. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. MM. <sg&&* 58 under the crescent progress in general is true also of Africanmissions: We climb like corals, grave on grave,We beat a pathway sunward. The Methodist Episcopal Church, however,did arrive in Africa. Foreign missionary con-victions, among Methodists in 1824, were ofan exceedingly pale and flabby variety, but theGeneral Conference of that year, moved pos-sibly by the example of their Baptist brethren,took definite action. It authorized the bishops,as soon as sufficient funds were in hand and aman found wi
. Under the crescent, and among the kraals; a study of Methodism in Africa. MM. <sg&&* 58 under the crescent progress in general is true also of Africanmissions: We climb like corals, grave on grave,We beat a pathway sunward. The Methodist Episcopal Church, however,did arrive in Africa. Foreign missionary con-victions, among Methodists in 1824, were ofan exceedingly pale and flabby variety, but theGeneral Conference of that year, moved pos-sibly by the example of their Baptist brethren,took definite action. It authorized the bishops,as soon as sufficient funds were in hand and aman found willing to have his steamer ticketread To Africa, to appoint a missionary there. The sum total of Methodisms budget forall missionary purposes at that time being lessthan $7000 and, interest in foreign evangeliza-tion being practically nil, it is not a matterof surprise that definite measures for Africawere not taken sooner. Up to this time not acent of money was spent by the church outsideits home boundaries, for it had no foreign field. AN IMPERISHABLE SLOGAN Great u
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