. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 52 UNDER THE CRESCENT. prevents the church from indefinitely extendingher influence upon the black-skinned folk whowait to welcome her. With the thought of the extension in mind, amissionary trek of fifteen hundred miles wasmade in 1907 by Dr. and Mrs. John M. Springer was then the superintendent ofthe Old Umtali District in Rhodesia, whichas he says bordered upon a region lying betweenAngola and East Africa, unentered, untouchedand unassigned. The history of this survey,with its events and experiences, ma
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. 52 UNDER THE CRESCENT. prevents the church from indefinitely extendingher influence upon the black-skinned folk whowait to welcome her. With the thought of the extension in mind, amissionary trek of fifteen hundred miles wasmade in 1907 by Dr. and Mrs. John M. Springer was then the superintendent ofthe Old Umtali District in Rhodesia, whichas he says bordered upon a region lying betweenAngola and East Africa, unentered, untouchedand unassigned. The history of this survey,with its events and experiences, made by twoMethodist pioneers through the very land ofLivingstone, as recorded in Dr. Springers book,The Heart of Central Africa, is fascinatingand informing. There were in the journey happenings whichproduced all the thrills pleasant or otherwisewhich are naturally to be expected in a storyof genuine African adventure. There werethe picturesque if somewhat unruly carriers,the sour cassava mush as diet, the blisteredfeet of the travelers, the encounter with thedreaded tsetse fly, the strange ani
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