n ga ve us b ut we al re a dy h a ve m o r e t h a n
,

t h a t n umbe r befo r e t h e buildi n g is eve n put up .

I t will be full up a t o n c e Th e foo d t oo whi c h

.
, ,

was o ur g re a t fe ar is c o mi n g in s uffi cie nt ly t h an k

, ,

G od
’
.

It was his t ime t h at M r B e n t ley

a b ou t t .

n o t iced t h at t h e c u r r e n c y
( b ra s s r o ds
) h ad a

much l o we r s t an d ard t h an befo r e we left o n

fu rl o ugh A c c o rdi n gly he u n de rt oo k a fi n a n c i al
.

r e ar ra n geme n t fo r t h e Chu r ch a t W a t he n F ro m .

t h e e arlies t t ime s o f t h e M i s s i o n t h e Chu rc h ,

membe rs h ad bee n t augh t t o c o n t ribu t e for G o d s ’

w o rk A t fi rs t t he re we r e n o o u t p os t s a n d n o
.

Chu rc h expe n ses s o t h e m o n ey was s imply ,

s t o red Wh at wi t h c o llec t i o n s a n d gift s at o n e

.

t i me an d an ot he r t h e r o d s h ad a c cumul at ed t o a
,

c o n side rable n umbe r Whe n t h e o u t p o s t s we r e.

s ta rt ed t h e m on ey s t ill c a me in a n d m o r e t h an
, ,

was n e c e s s ary for expe n s es s o t h at t h e s t ore s t ill ,

g rew .Th e ro d s n o w used we re s o me five

i n ches sh o rt e r t h an whe n t hey we r e fi rs t give n .

The s e M r Be n t ley h ad c ut d o w n t o t h e l a t e r
.

s tan d ard an d put t hem o n t o t h e a c c o u nt O f t h e

,

25
37 9 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

Chu rc h in t h e W at he n b o o ks S o me r o d s we re .

suffi c ie nt ly l o n g t o be h alved t hu s d oubli n g t hei r

,

n umbe r . J us t t he n fran c s we re begi nn i n g t o be

used a n d he g ra du ally ex c h an ged t h e ro d s fo r
,

fra n cs while t h e l att e r we re c he ap t h e r esul t ,

bei n g a n et p ro fi t o f 5 0 per c e n t Thi s ga ve .

t h e Chu rc h a b al an c e o f a b o u t £ 40 whi c h ,

was put i n to t h e P o s t al S a vi ngs B an k

a cc o u n t .

W r i t i n g h o me by t h e J an u ary m ail he s ays

‘
We h ad a fin e g at he ri n g a t Ch ris t m as .

M a rg o b rewed a b o u t t hi rt y gall o n s o f l ime j uice -

,

s o me o f which was exp ressed before we we nt

h o me t h ree ye ars ago Th e b o ys put far m o r e
.

he art i n t o t h e s p o rt s t hi s ye ar t h an eve r I h ad
k n o w n t hem t o do I t was g re at fun and a ve ry
.

h appy day .
’

H e a lways l aid himself o ut t o m ake t h e

m o s t o f t he s e o pp o rt u n i t ie s a nd ga ve him s el f
,

wh o le he art edly t o t h e bu s i n ess o f helpi n g

-

th e b o ys a n d a ssembled visi t o rs t o enj o y

t hemselves .

M r B e n t ley s t art ed a Tempe ran ce S o cie t y o n

.

Decembe r 3 1 1 8 9 4 ,
Th e fi rs t s ugge s t i o n c ame
.
‘

fro m N lem v o wh o t h ough t t h at i t w o uld be a

,

go o d t hi ng as d ru n ke n n e s s was c au s i n g much
,

t ro uble in t h e c o u n t ry a n d it w o uld be well t o

,

e t t h e Ch ris t i a n s t o a b s t a i n fro m t a ki n g s t r o n g
g
37 2 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

and th e at t e n t i on
i n t e res t firs t rat e
an d On -
.

t h e a ft e rn o o n o f t h e i s t we held a c o mmu n i o n

se r vi c e a n d s o t h e C o n fe re n ce b ro ke up The s e
, .

a re t h e d ays o f begi n n i n g s a n d t h e begi nn i n g s ,

o f g re a t t hi n g s The s e C o n fe r e nc e s will g ro w
.

i n t o a S e nat e o f t h e allied Chu rc hes o f t h e

dis t ri c t
.
’

O n J a n u a ry 3 1 8 9 5 H o lm a n we n t t o s t art an
, ,

o u t p os t a t M at a di M a k it o s t o w n whi c h was
’

p u t ,

in ch a rge o f N s walu a pe rs o nal b o y o f M r , .

C ame ro n s Th e s c h oo l s o o n g rew t o s uch an

’ ‘
.

ex t e n t ( 1 5 0 t o 2 0 0 in d aily a t t e n d an c e ) t h at we
we r e o bliged t o se n d b oys t o help th e t e ac he r .

S o o ur b o y s go a week a t a t ime s u c h a s we ,

t hi n k fit t o help ; in t his wa y t hey get t o k n o w

h o w t o m a n age such a n a ffa i r t h a t t hey m ay do

t h e s a me whe n t hey r e t u rn t o t hei r t o w n s Thi s .
,

we t ell t hem will be t hei r du t y ; eve ry Ch r i s t i a n

,

is expe c t ed t o do h is bes t t o dispel t h e d ar k

n e s s o f t h e l an d
’
.

S o o n a ft e r t h e N ew Ye ar M r C a me ro n h ad t o .

g o t o Luku n ga t o l o o k a ft e r t r a n s p o rt T hi s .

me an t H olm an bei n g in c h arge o f t h e s tat i o n

wi t h D r Webb wh o s e m o rn i n gs we r e qu i t e
.
,

filled up wi t h medical w o rk Th e i n t e n t i o n was .

t h at whe n M r C a me ro n cam e b ac k H olm an

.

sh o uld go t o his di s t ri c t But M r C a me ro n .

‘
.

r e t urn ed wi t h feve r which ass umed a fo rm whi c h,

 M u l t i fa r i o u s D u t i es 3 73

we h ad n eve r s ee n befo re Fo r fo rt y d ays n o .

d rug s o r t re at me n t h ad a n y effe c t o n t h e p at ie n t s ’

c o n di t i o n .

‘
O n M ar ch 2 5 th D r a n d M rs Webb left a n d . .
,

s i n c e t he n I figu re a s d o c t o r I h a ve t h ree b o y s
.

t ra i n ed by him a s medi cal as s i s t a n t s wh o do all ,

t h e di r t y w o r k a n d k n o w p re t t y well wh at t hey
,

a re d o i n g s o t h a t it is n o t t o me a ve ry se r i o us
,

bu rde n .

‘
We h ave bee n h a vi n g o n e hu n d red p at ie nt s
eve ry m o rn i n g Th e s t at e o f t hi ngs o n th e ro a d
.

is d re adful Ab o u t 5 0 per c e n t o f t h e ca rr ie rs
. .

g et s ick ,3 t o 5 p er ce n t die ; s o me t i me s .

10 c e nt t se ri ou s i n fl a mm at i o n f
p e r g e a . O

t h e eyes .

‘
I a m als o bu s y wi t h t h e c o n s t ruc t i o n o f t h e
g re at s c h o o l h o u s e which S ir Ch a rle s wa t he n
i

ga ve us a n d am c le a ri n g th e uppe r en d o f a
,

w o o dy g o rge for t h e e arly e re c t i on o f o ur

wi n dmill .

Th e p r i n t i n g o ffice is a t w o r k t o o I n a da y .

o r t wo we s h a ll p r i n t t h e r ule s o f t h e Chu rc h a s

t o wi t c h c ra ft in all it s b r a n c hes m arr i age s l a ve ry , , ,

deb t b o rro wi n g a n d le n di n g gambli ng a n d

, , ,

s uch t h ings The re a re m an y t hi n g s in a

.
I

c o un t r y like t hi s whi c h eve ry o n e d o es a n d ,

t hi n ks no t hi n g o f whi c h requi re t o be speci ally

Fo r th es e laws , s ee p . 25 7 .
3 74 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

w arn ed aga i n s t The n a hym n b oo k a nd o the r

.
-

b o o k s will h a ve t o be p ri n t ed M y eve n i ngs .

h a ve bee n much o c c upied in t alk s wi t h th e b o ys

wh o h a ve co me fo r s peci al r eligi o us guid a n c e
a n d help a nd a s
, I alwa y s see e ac h o ne
s ep a ra t ely I am o ft e n s o o c c upied fro m t h e
,

t ime t h a t I fi n ish t h e eve n i ng me a l u n t il

o r eve n l a t e r
’
.

I n t hi s ye ar too an, Appe n dix t o t h e

,

D ic t i onar y o f o ve r fo u r t h o usa n d w o rds was

publi s hed . I n t h e t ra n s l at i o n o f t h e N ew
Te s ta me n t e s peci a lly m an y w o rds t ill t he n un
k n o w n h ad c ro pped up a n d t hese we r e all ,

c a r efully n o t ed d o w n D r R N Cus t Ho n
. . . .
,
.

Sec re t ar y o f t h e R o y al A s i at i c S o cie t y t h a n ,

wh o m n o n e was be tt e r qu alified t o give an

O pi n i o n
,
w rot e ve ry ki n dly a b o u t it H e h ad .
-

r eceived le tt e r s fro m Ge r m a n s c h o l ars t o wh o m

he h ad se n t t h e b oo k exp res s i n g t hei r wo n de r

,

at th e k n o wledge a t t a i n ed Fo r t h e F es t t h e
.

ye ar 1 8 9 5 was a s imple ro u n d o f w o rk t h e ,

m o no t o n y o f t h e eve ryd ay ro u t i n e bei ng

r elieved by week en d o u t i n g s by th e ill he al t h ,

o f my s elf a n d by a tt a c ks o f feve r whi c h c a me

,

t o a ll t h r ee o f u s e s peci ally o ur li tt le gi rl
, .

A t o u r in h is di s t r i c t o f a b o u t seve n weeks
,
’

du rat i o n in t h e c o ld se as o n p ro duced s o me
, ,

welco me p roo fs o f p rogres s a m o ngs t t h e pe o ple

 D r eam s B ec o m e R eali ty 375

‘
O ne not ci e able fe at u r e o f this j o u rney was t h e
r e a di n e ss and e arn e s t ne s s wi t h whi c h s o me
li s t e n ed t o me . I h a ve , o f c o u rse see n t hi s ,
'

m a n y t ime s before b ut n ot t o s u c h an ex tent

,

as n ow. Th e pe o ple are b ec o mi ng used to

s eei n g whi t e m en ab ou t and c an no w give ,

m ore at t e n t i o n t o wh a t we h a ve to t ell t h em .
’

‘
Whe n w ri t i ng s ome t i me a go t o t h e l at e S ir
Charle s W at he n I s a id t h a t our sch o o l he re
,

s h o uld bec o me m o r e o f a c o llege I n t h e fu t u r e

.
,

we S h o uld he ar o f W a t he n U n ive rsi t y It .

s o u n ded like a j o ke in t h os e e arlie r d ays and yet ,

it wa s all in se r i o u s n e s s a n d al re ady we h a v e
,

begu n t o pic k a n d ch oo s e a n d to decli n e s o me o f

,

t h e b o ys O ffe red t o us a nd t o t hi n k o f weedi n g

,

o ut t h o s e we h a ve . We are full up an d I ,

h ad t o r efuse t o t ake seve ral b oy s fro m Tu ngw a

wh o begged me m o s t e arn e s t ly t o t a ke t hem I .

h ave s e n t back t wo O f o ur sm alles t b o ys fro m t he re ,

an d h a ve w r i t t e n fo r t wo b oys well a dv a n ced ,

wh o h a ve le arn ed t o re ad fro m Bukusu t o ,

c o me in t hei r pl a ces O n e o f th e n ew Chu rc h

.

membe r s fro m Tu n gwa h as c o me wi t h me t o

.

W at he n ; n o t t o le arn t o r e ad fo r he re a ds well , ,

b ut he c o me s fo r medi c al t ra i n i n g t h at he m a y ,

do medi ca l as well as ev a n gelis t i c w or k I t is .

his o wn ide a H e re t he n is th e begi nn i ng o f

.
, ,

s o me t hi n g m ore t h an a n o rdi nary s c h oo l .

’
 3 76 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go
‘
A t Tu ngw a I h ad a ve ry h appy t ime Aft e r .

a b ap t i s m a l s e r vi c e in t h e m o rn i n g we h ad a ,

c o mmu n i o n s e r vice in t h e a ft e rn o o n a nd ,

ga t he red ro u n d t h e L o rd s Table Aft e r a n

’
.

expl anat o ry a dd ress I wel c o med t h e n ew mem

,

be rs a n d u rged t hem t o a t h oro ugh c o n s ec ra t i o n

, .

I f t he r e is jo y in t h e p rese n ce o f G o d o ve r
o n e r epe n t a n t s i n n e r t he r e wa s i h he
, jy
o n t e a rts

o f Th o m a s C o mbe r a n d J o h n H a r t l an d whe n in

Tu n gwa i t self eigh t pe o ple s at d o w n wi t h us a t

t h e L o r d s Ta ble They w ould n o t h a ve m a ny
’
.

c o mpl a i n t s a b o u t t hei r we ary t ra mps in t hei r

e n de a v o u rs t o O pe n t h e c o u n t ry I h ave a lways .

fel t t h at we o we a deb t t o Tu ngwa fo r in t h e , ,

e arly d ays o f O pp o si t i o n th e Tu ngw a folks ,

s h o wed t hem s elves as fr ie n dly as t hey d ared

to . G o d s fa v o u r res t s o n t h o se wh o S h o w such
’

fa v o u r t o H is se rv a n t s All al o n g I h a ve bee n
.

expe c t i n g t h at a bles s i ng w o uld c o me t o Tu ngw a .

Thi s is t h e begi n n i ng H o w g re at th e en d will

.

be we mu s t w a i t t o s ee I f t hi s Tu n gwa w o rk
.

we re t h e o n ly o u t c o me o f o u r b oardi n g s ch o ol -

s ys t em it w o uld w arra n t us t o go o n wi t h it
,
.

S eve ral at Tu ngwa b ro ugh t t hei r ch arm s t o

‘

me an d t o ld me t hey we re n o use a n y m o re .

M y di n n e r o n t h e Su n d ay o f t h e b ap t i s m wa s
c o o ked wi t h t h e w oo d o f t h e fe t ish im age fo u r fee t ,

high which was publicly h ac k ed t o pi ec es by o n e

,
 37 8 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

H is t empe ra t u re eve r ro se v e ry high b ut it was

n ,

pe rs i s t e nt a n d l a s t ed fo r t we n t y fiv e d ay s H e
,
-
.

was in bed all Decembe r .

M r D a vies wh o h ad bee n feeli ng ill s tayed up

.
, ,

t o wel c o me H o l m a n b ac k b ut th a t s a me day he , ,

t o o we n t t o bed wi t h a feve r I n M r D a vie s

’
.
, .

c a se it t e rmi n a t ed fatally o n Decembe r 4 t h .

H o lm a n was ve ry much di s t ressed a b o u t it fo r he ,

:

was deeply a t tac hed t o M r D avie s W ri t i ng . .

t o M r D a vies fa t he r he s ay s : To me it c o me s
’
.
,

a s a pe rs o n a l bl o w N eve r did he s pe a k a w o rd
.

t o c a u s e me p a i n H is j udgme n t was a lw a ys s o
.

g o o d a nd h is he ad s o cle ar H e was pe rh ap s
, .

g r e a t e s t in c o u n s el S O m a n y ques t i o n s a re O ft e n
.

c ro ppi n g up s ub t le c o mpli ca t ed far r e ac hi n g

, , ,
-
,

m o s t pe rplexi n g n eedi n g i n s ta nt a n d decided

,

t re a t me n t I t c o mes a t a ve ry c r i t ic a l t ime fo r
.

t h e N a t ive Chu rc h J us t n o w r ipe expe rie n ce

.

an d g o o d j udgme n t are s o much n eeded a n d e t

y ,

a t t hi s t ime o u r de a r Philip is c a lled a w a y As .

o u b o r e fo r s o l o n g t h e bu r de n O f t h e busi n ess
y
de ta il s o f t h e Chu r c h a t Re a di n g a m as s o f w or k ,

t h at n o o n e r e a lises s o Philip t oo k t h e d rudge r y

,

o f t h e t ra n s p o r t s t ore a n d a c c o u n t keepi ng a nd -
, ,

t h e bu s i n es s p art o f t h e s tat i o n w o rk an d m o s t ,

a dmi ra bly wa s it d o n e H e t o o k a kee n i n t e r es t

.

i n t h e p rog re s s o f t h e w o r k he re a nd was mu c h ,

lo ved by his b o ys in deed by a ll They always m

, .
 Tr ib ut e t o a C o ll ea gu e 3 79

h ad free run of his roo ms H e w o uld le a ve an y

.

w o r k a t a n y t ime t o talk wi t h t h os e wh o s ough t

h is a dvi c e a n d help in s pi ri t u a l m a tt e rs H e wa s .

ve ry c a reful wi t h i n qui re rs a nd ve ry a n xi o u s t h at
,

o u r w o r k s h o uld be d o n e o n t h o r o ugh a n d s o u n d

li n e s I feel ve ry kee n ly t hi s be re a veme n t fo r

.
, ,

a ft e r s u c h a l o n g t ime t oge t he r t h e b ro t he rly ,

feeli ng g ro w s s t ro n g H e was a m o s t helpful

.

r efe re n ce in t ra n s l a t i o n w o r k H is s t ore o f k n o w
.

ledge was g re at a n d al way s a v a il a ble M u ch

, .

help h as he r e n de r ed me H e was a c olle ague .

o n e c o uld be s u r e o f i n al l eme rge n c ies N ow .

,

wi t h sa d he arts we sh all mi s s him ; h is pl ac e

,

ca n no t be filled
’
.

I n t h e J a n u a ry fo ll o wi n g H o lm an was s t ill ve ry
,

we ak an d al s o h ad re t u rn s o f t h e feve r b ut in
, ,

Feb ru ary he s ta rt ed s o u t hw ard a ga i n fo r o n e O f

h is sh o rt dry s e as o n i t i n e ra t i o n s
-
Thi s ye ar he .

h ad fo u r l o n g o u t i ngs ; fi rs t i n t o h is o wn di s t ri c t
t o t h e s o u th , t he n wi t h M r B ell whe n t hey.
,

fo u n ded ou t p o s t s t a t i o n s a t Ki s a n t u a n d L o v o .

They we re a w ay a b o u t t we n t y fiv e d ay s In -
.

J u n e he we n t aga i n s o u t hw ard s Thi s j o u rn ey .

fu r n i s he s a n o t he r i n s t a n c e o f h o w he m ade h is
pl a n s give way t o t h e le adi n gs o f P ro vide n c e .

Al re a dy in 1 8 9 1 as it h as bee n s ee n he h ad
, , ,

begu n t o wi s h fo r t h e c o mme n c i n g o f w o rk in
th e Z o mb o dis t ri c t I n 1 8 9 4 he h ad wr i tt e n t o
.
 8
3 9 Th i r d Per i o d i n C o n go

M r Lewi s
. ski ng him t o visi t t h o se pa rt s b ut
a ,

he h a d n eve r yet bee n t he re him self A t l as t .

,

h o weve r t hi s ye ar he w
, as led t he r e by a c h a i n
,

o f c o i n cide n c e s which we r e u n mi s t a k ably o f G o d .

A m o re de t a iled acc o u n t o f t his is give n in

P ion eer i ng on Me Congo v ol ii p 2 0 4 ,
. . . .

Re t u rn i n g f ro m Z o mb o he r e c eived a le tt e r
,

sugge s t i n g t h e buildi n g o f t h e C o mbe r M em o r i al

Chu r ch at M aku ta ; b ut he fel t t h at t h e M aku ta
pe o ple o ugh t t o do t h at t hem s elve s a n d bei n g ,

s t r e n g t he n ed by t his l as t j o u rn ey in his fa i t h
t h a t G o d s fi n ge r was p o i n t i n g Z o m b o war ds he
’

s ugge s t ed t h a t it w o uld be a m o r e w o r t hy t hi n g

if t h e C o mbe r M em o r i al S t a t i o n s h o uld b e
ra i s ed in Z o mb o . M r an d M rs Lewi s O ffe red
. .

t o u n de rt ake t h e w o r k t he r e a n d in J u n e 1 8 9 9 , , ,

t h e w o r k was c o mme n c ed .

H e h a d o n ly bee n h o me t en d ay s whe n he
—
s t a r t ed fo r S t a n ley F a ll s whi c h kep t him a w a y
,

t h r ee m o n t h s .H is m a i n w o r k in th e pe r i o ds
be t wee n t he s e j o u rn eys n o t t o s pe a k o f Chu rc h
,

a ffa i rs a n d t a lks wi t h i n di v idu a l s was t h e r evi s i n g ,

O f t h e N ew Te s t a me n t wi t h M r C a me ro n and .
,

t h e p r i n t i n g o f t h e n e w hym n b o o k wi t h it s 3 8 1 -

hym n s o f whi c h 3 2 we re fro m h is o wn pen s o me

, ,

bei n g t ra n sl at i o n s o t he rs o rigi n al c o mp os i t i o n s
, .

The n c a me Ch r i s t m a s wi t h it s j o yful bu s t le o f
a n n ive rsary mee t i ng s a nd in t h e m iddle o f
,
 O n th e N ew R a i l w a y 3 8 1

J a n u ary he s t art ed a ga i n s o u t hw ard s fo r a t o u r

t h ro ugh his dis t r i c t which l as t ed fi v e week s .

O n h is r e t u rn h o me M r B e n t ley wa s s t r uck
, .

wi t h a ch a n ge in o ur li t t l e o n e s a ppe ara n c e a n d ’

c o n s ide red t h at t he re was b ut o n e t hi n g t o do fo r

h er a n d t h at was t o s e n d h er h o me immedi a t ely
, .

H e b ade me p rep ar e a t o n c e t o t a ke h er h o me by
t h e n ex t s t e a me r I n t h e e n d o f M ar c h H o lm an
.
,

e scor t ed me t o U n de rhill o n my wa y t o E n gl a n d .

I t wa s in t h e e arly d a ys o f th e t ra i n s e r vi c e a n d ,

t h e j o u r n ey fo r whi c h we o n ly all o w o n e day

,

n o w t o o k us t wo a n d a h a lf d a y s
, t h at is we -
,

s ta r t ed o n Tue s d a y m o r n i n g ; M a r c h 2 grd a t s ix ,

o c l oc k
’
fro m Tumb a a n d re a c hed M a tadi o n
, ,

Thu rs d a y t h e 2 5 th a t a b o u t 2 p m
, , I t wa s .

o u r fi rs t j o u rn ey o n t h e ra ilw a y t h a t t ime a n d a s ,

j o u r n ey s like t hi s do n o t o c c u r eve r y da
y I will ,

i n s e rt p art o f his le tt e r desc r ibi n g t h e re t u rn

j o u rn ey
‘
I am s a fe a nd s o u n d at h o me if h o me it be ,

”
whe n all t h a t is de a r a n d H o me h as fl o w n awa y .

We wa i t ed a l o n g t ime a t N kengi an d a t we ,

we re n e ar B embezi whe n o n a c u t t i ng in t h e
, ,

cu r ve o f t h e hill t h e e ngi n e ran o ff t h e me t al s

, .

I m ade a c up o f t ea a n d t he n we n t t o s ee t h e
,

w o rk o f pu tt i n g t h e e n gi n e o n aga i n ; it wa s a
n ew e n gi n e Th e s ub di re c t o r wa s wi t h us
.
-
.

Aft e r an h ou r she was o n t h e l i n es aga i n She

, .
3 8 2 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

b a cked li tt le t he n s t art ed forwa rd a nd was

a , ,

o ff t h e ra ils a ga i n a fo o t behi n d t h e fo r me r pl a ce

Th e s un we n t d o w n an d t he y h ad o n ly t h e big
,
.

fro n t l a n t e rn o f t h e e ngi n e t o ligh t t hem s o I ,

ca me t o t hei r help wi t h mi n e A n h o u r an d a .

h alf an d we we r e all righ t aga i n O n c e m o re we .

b ac ked b ut h ad a g re at de al o f t ro uble t o m o ve
,

a he a d A t l as t we did s o a n d de ra iled agai n t wo

.
,

me t re s fu rt he r o n M B was s i c k o f it an d
. .
,

s a id t h a t it wa s ve r y a n n o yi n g O n ce aga i n we .

s et t o w o rk Th is t ime it was m or e di fficul t

. .

At we m o ved a n d t hi s t ime got s afely ,

a way . Th e t rai n was t oo he a vy an d at t h e ,

hill th e o the r s ide o f t h e Luvu R ive r we s t u c k ,

a n d c o uld n ot et ahe a d Fe a ri n g an o t he r
g .

de ra ilme n t we d ropped sl o wly b ac k d o w n t h e

,

hill a n d we an d t h e t wo behi n d c ars wa i t ed

,

o n t h e b r idge while t h e e ngi n e t oo k up h alf

,

t h e t ra i n t o t h e s t at i o n a qu a rt e r o f an h o u r ,

a w ay . A t l as t a n o t he r e n gi n e c ame t o fe t c h
us a n d o n arrivi n g a t t h e s ta t i o n we fo u n d
,

t h e d o w n t ra i n w a i t i n g fo r u s t he r e a t in
t h e m or n i n g N o p a s s e n ge r c a r ; t h e whi t e
.

m en we re s i t t i n g o n t h e t arp a uli n s .
O n ou r .

a r r ivi n g t hey s t a r t ed a t o n c e We we n t o n al s o .
,

a n d wi t h diffi c ul t y re ac hed S o n gol ol o at

M B. s a t befo r e t h e s ta t i o n m a s t e r s t a ble -
’

o n a ch a i r a mise rabl e he ap I sp re ad my
,
.
 A n o t h er D eat h 8
3 3

c an v a s o n t h e fl oo r b ut c o uld n o t sleep Th e
,
.

t eleph o n e was i n ce s s an t a n d pe o ple in a n d o ut

, .

A t t en o c l o ck we s t art ed ag a i n wi t h an o t he r
’
‘

e n gi n e and a s t ill he a vie r t ra i n We did n o t

,
.

r e ac h t h e Kwilu t ill t h r ee The n t hey t eleph on ed

.

t o Tumb a fo r a n e n gi n e t o t ake us o n I t arr ived .

in t wo a n d a h alf h o u rs t ime M e an while I

’
.
,

walked d o w n t o t h e b r idge a nd t he re fell asleep ,

fo r a while
A t l as t t h e e ngi n e c ame a n d fi n ally a t ,

we s ta rt ed agai n Th e t ra i n was s t ill t oo he avy

.
,

a n d we o ft e n h ad t o m a ke t wo t r ie s at a hill an d ,

o ft e n t o w a i t a t t h e fo o t o f a hill fo r a t ime t o et
g ,

up s t e am p r es s u re suffic ie n t We r e ached Tumb a .

( mid )
n igh t o n Su n d ay m o r n i n g
’
at .

O n r e a chi n g Tumb a o n t h e r e t u r n j o u rn ey he ,

fou n d M r P o ple se r i o usly ill H e di ed while

. .

H o lm an was t he r e Thi s n ece ss i t at ed M r

. .

F ra me s r e n de ri n g t emp o rary help at Tumb a

’

whi c h pl ac ed t hem in se ri o u s difficul t ies a t

W at he n e s pe c i ally as M r C ame ro n h ad go n e
,
.

away u r ive r
-
a n d t he r e was ve ry li tt le ch a n c e
p ,

o f p ro g r e s s bei n g m a de wi t h t h e t ran sl at i o n w o rk .

H e w r i t es to a n o ld fr ie n d We a re in a t e rrible
h o le n o w my wife is aw a y I a m h o peles s ly .

behi n d wi t h my w ork B ell o ugh t t o run ou t t o

.

K i n s aku whe re a wi t ch h as bee n killed a n d I t o

a n o t he r pl ac e whe r e t he r e h as bee n a m ur de r ;
 8
3 4 Th i r d Per i o d i n C o n go '

a nd h ere a re ple n t y o f l o c al p al a ve rs S o me
t .

m at t e r s I c an a r bi t ra t e in o r get t hem t o c o me
,

t o a s e tt leme n t A g oo d m an y h a ve t o be se n t
.

t o th e S tat e I w o r k l o n g h o u rs b ut c an n ot get
.
,

t h ro ugh t h e o rdi n a ry bu s i n e s s t h a t c o mes mu c h ,

less t o uch my t ra n s l a t io n w or k N a t ives are

.

c o mi n g t o me a b o u t a ll s o r t s o f t hi n g s To .

r efuse t o help a n d a dvi s e , a n d w r i t e o u t fi r oeé s

,

o er o cm x is t o h o ld b a c k t h e K i n gd o m o f Righ t

eo u s n ess a n d pe a c e fo r whi c h we p ra y I hav e

.

bee n b ac k fro m Tumb a m o r e t h a n a m o n t h b ut ,

h ave h ad an a l m os t u n b ro ke n succe s si o n o f
p al a ve rs I h a ve a n o t he r c ase o f mu r de r fo r
.

wi t c h c ra ft a n d ye s t e rd ay I a rra nged wi t h th e
,

mu rde re rs a n d t hei r wi t n esse s t o go d o w n t o

Tumb a t o be j udged They fl att e r t hemselve s
.

t h a t t hey will o n ly h a ve t o pay a few g o at s I .

s h all a s k t h e c o mmi s s a i r e t o m a ke an ex a mple o f

t hem .

We o ugh t t o m ake s o me b r i c ks s oo n fo r t h e
fl o o r o f t h e s c h o o l a n d t h e d o rmi t o ry b ut n ei t he r
,

M r B ell n o r I c a n fin d t ime
. M a ki t o is c o n
.

s t an t l
y a ski n g my advi c e a n d ge t t i n g me t o

t ra n sl at e le t t e rs t o a n d fro m t h e S t at e fo r him .

N o w t oo t h e G o ve rn o r Ge n e ral h as m ade me
, ,
-

Regi s t rar fo r t h e di s t r ic t squ are mile s ) .

H appily ve ry few n at ive s a v a il t hem s elve s o f t h e

,

Regi s t ry . The re is a go o d de al o f red ta pe

3 86 Th i rd P er i o d i n C o n go

b o r e wi t ness t o h is i n flue nc e in t h e c o u nt ry
We all k n o w t h a t he k n o ws t h e c o u nt ry a n d t h e
pe o ple be t t e r t h a n a n y o n e a n d t h at t h e n a t ive s
,

ar e dev o t ed t o him a n d w o uld do a n y t hi n g fo r

,

him ; wh a t do yo u t hi n k he w o uld a dvise in t hi s

c e
as ? ’
O n e o ffi c i al a dmi t t ed h a vi n g bee n t o ld
t h at if eve r he go t i n t o a diffi c ul t y wi t h t h e
,

n at ives he mus t a s k M r Be n tley s a dvice But

‘ ’ ’
. .
,

in r ega r d t o t h e p o si t i o n o f a m agi s t rat e M r , .

B e nt ley fel t t h a t it w o uld be imp o s sible t o o ccupy

t h e d o uble o ffi c e o f magis t rat e a n d missi o nary .

H o w c o uld he vi s i t in t h e n a me o f th e la w t h e
si n s o f t h e law b re a ke rs upo n t hei r he ads o n o n e
-

day a n d t he n go t o p r e ac h t h e g o s pel t o t hem o n

,

a n o t he r ? I t is a fac t h o weve r th at t h e n at iv es
, ,

o ft e n b ro ugh t t hei r qu ar r els t o him t o s e tt le a n d ,

ge n e ra lly a ccep t ed h is a dvi c e They k n ew t h at.

in him t hey h a d a fr ie n d wh o c o uld u n de rs ta n d

t hei r diffi c ul t ie s an d t hey t r u s t ed him
,
.

I n O c t o be r 1 8 9 7 he was a ble t o se n d h o me
, ,

n ew s o f ge n e ra l p ro g r e s s in t h e w o rk a nd a ,

r eque s t fo r t h e help o f m o r e l adie s Th e t idi ng s .

fro m Tu ngw a we re e s p eci ally h o peful

I h a ve j u s t c o me b ac k fro m a n i t i n e rat i o n o f
fo rt y d ays in my di s tri c t Th e Chu rch is be c o mi n g
.

a p o we r ro u n d a b o u t Tu n gw a They h ave bee n

.

helpi n g pe o ple in t ro uble an d take n s eve ral case s

,

t o t h e S t at e which h a ve bee n well att e n d ed t o a n d ,

 Th e Pi Ck of th To w n
’
e 8
3 7

no w pe o ple fa r way eve n whe n in t ro uble go t o

a , ,

t hem fo r help . A t Tu n gw a yo u migh t s a y t h at

t h e pi c k o f t h e t o w n a re in t h e Chu rc h The re is .

a n imme n s e diffe re n c e be t w ee n a l a zy d ru n ke n , ,

di rt y he at he n a n d t h e y o u n g m a n c o n v e rt ed -
, ,

edu cat ed wh o ca n e nj o y a c o uple o f h o u rs

,

li s t e n i n g t o Chu rc h hi s t or y Th e n at ive mu s t be
.

ve ry bli n d i f he c a nn o t see a diffe re n c e ; n o

w o n de r t h at they are r espec t ed an d al re ady
beco mi n g a p o we r .
’

Whe n I re ac hed E n gl an d I h ad bee n ve ry

mu c h s tart led wi t h t h e c h an ge in a n d we ak n e s s
o f M r Be n t ley s fa t he r a nd t o ld H o lm an in my
’
.
,

le t t e rs t h at he did n o t seem at all well W r i t i n g .

t o h is p ar e n t s M r B e n t ley r e ca ll s t h e n e arn es s o f
, .

t h e C o n g o wo r ke r s t o t h e o t he r w o rld : Th e ‘

ve ry t h o ugh t o f l o si n g you is h ard t o be ar I do .

s o w a n t t o see yo u a t le a s t o n c e m o r e b ot h o f ,

ou O n ly n o w h a ve I bee n a pp r ehe n s ive o f it

y . .

M ay o ur H e ave n ly F a t he r g ra n t our wi s h if it is
g o o d in H is s ight ! We do n o t s ay i n efem um
va le .
“
We o n ly t alk o f a li t t le while To me
”

t h at is n o figu re o f s peech ; it is ve ry r e al O ut .

he re we l oo k at t hi ngs o t he rwi s e t h an pe o ple do ,

as a r ule , at h o me ; n o t t h a t I h a ve a n y pre
m o n i t io n s o f a n e arly de c e as e my self b ut o ur ,
:

w o r k keeps t h e o t he r w o rld s o n ear t o us a n d s o

ve ry r ea l a n d in ve ry m an y wa ys we c ome s o
,
3 8 8 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

much in c on tac t wi t h deat h t h at s u c h t h ough t s ,

mus t c o me But whe n t hey do c o me it is n o t

.

as gl o o my fo reb o di n gs Sep arat ed as we are .

,

he a ve n be c o me s a l an d o f r eu n i o n s rat he r t h an
e art h A big lump c o mes in my t h roa t a s I w ri t e
.

t his b ut it is s o
, Wi t hi n t h e l as t week I h a ve
.

l os t a gi rl an d a b o y b ot h I believe t ru s t i n g in
, , ,

J esus a n d t h at befo r e t hey fell si c k U nm an age

, .

a ble feve rs did n o t give us much t ime o r

o pp o r t u n i t y fo r t alk b ut he al t h did a n d t h at is
, ,

a s it s h o uld be Th e p oo r li t t le b o y lay t wo d ay s
.

dyi n g in my s t udy a n d n o w he is wi t h th e ,

S avi o u r Wh a t c o uld be be tt e r ?
.
’

To M r B ay n es he w r i t es :
. We feel t h at ‘

t his i n c re a sed an d i n c re as i ng w o rk dem an d s

fu rthe r help Wh o is t o l o o k a ft e r t hem an d ca re
.

for t hem whe n M rs B ell g o es h o me o n fu rl o ugh ?

.

We t rus t my wife will be able t o r e t u rn sh or t ly

s o t h at t h e t hi r t y gi rl s m a y n o t be left W i t h ou t

a l ady o n t h e s t at i o n t o l oo k a ft e r t hem ; b ut

t he r e is n o que s t i o n t h a t t h e s ta ff is a l t oge t he r

i n a dequ at e t o t h e w o rk a nd a ft e r mu c h c o n side ra
t i o n my c o lle agues an d I feel we mu s t beg t h e

C o mmi t t ee t o se n d t wo l adie s t o a id i n t h e w o r k
he re at W a t he n Y o u m ay well expe c t us t o do
.

o u r be s t b ut t h e s t ra i n whi c h h as d o n e s o much
,

h ar m t o my wife is m o r e t h an you c a n a s k us t o
be ar and a wis e ec o n o my asks t h at an addi t i o n
,
390 Th i r d P er i o d i n C o n go

j us t no w b ut it seems bes t
, . I sh all
ke m at e ri al s
ta

for my b oo k wi t h me b ut n o o t he r w o r k
’
.
,

I t wa s i n t hi s ye ar ( 1 8 9 7 ) t h a t t h e B r us sel s
E xhibi t i o n a wa rded M r Be n t ley a dipl o m a wi t h
.
,

g o ld med al fo r h is li t e ra ry w o r k a n d t h at he wa s
, ,

m ade a Chevalie r o f t h e O rde r o f t h e Li o n o f t h e

.

C o n g o by Ki n g Le o p old in re c og n i t i o n o f his
w o r k in t h e C o n g o .
 C h ap t er XI X

L a s t D ays an d H o m e c all-

T/ze gr ea t wor k laid upon h is twoscor e year s

[5 done, a ndwell done If we dr op our fear s
.

W/zo loved film a s few men wer e ever loved ,

We mour n no olzg/z led nope n or br oken p la n ,

Wz llz run w/zose life s ta nds r ounded a nd appr oved

'

I n file full gr awi n f ma n

’
a nd s z a z ur e o
‘ ‘
a .

WHI TTI E R .

OT much rem ai n s t o be t old H olm an .

Be n t ley s me t h o ds an d ide as h ave bee n

’

expl a i ned h is i t i n e ra t i o n s de s c ribed ; t h e c h ro no

,

l o gi cal o rde r o f t h e eve n t s o f t h e l as t ye ars c a n

qui c kly be give n But wh o can me asu re th e
.

ex t e n t o f h is i n flue nce o ve r t h e pe o ple o r s ay h ow

,

m a ny o f th e c h a n ge s in t h e c o u n t ry are due t o h is
wi s d o m in d rawi n g o ut a ll t h at was bes t in it s
‘

c hild r e n ? I t is u n de n i a ble t h a t n o di s t r ic t h as
s h o w n s u ch r em a r k a ble devel o pme n t a s t h at t o

whi c h he dev o t ed h is e n e rgie s .

H e left W at he n o n M o n d ay O c t o be r 2 5 1 8 9 7
, , ,

h ad a l on g ta lk wi t h t h e G o ve rn o r a t M b o m a a n d ,

fi n ally s a iled fro m B anan a o n S at u rd ay N o ve mb e r ,

2 nd. H e r ea ched E ngl an d o n De c embe r I s t b ut ,

39 I
39 2 L a s t D ays an d Hom -
e c al l
a few d ays t o o l at e t o see his fat he r alive Whe n .
,

s oon aft e r h is a rr ival he we n t t o be ex ami n ed by

,

t h e medic a l a dvi s e r o f t h e S o c ie t y he was s aid t o ,

h a ve a ve ry mu c h e n l arged splee n ; t o be we a k
a n d t o o t hi n b ut o t he r wise well
,
A rr ivi ng in .

E ngl an d in t h e c old se as o n did him n o g oo d a n d , ,

an o pp o rt u n i t y o ffe r i n g fo r him t o visi t t h e

M edi t e rran e a n he we n t I t was a g re at t re a t t o
, .

him a n d did him mu c h g o o d in eve ry way H e

, .

vi s i t ed Egyp t a n d t h e H o ly L an d C o n s tant i n ople ,

an d A t he n s not al o n g t h e be at e n t ra ck o f

t o u r i s t s b ut o n li n es o f his o wn helped by t h e
, ,

sugge s t i o n s o f su c h frie n d s a s t h e a ge nt s o f
t h e B ible S o c ie t y Chu rch M issi o n ary S o cie t y
,

m i s s i o naries a nd S eam en s H o me mi s si o nar ies

,
’

wh o bei n g o f ki n d red mi n d wi t h himself we re

, ,

be tt e r a ble t o t ell him ex a c t ly wh at he sh o uld do

a n d wh a t le a ve u n d o n e .

Al as ! o n t h e r e t u rn j o u rn ey he ca ugh t a c o ld
in t h e S t ra i t s o f M es s i n a a nd n o t h avi n g a s , ,

e t r eg a i n ed h is s t r e n g t h he c o uld n o t m an age
y ,

t o t h ro w it o ff .

S oo n a ft e r r e ac hi n g h o me he was o bliged t o
c on s ul t t h e d o c t o r wh o s a id h is c o n di t i o n was
,

s e r i o us .Wh a t h ad he bee d i g n o n ? Whe r e h ad

he bee n ? Th e t o u r t h ro ugh t h e Lev an t was
me n t i o n ed .The n yo u h ad be t t e r go b a ck t o
‘

Eg yp t at o n c e o r Alge r i a To t hi s H o lm a n
,
.
’
394 L a st D ays an d H o m e c all -

bed and orde red n o t t o le ave it fo r a week For

, .

a c o n side ra ble pe r i o d t h e d o c t or w o uld n o t all o w

him t o go up an d d o w n s t a i rs les t t h e exe rt i on ,

sh o uld b ri n g o n a c c ele rat ed b r e at hi ng a nd c ause

m o r e h aem o rrh age fro m t h e l ungs A t o ne t im e .

he eve n fo r b ade him t o s pe ak I f he h ad any .

c o mmu n icat i o n t o m ake it mus t be by t h e de af

a n d dumb a lph abe t o r b y w r i t i n g a n d m o re t h a n
, ,

o nc e t h e d o c t or t h re at e n ed t o t ake him a w a y t o

a s a n at o r ium .

P a rt o f th e N o rd rac h t re at me n t is t h at t h e
p at ie nt s h a ve t o t ake 1 0 0 o u n ce s o f fo o d
p e r da
y M r . Be n t ley fo u n d t his ve ry difficul t
.
,

b ut as s oo n as we we re in o ur o wn hi red
h ouse I s tart ed c o oki n g h is foo d my s elf a n d
’

t his helped A t fi rs t t h e d o c t o r used t o i n si s t

.

o n my keepi n g a c a r eful r e c or d a n d desc r ip t i o n

o f t h e fo o d t h a t he h ad h a d a n d t h e a m o u n t
,

c ar efully weighed ; b ut a ft e r a while bei n g

, ,

s at i s fied t h at m at t e rs we re p ro g re s s i n g fa v o u r
a bly h e did n ot a lw a y s as k t o s ee my li t t le

b o ok . O n H o lm a n s p art t h e pe r fec t free

’

,
a

do m fro m all an xie t y a n d w o rry helped t o

m a ke t h e t re at me n t a s uc c ess All t his t ime
.

he h ad bee n h a vi n g his me a l s ups t a i rs by

‘

him s elf an d he fou n d t h at h is be s t way t o get

,

t h e p r e s c r ibed a m o u n t d o w n was -t o t a ke a

b o o k a nd s tart re a di n g By and by he wo uld

.
396 L a s t D ays and H o m e-c a ll

and o n J an u ary 1 0 1 9 0 0 we o n c e m or e s tart ed

, ,

for C o n g o .

Th o se wh o h ad w o n de red a t M r Be nt ley s
’
.

bei n g s e n t o ut aga i n t o C o ng o we re s ur
p r i s ed t o fin d hi m a ble t o w o r k j u s t in h is
ol d way wi t h s t r e n g t h app ar e n t ly u n im pared
.

, .

H e w o uld rise at s ix in t h e m o rn i n g a n d ,

wi t h ou t ta ki ng a n y r es t in th e middle o f t h e
day he w o uld w o r k o n u n t il t en o c l oc k a t
’

n igh t— it was as o ft e n eleve n o c l o ck

’
as t en .

H e fel t t h at G o d h a d give n him b ac k his

s tr e n g t h fo r w o rk a n d t h a t he m us l w o rk
, .

The r e was n o s t o ppi n g him H e wa s always

.

w o rki n g at high p re s su re a n d as his nat u ral

, ,

p o we rs de c re as ed he forc ed himself t o do
,

wh at lay befo re him by shee r s t re ng t h o f will .

To s h o w h o w c o mple t ely he t o o k h is full

s h a r e o f t h e w o rk aga i n I des c r ibe o n e j o u rn ey
,

whi c h he was c alled up o n t o m a ke in

N o vembe r 1 9 00
,
. O n e o f t h e c o lle agues o ut ,

o n i t i n e ra t i o n
, w ro t e t o s ay t h at he was t ake n
wi t h a feve r o f t h e b a d t ype a n d as ked fo r ,

s o me o n e t o c o me a n d fe t c h him b ac k We .

we re h avi n g o ur eve n i n g me al H o lm a n h ad
.

j u s t go t up t h at day fo r t h e fi rs t t ime a ft e r a
, ,

week in bed wi t h feve r H e l o o ked a t me and

.
,

I l o o ked at him ; we b o t h fel t it was a r i s ky

t hi ng fo r h im t o do . But t hi s t ype o f feve r
 A F o u r t een H o u r s
’
M ar c h 39 7

r equi r es immedi at e a c t i on t o be t ake n a n d ,

H olm an s e n t w o rd t o h is b oy s t o p rep a re
t o a c c o mp an y him t h at ve ry eve n i n g o n t h e

ro a d.

They s ta r t ed a t n i n e o c l oc k I t wa s a
’
.

m o o n ligh t n igh t .They w alked t h e wh o le

n igh t u n t il eigh t o c l oc k t h e n ex t m o rn i n g
’

whe n t hey a rr ived a t t h e t o w n whe r e t hey

expe c t ed t o find t h e s i c k m an They we r e
.

t o ld t h at he h ad g o n e o n t o t h e n ex t t o w n .

They r e s t ed for a li t tle while and H o lm an ,

was able t o h ave a c up o f t ea befo re

p ro ceedi n g refreshi ng him s elf wi t h a sh o rt
,

s leep while it was bei n g m ade Aft e r ab ou t

.

an h o u r s del ay t hey c o nt i n ued t h e j ou rn ey

’

r e a chi n g t h e s ec o n d t ow n ,
whe re t hey fou n d
t h e s i c k m an t o wh o se help t hey h ad g o n e
, ,

mu c h be tt e r .

O n e t hi n g t h at helped M r B e n t ley t o keep

.

up at t his high s peed was h is a bili t y t o sleep

at an
y t ime a nd i n a n
y p o s i ti on Whe n.

t i r ed
, he w o uld s o me t ime s lay d o w n his k n ife
a n d fo r k a t me al s a n d shu t h is eyes a nd
,
go ,

o ff t o s leep whil s t t h e b oys we re c h an gi n g

t h e pl at e s fo r o ur s e c o n d c o u rse ; a n d if we

h ad fi n i s hed di n n e r befo re t h e c o ffee was re ady

he w o uld lie d o w n o n th e M a dei ra c o u c h t o
sleep whils t it was bei n g m ade But as s oo n
.
39 8 L a st D ays an d H o m e c all -

as it was b ro ugh t he wo uld w ake up take it , ,

a n d s t a r t w o r k ag a i n wi t h o u t del a y H e used .

t o s ay t h at t h e l o si n g o f c o n s c i o u s n e s s eve n ,

if it we r e fo r a m o me n t o n ly w o uld m ake him ,

feel qui t e fr e s h ag a i n .

I n 1 9 0 1 we r e a d in t h e Rep o rt o f t h e s ta t i o n
t h e fo ll o wi n g s e n t e n c e I mus t go o ut a gai n
‘

di re c tly d o w n t o t h e fro n t ie r t o i ns pe c t t h e,

t we n t y t wo sch oo ls in my dis t ric t

-
Twice a .

ye ar is t h e mi n imum o f supe r i n t e n de n ce which

I c an ve n t u re t o give But fo r t h e G oo d
.

Shephe rd Wh o d o e s n o t expec t imp o ssible

t hi n gs o f H is s e r v a n t s I do no t k n o w wh at
,

w o uld bec o me o f t h e r em ot e r w or k Th e .

D ivi n e Spi r i t impart s t h e n eeded gift s an d

grace s a n d is le adi n g an d w o r ki n g in th e
,

Chu r c h he r e . I t is t h e L o rd s d o i n g an d it
’

is m ar vell ou s in o u r eyes .
’

Th e g re at t ask which n o w lay befo r e him

was t h e t ra n s l at i o n o f t h e O ld Tes t a me n t He .

fi rs t c o mple t ed t h e B o o k o f Ge n esi s p arts o f ,

which h ad a l re a dy appe ared as art icles in t h e

m aga zi n e S e Kuniunga This was p ri nt ed in
, .

b o o k fo rm a t W a t he n u n de r his supe ri n t e n d
enc e . N ex t c am e P ro ve rb s whi c h N ek ak a , ,

o n e o f t h e S an S alv a d o r o u t p o s t t e a che rs h ad ,

a l r e a dy ess ayed t o do Bu t a s he h ad w o r ked

.

fro m th e E nglish o n ly it n e eded t o b e go n e

4 00 L a s t D ays an d H o m e c a ll
-

dow n t o th e C o as t he fi rs t we n t up t o S t an ley
,

P0 01 t o a t t e n d th e M issi o n ary C o n fe r e n c e t he r e .

As t h e h o me was o n ce m o r e b ro ke n up he s pe n t ,

ra t he r l on ge r t h a n u s u al in h is di s t r i c t t h at ye ar ,

n o t r e t u rn i n g t o W at he n u n t il M a r c h 1 st h .

I t was a h ar d ye a r fo r him . Th e H ym n
b oo k was s t ill in t h e p r e ss B e s ides t hi s he
.
,

was p r i n t i ng a F r e n c h V o ca bul ary an d

G ra mm ar whi c h o rigi nally i n t e n ded for t h e
, ,

use o f my cl asse s o n ly h ad bee n e n l arged

,

a n d m ade m o r e c o mple t e , wi t h th e h o pe o f its

bei n g used by o t he rs as well . These t wo
t hi n gs we r e a g re at bu rde n t o him fo r he fel t ,

t hey mu s t be fi n ished befo r e he c o uld t hi n k o f

le a vi ng o n fu rl o ugh himself .

A n d t his is h o w he m an aged t o do it . He
h ad t h ree se t s o f b o y s t o r el iev e e a ch o the r
at t h e p ress , s o t h a t t h e m a chi n e i t self did n o t

ce ase w ork i ng n igh t n o r day I n th e d ay t ime

.

he w o uld c o rr ec t a nd p rep are fo r t h e n ex t

d ay s w ork a n d whe n t h e n igh t shift was a t
’

w ork h e w o uld pay t hem su rp rise visi t s at

diffe re nt t imes eve ry n igh t .

By an d by t h e p r essu re o f t h e w ork up o n
his b ra i n bec a me s u ch t h at whe n eve r at n igh t
,

t he r e was a ce s s at i o n of w o rk, t h e u n u s u al
quie t n es s in th e h o use w o uld w ake him an d ,

he w ould be up t o see wh at was th e hi t ch .

 W o rk i ng D a y a n d N i gh t 4 0 1

E ve n w o rki n g a t t his rat e he did n ot m an age ,

t o fi n i s h t h e b oo ks befo r e O c t o be r H e was .

ve r y a n xi o u s n o t t o a rrive in E n gl a n d in t h e
dep t h o f wi n t e r ; he n c e h is pushi n g o n wi t h
t h e wor k s o fas t Aft e r t his high p re s s u re in
.

t h e p r i n t i n g o ffi c e t he r e was t h e s ewi n g an d

bi n di n g t o b e d on e H e s ay s : Ta ble s ro ugh
.
‘
,

a n d o t he rwise were s et up in eve ry a va il a ble

,

s po t i n my h o use o n t h e ve ra n d a h s
, an d in t h e ,

roo m s . All s ui ta ble b o xe s we re r equi s i t i o n ed

a nd ,
wi t h lid s a nd b o t t o m s r em o ved we r e ,

ex t emp o ri s ed as s ewi n g fra mes F ift y o f t h e

.

m o s t i n t ellige n t o f o ur s c h ol ars we re s et t o
Work t o sew a n d bi n d t h e b oo k s s o me t imes ,

of c o u rs e , a s hee t was w ro n gly fo lded o r

s o rt ed as t h e w o rk was n ew t o m o s t o f t hem
,

b u t s t ill in t hi s way t h e w o r k was d on e

‘
’
.

O n ly by w o r ki n g a t t hi s ra t e was he a ble t o
le a ve W at he n o n O c t o be r sth s aili n g fro m t h e,

m o u th o f th e r ive r o n t h e 1 6 th a n d r e a chi n g ,

E ngl an d in N o vembe r H e p aid us a flyi n g

.

visi t in B r i s t o l b ut s pe n t p rac t ically all

,

N o vembe r an d Decembe r o n th e C o n t i n e n t .

I n Sep t embe r he h a d bee n i n t o t h e F r e n c h

C o n go t e rri t ory whe r e o n e o f o ur Chu rc h
,

membe rs h ad bee n m al t re at ed a n d t ied up

u nj u s t ly by a s o ldie r Whe n t hi s h ad bee n
.

set righ t ,
M r B e n t ley m ade a fu rt he r r eque s t
.

27
4 0 2 L a s t D ays an d H o m e c a ll
-

t h at t h e m an sh o ul d be pe rmi t t ed t o t e ach h is
fell o w c o u n t ryme n
-
.But t h e o ffi c e r in ch arge
c o uld n o t ( o r w o uld n o t ) give t h e desi red
pe rmissi o n a n d t o ld H o l m an he w o uld h a ve
,

t o go t o he adqu ar t e rs in P a r is fo r t his whi c h ,

he did i mmedi at ely o n a rr ivi ng in E u ro pe .

H is fu rl o ugh t he r efor e c a n n o t r e ally be s a id t o

h a ve begu n u n t il Ch ris t m as 1 9 0 4 whe n we
, ,

m et in L o n d o n at o u r frie n d s h o use r e t u rn i n g
’

b ack t o B r i s t ol t oge t he r o n J an u ary 4 t h .

Sh o rt ly aft e r h is re t u rn h o me whe n he h ap
,

pe n ed t o be up in L o n d o n o n M issi o n busi n e s s ,

we we re su rp rised at h o me by t h e i n fo rm at i o n
t h at t h e U n ive r si t y o f Gl as g o w h ad decided t o

c o n fe r up o n him t h e h o n o rary deg ree o f D o c t o r

o f D ivi n i t y .Thi s was in r ec og n i t i on o f t h e
s ch o l ar ship di s pl ayed in t h e r educ t i o n o f t h e
C o n g o l a n gu age t o a s cie nt ifi c sy s t em o f ,

t h e high qu ali t y o f his w o r k in ge n e ra l m o re

,

especi ally a s sh o w n in p rep ari n g t h e gra mm ar

of t h e l an gu age a n d th e t ra n sl a t i on o f th e

N ew Tes t ame n t I t was a n e n t i rely u n expec t ed

.

h o no u r b ut n o n e t h e less highly a pp reci at ed

, .

N o t i ce wa s s e n t t h at t h e day fo r t h e cappi n g
‘
‘ ’

was t o be Ap r il 1 8 t h .S h o r t ly befor e t h at t ime

ve ry ki n d a n d g ra t ifyi n g le t t e rs came t o us
fro m fr ie n ds in Gl asg o w wh o we re ple ase d
,

t h a t he sh o uld h ave bee n t hus h o n o u red t o ,

4 04 L as t D ays an d H o m e-c all

a c t i ng as a depu tat i o n . I t b ro ugh t him i n t o

t o uch wi t h pe o ple wh o we r e i n t e r e s t ed in t h e

w o rk whi c h was t o him as t h e a pple o f h is eye .

A t h o me D r Be nt ley a ga i n appl ied himself

, .

c l o sely to t ra n sl a t i on w o rk an d m ade s uch

,

p ro g re s s wi t h t h e P s alm s t h at t o w ards t h e en d
o f t h e ye a r he a rra n ged t o o t o L o n d o n in
g
D ecembe r t o c o ns ul t wi t h t h e M i ss i o n H o use
a u t h o r i t ie s ,
a n d fin a lly wi t h t h e B ible S o c ie t y
as t o t h e fo rm o f t h e p r i n t i n g H e fel t t h a t
.

a l t h o ugh t h e wh o le B ible was n o t r e a dy at a n

y ,

ra t e th e P s alm s migh t be p ri n t ed a n d t h e ,

P r o ve rb s whi c h w o uld be s o u s eful in a c o u n t ry

,

j u s t eme rgi n g o ut o f he at he n i s m like t h e C o n go

, .

M o s t u n usu al fo r him j u s t befo r e s t art i n g h is

,

n e r ve s eemed t o le a ve him a n d he evide n tly

,

sh ra n k fro m t h e u n de rt a ki n g H e s a id he fel t
.

he h a d h a rdly t h e s t r e n g t h fo r it a n d l oo ked ,

fo r wa rd wi t h d re a d t o t h e ru s hi n g a b o u t o f
t h e bu s y week t h at lay befo r e him O f c o u rs e
.

I begged him n o t t o go b ut h a vi n g a rran ged

,

it all a n d m a de a pp o i n t me n t s wi t h pe o ple he
, ,

did no t s ee h o w h e c o uld give it up

‘

I re c eived t wo o r t h ree p o s t card s t h at week

wi t h s at i s fa c to ry a c c o u n t s s o t h at I was n ot
,

a t al l p rep a red o n t h e Thu rs d a y befo re Ch r is t m as

t o r e c eive him h o me in a s t at e o f u t t e r c o ll ap s e .

O ur o ld fr ie n d s t h e M isses Fle t che r fro m wh o m

, ,
4 0 6 L a st D ays an d H o m e-c all

‘
I h a ve h ad s eve n h ou rs sleep s t ra igh t o ff ’

,
’

he s a id ; I feel like a diffe re n t m an

‘
He .
’

s eemed i n deed t o be h is o l d s elf a n d t o o k h is ,

p ro pe r pl ac e a t t h e b re a kfa s t t a ble .

By a n d by we all s ta rt ed fo r t h e S u n d ay
m o rn i n g se rvice But t h e w alk al t h o ugh less
.
,

t h an t en mi n u t e s di s t an ce fro m Ty n d ale Ch a pel

’

was evide n t ly t oo mu c h for him N ot i c i ng h o w .

fagged he seemed a n d t h a t du ri ng t h e si n gi n g
,

o f t h e fi rs t hym n he h ad t o s upp o rt himself

a ga i n s t t h e a rm o f t h e
p e w i n o rde r t o be able

t o s t an d I whi s pe red t o him t o rem a i n se at ed

,

du ri n g t h e si ngi ng .

N o he s a id t h e pe o ple w o uld t hi n k I am
’ ‘
, ,

w o rs e t h an I a m .
’

I s a id I a m t i red I will keep yo u c o mp an y

, .
’

Whe reup on he a n swe red Y o u ca n s it if yo u ,

‘

like I t d oes n o t m at t e r s o mu c h fo r l adies b ut

.
,

it is no t t h e t hi ng fo r a m an C o m ing o ut o f .
’

t h e se r vice a s it wa s t h e day befo r e Ch r is t m a s

, ,

I li nge red behi n d t o s h ake h an ds wi t h s o me

frie n d s an d wi s h t hem a h appy Ch ri s t m as
, ,

whil s t he we n t o n h o me wi t h o t he rs .

I o ve rt o o k t hem a b o u t h alf way h o me a n d -

,

was di s m ayed t o s ee t h e exp re s s i o n in his fa ce

a s I c au gh t him up
.
H e h ad evide n t ly bee n walki ng too fas t and ,

was much exh au s t ed by th e effo rt I ga ve him .

 Th e Las t W al k 40 7

my arm immedi at ely H e hu n g o n t o me like .

a le a de n weigh t I t was wi t h diffi c ul t y t h at we

.

c ro s s ed t h e roa d an d t he n he h ad t o s ta n d
,

fo r a few mi n u t e s an d le a n fo r s upp o rt a ga i n s t
a doon

A t l a s t we i n t his way r e ac hed h o me h a vi n g ,

t a ke n be t wee n five an d t en mi n u t es t o do wh a t

w o uld o t he rwise h a ve t a ke n us h ardly m o re t h a n

o n e mi n u t e . O n re ac hi n g h o me he immedi a t ely
s a t d o w n in a n a r m c h a i r fr o m whi c h he did n o t
-
,

s t i r ag a i n t h e wh o le da u n t il t h e eve n i n g a ft e r
y
t ea whe n he we n t up s t a i rs e arly t o bed
, .

I h ad wi s hed befo re t o s e n d for a d o c t or ,

b ut he s a id , N o it is o n ly t h a t I a m o ve r t i red
,
-
.

All I w a n t is r e s t But o n M o n d a y m o rn i n g
’
.

I s e n t as it seemed t o me t h at it was m o r e t h an
,

s imple r e s t t h at he w a n t ed Th e d o c t or c ame
.
,

a n d fo u n d t h a t it wa s i n deed s o H e did n ot .

s a y t h a t t he r e was a n y t hi n g s peci ally t h e m att e r ,

b ut evide n t ly t h o ugh t t h a t t h e c a se n eeded

wa t c hi n g as he s a id he w ould c o me agai n in
,

t h e eve n i n g .Du r i n g t h e day I n o t iced t h at

H o lm an n eeded s upp ort s o me t imes t o ch an ge
h is p o s i t i o n s o we did n o t le a ve him a l o n e t h at
,

n igh t . I n t h e eve n i n g whe n t h e d o c t o r c a me

he fo u n d him much we a ke r S t ill he did n o t
.

eve n t he n t ell me t h a t t he re wa s an y t hi ng t o
be al armed at I n fac t whe n I a sked him h e
.
, ,
40 8 L a s t D ays an d H o m e-c a l l

s a id t o me O h n o ; he was w o rs e whe n I
,
‘

a t t e n ded h im l a s t J uly t h a n he is n o w
’
.

N ex t m orn i n g t h e d o c to r c a me aga i n an d ,

bei n g di s app o i n t ed in t h e r esul t o f t h e medi c i n e ,

p r esc r ibed an o t he r r emedy an d left s ayi ng he , ,

w o uld c o me in aga i n in t h e eve n i ng Ple ase .

,

d on t t ro uble D o c t o r my husban d s aid ; i t is

’

, ,
’ ‘

Ch r is t m as D ay a n d I c ann o t t hi n k o f y o u r
,

le a vi n g t h e h o me c i rc le t o c o me and see me .
’

But t h e d o c t o r h ad a n o t he r c a se whi c h w o uld

n ece s s i t a t e his go i n g o ut a nd s o my h usb an d ,

a cquie s ced .

I n t h e eve n i n g at seve n o cl o c k t h e d o c t o r
’

c a me and fou n d H o lm an much we ake r a nd

t h e b re a t hi n g ve r y t ro ubles o me K no wi n g t h at .

he h ad h ardly s lep t t h e p revi o us n igh t he ,

s aid I w ill c o me aga i n at eleve n o c l o ck t o

’
‘
,
“
see if yo u are s leepi ng I f n o t I sh all h a ve
.
,

t o give you s o me t hi n g t o se n d yo u t o sleep

’
.

Ab o u t h alf p as t eigh t o ur li tt le J an ie c ame t o

-

say G oo d n igh t t o h er fat he r G oo d n igh t

‘ ’ ‘
- -
.
,

D o pper t y he sa id ca lli n g h er o n ce m o re by
’

, ,

h er pet n a me an d givi n g h er a ki s s She was .

t h e o n ly o n e wh o h ad a fa r ewell ki s s fro m him !

Whe n t h e d o c t o r c ame at eleve n he fou n d th e , ,

b r e at hi n g ve ry dis t re s si n g an d s aw t h at it was ,

qui t e imp os s ible fo r t h e p at ie n t t o get a ny sleep

in t h a t s t at e H e t h erefore quic k ly we nt t o fe t ch
.
4 10 L a s t D ays an d Hom e -
c all
Dr Gl ve e d s o me b eau t iful fa i t h s t re n g t h
. o r r a ,
-

e n in p ss ge f m t h W ds f Life d
g a a s r o e o r o a n ,

M r Phillip s wh o h ad bee n in o ur p art y go i n g

.
,

o u t in 1 8 8 6 was p r ese n t a n d ga ve t h e add ress

, , .

I remembe r b ut o n e t hi ng t h a t M r Phillip s .

sa id . I t was t o t hi s effec t t h a t whe r e as s o me

,

h a ve s a id t h at it was w as t i n g t ime fo r a
missi o n a ry t o give ye ar s a nd ye ars t o th e s t udy
o f t h e l a n gu a ge whil s t s o uls lyi ng in he at he n
d ar k n ess we re c ryi n g fo r t h e ligh t D r Be n tley , .

h ad sh o w n t rue wisd o m in pl a ci n g t h e c o mpili n g

o f t h e D ic t i o n a ry a n d t h e G ra mm ar be f or e th e

t ran sl at i o n o f t h e B ible Fo r it h a d give n him

.

s o mu c h be tt e r g ras p o f t h e l a n gu age t h a n he

o t he r wi s e w o uld h a ve h ad ; a n d t h e ve ry d o i n g

o f t h a t w o r k h ad helped t o fit him m o r e t h a n

a n y t hi n g el s e c o uld h ave d o n e fo r t h e all

imp o rtant w or k o f t ra n s l at i n g t h e W o rd o f G o d .

We h ad t wo hym n s t h at H olm a n h a d himself

t ra n sl at ed i n t o C o ng o a n d o n le a vi n g t h e c h apel
,

t h e o rgan is t pl ayed I k no w t h at my Redeeme r

live t h . I h ad o ft e n s u n g t hi s t o him in C on g o ;
’

he always liked t o he ar it a nd I was gl a d t o be

,

r emi n ded j u s t t he n t h at he was wi t h H im Wh o

was de a d a n d is al ive fo r eve rm o re

’
‘
.
 C h a p t er XX

R ec o llec t i o ns an d Tes t i m o n i es

Could tb ose few p leasa n t b oars aga i n

ppear ,
a

Aligbt on e wislz b ri ng tb em, would I wis/i t/zem

b er e 2
I would n ot tr ust my lzea r t —tlze dear delzglzt
S eems so to b e desi r ed, per /zaps mtg/i t
—w/
.

B ut no za t b er e we ca ll our lifiz is s ucb ,

S o li ttle to be loved, a nd tb ou so m uclz,

Tb at I sl
tould i ll r e ui te
g ti m
e to cons tr a i n

p ir i t i n to bonds
’
l y un bound s agai n .

S H A L L g at he r up in t hi s c h ap t e r s o me o f
t h e pe rs o n al t ribu t es t o t h e w o r k o f D r
‘

Be n t ley A n d fi rs t I will qu o t e s o me o f t h e
.

le tt e rs fro m h is b oy s in C o n go w r i tt e n whe n t h e ,

n ew s o f his de a t h r e ac hed t hem

‘
G r ief a n d s o rro w i n deed ! F ro m t h e t ime I
he a rd t h e n ews my e ye s c an h ardly s ee for
weepi n g I am dumb whe n I t hi n k o f th e s udde n
,

depa rt u re o f o ur bel o ved fat he r a n d whe n I t hi n k ,

t hi n g s o ve r in my mi n d it give s me s o rro w o n ly
, .

But whe n I cry fo r him t he n I t hi n k o f you a n d

t h e child re n wh o a re left o rph an ed as a re we
41 1
41 2 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a n d Tes ti m o n i es

y o u r child re n he re Whe n I t hi n k o f it I do
.

n o t hi n g b u t c r espe c i ally a s I t hi n k t h at n o w
y ,

we s h all no t s ee y o u r fac e a ga i n ei t he r I t is .

th e L o r d s will ! my h O pe is t o s ee you aga i n

’

in t h e K i n gd o m o f o ur L o rd M am a n o w I will .

n o t s ay mu c h b ut t ell yo u t h a t I will n o t fo rge t

,

t h e t e ac hi n g o f D r Be n t ley n o r w
. h at he t o ld me ,

he re t h e da y we p ar t ed H e w ro t e me o n Sep t
“
. .

’
05 : D e ar B alu t i G o d will ble s s you I t is
, .

n o t l on g t h at we h a ve t o live i n t hi s w o rld ,

let us s e r ve J e s u s wi t h all o ur he art a n d all o ur ,

s t re n g t h a n d do o u r bes t
,
t o ple a se H im and

m a ke H im gl a d H e h as g on e t o p rep are a pl ace

.

fo r us a n d w a n t s t o p rep a r e us fo r it a n d th e
, ,

”
be s t p rep arat i o n c o mes in w o r k fo r H im Y es ,

whe n I t oo k h is le t t e r t o r e a d agai n my he art

fa iled I c ried t he n as I a m d o i n g n o w b ut he is
, ,

whe r e t he re a re n o t e ars he h as g o n e t o th e ,

l an d o f gl o ry he h a s g o n e to r es t fro m his w o rk
, ,

he h as left all his t ro uble a n d t h e we a ri n ess o f

h is Ove rc ro wdi n g w o r k We k n o w t h e s ayi n g.

Th e w o r k
”
O ne s o we t h a no t he r r e ape t h
, .

c o n t i n ue s he is g o n e
, I t is t hu s t h e L or d s
.
’

will But m an y o f us e s pe c i ally I a m ve ry

.
, ,

t h an kful fo r t h ro ugh h is w o r d I bec ame a

,

Ch ris t i an I will n ot forge t h is tea c hi ng esp e

.
,

c ial ly t h a t o f t h e day wh en we p art ed he re he ,

sp o k e l o ng wi t h m e Ah I am l eft i n d eed .
, .
414 R ec o llec t i o n s an d Test i m o ni es

Hi m wh o kep t m y bel o ved t e ache r D r Be n t ley . .

We h is elde r b oys a re in g r e a t t rouble b ut we ,

will n o t give up I n th e s t re ng t h o f t h e L ord

.

J esus we s h all mee t agai n L en dwa h as .

sleep si c k n ess
-
N o w de ar m a m a do n o t be
.

t o o sad we sh all go t o him

, .

A M AV U L U ‘
. .
’

To my r espected a n d beloved Teacb er '

M a da m e Ben tley .

‘
G ree t i n gs We are i ndeed in s o rrow an d
.

t e a rs a t t h e n ews o f t h e de a t h o f o ur bel o ved

Te ac he r D r B e n t ley . Wh at sad n ew s ! Th at
.

S a t u rd a y 1 3 t h o f J an s o rr o w o ve r c a me
. us ,

s o rro w up o n s o r ro w All h is b o y s wep t g r e at ly

.

t h a t n igh t whe n at eigh t o cl o c k we he a rd t h e

’

n ew s ,
e s pe c i ally t h e elde r o n es O h wh at .

s o rr o w fo r yo u a n d y o u r c hild r e n ! But G o d is
t h e H elpe r H e will c o mfo rt you a n d us A s
. .

fo r him we k n o w t h at h is t ro uble in t h e w o r k
is o ve r he is n ow rej o i c i n g
, All th e pe o ple .

we re se n t for t o be t o ld t h e n ew s t he n M r , .

C a me ro n t o ld h o w t h e D o c t o r h ad helped t h e
pe o ple an d h o w he h ad c o me t o t h e c o u n try
, .

O h we are i n deed in t ro uble

,
Ple as e se n d .

me a ph o t o o f yo u all fo u r M as t e r an d yo u ,

m o t he r and H e nry an d J a n i e for I k no w we

, ,
F r o m N e k ak a of S a n S a lv ado r 4 5 1

s h all n ot s ee e ac h ot he r s fa c e
’
a ga i n ex c ep t in
Ileav en .

‘
This is al
l . I am y ou r l o vi ng b oy ,

A N D R E H M BA KI. .
’

O ne m o re will be all t h at is w an t ed t o sh o w
th e g re at a ffe c t i o n fel t fo r him in C o n go .

To our dear Teaclz er M r s Ben tley . .

‘
Wi t h wh at he avi ness I t ake t h e pen in my
h an d t o w r i t e yo u t hi s le tt e r !
‘
O n t h e 2 st h o f t hi s m o n t h we r eceived a
le t t e r t h at t h rew us all i n t o de s p a i r our bel o ved,

t e ac he r h ad bee n c alled by his M as t e r a n d o u rs .

Whe n it was arra nged t h at o n t h e 2 8 t h we

s h o uld h a ve a M em o r i a l Se r vi c e fo r him I did all ,

I c o uld t o s e n d me s s e n ge rs i n t o t h e su rro u n di n g
t ow n s . O n t h e day app o i n t ed a ve ry g r e a t
c ro wd gat he red t o r emembe r wi t h g re at g rief
a n d r e s pec t ,him t h at m a n o f G o d We t o o k
, .

o u r t e a chi n g fro m t h e w o rds o f t h e L o rd J e s us

“E nt e r t h ou i nto th e joy o f t h y L ord Whe n .
”

we h ad e n ded t h e mem o ri al s e r vice we a rra nged ,

t h at a li ttl e le t t e r s h o uld be w r i t t e n in t h e n a me

o f t h o s e as s embled t o sh o w t h a t t his g re at t ro uble

h as n o t c o me t o you a n d y o u r child re n on ly we ,

are o n e wi t h yo u in t h e g r ief o f be re avem e n t

4 16 R ec o ll ec t io n s a n d Tes t i m o n i es

of o urbel oved frie n d B el o ved M o the r an d .

,

y o u r c hild re n we do n o t fo rge t yo u in o ur
p raye r s .

‘
L o vi n g g ree t i n gs we se n d yo u fr o m t h e
b o tt o m o f o ur he art s by t h e h an d o f y o u r t ruly
,

l o vi n g b o y ,

M I G U E L N E KA KA ‘
.
’

Th e b o ve we re n o t speci ally sele c t ed b ut

a ,

we r e t a ke n a t ran d o m fro m a pile o f le tt e rs fro m

C o n g o b o ys an d o ld b oys all t es t ifyi n g t o t hei r ,
’

l o v e an d s o rro w .

Th e C o ng o fo lk are as a rule ve ry affec , ,

t io n a t e a n d bec o me ve ry s t ro n gly at t ac hed t o

,

t h o se wh o sh o w t hem ki n d n e s s b ut I t hi n k I ,

m a y s afely s ay t h a t n o mis s i o n ar y was eve r

m o re deeply an d u n ive rs ally l oved by t hem t h a n
D r B e n tley
. But t he n wh o eve r ga ve himself
.

m or e wh o le he t edly t o a pe ople t h an he did

a r - ?

Mb an dila o ne o f our o u tp os t t e a che rs t h e b oy

, ,

wh o lay fo r m o n t hs in my husb an d s s t udy wi t h a

’

b ad k n ee w rot e t h e fo ll o wi n g :
, Two t hi n gs ‘

we t hi n k o f chiefly Th e t ra n s l at i o n o f t h e N ew
,

Te s t a me n t becau s e t h at c an s a ve m an y pe ople
, ,

i n deed any o ne wh o r e ads it we ca n alm os t ,

he ar his v o ice as we re a d it like whe n he used t o ,

t e a ch us Th e dilig en c e wi t h whi c h h e gave

.
41 8 .
R ec o l lec t i o n s a n d Tes t i m o n i es

They desi re exp ress t hei r t h an kful ness

to

t o G o d for t h e m an y gift s whi c h H e bes t o wed

up o n our b ro t he r a n d fo r t h e g ra ce which
,

e n a bled him t o dev ot e t hese gift s s o u n rese rvedly

t o t h e se r vi c e o f G od i n c o n n ec t i o n wi t h t h e
,

B ap t i s t M issi onary S o cie t y

“As on e o f t h e fou n de rs o f th e C o ngo
.

M i s si o n M r B e nt ley s w o r k in th e m an y diffi
,
.
’

c ul t ies o f t h e pi o n ee ri n g s t age h elped g re at ly t o

it s e s t abli s hme n t o n su re fo u n d at i o n s I n l at e r
.

d ays t h e devel opme n t o f t h e w ork at W at he n ,

whe r e t he r e a re n o w o ve r a t h o us an d Chu rch

membe r s an d o ve r o ne hu n d red vill age sch ools ,

was l argely due t o his u nt i ri ng e n e rgy an d

pe rseve ran ce as well as t o th e u n fa ili ng h ope
,

ful n ess which ch ara c t e rised him s o m arkedly ,

an d which h ad it s s ource i n his s t ro ng fai t h in

G od .

membe r s o f t h e E xecut ive C o m

Th e
m it t ee desi re especi ally t o pl ac e o n r ec ord t hei r
a pp reci at i o n o f h is g r e at li t e rary a n d li n guis t i c
gift s as well a s th e p ai n s ta ki n g i n dus t ry which
,

p ut t he se gif ts to p ra c t ic al use me n t i o n i ng
,

in p art i c ul ar t h e G ra mm ar an d D ic t i ona ry
‘ ’ ‘ ’

o f t h e C o n g o l a n gu a ge c o mpiled by him an d ,

his t ran s l at i o n of t h e N ew Tes tame n t— w o rk s

whi c h are an d will c o n t i n ue t o be o f in
, ,

c alcul abl e v alue t o th e ex t e nsi on a nd c o ns oli

 Lett er fr o m M r . J . Bell 419

d at i on of th e c ause of Ch ris t in th e C o ng o
regi on .

‘
( ig )
S ned L AWS O N FO R FE I TT ,

‘
S ecr eta ry
‘
( Fo r th e

‘
HS I AN EU , S HE N S I , N C HIN A
- - . .

‘
Febr ua ry 1 4 , 1 9 0 6 .

‘
MY D EAR W I L S O N —A few h ou rs ago I
,
’

r eceived a le tt e r whi c h g a ve me s h o c k fro m

which it will t ake a c o n side ra bl e t ime t o re c o ve r ,

an d t h at was t h e n ews t o my g r e at su rp r ise ,

a nd g rief o f t h e de a t h o f my fo rme r h o n o u red

,

le ade r bel o ved c o lle ague an d i nt im at e frie nd

, ,

D r H ol m an Be n t ley
. M y g rief is g re at ly
.

i nt e nsified by th e fac t t h at I was n ot at h an d

t o j o i n in t h e l a s t s olem n ce rem o n y t o a ssis t ,

M rs Be nt ley an d h er child re n in t his t ime o f

.

s o re be re aveme n t o r t o a dd my n o t e t o t h e
,

m any wh o h a ve d o ub t les s publi c ly exp ressed

t hei r high a pp reci at i o n an d es t eem as well
as t h e a ffec t i o nat e r egar d in which t hey held
D r Be n t ley
. I h o pe t h at s o me facile pen will
.

be fo u n d t o give pe rm ane n tly t o t h e w orld t h e

s t ory o f his life th e m an y sided ch arac t e ris t i c s
,
-

o f whi c h a re emi n e n tly sui t ed fo r a b righ t ,

i nt e res t i n g a nd m o s t helpful bi og raphy

, .

‘
As a le ade r he was always seve ral s t eps in
4 20 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a nd Tes t i m o n i es

a dvan ce full o f s angui ne h opes and p roj ec t s

, ,

O p t imi s t ic e n e rge t i c fe rve n t a nd e nt husi as t i c

, , ,

in a m ann er which forc ed emul at i on and a dv ance

'

As a c olle ague fran k free an d ope n in th e

, ,

discussi on o f all m at t e rs which affec t ed th e

welfare o f t h e s tat i on symp at he t ic in all p r iv at e
,

a n d pe rs o n al c o n ce rn s a n d eve r r e ady t o help in

,

t h e ge n e ral ro u t i n e o f w o r k in t ime o f s t ra i n As .

a fr ie n d he t o u c hed o n e at m an y p o i nt s be t wee n

t h e ex t reme s o f j o y a n d s o rr o w r ej o ici n g in t imes,

o f g r e at o y wi t h t h e hil ar i t y a n d a b an d o n o f
j
a b oy an d in t h e h o u r o f s ore be re a veme nt
,

cl a spi n g a nd h o ldi ng th e h an d wi t h t h e t o uch

o f a m o t he r .

‘
I n m i n i at u re such I S t h e m an t o his immedi at e
c o w o rk e r s ; in for me r ye ars t o t h o se o n o t he r
-

s tat i o n s he appe ared t o b e c arpi ng and

‘

hype rc ri t ical ; s o m e o f his le t t e rs we re m is under

s t o od an d we re t h ough t t o be w ri tt e n wi t h
,

a c a us t ic pen an d a t o n e o f c o mm an d b ut whe n ,

t h e r ecipie n t s o f t hese c ame t o k n o w B e n t ley

pe rs o n ally t hey felt as o ne desc ribed it,

“ Lik e ,

P aul h is le t t e rs we re weigh t y an d p owe r ful b ut

, , ,

un li ke him his pe rs o nal a ppe aran ce was ple asi ng

, ,

was e n t ici n g
”
a n d his spee c h Wi t h o u t d o ub t
.

B e n t ley was t h e m o s t ve rs at ile m an I h ave eve r

m et . H e was see n at his bes t a t me al t imes as -

a s t o ry t elle r b r illi a n t
- at r ep a rt ee as sh arp as a
,
422 R ec o l lec ti o n s an d Tes ti m o n i es
Ce rt a i n ly o n e w o uld h a ve l iked t o h ave see n
t h e wh o le B ible t ra n sl at ed by t h e o n e h an d as ,

it w o uld h ave give n a u n iformi t y t o th e dic t i on ,

which c o uld n o t be ga i n ed by m en in diffe re nt

p art s t ra n sl at i ng sec t i on s ; b ut B e n t ley n eve r
believed in m akeshi ft s : wh at he h ad t o do he
believed in d o i ng as t h o roughly as h e p ossibly
c o uld H e was c o n vi n ced t h at t h e O ld Tes ta
.

me n t sh o uld n o t be t ra n sl at ed befo re o ne h ad a
full u n de rs t a n di ng o f t h e l ife a nd idi o m o f t h e
pe o ple ; a n d a s t hey h ad t h e N ew Tes ta me n t
a l r e a dy t he r e wa s n o t s o g r e a t n eed fo r t h e O l
,
d .

But ap a r t fro m t h at n o t wi t hs tan di n g t h e l i t e rary

,

w o rk he h ad a cc o mplished his li t e rary i ns t i n c t

,

was subse rvie n t t o t h e pi o n ee ri ng ev angelis t ic, ,

an d p as t o ra l i n s t i n c t ; a s we k n o w h o weve r he
, ,

fou n d t ime t o t ran sl a t e so me o f t h e O ld Tes ta

me n t b o o ks and he was busily e n gaged o n
,

t h e w or k a t h o me — i n deed , al l his fu rl o ugh s

we re t a ke n up wi t h li t e rary w or k But o n th e.

s t at i on th e e nt e rtai n i n g s o me o ffici al d o i ng
, ,

o rdi na ry r egi s t ra r w o r k , arra ngi ng s o me vill age

p al ave r s e t t li ng di s pu t es a m o n g Ch r i s t i an s
, ,

a dmi n is t e r i n g d a ily j udgme n t s a m o n g his b o ys

an d gi rls —t hese c alled fo r t h s o me o f t h e fi n es t

t ra i t s o f h is c h ara c et r— c o u rt e s y
, t act p at ie n c e
, ,

j us t ice and l o ve b ut no t hi ng ga ve him gr e at e r

o y o r deligh t t h an whe n c o n ve rsi ng wi t h s o me
j
 Ch a r a c t er i st i c s 4 3
2

y o u t hful i nqui re rs . N igh t a ft e r n igh t t hey

wa i t ed t hei r t u r n t o spe a k t o him ; he c ared
n o t h o w o ft e n t hey c a me o r h ow l o n g t hey

de ta i n ed him h is t ime was t hei rs F ro m eigh t

, .

t ill alm o s t a n y t ime up t o m id n igh t if o n e we n t ,

t o s ee h im he w o uld i n v ar i a bly be fo u n d in

cl os e c o n ve rs e wi t h a y o u n g i nqui re r ; o ft e n
h a ve I see n him wi t h h is arm t h ro w n a ro u n d
o n e o f t h e b o y s as he t r ied t o p o i n t o u t t o
him t h e way o f s alv a t i o n . N o m an k n ew
quicke r t h an he t h e fi rs t s ig n o f g rac e in t h e
he art o f an y o f t h e b o ys — i n deed we s o me t ime s
,

t h o ugh t he was t oo s an g ui n e ; a n d t h e b ac k s lide rs ,

we ak and v ac ill at i n g fo u n d in him a frie n d wh o

,

w ould go aft e r t hem t ime a n d aga i n H e h ad .

n o symp at hy wi t h s in or l a zi n es s b u t he w o uld
,

ple a d aga i n an d agai n fo r s o me w ayw ard o n e .

O t he rs w o uld h ave bee n for exc o mmu n i c at i n g ,

b ut h is v o ice pled fo r a l o n ge r r e t e n t i o n o n t h e
s u s pe n si o n lis t s o as t o be held by a sh o rt e r r o pe

“
,

a n d be al l t h e e a sie r t o b ri n g in Tr y him
,

” ”
a ga i n or w a i t a n d s ee we re o ft e n o n h is lip s
in c o nn e c t i o n wi t h s u c h c as e s .

O n e c o uld t hu s go o n w ri t i n g o f t h a t g re a t life
as o n e s mi n d flo o d s wi t h mem o r ie s o f t h e p as t
’

o f his ge n e ro s i t y,
h is l o y al t y t o t h e S o cie t y in
re t ai n i ng wi t h a s t ro n g h a n d t h e sphe r e o f o ur

i n flue n ce a nd eve r o n th e o u tl oo k fo r ex t e ndi ng

,
 2
4 4 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a n d Tes t i m o n i es
b ut I mus t fo r th e p rese nt res t rai n an d d raw t o a
cl o se by rem ar ki ng on fo u r ve ry p ro mi n e nt p o i nt s
in h is life a n d w ork —his g re at humili t y wh ole ,

he art ed fideli t y pl at fo rm ab ili t y and de ep

,

spi ri t u ali ty .

1
. H is g re at humili t y U n d o ub t edly he h ad
.

a wh o le s o me p r ide in his w o rk b ut n o n e in
him s elf ; he was in s o me re s pec t s as humble
mi n ded as a child H e t h o rough ly disliked
.

publi c i t y : he d re aded c o mi n g h o me for t h e

a ppe ar i n g o n pl at fo r ms o r h a vi n g a fus s m ade
,

o f him in t h e h o me ; he liked t o e n t e r quie t ly

i f p o ssible a n d t ake t h e m os t u no bse rved se at .

H e app reci at ed ce rta i n ly t o t h e full t h e m an y

, ,

h on ou rs whi c h we re c on fe rred up o n him b ut o nly ,

for t h e s ak e o f o t he rs n o t fo r himself
,
They .

c a me t o him u ns o ugh t a nd he t h ough t himself

,

m o s t u n w o rt hy o f t hem I h a ve a m o ng my
.

p ape rs a le tt e r wi t h ve ry cl o se i nt im ac y l as t ye ar
whe n t h e h o n o u r o f D D was t o be c o n fe rr ed
. .

up o n him in whi c h he s ay s a m o ng s o me dep re

“
, ,

c ia t o r
y r em ar k s Y o u w h o k n o w me bes t will
”
s mile a t t h e a n n o u n c eme n t O n t h e c on t rary
.
,

we wh o k n ew him bes t fel t h o w w ort hy i n deed

he was o f such a n h on o u r and we fel t t h at t h e
,

de n o mi nat i o n did n o t k n ow his v alue or t hey ,

w o uld h ave h o no u red him m o re fully t h an t hey

h av e d o n e ; b ut agai n I rep eat he hims elf nev er ,
426 R ec o ll ec t i o n s and Tes t i m o n i es

we h ad a s o ci al t ime fo r t h e y ou n g pe ople ,

he e nt e red i n to it as a b oy b ut wh olly s o t h at
,

he m igh t win t hem a n d h ave g re at i n flue n c e

wi t h t hem . F ro m m o rn i ng t o n igh t while o n
t h e s t at i on he was busy n o t t aki n g wh at was
,

t h o ugh t t o be th e n eces sary sies ta a t mid

day . I n i t i n e rat i n g he excelled se tt i n g a p a ce
,

which we y o u nge r m en fo u n d it h ard t o fo ll o w .

N o t o n ly w o uld he t a ke t wo o r t h ree l o n g t r i ps
a ye ar o f fro m fiv e t o seve n a n d eigh t weeks ,

b ut he w o uld be o ut alm o s t eve ry week en d in -

s o me O f t h e n e ar vill age s ; a nd as he o ft e n ,

s aid he acc ou nt ed th e g re at success O f th e

,

W at he n w o rk hum an ly spe aki n g m o re t o t his

, ,

me t h o d t h a n t o any o t he r fo r t he re t h e seed was

,

s o w n a nd he w o uld b r i ng b ac k s o me b oy o r gi rl
,

wh o in t h e fu t u re w o uld bec o me a t e ache r

ev a n gelis t in a vill age .

3 . H is pl a t fo r m a bili t y.Th o se w h o he ard

B e n t ley o n t h e pl at for m a t h o me h a d n o c o n c ep
t i o n O f h is p o we r i n t hi s di rec t i o n A t h o me
.

he fel t s t ra nge o ut o f pl ace a lm o s t o ut o f to u c h

, , ,

wi t h his a udie n c e b ut in C o ng o all t h at was

,

r eve rsed I a lways t hi n k a missi o nary s t r ue ’

.

s e t t i n g is n o t depu t a t i o n w o r k a t h o me t h o ugh ,

t h e Ch u rc hes j udge a m a n t o o much i n t h a t way ;

he sh ould be see n in his nat ive n at u ral su rro u nd

,

i ngs t he re is th e missi o nary not wh en h e is put

,
 Pl a tfo r m G i fts 4 27

up to s pe a k l argely ab o u t himself fo r h alf

an h o u r . To see Be n tley as he was well let , ,

me i n t ro duce yo u t o t h e qu ar t e rly mee t i n gs hel d

for t h e publi c o n s o c i al ques t i o n s o n t h e uplift an d
civili s at i o n o f t h e pe o ple which mus t fo ll o w t h e
r e c ep t i o n o f t h e g os pel .H e is a t h o me in
pl ace a nd t opic t ime is n o o bj ec t t h e pe o pl e
, ,

t h o ro ughly u n de rs t an d him a n d he as t h oro ughly

,

u n de rs ta n ds t hem The n h o w he w a rm s up t o
.

h is s ubj e c t ! Wi t h fire a n d fe r ve n cy exh o rt i n g ,

a n d r ep ro vi n g he
, ki n dle s h is audie n c e H is .

d ram a t ic p o e t ic a nd mu s i c al i ns t i n c t e n a ble him

, ,

t o pl ay up o n t h e pe o ple N o w he ge t s o pp o
.

si t i o u t o h is adv a n c ed hygie n ic s ugges t i o n o r ,

he receives w arm app ro v al fro m th e m en as he

desc r ibe s p re tt y fully a w o m an slu t o r equ al ,

a pp ro v a l fro m th e w o me n as he w a xes h o t
ag a i n s t t h e s luggar d a n d t h e l o u t H o w t hey
.

l augh as he des c ribes t h e u n n ece ssa ry bi c ke r i n gs

be t wee n husb an d a nd wife be cau s e t h e o n e
,

ta kes t h at which bel o n g s t o t h e o t he r ! Th e

h o t i n dig n at i o n O f t h e mee t i n g is c a lled fo rt h a s
he de no u n ce s sl a ve ry c ruel t y o f a n y form
, ,

i n diffe re n c e t o life a n d t o t h e s i c k a n d th e ,

w arm gl ow o f e nt hu s i as m a ri s es as he pi c tu res
C o ng o in t h e t ime o f t h e mille n n ium Y es it .
,

was a t re at t o he ar B e nt ley o n t h o s e o cc asi o n s .

Al as ! t h at v o ice wil l be n o l o nge r he ard in

.
428 R ec o ll ec t i o n s an d Tes t i m o n i es

C o n g o u n t il th e t rump o f t h e L o rd calls t h e
,

s leepe r s t o r ise .

4 H is deep s pi r i tu ali t y
. H is was a n ature
.

whi c h did n o t requi re t o s pe n d h o u rs o n his

k n ees fo r his life was o n e l o n g p raye r H is
, .

w or k I feel su re was s at u rat ed t h ro ugh and

, ,

t h ro ugh wi t h p ra ye r a nd h is life s o me s ix ye a rs
,

a o was s p a re d in a n s we r t o M rs Be n t ley s a n d
’

g .

h is fe rve n t p ra ye r H is n at u re was w a rm wi t h ou t
.

bei n g se n t ime n t al a n d h is publi c p ra ye rs we re

,

full o f wide c o mp rehe n s ive g ra sp ; whe n he

,
‘

c o n duc ted t hem we ro s e fro m o ur k n ee s feeli ng

t h at a c hild h a d bee n t alki n g t o his F at he r H is .

s e rm on s we re o ft e n full o f i n spi rat i o n always ,

full O f help Am o n g t h e m any I he ard t wo

.
,

s t an d o ut t o day O n e was deliv ered I t hi n k

-
.
, ,

fi ve ye ars ago a t t h e N ew Ye ar U n i t ed C o m
“
,

mu n i o n S e r vice o n Wh at o we s t t h o u t o my
,

”
L o rd ? whe n t h e bu rde n o f o u r g re at deb t t o
t h e L o r d was b ro ugh t h o m e in a n eve r t o b e - -

fo rg o tt e n way ; a n d t h e o t he r wa s I believe t h e
, ,
—
l as t I he ard him p re ac h I t wa s at t h e g re at
.

A n nu al C o mmu n i o n S er vice D ecembe r 2 9 1 9 0 3

, , .

Th e ye ar h ad been o n e full o f much mi s givi n g ;

m an y h ard less o n s h ad bee n t augh t b ut t h e ,

mee t i ngs gave p ro mise o f a b r igh t a n d h appy

fu t u r e ; a l arge deb t was alm os t wiped o ut an d ,

t h e Ch ris t i an s we r e j us t ab o u t t o go b ac k t o t hei r
 ‘
To get h er w i th th e Lo rd
’
2
4 9

vari ous h o mes t he n B e ntley sp oke o n t h o se

“
,

t h ree w ord s , U nt il H e c ome N eve r before

.

did a me s sage s eem s o i n s pi red ; i n deed it ,

p ro ved t o be his l as t u tt e ran c e t o t h e gat he r ed ‘

Chu rc h H o w vividly he p o rt rayed t h e c e rtai n

.

c o mi n g o f t h e L o rd t h e p rese n t a t i o n o f our
,

w ork t o H im an d t h e n ot e o f c o n dem n at i o n o r
,

a pp ro b a t i o n wi t h which e ach o n e w o uld be

r eceived ! I c an he ar ag a i n t h o se w o rd s in
C o n go Y av an a Kekwiz a a n d h is l as t w o rd o f
, ,
”

exh o rtat i o n t o t h os e wh o we re n o t t he n r e ady

t o rec eive Ch ri s t s s alv at i o n while t he r e was
’

t ime , an d t o e n t e r H is bles t se rvice s o t h a t

whe n H e c ame t hey mi gh t t oo receive th at
w ord o f c o mme n d at i on “ Well d on e !
,
”

‘
D r B e n t ley is th e l as t fro m C o ng o o f t h ose
.

fou r wh o s a iled for C o ngo land in Ap ril 1 8 7 9 , .

H e s aw o ve r b ap t i zed in t h e W at he n
Ch u rch a n d a wh o le dis t r ic t o f wild b ar b a ro us
, ,

pe ople alm o s t wh o lly ev an geli s ed a n d civilised ,

if n o t Ch ris t i an ised Wh at a g ran d recep t i o n he

.

”
h as h a d i n t h e H o mel a n d ! I s it u n s c rip t ural
t o t hi n k t h a t n ex t t o t h e w arm r ecep t i on by t h e

S avi o u r H im s elf he will h ave bee n su rro u n ded

,

by t h e fort y o dd missi o n arie s a n d hu n d reds o f

C o n go Ch ri s t i an s wh o h a ve al re ady as ce n ded t o
t h at l an d ? A n d wh at a ch o rus o f H alleluj ah s

as aga i n t h e s on g is t ake n u
p
“ U n t o H im wh o
4 30 R ec o llec t i o n s a n d Test i m o n i es

h ath l o ved us a nd w ashed us fro m o ur si ns t o ,

”
H i m be gl o ry fo r eve r Ame n . .

G od g ran t all H is se rv an t s like fai t h t o foll ow

in his s t eps .

Wi t h ki n d r eg ards ‘
,

I am y ou rs si n ce rely , ,

J O HN B EL L ‘
.
’

‘
WATHE N S TATI O N , THY S V I L L E ,
C ON G O FR E E S TA TE , S O U TH -WE S T A F R I CA
‘
.

ja n ua ry
‘
1
5, 1
906 .

MY D EAR M R S BE N TL E v —Th e
. ews o f y o u r
,
n

s a d be re a veme n t a n d o u r g re a t l o ss r e a ched us

l at e o n l as t S at u rd ay eve n i ng I t plu n ged t h e .

wh o l e s ta t i o n in i n t e n se g rief ; b o y s an d gi rls
a like fr o m D r B e n t ley s di s t ric t s at a n d c ried
’
.
,

filli n g t h e s t at i on wi t h t hei r w aili ngs a nd

l a me n t at i o n s But wh at is o ur s orro w c o mp ared
.

wi t h y o u rs a n d wh at c an I s ay t h at can p o s sibly
,

a ll a y y o ur i n t e n s e g rief o r rec o n c ile yo u t o

,

y o u r i rr ep ara ble l o s s ? I f p ra isi n g y o u r bel o ved

hu s b a n d s ge n iu s as a s ch ol ar o r ze al as a
’

missi o nary o r self sac rific e in t h e c au s e o f Ch ris t

,
-

w o uld do it I c o uld fill p age s wi t h si n ce r e

,

eul o gy b ut I fe ar I s h o uld o nly b r i ng y o u r

,

g re at l os s m o r e vividly befo re you a n d in s o ,

d o i n g i n t e n sify y o u r s o rr o w
,
Y ou h a ve l o s t .

a h usb an d wh o was a r e a t missi o n a r y a g r e at

g ,
432 R ec o l lec t i o n s a n d Tes t i m o n i es
To th e b o v e l et ters I wil l now add th e fol
a

l o wi ng m ore o r less fragme ntary remi n isce nc es

, ,

an d t r ibu t e s fr o m v a r i o u s s o u rc es
‘
O n e remembe rs him as a s t udi ous a n d
aspi r i n g e arn es t a nd pe rseve ri ng all rou n d b oy
,
-
.

H e did no t k no w wh at fail ur e was O ne gre at .

fe at u re was t h e g r e at p a i n s he bes t owed in

d o i n g eve ry t hi n g a c c u rat ely and as well as it
was in his p o we r t o do
’
.

‘
Whe n I was a l i t tle b oy H o lm an was t h e
o n e t o wh o m I l o o ked up A n d in l at e r d ays
.

I was gl a d t o k n o w t h at he was at h and t o

help my b rothe r H is name will go d o w n a s
.

o n e wh o h as d o n e g oo d w o r k fo r G o d an d ,

it will eve r b r i n g t o t h e mi n ds of t h o s e
wh o k n ew him l o vi ng rec ollec t i o n s o f a t rue
frie n d
.
’

‘
H is was i n deed a self forge tt i n g life and
-
,

I feel it a p ri vilege t o h ave k now n him as

i nt im at ely as I did s o m an y ye ars ago
,
.
’

‘
Y o u wh o k n o w s o well h o w ardu ous we re
his du t ies will r e ali s e h ow well he dese rves
,

t h e r e s t o f which he saw s o li tt le bel o w an d ,

i n t o which we r ej o i c e t o t hi n k he h as h ad so
a bu n d an t a n e n t ra n ce
’
.

A full and n o ble lifew o rk Th o se wh o k new

.

h im be s t l o ved him m os t O n e fel t such

.

c o nfide n ce in his b ro the rli n ess and sympat hy ,

 A pp r ec i at i v e L ett er s
‘

43 3

especi ally in t imes o f ill n ess H is h o peful n ess .

a n d e arn es t n ess in M issi on w o r k we r e eve r a n

i nspi rat i o n .
’

‘
A h all o wed mem or y o f a sple n did life l ived
t o t h e l a s t in t h e M a s t e r s Se r vi c e H o w my
’
.

t h o ugh ts
g o b a ck t o t h e e a rly d a ys ! B ut t he r e ,

I c an no t w r i t e my he art is s ore far m ore t h an

, ,

I can t ell you .

’

‘
Alw ays t ryi ng t o remembe r t h e o n e g re at
o bj ec t o f life —t o seek t o win o t he rs for J esus .

H e n eve r was t ed t ime n eve r o w n ed t o fat igue

,

whe n t he re was w o rk t o be d o n e ; n eve r sh ra n k

fro m an y task o n a cc o u n t o f di ffic ul t ie s o r
t r ouble ,
b ut eve r s o ugh t t o do t hem as well
’
as t hey c o uld be d o n e .

‘
I h ave n eve r fo rg ot t e n t h e few t imes t h at
it was my p r ivilege t o c o me i n t o cl o se c o n tac t
wi t h D r B e n t ley a nd h ave bee n a be t t e r m an
.

a nd missi o n a r y bec a use o f him

’
.

H is ex ample of e arn es t n ess pe rseve ra n ce

‘
, ,

and h o peful n ess was alway s an i n spi ration .

I am su re t h at th e wh o le he art ed dev ot i o n t o-

t h e w o r k o f Ch ris t in t his l an d h as m ade h is

mem ory ve ry de ar t o l arge n umbe rs H is pl a ce .

c an no t be filled o n th e L o we r C o n g o and t h e ,

ex ample o f c o n sec rat ed ze al — such as he h as

left behi n d — will be s u re t o s t re ng t he n us and
m ake us do all we c an .
’

29
4 34 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a n d Tes t i m o n i es

‘
In him we h a ve i n deed an al m o s t u np aralleled
ex ample o f c o n ce nt rat ed t o il an d c o mple t e co n
se cra ti o n t o t h e M a s t e r s s e rvice whils t th e
’

spe c i al fe a tu res o f h is ch arac t e r which seem eve r

t o h a ve s t ruc k t h o se wh o k n ew him m o s t
i n t im at ely we re h is un selfish dev ot i o n t o his
,

w o rk h is g re at h opeful ness and his m o des t y

, .
’

H e was s o m o de s t an d re t i ri n g t h at it was
n ot u n t il pe o ple e ngaged in c o n ve rs at i o n wi t h

him t h a t t h e ex t e n t o f h is k n o wledge was

r e alised The re was h ardly a subj ec t t h a t c o uld
.

be b roac hed up o n b ut he h ad m ade himself

ac qu a i n t ed wi t h i t
’
.

‘
The re was n o n e o f t h e self c o n s ci o u s meek
-

n es s t h at is s o r ev o l t i n g Religi o us s ayi ng s
.

n eve r c a me ligh t ly fr o m h is lips ; t h e w at e rs

o f his r eligi o us life we r e t o o deep H is r eligi on
.

was p art o f h is i n n e r self

’

“
.

”
‘
O n ly th e day can reve al all t ha t he h as
d o n e for his M a s t e r in t h e l a n d whi c h he
l o ved m or e i n te nsely t h an an y o n e I h a ve eve r
k nown .
’

‘
A s I r e alise t h e fa c t I feel t h at I h ave
i n deed l os t o n e wh o h as be en t o me m ore
t h a n a c o w o rke r wh o h as all o wed me t o e n t e r
-
,

i n t o h is m o re imm m ediate ci rcle o f frie nds .

Th e t h o ugh t o f o ur i n t e r c o u rse l as t week and

w th h i m 18
’

th e j o
y I h a d o f bei n
g i p reci ous .
43 6 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a n d Test i m o n i es

k n o w o ne wh o was s o u nwe ariedly w orki n g fo r

t h e ve r y highe s t e n d
’
.

‘
I t will alw ay s be a n i n spi rat i on o n ly the ,

t h o ugh t o f su c h a l ife I was t hi n ki n g all

.

t h r o ugh t h e s e r vi c e o f t h e a bu n d a n t e n t ran ce
“
he mu s t h ave h a d an d th e g o ld s ilve r a nd , ,

p re c i ous s t o n es t h a t will a lw a ys abide t h e

’
fir e .

Itmus t be a jo y t o you t h at he lived t o

see h is c o urage o u s an d self—de n yi ng l ab ou rs
r ew a r ded I t is m a r vell o u s wh at in a s h o rt
.
,

l ife he was pe rmi tt ed t o a c c o mpli s h

, H is .

dev o t i o n c a rr ied all befo re it eve n t o t h e ,

c o n que r i n g of t h e de adly c lim at e H ad he .

bee n dism a yed in t h e e arly d ay s t h e wh ole ,

p o s i t i on o f t h e M issi o n w o uld h ave bee n pre

c ar i o us
’
.

‘
I c a n n eve r fo rge t t h at it was M r Be nt ley s .
’

le tt e r t h at fi rs t lift ed my t h o ugh t a ga i n t o th e
h o me bey o n d whe n I seemed t o k n o w n o
,

h o pe b u t s t ran gely fan c ied t h e L o rd s fac e w o r e

,
’

a fro w n t o w ard s me an d t h a t eve ry s t ruggle

,

was in v a i n
’
.

‘
I t was o n ly a few d ays ago I h a d a l o n g
a n d mem o rable c o n ve rs a t i o n wi t h D r B e n t ley
‘

a b o u t fu rt he r w o r k afield in t h e l an d t o whi c h
,

he h ad dev o t ed h is u n s elfi s h life a n d for wh o s e ,

s alv at i o n h e c o u n t ed it all jo y t o e n du re p riva

 A W o n der ful L i fe 43 7

i
t on, difficul t y and d ange r We c an o n ly l o o k
, .

bac k wi t h t h ankful n e s s a n d jo y o n h is life ,

wh olly dev ot ed t o th e S a vi o u r and th e g oo d

o f o t he r s
’
.

I t s eemed t o me in L o n d on a t t h e C o n g re s s , ,

t h at he l oo ked like a s o ldie r wh os e figh t wa s

o ve r wh o se w o r k was d o n e j us t w a i t i n g for t h e
, ,

h o me c all H e wa s s o t hi n s o spe nt l o o ki n g
-
.
,
-
,

s o sh ad o wy —a n d n o w h o w t hi n t h e veil
,
h ow ,

s ligh t t h e p art i t i o n ! H e res t s fro m his l a b o u rs ,

a nd t h e w o r k he did he re will a bide fo r eve r ,

a n d his n a me will n eve r be fo rg o t t e n

’
.

‘
Wh at a w o nde rful life y o u r de ar husb a n d s ’

h as bee n ! H is h o me c all will o cc asi on g r ief

-

t o t h o us a n d s in t his l an d a n d in t h e l a n d t h e
,

o t he r S ide o f t h e s ea whe re he h as m a de a n
,

i n cal c ul able diffe r e n ce H is i n flue nc e fo r g o o d

.

will n eve r be l o s t b ut rat he r will i nc r e a se wi t h

,

t h e p as si n g ye ars ; for wh a t n o ble r a n d m o r e

i n flue n t i al w o rk c a n a m an do t h an give a ,

n a t i o n G o d s W o rd in t hei r o wn t o n gue ? a n d
’

wi t h u nspe ak able feli c i t y he is n o w freed fro m

t h e b o n d s an d r es t ri c t i o n s o f t h e flesh in t h e

immedi at e p rese n ce o f h is L o rd a nd t h e Well “ ,

”
d o n e h as c o mpe n s at ed him for all he h as d o n e
a n d s uffe r ed he r e
’
.

‘
Th e l os s t o t h e M issi o n is ve ry gre at b ut we ,

a re S O t h an kful fo r al l he was pe rmi t t ed t o do an d ,

43 8 R ec o ll ec t i o n s a n d Test i m o n i es
fo r t h e way in whi c h he h a s m arked his imp ress
o n th e C on go M i s si o n As I g ro w O lde r I feel
.

m o r e an d m o re h o w r e al is w ork o f t h e o t he r
w orld a n d h o w r e ally t h e w o rk o f t h e o t he r w orld
,

is o ur t r ue life w ork a n d for whi c h a few ye ars o f

,

o ur s oj o u r n o n e a rt h is b ut a ro b a t i o n a n d pre
p
ara t ion
p .

‘
I fel t t h e spell o f his pe rs onali t y wi t h his ,

w o n de r ful p owe rs o f mi n d an d will an d s t ill

g re a t e r gift s o f spi ri t an d m arvel a t his fine ,

i n t ellec t a n d g ras p whi c h t r iumph ed o ve r t h e

h arassi n g w orr ie s o f physical di s c o mfort .
’

I will o n ly a dd t h e follo wing lett er to th e

P re s s fro m P r o fes s o r S ib ree :

‘
To TH E E D I TO R O F TH E WE S TE R N D A I L Y PR E S S .

‘
TH E LATE D R . H O L M A N BE NTL E Y .

—I n th e de at h
'

‘
S IR ,
H olm an B e ntley
of Dr .

s cie n ce h a s s uffe r ed a d o uble l o s s fo r n o t o n ly ,

h ad he redu c ed t o w ri t i n g t h e l a n gu age o f th e
C o n g o dis t r ic t a n d t hu s re n de red i n v alua ble
,

s e r vi c e t o t h e s t udy o f l a ngu age in g en e ral b ut ,

he h ad al s o p a id s p eci a l a t te n t i o n t o t h e rem a i n s
o f t h e pr e his t o r i c age o f t h a t p a r t o f t h e c o u n t ry
-

in whi c h h is w o r k lay H e h ad n o t o n ly b ro ugh t

.

b a ck wi t h h im a fin e c ollec t i o n o f s t one im ple

4 40 R ec o l lec t i o n s a n d Test i m o n i es

B e n t ley p ro ved t o be peculi arly equipped as

,

he was fo r w o r k which requi res no t o nly a n

a dequ at e k n o wledge o f l a ngu ag e a nd cus to ms ,

b ut a s o u n d c ri t ic al fa cul t y
.

S I BREE
.
’

TH E EN D .
 I N DE X

AKU , 2 8 , 1 6 0 , 2 c o ll
’
Ben tley s 4 05
ap se,

Alp h ab et, fi xin g th e C o n go , D r th in k s h e will

. re
6 c o v er , 4 08
An n iv ersary m eetin gs , 3 7 1 death , 4 09
An twerp E xh ib i ti o n , 3 6 8 app r ec i ati o n s of, b
y
Ap p earan ce o f n ati ves , 1 2 9 Bell, R ev J, 4 1 8 . .

Ar th i n gto n , Ro b t of L eeds,
. C o m b er , R ev T . .
J.
,
22 1 1 5 2 1 1 5 9 1 1 74
g
Arth i n ton S tati on ,
0

1 03 , 1 31 S i b r ee, P r o f E 4 3 8 .

Week s , Rev JH , 43 1
.
,

. . .

BABY i n fluen c e, 1 99 , 2 09 G ov er n m en t, 3 07 , 3 8 5
Baluti , 2 4 3 , 2 5 7 Berli n T reaty, 1 5 5
Ban kwa, 1 3 8 Bi b les i n H o tels , 3 45
Bell, l . 3 7 9 . 3 83 Bi g s , J 1 8 9 , 2 04 , 2 2 5 , 2 2 9
g
Bell, Mrs J, 3 8 8 Bi lli n gto n , A , 2 04
Bir th s —o f
. . .

Ben tley, W H olm an , b i rth ,

. I son , 1 87 , of
b apti s m , 6 daugh ter , 3 66
di strib utes trac ts , 9 Bourn em outh , goes to , 3 93
th i n k s of U rum aia, 9 Boy tak en b y c ro c o dile, 34
b egi n s to th i n k of
C o n go , 1 2 C AM E R O N , G R R . . .
,
232,
341 ,
ac c ep ted fo r C o n go , 1 5
fi rst s ervi c e i n C on go , C asem en t, R oger , E s q , 3 42 .

43 C atec h i s m , o l d R o m a 11
deli c ac y, 5 3 C ath oli c , 1 7 7
n ati v e n am es , 5 3 , 6 0, Ch ar ter s , D , 2 04 , 2 3 2
.

14
3
m arr i age, 1 6 0
b li n dn es s , 1 6 2
s ettles at W ath en , 2 3 5
dec orated, 3 9 0
m edal awar ded
li terary wor k , 3 9 0
C h ri s tm as tr eat t o b o ys, 2 5 6
C h urc h for m ed 2 5 7
r ules , 2 5 8
fun d, 6
Clo th in gs uitab le for n atives ,
fo r 9
C o m b er , T J, sp eaks at
. .

p h th i si s , 3 9 3
wri tes h is b o ok , 3 9 5
fi rs t furlo ugh , 1 5 0 —1 7 7
s ec o n d furlo ugh , 3 6 3
3 66
th ir d fur lo ugh , 39 1 —
fo ur th furlough , 4 0 1
’
D oc to r s D egr ee c on
C lap to n , 1 2
n ati ve n am e o f
, 5 9
s h o t at M aku ta,
59
letter fr o m , 1 5 9
death o f, 2 05
3 96 C om b er M em o ri al S tation ,
3 80
Co m b er , P E , 1 8 0,
. .

ferr ed, 4 0 2 36 2
4 44 I n dex

C o ngo flag, 4 1 HAI L E S , Miss L de, 3 77 .

C u s t , D r , 2 84 , 3 7 4
.
H arv ey, Oh , 3 49 .

H elp ers i n D i c ti on ary work

D ARB Y , R D . .
,
1 77 , 2 1 0, 2 2 2 ,
H Wh ite tran sc rib es ,
.

2 32 1 62
D arli n g, F , 1 7 9 , 2 2 7 , 2 5 3
.
wife, 1 6 2
D avi es , P , 1 80 , 2 3 5 , 2 82 , 3 7 8
.
M iss Bessi e Payn e, Miss
D eath s of JBi ggs , 2 2 5 .
F P ayn e, M iss N
. .

C o m b er , T J ,
2 0 5 . .
O ram , 1 63
C om b er , P E , 3 6 2 . .

D arlin g, 2 2 7 I D E AS , E ducation , 6 3
on
D av ies , P , 3 7 8 .
on sub stati o n u o ut
.

P ople, 3 83
p os ts , 2 7 3
S h in dler , as t o g i vi n g a w ay o f
S lade, A D , 3 4 2 . .
b ooks , 2 8 7
S p eari n g, M is s , 2 2 7 duti es of n ativ e C h ris
W h itley, H G , 2 2 5 . .
tian s , 2 7 2
o f a s ub c h i ef, 3 1 5 -
o n t ran slatio n , 2 8 5
D eputatio n work , a h in d I m p ortati o n of alc oh o l
r an c e, 1 52 li m it ed, 3 5 3
a J
oy, 4 04 I n c ub ator , 1 8 6
I n gelez o , 9 7 , 1 1 3
E L E PHAN TS , 3 1 2
I reb o,
E m i n Bey E xpedition , 1 9 7 —
I ti n erati o n s , 1 89 , 3 1 0 3 3 9
E n glish , wh y n ot to b e
t augh t . 2 7 1 , 3 44
JO U R N E Y S , s p ec i al, to S tan ley
P o ol, 7 3
FAV O U RI TE S , 6 4
Fevers o n th e m arc h , 1 1 0,
with th e Kin g, 6 6
L o an go, 1 0 8
190
Ben tley, M r s , 3 5 5 .
Kwan gu, 81 1
up ri v er to Ban gala, 2 0 4
'

Ben tley, M r , 3 7 7
-

L ak e Ma n tum b o , 2 1 3
.

C am er on , Mr , 3 7 2
L ake Man tum b a , 2 1 3
.

D avi es , M r , 3 7 8 .

S olo n go , 2 4 2
Fo o d di ffi c ulti es , 9 8 , 1 9 6
S S alvado r , 2 45
Fi rs t fo ur p i o n eers , 1 6 .

Fun eral s er vic e at Tyn dale Ki m p es e, 3 3 1

40 9
G O V E RN O R Wab is , 3 5 2
G rah am , R H C , 1 77
G renfell, 7 3 , 1 8 1 , 2 3 1 , 2 5 5
Ap pr ec i ation
jo u r ne ys , 1 8 3
G uin n ess , D r H , 3 6 1
Kin suka, 3 48
Z om b o, 3 79
S tan ley Falls , 3 8 0
. . . P alesti n e an d E gyp t, 3 9 2
Fr en c h C ongo , 40 1
of h is
KAV O LO N don do , 3 77
. . Kin g P edro V , 40 , 43 .
,
66 , 89
4 46 I n d ex
P urc h ase of groun d fro m Tran slation of n am es , 2 82
n ati ves ,
93 N ewTestam en t fi n is h ed,
365
RAI N go ds , 7 9 Tran sp ort of th e P eac e,
’

Ri c h ards , H o f . 22 1 1 1
Ri c h ards , M , 2 1 0 , . 2 22
,
232 Travellin g experi en c es , b est
Riv er C o n go , 2 8 ti m e for , 3 6
i n S p an i sh b oar din g
h ouse, 2 3
S A N S A L VA D O R , 4 1 , 8 9
r ai n , 3 9
S avage, desc r ip tion of a
th e wh ite m an s
’

1 39 ‘
feti sh es , 7 5
’

S ch o ols , argum en t agai n s t

b utter fl i es , 7 6
t oo early s tar t, 2 6 4
arriv al at S tan ley P ool,
argum en t i n fav our o f,
81
62 , 70
vi s it o f a h ip p o p o tam us ,
lar ge, 2 66
8
advan tages o f b oarding
c an oe o v ert ur n ed, 2 3 7
s s tem , 2 6 7
y water , 7 8 , 2 4 7
no
gro wth of, 3 6 8 r ailwayexp erien c es , 3 8 1
S h i n dler , H , 1 7 7 , 2 2 7
Tun gwa, 3 1 3 , 3 2 7 , 3 7 6
.

S lade, A D , 2 6 1 , 3 4 2
. .

S im s , D r A , 2 3 0, 3 5 5
. .

S i n gin g, 2 0 0 V I S I TS of G ov ern or s ,
S leep 5 4 , 8 7 . 3 9 7
Z
S leep i n g S i c k n es s , 1 7 6 Wath en S ir C h arles , 3 5 5
,
S m allp ox, 3 4 8 W ath en U n iversity, a p ossi
S o ap m aki n g, 5 1
-
b ility, 3 5 5
S p earin g, M i ss , 1 8 5 , a b egi n n in g, 3 75
S tan ley, S i r H M , 8 7 , 1 3 3 , Web b , D r S R , 3 6 7 ,
—
. . . . .

1 95 3 73
37 2
S tay I n N orm an dy, 1 6 9 Weeks , J H . 1 6 0 .
,
h i te, H , 1 6 2 .

TE L E G RAPHY , 3 47
Wh itley, 2 04 , 2 2 5
Tem p er an c e S oc i ety, fo rm a
Wi tc h cr aft, 1 1 7
ti o n o f, 3 7 0
Work , m eth od in , 1 6 5
v ari ety o f, 4 9
Ti p pu Ti b , 1 9 7
Tr an slati on , 2 77 —
s tr es s o f, 2 3 3 , 3 9 6 , 4 0 0
2 87
advi c e r e, 2 8 5
Writin g un der di f culti es , fi
1 62
h in dr an c es , 1 2 6
diffi c ulti es o f s p ec i al
wo rds , 1 66 , 2 7 9 Z O M BO . 3 5 9 , 3 79

UNWI N BROTHERS , LI MI TED , THE G R ES HAM PR ES S , WO KIN G AN D LO N DO N .

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Ill ustration s .
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Mr Love t t s b ook , th e on ’
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y ly lm
.

aut ob iogr ap h wr itt en b y Ch a ers s h or t b efore h is dea th Ti m es . .

I i t h b s mi it e y b i g ph y h
es t h
ss onar p d d i h l w y
o ra t at as ap eare ur ng t e as t t en t

y ears. I i b k h t wi ll l i
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.

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Ab k
.

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k h pl
“
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'

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te te to et r es e ero cs ta e t e a ce o ac t o n. az y e s .

Al g h to b igh
et er, m k il f l
no r i f mi i
t er or y lif ore s u narrat ve o ss onar e ro t e
w ll p b li h d
hi —
su bj i ec t v e as f m h bj i
e p i
as f i w h
ro t e o b ec t ve o nt o -
v e - as ever een u s e

th an t Sp
s. ec ta tor .

I i b k h
t s a h ld i h t at s ou i dfi h l f ll wh l dy
r vet t e attent on an
—R d
oo re t e z ea o a o a rea

f F i Mi i
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.

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ll —
are S p ar n

kf
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” '

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“
a or a . .

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a S c en e he n ev er expec t ed t o se e. ec ta tor .

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nu m e r o us a n ec do t es wh i c h M r at t h ews h as t o t e of h is own perso na ri enc es

dur i ng t h ir t yy
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ab e reco rd of Ch ris t ian ac t ivi t y fr o m t h e t er r ib e l
t im es o f pe rs ec ut i o n u n der ! u een R a vnna ro l
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t o th e en d o f t h e
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na t i ve m onarc h y and th e es t ab i s h m en t o f th e a t es t ch ape s a nd sc h oo s

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e v e n ts o f t h e
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l
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and be rea d b y all fri ends '
of m is s io ns .

Th e Gla sgow H er a ld s a s y
M r M at th ews wri tes with auth ori t , b ut h e is y
y y
a n t h in g b u t a dr asdus t an d h e s e es n o r ea s o n wh y t h e h um or ous s ide of m is s ion
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sc

perenn i a fas c ina t i o n s o or en ta t rav e are we re flec t ed in M rs Ben s l

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a n d a c o n c udin
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l l l
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a n d in t eres t o f t h e v o um e 1 1¢e l .
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LO N D O N : TH E RE L IG I O U S TRAC T S O C I E TY .
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LI S T O F BIO G RAPHIC AL WO RKS

He n ry M a r t yn , S a in t a n d S c h o la r .

Fir st M oder n M is s io n ary t o t h e M o h a m m eda n s . 1 7 8 1- 181 2 .

“
By G E O R G E S M I TH , LL D . .
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L ife of A l exan der D uff,
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l y
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. .

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l l l ly
wh o, wh i e re a t ing h im s e f wh o les o m e in t h is way t o t h e res t o f h is felows, in l
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. .

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t ea c h in g of C h r is ti an i t y
ab r oad h av e t o en c o u n t er Th e narr at iv es o f t h ose wh o
s u r v iv ed t h e Boxer o ut ra ges h a v e t o a grea t ex te n t b een p ac ed b e for e t h e p u b i c,
.

l l
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F ll l
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seq uence, wit h a gen era s u rv e l y
o f t h e c o n di ti o ns t h a t led up t o t h e ri s m g Th us h e
ly
.

furn is h e s a co m pr eh e n si v e acc o un t o f t h e s u ffer in gs an d t ragic fat e o f t h e

l
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vi ct i m s, b ut
presen t s a m a ss o f evi de n ce t h at s t uden t s of t h e m em ora b e ev ents t h a t
l
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o n t h e E m b as s ie s m ay fin d i ns t ru c t i v e ; an d i t is n ot e
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C h ina a ga in st fo rei gn er s t o t h e Ger m a n seiz ure o f Kiao Ch an Bay in 1 8 9 7 Th is
ll l l
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m fo o wed b y c ai m s fr om o t h er Power s , an d t h en c a m e th e r eform i ng po icy o f

t h e E m per or , whi ch in te ns i fied t h e s p ir i t of rea c t ion Th is b oo c o nt ai ns m an k — y
l k
.

s et ch es o f t h os e wh o su fi ered M om mg
”
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— l d will k l l
as
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Th is simp e un pret ent io us rec or ta e i ts p ac e a mong m is s ionary c ass i cs.

“ l ¢ Br i t is h Week ly
Th e dist in ctive fea ture
.

of th is w k i i
or s ts com p reh en siven ess. —
T ke Glasgow

LO N D O N : THE R E L IG I O U S TR A CT S O C I E TY .
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T h o m a s W a k e fi el d ,
Mi s s i o nary and G eog phi c l Pi o nee in East ra a r Eq ua to r ial
Af i r c a.

By E s . . WA KE FI ELD .

Wi th a Portrait an d Ill u t ti
8 s ra ons . Lar g C e ro wn 8vo
Cl th gi l t
.

o , 6d .

M p i dly h p th mi h h v b t d d di t i h t
ll d f f h; b i g ph y f m W k fi ld wh did bl w k
ore ra e s, an a e een ex pe c e a seco n e on as
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ss o n ar y an eo ra ca o neer n as u a or a r ca. e s or y s o
m i uno s t e f h
b v m B id v i i h G ll
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w k wh i h w w th i l
a ra e a n.
g i d b h R l G g ph i l S m
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or c as or y r ec o n ze e o ya eo r a ca o so
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Ti S m co ts
b v d l if M W k fi l d i w ll k w i
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t
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no n
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yi e co n t r to
i R y l G g p h i l S i ty
e o s c rc es as a s s o n ar n as er n ua or a r c a. u e

d m f b i t —
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Gilm o u r of M o n go l i a .

His Di ar i es, Letter s , an d Rep o r ts .

Ed it OV E TT M A
ed and arranged b y R I CH AR D L , .

Wi th t i t d th Illu t t i Cl th a 6d
.

Por C w 8
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h t b l fidditi h mb f imp iv d to t e nu
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on er o r es s e an
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o ra es o y a on an ac a . n tu z ee .

Th e A ut h or of t h e “ Pe e p of Da y .
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i
Be ng t h e L fe S i to ry of M r s M o rt i m er
. .

M EY ER By h er n ece, i M rs
With I t du t i F B ME
. .

b y th R an n ro c on e ev . Y E R, BA
Wi th Ph t g u P t i t d Ill t t i C w 8 Cl th 3
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or or e o on s s o you u r ea ers a e
"
m f m h coni
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Ph i l i p M e l a n c ht h o n , 1 4 9 7 — 1 5 6 0;
By th e R ev G E O R G E W I L S O N M A
Wi th a Portrai t and Illustrat ions Cro wn 8 o Cloth 2s 6d
. . .
,

m p t f m ll t h t
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Th i b k W i l
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d y i t lli t d d t
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s oo es n c ear an co ac or a a an n e en r ea er n ee s o

f th i g i pt
ou t
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: rea eo o an o e s on as a s ec a
no a
t m dh db
e or a o n. r .

a n us cr
s

h h i m lf w
on t uen c e o
ll d w y
e e an n s r ea a n , an a a re co e e e
wh en e se as c a e a a .

L O N D O N : THE RE L I G I O U S T R A CT S O C I E T Y .
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By th e BI S H OP OF DU RH .

T h o u gh t s f o r t h e $ u n d a ys of t h e Y e a r .

By th Righ t R H AN D L E Y C G M O U LE D D
e ev . . . , . .
.

Bi h p of D u h m s o r a .

Wi t h a P h ot og u P t ai t f th e A uth o C rown 8 o Cl oth

r av re or r o r y
P n t tio E diti o padded past g ain 6 n t
.

gil t 3
.

6d
, s . . res e a n n. e r , 8. e

Th i n t a h pt i n th b o k whi c h doe not yi l d om

ough t —
er e s o c a er e o s e s e
wi di ti hi g om b i g th
“ m ”
se r ec on , s o R d
e s ear c n or s e rac n ecor
Th i l ivi g t h l gi wh i b ett r q u l ifi d to writ
. .

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ere s no n eo o an o s e a e e
u h w k th "
s c a D or an r o e ec a or
M t h l p f l m di t t i n h r t i d b y fine xpo itio
. . .

os e u e a o s. c a ac er se e s n.
w dd d t a
e e dm i b l e t yl an d sat ur ted with a b eauti ful pi it
o n a ra s e. a s r

f d oti n "
o ev E x mim o .
- a r.

By B S H O P W E L L D ON I .

Y o u t h a n d D u ty
S er m o n s to Ha r r o w S c h o o lb o ys .

By th e R g i h t R J E C WE LL D ON D D D ev f M an ean o
h t m t i m Bi h p f C l utt Auth o f I B li
.
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,
. .
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c es er , s o e e s o o a c a. r o e eve.
e c.t With a P h t g u P t it C w 8 Cl th gi l t o o rav re or r a . ro n yo . o ,

3s 6d . .

M an y o ld H arrow b oys will

b e ad to see i n a perm anen for m . gl t
l l ti h th ih
,

a c arefu se ec on o f th e ser m on s preac ed ere b y B s op

hi l
Welldon w e H eadmas er of th e rea sc oo t g t h l .

By c . H S PU R G E ON
. .

G r ac e T r i u m p h a n t .
A S er ie s of S er m o n s , h lt h ert o u n p ub li s h ed .

By C H A R L E S H AD D ON S P U R G E ON .

Wi t h a Ph t ogr a u e F onti piece C rown 8 c

o v r r s . v .
3 s 6d . .

H ere we h v a et p h whi h fif t een ser m o n s by t hi s no ed reac er c

h v v bf
a e n e er pp d i p i t Th y h
e ore a ll t h h ear e n r n e ave a e c ar ac
d h i m t h d wh i h h m d th m o
.

t i ti
er s f th
cs o m e an a n s e o s c ave a e e s
wi d l y e d dr ea g t i fl an f g d so Th i pt rea an n uen c e or oo ere s an a
di fi d t p p l t S i pt u t ki g h l d f
.

t
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n ess , a rec n ess , a c o n en a ea o cr re. a a n o o

S i pt
cr p m ur e d pp li t i f S i pt u l
ro i s es , an t th an a ca on o cr re ess o n s o e
d i l y li f d h bi t f th p pl whi h h v m d th m p w
—
a e an a s o e eo e c a e a e e a o er
f l i flu yN w
"
u n f g d
en c e Clm h F mi l or oo rc a e s
Th y ll t p i m int d p h pul pit
. .

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ut t li g t h t i t i t y f f l i g d t gt h f
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whi h h
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Ch r i sti an .

L O ND O N : THE R E L I G I O U S T RAC T S O CI E T Y .
 OW N By R ev . C H A RL E S B R .

L I G H T A N D L I FE .

With a Ph ot ogra u Po t it of th Autho C own s v re r ra e r. r v a,

l t h gi l t 3 6 d
“
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i mply w itt —Tb

.
,

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f hum c on a n e en , s ear c n an a se s o an
m t iv ; th y ib t wi t h f l i g ; t h y t ly p
l —
o es e v ra e ee n e ar e i n en se rac

ti “
ca Th D ily N w
”
e a e s
Th h m k M B w qu i t
. .

wh ose o f th
ere a e r ro n s
’
ac a n an ce or e

fi t t i m wi ll b l t u d t d t h pi i t u l di t
.

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Wor ld .

By R ev w . . H . THOM AS
G R I FFI TH , B D . .

TH E A PO S T L E PET E R .

O u t li n e S t u d ie s i n h i s L if e , C h arac t er,
a n d W r i t i n gs .

With Po t i t of th Auth o Crown 8 o

a P h otog rav ur e r ra e r. v ,

l t h gil t 3 6 d
“
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h l p ful b k f Bib l l d p i t tud t

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”
It i s a e oo or e c as se s an r va e s en s .

co s an
Th m b i f xp i t i full f l u mi i t
.

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—
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r o as s u r e e os on s a re o no s n er
P l i h t
.

p t
re at i f S t
on s t f d o Ti B it i h
. e er s
’
e an c arac er .
”
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W kly ee

It i l um f h l hi p f igi l w k nd i ight
.

—p Ex
s a vo
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y Times
e o
.
sc o ar s , o or na or a ns .

B y R ev . w . L . W A T KI N S ON .

T H E AS H ES O F RO S ES , A N D O TH ER
BI B L E S TU D I ES .

With a P hotog ravure P t aitor r of th e Aut h or . C rown 8 v o,

c l oth gi l t , 3s . 6d .

N o n c o n fo rrm ty h as few m or e r
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an or ntere s n
pr eac er s b i ll i t i ti g h
th an t h e Re v W L Wa k n s on H i s c o m m en s a r e ti t
v pl il t th i i
. . .

n e er c o m m o n ac e, wh s e r expre s s o n i s o f en m arked t
pt b il l t lt t
,

—
b y an a n e s s an d r i an c
y n ot o f en fo u n d i n i e ra ure o f
t hi“
s or de r
”
l e R ecor d
ig l t b vi t li it i ll ti
. .

For o r i n a i y, y, an d fe c y of Mr
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re u st ra on ,
Watk i n son s serm on s s an d w o u a r al ” l e Br i t ts ! : t ith t iv
.

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.

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.
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L O ND O N : THE R E L I G I O U S T RA C T S O CI E T Y .
 Th e B lb lé H a n d b oo k .

An I ntroducti on to th e S tudy of Holy S c ripture .

O S E PH ANG U S D D
By th e l at e J , . .

New Ed i ti on th o rou b ly Rev in par R e-wr i sed, and t i tt en by

S A M E L G G R EE N, D D . . .

A uth or of A H an d ook of C urc H s ory, etc

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b h h it .

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Th e B b l e Handb ook h as b een en re y re-cas and ar l y te-wri en I n ti l t p t '
tt
it i v i i t
w ll b e a al uab l e a id t o t h e B b l ca l s udent and to th e in
.

it s n ew for m
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t t t
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'

D A gu Bi b l H db k h f h lf t u y h ld it g u d
. .
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r n s e an oo as or a a cen r e s ro n as a

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s e or ly b ar w i tt e d ar s a e nec essar i een re- r en , an a
t f v l b l i f m t i h b— i p t d th t th v lu f
.

a m o un o a ua e n or a on as een n co r or a e so a e a e o
lw k i g tl y h d B ti k W kly .

h
’
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‘

t e ori na or s rea en anc e n s ee

mp h i v h t f th i b k i it ut tandi g fe tu Th
. .

Th e co re en s e c ar ac er o s oo s s o s n a r e. e
fi t p t f t h v l um t
rs ar o t f Th Bibl B k - to th l gu g
e o e r ea s o e e as a oo as e an a es
in wh i h i t w w i tt
c th as f m ti f th
r en ,
n d th n i t vri
e or a on o e can o an e a c en e s on
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,

es o ns o d it e ex an s cr c s ns ra i o a ec a s o e or
h vi g b di t b j t f i t p t t i i n id d , ,

a n ee n d th g sc usse e r ea su ec o n er re a o n s co s e re
f ll w d b y h pt t dy f th S i ptu “ in l t i t d t i
, ,

o o e th
a c a er o n d
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lif Th dm i p f h w k d l wi t h Th B k f t h Bi b l
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e. e seco n a n art o t e or ea s e oo s o e e,
an dh th t d t i t d d t th i u p t i
ere e s u en f H l y S ip t u
s i n ro uce o e var o s or on s o o cr re.

gr o uped and an a l ysed .

’
Tb e Ch r i sti a n .

A H an db oo k of C h u rc h H i s t o ry .

Fr o m th e A pos t o lic E ra to th e Dawn o f t h e

R e fo r m at ion .

AM U E L G G RE E N D D By S .
, . .

Auth f A H db k f O ld T t m nt H b w
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or o ta an oo o es a e e re , e

W th F ull D t Ch i l gi l T bl and I d x a es , rono o ca a es, n e .

64 p g 6 t 0 a es. 8. ne .

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r o ses o e s en e o n s e arra e en c
in tyl d ti ly wi th t b i wh l
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,

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t bl W ll f l t i t u
a a i aci i at e t t b k A t th m t m th h i t y i
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e as a ex - oo e s a e i e e s or s
tly dap t d f wh will fi d
.

e mi nen th
a g l d e or b i Ct wh i h i
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o ft en ren d
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d f h im ere pp h b l b y th d y d t h l m th d f
or una ro ac a e e r an ec ni c a
,
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t s r at d lt m h i
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It p b l d l id ti wh i ti g
.

is a ca a e an m t u di t uc narra ve, o see s o s ccee n rea n a

i t i t bli h i g y p ti d t i —
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s or 43c
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no t n ent n es a s l n an ar z an oc r n e. e z i nes

i t t g y p ti vi w f th hi t y f h W t Ch h
.

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c D il yN w a e s.
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v es a n a
p e anf b j w n eres n resen a on o a su ec c as o en
been m d p ll t b y h m
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.

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s a ar e o cld ea n ess . e as o er a .

LO ND ON : THE R E L I G I O U S T R A CT S O C I E TY .
 THE R E L I G I O U S TRA C T S O C I E TY S ’

E D I TI O N S O F

TH E P I L G R I M S ’
PR O G R E S S .

W I TH I LL U S TRA TI O N S BY HA R O L D C O PPIN G .

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th orough ly re v ise d in th e igh t of th ose editio ns especiai ly th e l —
l
E ev en th , wh ich was is sued j ust pri or to h i s death wh ic h h ad t h e —
adva n tage o f carefu revisio n b y Buny l an h i m se f I t c aim s, th ere l . l
fo re, to b e one of th e m os t acc ura te yet pri n t ed
l
.

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’

q
d realiz atio ns o f Bun yan s m eaning
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and V lv l .

THE PI L G R I M S PR OG R E S S '
.

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ful -page illustratio ns, b eautifully printed in dup e l
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TH E PI L GR I M S PRO G R E S S
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6s net é .

TH E PLL GR I M S PR O G R E S S ’
.

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TH E PI L G R I M S PR O G RE S S
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.

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co l l
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tions . L arge cr o wn 8 vo , l
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T H E PI L G R I M S PR O G R E S S
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.

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TH E PIL G R I M S PR O G R ES S
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.

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Il ustra t ed pa per cov er, 3d .

 THE R E L I G I O US TRA C T S OC I ETY S
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ED I TI O N S O F

G RAC E A BO U N D IN G .

wr r n I L L U S TR A TI O N S BY HA R O L D C O PPi N G .

Th e text work h as b een th o rough ly revised b y th e E igh th

of th e
E di ti on
. Th at edition was regist ered ess t h an th ree m on th s prio r to l
Joh n Bunyan s death , and con ta ins all h is own l at es t correctio m
’
.

l
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Th e Pi lgrim s Progress
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h as b een prep ared especially for th ese edit ions

l l
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ing th e ch arac ters in Bun ya n s
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l
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b een , it is n ot too m uch t o say, q ui te as suc c ess fu in b rin ging to th e

m ind of th e m odern reader vi vid realisa tio ns o f Bunyan s m ean ing in
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G race A b oundi ng as h e was in Th e Pilgri m s Progr es s

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.

G RA C E A BO U N DI N G TO TH E C H I E F O F
S I N N E R S IN A FA I TH FU L A C C O U N T O F
THE L I FE AN D D E ATH O F J O H N BU N Y A N ,
O R, A BR I E F R E L A TI O N O F T HE EX C E E D
I N G M E R C Y O F G O D I N C H R I S T TO m m .

A n E dition de L ux e .

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GRA C E A BO U N D I N G .

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G R A C E A BO U N D I N G .

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G RA C E A BO U N D I N G .

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By KA R L V O N HAS E .

Trans l ated fro m th e G erm an , an d Edited with N ot es,

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By A . W . S TRE A N E , D D . .

( Fell o w and som etim e D ean of Corpus Ch ri sti Co ll g

e e, Cam b ridge) .

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o es , ro ya l8 vo , b uck ram gi t , 4 80 l and 5 7 2 pages , 21 5 .

Th e Tr i b un e As m pl t e e a s tatem ent o f th e an ti R om an pos itio n in

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th eo l ogy as any on e c ou ld w an t
”

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.

Th e R ecor d — Th e G erm an work , of wh ic h th ese t wo l

vo um es are a

t ran s l atio n , h as l ong b een k n o wn as a storeh ouse o f argum en t agai ns t th e

l
c ai m s o f th e Ch urch of V on Hase s posi tion as an h istorian gav e to
R om e .
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th e work a degree
“
o f aut h o rity wh ich n o c rit icism h as b een ab e to destroy
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l .

S cotsm an . No on e wi ll d o ub t th at th is Sch o l ly
ar v ers ion of so im portant
a work s ub stant ia ll y en ri ch es th e Eng ish l l it erature o f ecclesias tica l con
”
t rov ersy .

M o d e r n Ro m e i n M o d e r n E n gla n d .

Bei n g s om e t h e Rom an C at h o li c Rev i v a l i n

A c c o un t of

E n glan d du r i n g t h e Ni n et een t h Cen t ury .

By PH I L I P S ID N E Y ,

Auth or of A H istory of t h e Gun powder P ot l .

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an d c o n c u des th at R o m e wi n ot
progress fii rth er un ess sh e cease to b e a
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esui ts from th e fi rst form a m ission l of th e s o ciety t o E ng an d l .

Th e Dun dee Cour i er . Free from a ll r e l igi ous ran cour , an d o n

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ly an xi ous

to stat e th e fac ts , th e aut h o r o f th is exce en t ll work h as done goo d s er v i ce - in

sh o win g th at th ere is n o c ause for t oo m uch l

a arm an d un easin ess over
presen t
”
day R om ish pro pagan da in any of its di verse aggressi ve form s .