. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. bed by the familiar phrase, An un-known God, and is little more than aname. Yet there is some amount of respectfor Him, and in some instances somethingresembling adoration and even worship,but there is seldom anything like Balla say that Leza is far away andknows nothing of them, their troubles ortheir needs; hence they pray to Mizhimo,an intermediary spirit, in the hope that Eewill procure from Leza the help they idea is common to other tribes. Butthere are also prayers offered—tho
. The call of the dark continent : a study in missionary progress, opportunity and urgency. bed by the familiar phrase, An un-known God, and is little more than aname. Yet there is some amount of respectfor Him, and in some instances somethingresembling adoration and even worship,but there is seldom anything like Balla say that Leza is far away andknows nothing of them, their troubles ortheir needs; hence they pray to Mizhimo,an intermediary spirit, in the hope that Eewill procure from Leza the help they idea is common to other tribes. Butthere are also prayers offered—thoughvery seldom—direct to the Supreme. TheRev. E. W. Smith (of the PrimitiveMethodist Rhodesia Mission), who reducedthe Ila language to writing and compileda dictionary, gives a striking specimenprayer: Leza, we pray Thee give us beseech Thee very much—we, Thy are humble, we are abased—we, Thy is Thou whom we trust have no other whom we trust. Sometimes he is invoked by such praisenames as The Giver of Rain, TheGreat Moulder of the Earth, The. l,y Kev. J. Walton. A BRIDGE IN MEXDILAND, PROTECTED BY AN ESHU HOUSE.
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