. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. AND AMONG THE KRAALS 1-27 could read, very little being done for them. Itis not due to a lack of desire on their part. Inmost cases the native ministers realize thatthe people cannot be lifted while the motherssit in darkness, and that they will never havea stable body of Christians until the women aretaught to read and can have the Bible in theirhands. While the church waits, the crescent ofIslam rises higher and higher over the darkforests of the dark people of Africa. Alreadywhole tribes have been Islamized, and the
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. AND AMONG THE KRAALS 1-27 could read, very little being done for them. Itis not due to a lack of desire on their part. Inmost cases the native ministers realize thatthe people cannot be lifted while the motherssit in darkness, and that they will never havea stable body of Christians until the women aretaught to read and can have the Bible in theirhands. While the church waits, the crescent ofIslam rises higher and higher over the darkforests of the dark people of Africa. Alreadywhole tribes have been Islamized, and theway of the conqueror is the way of the already insupportable burdens of thewomanhood of Africas desert and bush Islamwould add also its leaden weight. Now thecitadel of her heart may be easily taken forJesus Christ. Mohammeds hold is difficultto loose. .^. CHAPTER VI A ill [3#—li
Size: 1688px × 1480px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectmissionsafrica, booky
