Life and light for woman . Miss. Soc.,forSamokov School, $, Montour.—Anx., for school atAtion Kara Hissar, Muscatine.—Aux., for MissDay, and to const. Mrs. AnnaH. Whicher and Miss LidaB. Mason L. Ms, A^ew Hamjiton.—Aux., OCfden.—Aux., $20; Busy Bees, $10, Wilton.—\e Gleaners, for Miss Day,Wittemberg.—Anx., of wh. fr. aged widow, $1, $20 00 26 00 25 00 20 50 11 00 50 003 00 36 00 20 00 6 10 Total, $258 60 MINNESOTA BRANCH. Mrs. J. W. Strong, Northfield, Treas. Austin.—Aux., $18 00 Mankato.—Anx., for Miss Bar-rows, 8 00 Minneax)olis.—F\\v[\. Ch. Aux.,$75; First Clu Aux., $20;both for M
Life and light for woman . Miss. Soc.,forSamokov School, $, Montour.—Anx., for school atAtion Kara Hissar, Muscatine.—Aux., for MissDay, and to const. Mrs. AnnaH. Whicher and Miss LidaB. Mason L. Ms, A^ew Hamjiton.—Aux., OCfden.—Aux., $20; Busy Bees, $10, Wilton.—\e Gleaners, for Miss Day,Wittemberg.—Anx., of wh. fr. aged widow, $1, $20 00 26 00 25 00 20 50 11 00 50 003 00 36 00 20 00 6 10 Total, $258 60 MINNESOTA BRANCH. Mrs. J. W. Strong, Northfield, Treas. Austin.—Aux., $18 00 Mankato.—Anx., for Miss Bar-rows, 8 00 Minneax)olis.—F\\v[\. Ch. Aux.,$75; First Clu Aux., $20;both for Miss Barrows, 95 00 St. Paul.—V\\. Ch. Aux., forMiss Barrows, 30 CO Total, $151 00 COLORADO. Colorado Springs. — PikesPeak Mission Band, $16 00 Total, $16 00 MISCELLANEOUS. Sale of envelopes and pam-phlets, $17 65Contributed for Papyrograph, 25Granby, Ct., Mrs. M. E. Lee, forMissPorter, 2 00 Total, Total for the acknowledgedsince Nov. 1,1878, Total, $19 90$1,522 50$1,579 71§3,102 12. WWM W^®KJ Vol. IX. APRIL, 1879. No. 4. MISSIONS m CENTEAL AFKICA. BY MRS. G. P. PRUDDEN. Africa is a mystery in herself and in the purposes of her crea-tion. Her earliest written history relates only to Egypt and coun-tries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. That other portionswere even known, we have very little evidence. There is a story thatthe Carthagenians once made their way across the desert to theNiger. Herodotus asserts that Necho, King of Egypt, sent out anexpedition which circumnavigated Africa. But these stories lackhistorical proof. Africans wore gorgeous clothing and dwelt in palaces, M^hen theBritons lived in mud huts and were clothed in skins of Africa was once bright with the light of literature, artand science; a thousand churches once adorned her northern bor-der ; there lived some of the early Christian fathers; and martyrsthere gave their lives for the name of Christ. Since the sixteenth century, knowledge of Africa has b
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