Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . y-three, she departed for abetter world—a brief month in Africa, and then an eter-nity in heaven. A letter from Mr. Spaulding, dated March 7, broughtthis sad intelligence, and also informed the Board thathe himself had been sick for twenty-seven days, at timesdangerously. Mr. Wright and Miss Farrington werealso sick, and Mr. Spaulding indicates his opinion that,after all, the redemption of Africa must rest chiefly withthe colored man. Colored laborers there were, and was projecting mission enterprises for themat C
Missions and missionary society of the Methodist Episcopal Church . y-three, she departed for abetter world—a brief month in Africa, and then an eter-nity in heaven. A letter from Mr. Spaulding, dated March 7, broughtthis sad intelligence, and also informed the Board thathe himself had been sick for twenty-seven days, at timesdangerously. Mr. Wright and Miss Farrington werealso sick, and Mr. Spaulding indicates his opinion that,after all, the redemption of Africa must rest chiefly withthe colored man. Colored laborers there were, and was projecting mission enterprises for themat Cape Mount, which he regarded of great importance,and at Grand Bassa, where Mr. Cox had contractedfor building a house, which had been commenced, butthe work had been suspended for want of funds. directed the building to be resumed, did manyother things, but could not venture to visit the work ex-tensively till he had somewhat passed his acclimation. Mr. Wright and Miss Farrington were seized with thefever on the 15th of January. He partially conva-. First Reinforcement. 193 lesced, but, suffering a severe relapse, passed away tomeet his wife on the 29th of March. He was twenty-five years of age, and had been eighty-eight days inLiberia. That life is long which answers life*s great end. A vast amount of care and toil was undergone by in settling the business left by Mr. Cox. Theerection of the church at Monrovia, a stone buildingforty-two feet by sixty-two, was begun, for which aboutone thousand dollars were subscribed in and additions were also begun on the missionhouse. Mr. Spaulding did not recover so as to be able to re-sume work, and on the 17 th of May he sailed in the Salinaand Jane for the United States. He purposedto take Miss Farrington with him, and thus entirelyabandon the mission. At first she consented, but in theend declined to go. Her reasons are best told in herown words. She says: I was now seized with the fever agai
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