Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . mpathy with the work, and possessing thatrare and most precious quality of concentration in purpose, hewas an ideal workman—the very man, it seemed to me, to giveto the Baganda—as one divinely appointed to the task—thatj)riceless gift, the Word of God in their own tongue. On the way up-country I had had many a talk with Pilkington,and found that it was as much his hope as mine that at no distantdate the Baganda might possess the Scriptures. A programme of work was sketched out—the Scriptures, theBook of Common Prayer, a Hymn-Book. and a Grammar for theu
Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . mpathy with the work, and possessing thatrare and most precious quality of concentration in purpose, hewas an ideal workman—the very man, it seemed to me, to giveto the Baganda—as one divinely appointed to the task—thatj)riceless gift, the Word of God in their own tongue. On the way up-country I had had many a talk with Pilkington,and found that it was as much his hope as mine that at no distantdate the Baganda might possess the Scriptures. A programme of work was sketched out—the Scriptures, theBook of Common Prayer, a Hymn-Book. and a Grammar for theuse of new Missionaries—all of which in the merciful Providenceof God he was able to complete ere the call came, Come uphigher. But besides this thirst for knowledge and instruction, theBaganda seemed to me to possess not only a peculiar aptitudefor teaching, but a singular desire to engage in it. No sooner wasa reading-sheet mastered than at once the learner became ateacher. It was the same with the Gospels ; every fact noted,. ?^^^ PROBLEMS 49 every truth mastered, was at once repeated to groups of eagerinquirers. It was a most touching sight to see little groupsscattered about here and there in the church, each of which hadin its centre a native teacher who was himself at other times inthe day an eager learner. Here, I thought to myself, we had onall hands a material which, in the providence of God, may havea mighty influence on the work of the Church in the days to inquired of Walker and Gordon as to the qualifications of thebest of the native workers, with the object of setting them apartpublicly for work as lay readers. The names of six weresuggested. These were, Henry Wright Duta, Mika Sematimba,Sembera Mackay, Paulo Bakunga, Zakaria Kizito, YohanaMwira. Already they had laboured, and God had blessed their seemed to me, therefore, only fitting that those whom Godhad first called and blessed in their work of faith and labour oflove should receiv
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