The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-05-28 00:00:00

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AFRICAN MISSIONS.

DREADFUL SUFFERINCS OF TWO
MISSIONARY FAMILIES.

The following extract is taken from the report of
the London Missiouary Society, recently issued:—
Since the massacre of Williams on the Island
of Erainanga, in the year 1819, no event has befallen
the society so dei ply afflictive settle issue of the arduous
attempt to establish • mission among the native tribes
on His north of the Zambesi—the great river of
Central South Africa. The Christian public in general,
and the members of the society in particular, are well
swam that, as the result of Lir. Livingstone's travels,
while in the service of the society, and at his particular
instance and educe, the directors, with the cordial
coucurrence of the coustitueutt resolved to establish
two missions, the one on the north of the Zambesi,
among the Mekolulo, and the other on the south,
omen( the Matabele. The attempt to establish the
former was committed to the Rev. Holloway Helmore,
with Meier.. Price end Mackenzie as fellow-labourers' •
and with the mournful result the friends of the society
are already acquainted. The difficulties and dangers
attendant on their journey of nearly a thousand
miles from Korman and Linyanti were such as
nothing but the I,..blest Christian principles would
have induced them to encounter or enabled them
to surmount Of these the thief was the destitution
of water both for themselves and their oxen, so that
in more than one case, they were obliged to remain
several weeks in the vicinity of • fountain, not
knowing how remote the next might prove. At
length, after enduring innumerable difficulties and
privations for seven months, they arrived, on Feb-
ruary It, 1860, at Linyanti, the residence of the
chief Sekeletn.
The following I Ater deplete in the most touching
meaner the 'offerings a the missionaries
Rot now, says lir. Price, writing to the sister
of Mr. Helmore, begins • dark, very dark
chapter in the history of the Makololo mission, than
which perhaps there arc not many darker in the history
of Christian missions. In the course of about • week
we were all laid low, but snore especially Mr. and
Mrs. Flelmore, the four children, and all our servants ;
but, through the great mercy of God, Mrs. price and
myself were still able to move about a little, although
with great difficulty. We were able to attend • little
upon our dear friends the flelmores, neither of whom
could hardly inure a limb. As I was going round
one evening to see if they were all comfortable, I found
the four children lying on a bed on the outside of the
tent, and Mrs. Ilelinore by the side of the bed OD •
cushion. They were all asleep. I felt their foreheads,
; at last I caine to dear little Henry: he was cold—
he bad fast slept the sleep of death, I immediately
went and informed his father, who was lying in the
tent; he told m H
e I had better not tell Mrs. elmore
till the morning. I took the child into the tent and
wrapped up the body in a piece of carpeting, and
engaged men to prepare a grave, that we might
bnry him the next morning. He was buried by the
side of Malatai, my wagon-driver, who bad died a few
days previously. When it WWI told Mrs. Helmere she
took no notice whatever, although it was her dear,
meeious little Henry. INA, was on March 7 ; on the
Ilth our dear little baby died. On the 11th Selina
Helmer, died, and on the mine day Thabi of lokatloog.
On the 19th Mrs Ilebnoro died. Mr. Helniore bad
some co on with hog shortly before she expired.
She said she had no desire to live—her work was done,
and she wished to go borne to Jesus. After that, Mr.
Reltneve, and USW', and Willie improved considerably,
until about the middle of April, wino Mr. Holman
mid • !ink to flokoloto 1 town, sad mule bath
'ay tired sad ty•liai veer auswal. From tbal las

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