American messenger . this page is repro-duced from a photograph sent by theMission Treasurer from Old Umtali, man who has said he cant read, will,if the books are displayed, so that theywill catch his eye, commence to readwhile the colporter talks to him. If hecannot read, an effort is made to inspirehim with a desire to learn, and as thecolporter is supplied with copies of theAlphabet for free distribution amongthose purchasers who cannot read, manydo learn to read through the efforts ofthe colporters. This, in itself, is a greatasset to the cause of Christian cases where men have
American messenger . this page is repro-duced from a photograph sent by theMission Treasurer from Old Umtali, man who has said he cant read, will,if the books are displayed, so that theywill catch his eye, commence to readwhile the colporter talks to him. If hecannot read, an effort is made to inspirehim with a desire to learn, and as thecolporter is supplied with copies of theAlphabet for free distribution amongthose purchasers who cannot read, manydo learn to read through the efforts ofthe colporters. This, in itself, is a greatasset to the cause of Christian cases where men have no money,oftentimes such goods as eggs, rice,straw sandals, etc., are taken instead. In some villages the presence of astranger is a rare occurrence, and theattention of the people is directed tothe man, rather than his message. Onone occasion I remember calling at ahouse in one of these far-away elderly lady came to the door, andthe colporter commenced to explain thewhy and wherefore of our visit. While. Rhodesia, Africa. It portrays two na-tives of the region, and is especially in-teresting in showing the costume thatthey wear. *> *5 In Korea The work of the colporter, writesMr. Thomas Hobbs in The Korea Mis-sion Field, is chiefly among the unbe-lievers, and for that reason the booksthat he sells are of the cheapest he sets out from his home, hestarts with a bundle of volumes on hisback. He makes his way to a village,and starting at one end he calls at everyhouse and offers his books. Only thosewho have attempted this work can un-derstand the difficulties and discour-agements these men have to face. Thereis very little variation in the answersgiven: No money. Cant read. Hedoes not readily accept these answers asfinal, knowing that in the majority ofcases they are not true. Sometimes the he was talking another woman came up,and the two appeared to be extremelyinterested. On seeing this the colpor-ters zeal increased, but it was only fora short time, fo
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