WHolman Bentley ; the life and labours of a congo pioneer . ply justified. Chapter IIThe Voyage Out Waiting to strive a happy strife^To war ivith falsehood to the knife.^ Tennyson. IT was at the Quarterly Meeting of its Com-mittee on January 15, 1879, that the BaptistMissionary Society, having before it the pioneerjourney of Messrs. Grenfell and Comber, un-animously resolved to establish a Mission to thenatives of the Congo, and accepted Rev. H. , from Rawdon College, as one ofthe colleagues who should go out with At a special meeting on February20th, Holman Bentley was
WHolman Bentley ; the life and labours of a congo pioneer . ply justified. Chapter IIThe Voyage Out Waiting to strive a happy strife^To war ivith falsehood to the knife.^ Tennyson. IT was at the Quarterly Meeting of its Com-mittee on January 15, 1879, that the BaptistMissionary Society, having before it the pioneerjourney of Messrs. Grenfell and Comber, un-animously resolved to establish a Mission to thenatives of the Congo, and accepted Rev. H. , from Rawdon College, as one ofthe colleagues who should go out with At a special meeting on February20th, Holman Bentley was also accepted for theCongo, together with Mr. J. S. Hartland, ofCamden Road Church. The party was desired by the Committee to beready to start by the end of April, and the inter-vening weeks were busily occupied in this, and the fact that he couldnot leave his desk at the Bank until March 15th,Holman found time to visit some of the people hewas trying to help, and two of the Sunday after-noons were spent in tract THE FIRST FOUR MISSIONARIES TO THE CONGO. HOLMAN BENTLEY, H. E. CRUDGINGTON, J. S. HARTLAND,T. J. AND MRS- COMBER. [To face page i6. Valedictory Service at Clapton 17 Mr. Crudoringrton writes of those weeks :— I well remember our preparing for our workon the Congo, making out lists and putting downsuggestions of things we might need, and cur-tailing these again to absolute necessities. Theywere days full of hopeful joy, and great anticipa-tions of work in the future. We met in eachothers homes, and one thing struck me veryforcibly—Holman had a tender, sensitive heart,thouorh strono- in the consciousness of Divine o o leading in the step he was taking. There was a Valedictory Service at the DownsChapel, Clapton, where the friends were invitedto examine the outfit deemed necessary for theCongo. There was, first of all, the tent, with bedand blankets and wash-basin, soap, towel, &c. :everything necessary had to be provided.
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