. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. estly re-quested for Potchefstroom as a directresult of Magatas labours. But it wasonly in 1872 that the Mission beyondthe Yaal took definite shape. In thatyear George Blencowe, William Wynne,and George Weavind were appointed,with Potchefstroom as were conducted in a schoolroomlent by the Boer Government. Two yearslater Pretoria appeared on the Minutes ofConference. Then came the long troublesconnected with British annexation andthe war of 1880. At that time we hadonly seventy-eigh
. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. estly re-quested for Potchefstroom as a directresult of Magatas labours. But it wasonly in 1872 that the Mission beyondthe Yaal took definite shape. In thatyear George Blencowe, William Wynne,and George Weavind were appointed,with Potchefstroom as were conducted in a schoolroomlent by the Boer Government. Two yearslater Pretoria appeared on the Minutes ofConference. Then came the long troublesconnected with British annexation andthe war of 1880. At that time we hadonly seventy-eight members at two centresfor European work (Potchefstroom andPretoria). We had also native churchesamong the BaKwena and the the war a new era began with thefirst Synod of the Transvaal District in1882, of which the Be v. Owen Watkins wasChairman. As new missionaries arrivedforward movements were made. Thecountry was still without roads or bridges,and railways were unknown. Yet thesplendid work done in those pioneer daysprepared the way for the great results oflater NATIVES AT HOME IN THE KRAAL. tS I
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