. The bishop of Africa; the life of William Taylor. With an account of the Congo country and mission. extending from the Atlantic to the IndianOceans, with a territory as large as our wholeland east of the Rocky Mountains, and with apopulation of eighty millions. Here are thegreat lakes, here rise the great rivers of Africa,(Nile, Congo and Zambeze), and here are itshighest mountains always covered with snow. Here is the great kingdom of Uganda, ruledby the suspicious and capricious Mtesa. In1875 the world was startled and delighted withthe message that he wanted his people Christian-ized, and
. The bishop of Africa; the life of William Taylor. With an account of the Congo country and mission. extending from the Atlantic to the IndianOceans, with a territory as large as our wholeland east of the Rocky Mountains, and with apopulation of eighty millions. Here are thegreat lakes, here rise the great rivers of Africa,(Nile, Congo and Zambeze), and here are itshighest mountains always covered with snow. Here is the great kingdom of Uganda, ruledby the suspicious and capricious Mtesa. In1875 the world was startled and delighted withthe message that he wanted his people Christian-ized, and soon $100,000 were given to themissionary societies of England for this purpose;but the king soon became tired of his newreligion. Since then this king has shown great favorto the missionaries. Sixty-eight personshave been baptized including a number of theroyal family. A young chief has acceptedChristianity, and sent away all his wives butone. The following is a translation of oneverse of * Safe in the Arms of Jesus:— • Mu mikono gya ISA:Emirembe bulijo, Tetulina entisa;Tttlina esanyu KIBUGA, OR EESIDENCE KING UGANDA. p. BIBLE TRANSLATIONS. 115 Muwulira edobozi Mu Gulu, liyogera,ISA Ye Mulokozi:Ye alina empera. Mu mikono gya ISAEmirembe bulijo;Tetulina entisa;Tulina esanyu nyo. I have just learned that King Mtesa isdead. One of his sons has been elected inhis stead without the usual bloodshed, owingto the influence of the missionaries. Theprincess who acts as «*king sister or queen,has embraced Christianity. I am happy to learn that in Africa theBible has been translated into eight langua^ges, and parts of the Bible are now publishedin twenty-six other languages. Twenty-three societies have nearly six hundred mis-sionaries at work in Africa; there are twohundred and fifty thousand Church members,and hundreds of schools have been , there is only one missionary to everythree hundred and fifty thousand people, andone church member to every eight hundredper
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