. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. hispassionately loved twin brother and his littlesisters and left home for work on a once a year afterward until he wasseventeen, when he left the farm for a bookstore, did he see the home folks. Farm workafforded scanty time for study, except at , Lincoln-like, through the long winterevenings he sprawled before the open fire anddug at his figures. The change from farm tobook-selling was a happy one — and he ekedout his scanty learning by browsing throughthe volumes on the shelves until he had ac-q
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. hispassionately loved twin brother and his littlesisters and left home for work on a once a year afterward until he wasseventeen, when he left the farm for a bookstore, did he see the home folks. Farm workafforded scanty time for study, except at , Lincoln-like, through the long winterevenings he sprawled before the open fire anddug at his figures. The change from farm tobook-selling was a happy one — and he ekedout his scanty learning by browsing throughthe volumes on the shelves until he had ac-quired a very fair sort of education. Mr. Coxs journal leaves no doubt as to hisbelief in conviction for sin and salvationthrough Jesus Christ. It also states that withunremitting attention his mother taughthim in childhood the principles of the Christianreligion. He sums up his own case in a letterto Bishop McKendree in 1832 by saying: InJuly, 1818, God for Christs sake forgave mysins, and imparted to my soul peace and joyin the Holy Ghost, while almost from the depths. 62 UNDER THE CRESCENT 1
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