Travels and researches in Caffraria: describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes inhabiting that portion of southern Africa: with historical and topographical remarks illustrative of the state and prospects of the British settlement in its borders, the introduction of Christianity, and the progress of civilization . poor children must remain forever untaught; entire regions be left altogether desti-tute of schools and of churches, as well as of teacheys; 428 CAFFRARIAN RESEARCHES. and generation must continue to follow generation intoeternity without so much as ever se
Travels and researches in Caffraria: describing the character, customs, and moral condition of the tribes inhabiting that portion of southern Africa: with historical and topographical remarks illustrative of the state and prospects of the British settlement in its borders, the introduction of Christianity, and the progress of civilization . poor children must remain forever untaught; entire regions be left altogether desti-tute of schools and of churches, as well as of teacheys; 428 CAFFRARIAN RESEARCHES. and generation must continue to follow generation intoeternity without so much as ever seeing a book! Nay,thousands of miserable females must still be tortured ;multitudes of innocent individuals annually sacrificed;and tens of thousands dragged, while struggling withdeath, into glens and jungles, as food for beasts of prey 1On the ground, therefore, of common humanity, as wellas of Christian duty, we once more earnestly press thematter upon every Britons conscience in the sacred andimperative language of Holy Writ:— If thou forbear TO DELIVER THEM THAT ARE DRAWN UNTO DEATH, AND THOSETHAT ARE READY TO BE SLAIN : IF THOU SAYEST, BeHOLD, WEKNEW IT NOT ; DOTH NOT He THAT PONDERETH THE HEARTCONSIDER IT 1 AND He THAT KEEPETH THY SOUL, DOTH NOTHe know IT 1 AND SHALL NOT He RENDER TO EVERY MANACCORDING TO HIS WORKS THE aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaI Dbf=]i=ii=j,=],=],=j,=jT=itl Preservation treatmentfor this book wasmade possible through theMary Eddy Klein 42 andMargaret Kennedy Klein 72Library Preservation Fundfor Special Collections II
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