At a later day, Mr. Stanley visited these lakes, and made an appeal for missionary effort, which was answered by a response as liberal as the donation of Mr. Avery; and as a result, the Church Missionary Society of England is sustaining a mission at Uganda, in Mtesa’s Kingdom. When Dr. Livingstone was in the heart of Africa, he wrote: “Come on, brethren, to the real heathen. You have no idea how brave you are till you try.” His words were caught up, and the story of his explorations, devoured with eagerness, resulted in the establishment of three missions at least, far in the interior. More than $60,000 was given for the establishment of Livingstonia, on the Nyassa Lake. A large amount was also given for the University’s Mission in the same vicinity, and $25,000 by Mr. Arthington, of Leeds, to the London Missionary Society, for the purpose of establishing a mission at Ujiji, on the shores of the Tanganyika. To this latter amount was added a sum sufficient for sending forth a full corps of missionaries to that locality, and recent reports warrant the hope that they have already reached their destination. Perhaps no more striking illustration of the parallelisms we have suggested has been exhibited, than the one recently brought to our knowledge by the report of Mr. Stanley’s explorations, and the doings of the Baptist Missionary Society of London. Last May, this Society received a letter, stating, “There is a part of Africa on which I have long had my eye. It is the Congo country. There is not much knowledge of the Christian religion in the Congo. Only three or four of its inhabitants can read and write. The language of the coast is the original African. The old king has strongly expressed his hopes that some white men would come to them. It is, therefore, a great satisfaction, and a high and sacred favor to me, to offer £1,000 if the Baptist Missionary Society will undertake to teach these interesting people the words of eternal life. By and by, possibly, we may be able to extend the mission eastward, and carry the Gospel, as the way may open, as far as Nyangwe.” While this letter was being penned, Mr. Stanley was pushing his way from Nyangwe, through a vast unexplored region, to the mouth of the Congo, having overcome the obstacles which had baffled Dr. Livingstone and Commander Cameron, who attempted the same explorations, from the same point of departure. It is to be remembered, also, that there have been other forces affecting Africa, parallel to these gifts, and explorations and missions. Fervent prayers of faith have been offered for its redemption, and many things indicate that these are being speedily answered. “I go,” said Dr. Livingstone, in his last public utterance, before leaving England, “to open the door to Central Africa. It is probable I may die there; but, brethren, I pray you see to it that the door is never again closed.”