. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. gola, Miss CoraZentmire and Miss Josephine Mekkelson tookup their quarters there and to the joy of theSociety their mission school bell rang once morefor dark-skinned children. Whatever may now be said of Quessuasbeing beautiful for situation, in 1900 it wascalled a field as lonely as could be imagined —in the heart of Africa, surrounded by serpents,hyenas and other wild beasts. Not especiallypromising for the contemplation of a prospec-tive missionary candidate! But steel tracks and white men and govern-mental policie
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. gola, Miss CoraZentmire and Miss Josephine Mekkelson tookup their quarters there and to the joy of theSociety their mission school bell rang once morefor dark-skinned children. Whatever may now be said of Quessuasbeing beautiful for situation, in 1900 it wascalled a field as lonely as could be imagined —in the heart of Africa, surrounded by serpents,hyenas and other wild beasts. Not especiallypromising for the contemplation of a prospec-tive missionary candidate! But steel tracks and white men and govern-mental policies and mission stations all maketheir impression upon a missionary landscapein Africa, and Quessua, no matter what thecomplexion of its people, carries a black nameno longer. The school there under the WomansForeign Missionary Society is but six miles|||» from the town of Malange, with a populationof over three thousand, where our church hasa mission press and school. Although locatedback from the coast some three hundred miles,a railroad threads it up with Loanda, the. AND AMONG THE KRAALS 109 capital of this Portuguese state, and a mountainelevation of more than five thousand feet abovesea level affords a more secure defense againstfever. The working base is the school itself, over-crowded just now with girls who are soon togo out from it as Christian wives and Biblewomen. Very practical industrial arts aretaught along with the Bible and must first know spiritual redemption,but a long stride toward this end will be re-demption also from just dirt. Spotless Town is never to be located upon the map of untouchedpaganism. A MISSIONARY FAIRY TALE Who in all the world before ever heard of aready-made town handed over to missionariesfor their very own? This isnt a fairy story —its the honest truth, and the town is Old Urn-tali, in Rhodesia, over which flies the UnionJack — and the missionaries were was all on account of the railroad, whichdecid
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