. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. issionary from the West Coast, is theliberty of the beast to its burden, and the slaveto her task. Although conditions of hersocial life vary among different tribes, every-where she is put under the ban as a thing vastlyinferior. The Rev. John M. Springer in ajourney through the Congo region came uponan incident conclusively demonstrating thisfact. He says: While we were waiting upon the bank awoman came down in a state of great excite-ment, shrieking and gesticulating in a mostalarming manner. The chief listened and a
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. issionary from the West Coast, is theliberty of the beast to its burden, and the slaveto her task. Although conditions of hersocial life vary among different tribes, every-where she is put under the ban as a thing vastlyinferior. The Rev. John M. Springer in ajourney through the Congo region came uponan incident conclusively demonstrating thisfact. He says: While we were waiting upon the bank awoman came down in a state of great excite-ment, shrieking and gesticulating in a mostalarming manner. The chief listened and atfirst assumed an expression of tragic horror,when shortly he clapped his hands over hismouth and began to laugh. I was relieved atthat, and when some of our carriers began tounderstand they laughed. I inquired into itand learned that this woman and the othersof the kraal had been working in their gardenswhen a lion had boldly made a charge andcarried one of them off. It was only a womanthat was taken. It was rather a joke on thehusband thus to lose one of his wives, but. 114 UNDER THE CRESCENT
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