A naturalist in Mid-Africa: being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika . ult to speak have known missionaries of every denomination,and of every shade of character and utility. Manywould probably be of more use in teaching Sundayschools in England, and some are so dangerousand turbulent that they ought to be promptlyremoved. On the other hand, I should not be alive wereit not for the kindness of missionaries; and of thegood that is done by those who are of the righttemper and spirit it is impossible to speak toohighly. The .Roman Catholics, were it not for t
A naturalist in Mid-Africa: being an account of a journey to the Mountains of the Moon and Tanganyika . ult to speak have known missionaries of every denomination,and of every shade of character and utility. Manywould probably be of more use in teaching Sundayschools in England, and some are so dangerousand turbulent that they ought to be promptlyremoved. On the other hand, I should not be alive wereit not for the kindness of missionaries; and of thegood that is done by those who are of the righttemper and spirit it is impossible to speak toohighly. The .Roman Catholics, were it not for their disin-genuous political methods, always perform a valu- THE SUAHILI. 353 able work. They have no interests outside it;they understand that manual, mental, and spiritualtraining go together ; they have perfect organisa-tion and discipline; and what is more important,they really love their flock, and strive to be theirreal friends in every possible way. On the other hand, the best type of Protestantmissionary is incalculably superior, because areally good man has free play for his individuality;. Fig. 45.—Wawamba. while the inferior type is utterly useless, if notpositively dangerous. The ordinary mission boy (as a layman under-stands him) is an unmitigated scoundrel. This,however, one must expect, as no mission gets ridof any boy that affords the least promise. Moreover, one must not expect so much fromthe Christian native in Africa as people habituallydo. A boy who is usually not removed by a single 24 354 A NATURALIST IN MID-AFRICA. generation from savagery cannot be expected toshow the truthfulness, honesty, unselfishness, andpurity which, as we know, always and invariablycharacterise European youths who have beenbrought up in Christian teaching, and represent intheir instincts about twenty centuries of hereditary_ civilisation. No human being can estimate or criticise thespiritual work that is carried on in any mental and manual work is so obviously goodth
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