The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 6, June, 1882Various
History
The American Missionary — Volume 36, No. 6, June, 1882
Various
Congregational churches -- Missions -- Periodicals; Home missions -- Periodicals
--The Church Missionary Society has established at Lokodja, near
the confluence of the Niger and the Bénoué, a school to teach the
native instructors the English language and the language spoken
along the lower Niger.
--Mgr. Lavigerie, promoter of the missions of Algeria, has
transferred to Malta the college which was formerly at St. Louis,
to prepare a medical faculty for the Negroes of Equatorial Africa
and the Soudan.
--A dispatch from Tripoli to the _English Journal_ announces
that 600 native Algerians of the Chambas tribe have proceeded to
Ghadamès to demand the punishment of the Touaregs who assassinated
the missionaries and ill-treated the Chambas.
--In a war between the tribe of the Paums and that of the Veys,
sustained by the government of Liberia, the latter have been beaten
and in part massacred, and the survivors have fled to Cape Mount,
where help has been given them by the American missionaries. The
government of the United States has sent the ship Essex to aid the
troops of Liberia against the Paums who intercept communication
between Monrovia and the northwest whence they obtain palm oil.
--Dr. Krapf, one of the pioneers of missionary work in Central
Africa, has just died. Entering the service of the English missions
in 1837, he sailed on the Tiger, the Choa and the Amhara. Not
being able to enter the country of the Gallas by the north, he
conceived the project of attacking the continent by the east, and
in 1844 commenced with his friend Rebmann the mission of Mombas.
His travels gave impulse to the discoveries of the last 25 years.
Since 1856 he has been living at Wurtemberg, occupying himself with
literary works upon the languages of eastern Africa.
[Illustration: INDIAN MEDICINE MAN.]
THE INDIANS.
--The Superintendent of the Indian School at Caddo recently
prepared a concert exercise with an illuminated Jacob’s Ladder. The
sides and steps were covered with tissue paper of different colors.
On each step were five wax tapers which lighted up cornucopias
filled with candies. A lecture was given on Jacob’s Dream,
accompanied with appropriate music, etc. Over 80 Indian children
were in attendance. The occasion is said to have been a grand
and beautiful one, cheering beyond thought to the heart of the
Christian workers.
--Rev. S. G. Wright, of Leech Lake, Minn., writes: Our school was a
real success. Several of our scholars began a life of prayer during
the winter, and all were much improved. The Christian women who
were converted when we were here before still regularly sustain a
prayer meeting. We have just buried one of our staunch Christian
men. His daily life in all places was a living testimony to the
power of the Gospel to save even this poor despised people. In his
long sickness of five months he exemplified the patience of the
Gospel.
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