The story of the life of MacKay of Uganda told for boys by his sister . like quantity ofboth coffee and honey. CHAPTER the court of mtesa, * God gives to every manThe virtue, temper, understanding, taste,That lifts him into life, and lets him fallJust in the niche he was ordained to fill.** William Cowper. IN early Saxon times the smith was ever regardedas a mighty man. His person was protectedby a double penalty. He was treated as an officer ofthe highest rank, and awarded the first place in pre-cedency. After him ranked the maker of mead, andthen the physician. In the royal court of W
The story of the life of MacKay of Uganda told for boys by his sister . like quantity ofboth coffee and honey. CHAPTER the court of mtesa, * God gives to every manThe virtue, temper, understanding, taste,That lifts him into life, and lets him fallJust in the niche he was ordained to fill.** William Cowper. IN early Saxon times the smith was ever regardedas a mighty man. His person was protectedby a double penalty. He was treated as an officer ofthe highest rank, and awarded the first place in pre-cedency. After him ranked the maker of mead, andthen the physician. In the royal court of Wales hesat in the great hall with the king and queen, nextto the domestic chaplain. * From his great skill in handicrafts, especially in allkinds of iron-work, Alexander Mackay soon becameas much esteemed by King Mtesa and his court asthe early smith was by our woad-stained articles were showered upon him torepair, and much wonder expressed at the burnished • See Industrial Biography—Iron Workers and Tool Makers,**by Dr. Samuel Smiles, 123. !lllllli!lliililill!:illlHl;; il
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