. The heart of Central Africa; mineral wealth and missionary opportunity. d, I went at once to the manager of allthis group of mines, Mr. Howard Moffat, who isa grandson of Robert Moffat and a nephew ofDavid Livingstone, and asked his permission tohold services there. jNIr. Moffat was very willing,and all through those five months stay gave allpossible assistance. He gave me the use of the mine interpreters,and, from that first Sunday until we left, I con-tinued to hold regular meetings on the compound. There was also a group of thirty-two Zulu-speaking natives. They had worked on the rail-way
. The heart of Central Africa; mineral wealth and missionary opportunity. d, I went at once to the manager of allthis group of mines, Mr. Howard Moffat, who isa grandson of Robert Moffat and a nephew ofDavid Livingstone, and asked his permission tohold services there. jNIr. Moffat was very willing,and all through those five months stay gave allpossible assistance. He gave me the use of the mine interpreters,and, from that first Sunday until we left, I con-tinued to hold regular meetings on the compound. There was also a group of thirty-two Zulu-speaking natives. They had worked on the rail-way as linkers-in and were now waiting here idlefor the road to proceed, being rationed by thecontractors. They were recommended to me asbeing the worst crowd about the camp. Thatwas saying a good deal, but the reputation wasverified. Having nothing to do, and being atliberty to earn all the spending money theywanted, they gave themselves up to hard drink-ing and native women. As they were called :Mission Boys, I beganan investigation. I found one of their number H w^y; K. The Call of the Interior. 65 was a man, perhaps thirty years old, by the nameof Jacob. He was a tall, raw-boned Matebele whohad once attended a mission school for six one of his companions testified that theyhad never known Jacob to drink or join any oftheir carousals. He was fond of singing hymnsand had taught them to the others, and it wastheir nightly and prolonged hymn-singing thathad given them the title of Mission of the others had ever attended a mission. But several said they would like to learn andwere willing to build a little mud hut for a school-house and chapel. Jacob, who could just managea primer and hymn book, offered his services asa teacher, free of charge, and so there was soonquite a little night school. As has already been related, Jacob joined uswhen we proceeded from Broken Hill and went thewhole 1,500 miles to Angola to school. , I also began holding services for Eu
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