An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa: being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo . vador. Mr. Lewisvisited Etoto about a month ago, and found thework going on well under the care of Kivitidi,our native evangelist. The services on Sundayand daily evening prayers are well attended, andthirty boys come regularly to school. As yet nogirls have been induced to come. But as soonas the dry season arrives, I hope to pay them avisit with my husband, and then I have no doubtwe shall get some girls to attend school. has just been spend
An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa: being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo . vador. Mr. Lewisvisited Etoto about a month ago, and found thework going on well under the care of Kivitidi,our native evangelist. The services on Sundayand daily evening prayers are well attended, andthirty boys come regularly to school. As yet nogirls have been induced to come. But as soonas the dry season arrives, I hope to pay them avisit with my husband, and then I have no doubtwe shall get some girls to attend school. has just been spending a month there,and has visited some towns of the district. Theschool-house, w^ith rooms for native teacher andmissionary, is nearly finished. Please think ofthis new station and pray that many of thepeople may be brought to know and love ourLord Jesus Christ. . The town Nlekai goes to on Sundays is calledMbanza Mputu and is about one and a half hourswalk distant. The townspeople have received thegood news very gladly, and have themselves builta little meeting-house, that the rains may notstop them from hearing Gods palaver. My. CHIEF \()S() A\l) PART OF HIS FAMILY. FIRST TERM AT SAN SALVADOR 123 husband has visited them several times, and theyhave been anxious to see me, as white women arescarce in this part of the world. As there is adeep river to be crossed on the road, I sent wordthat if they wished to see me they must makea bridge. They have done this ; and last week Iwent with Nlekai. I was heartily welcomed. All the people cametogether, and I talked to them for a long timeabout the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ;after which, the chief and other people askedmany questions. They are very fond of singing,and know two or three hymns already; so wesang all they knew and I taught them another, Oh, what a Saviour! which has been translatedby one of our boys. Then I walked about thetown and saw some sick people, everybody beinganxious to know when I would come again. B
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