Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . not involve ? Forces would soon start into life or be set inmotion which would inevitably affect for good or evil, for timeand for eternity, the destinies, not merely of the Baganda, butall the nations of Central Africa. For the Church there was the gift of gifts—the Holy Spirit ofGod, poured out in all the fulness of His living power—a renewalof life, a revived embassage, a new insight—imperfect though itmight yet be—into the purposes of God concerning the tribesyet sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, the possessionof the Scriptures of Truth i
Eighteen years in Uganda & East Africa . not involve ? Forces would soon start into life or be set inmotion which would inevitably affect for good or evil, for timeand for eternity, the destinies, not merely of the Baganda, butall the nations of Central Africa. For the Church there was the gift of gifts—the Holy Spirit ofGod, poured out in all the fulness of His living power—a renewalof life, a revived embassage, a new insight—imperfect though itmight yet be—into the purposes of God concerning the tribesyet sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, the possessionof the Scriptures of Truth in a language understanded of thepeople,* a desire to serve, a willingness to give. All these werefacts, the consideration of which led inevitably to the conclusionthat another turning-point had come in the history of the Churchof Uganda, and that the future must of necessity run on differentlines from the past. Thus for nation and Church alike a new era had dawned.* The New Testament in Luganda was now pouring into the <iv <^-i. il^ C^^ POLITICAL AND SPIRITUAL CRISES 145 The past, with all its trials and difficulties, all its sins and sorrows,was with God. What the unsounded future, upon which bothChurch and State were about to enter, was to bring forth will betold in the pages yet to follow. Before, however, entering uponits narration, it will be well to attempt to sum up in fewestwords the progress of the work since that (to me) eventful dayin 1890 when, in the providence of God, I was called to its over-sight. The period to be thus reviewed is, roughly speaking,four years. I propose first of all to deal with the staff engaged in the work,and then afterwards to attempt to tabulate the results of thatwork. The following table will show the force actually in thefield in the two years 1890 and 1894 respectively. The figiu-esare placed in parallel columns for the purpose of comparison : TABLE I. Table showing the Number of Missionaeies, Pastors, and Teache
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