. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 152 UNDER THE CRESCENT. The bishop says: I heard a baby crying mostof the night in a house not far from where Islept. The doctor, going out in the morning,found that the mother had disobeyed his ordersas to food for the sick child, and commanded herto show him what she was feeding the baby,and he showed it to me. Its odor and appearancewould suggest that it had been taken from anordinary swill-barrel. It is difficult for theheathen mother to understand that milk isfood. One of our missionaries says that the mothersof b
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 152 UNDER THE CRESCENT. The bishop says: I heard a baby crying mostof the night in a house not far from where Islept. The doctor, going out in the morning,found that the mother had disobeyed his ordersas to food for the sick child, and commanded herto show him what she was feeding the baby,and he showed it to me. Its odor and appearancewould suggest that it had been taken from anordinary swill-barrel. It is difficult for theheathen mother to understand that milk isfood. One of our missionaries says that the mothersof babies who suffer from digestional disturb-ances have often come to her asking for medi-cine to cure them from the snake which wascausing the difficulty! Human life is cheap in Africa, and vitalstatistics including those on infant mortalityare not available. The testimony of missionariesgoes to show that unnumbered multitudes ofbabies die in infancy, and that a child robustenough to survive the terrors which in manyforms assail African baby days can endureanything. The thrilling story of Mary Sl
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