Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa .. . h of Mosheshe—Extendedoperations—Omnipotence of the Gospel—Hope for.\frica—The Niger expedition—The duty of the Churchof Christ—Anticipated results—Potency of the Scrip-tures—Agreeable surprise—Christian hospitality , .IS LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. PAOE Frontispiece, Mission Title-page. Map 5 Bushmen . . . .... 17 Stnatagem in hunting Ostriches . . .17 Tlie building of the Authors Hut .... 28 The Abandoned Mother 36 Horrible Position 37 Portrait of Christian Africaner 46 Bechuana Parliament. 91 A Midnight Scene Ill The Kuruman Fo
Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa .. . h of Mosheshe—Extendedoperations—Omnipotence of the Gospel—Hope for.\frica—The Niger expedition—The duty of the Churchof Christ—Anticipated results—Potency of the Scrip-tures—Agreeable surprise—Christian hospitality , .IS LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. PAOE Frontispiece, Mission Title-page. Map 5 Bushmen . . . .... 17 Stnatagem in hunting Ostriches . . .17 Tlie building of the Authors Hut .... 28 The Abandoned Mother 36 Horrible Position 37 Portrait of Christian Africaner 46 Bechuana Parliament. 91 A Midnight Scene Ill The Kuruman Fountain 115 Bechuana Milk-Sack ....The Head of a Spear ....Bechuana Men in their Native CostumeBechuana Women ....Bechuana Wooden Spoons . .The Inhabited Tree ....A Matabele and a Bechuana Warrior .Bechuana War-Axe, Knife, and NeedleBirds-eye View of tlie Kuruman StationMotito, French Missionary Station .The African Suppliant . . PAOE , 123 , 128 , 131 , 131 , 133 , 136 , 139 . 140 . 147 , 149 . 162 ii^iSf^^SJl^asS^ MISSIONARY LABOURS. CHAPTER I. General view of the state of Africa—Attempts to explore—Siippused orifjin of the Hottentots—How pojiuliitiou ex-tended—Orii;iu of tlie Kiishmen Ti-ibes—Their extent—Hicluiana Bushmen—Their snfVerin^ and degradaliou—Variety of dialect accounted for—The Tamahas—Melan-choly view of Busliraan country—The Kafir origin andcharacter—Cc)uatvies of the Basutos and Bechuanas—Na-ma(|uas and Damaras—Description of the Karroo—A dryaud barren country. The continent of Africa, though probably the mostancient field of geographical enterprise, still is, andtliere is reason to believe that it will long continueto be, the least explored portion of our once the nursery of science and literature,the emporium of commerce, and the seat of anempire which contended with Rome for the sove-reignty of the world,—the cradle of the ancientchurch, and the asylum of the infant Saviour, yetAfrica st
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