The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-15


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Travels In Central Africa.
The Rev T. j. BOWEN concluded his OF three lee
lures Travels in Central Africa last Thursday
ing, before very large and intelligent audience. H.
gave his subject The Future Of Africa" indicated
by moral character Of the people; by the
present civilization Of Sudan and how they have retained
written Arabic for hundred years by the
and valuable productions and by the progress Of missions
He said that was affirmed by that the African
people were as high as we may ever expect them, and
that all who laboring for her elevation were throw
ing away their time, their money and their lives, but he
always had answer ready for such objection and that
the African hal not enjoyed the necessary privileges
The African had different type OF mind; but that should
not be an objection for IL with the Asiatic and
Indian He believed the day would when the
world would be governed by moral force then he thought
the African character would arrive the high degree
they capable OF maintaining. They wer.
people already holding a high state Of civil
and that, too, cut on from countries where the
arts and sciences had approached the highest state.
The earliest inhabitants OF tho world were more less
civilized but in many cases they had fallen away but IN
the Of tho African they still retained IT, More than
hundred years the Saracens planted their
ligion and literature in Centra Africa and the armies
that reared up cites and towns there died and finally
became extinct This literature well a. religion those
Central Africans still retain. II those people, then,
retain that Arabic language seven hundred years, and
have schools 10 teach H. what was 10 prevent us from
teaching them their languageY Whether there
any Christians in Sudan il not known but he had heard
while there, that many tribes IN the smaller towns
tanned the principles OF Christianity worshppng Jesus
Christ There a story told that the Abyssinians
tended their religion into the far East, and afterwards
rupture among the people there cut of portion OF the
Abyssnans thus leaving portion Of them in the East
from whom II was very probable Christianity was spread
and the people now IN position which almost com
pes them 60 forward 20 still higher state Of civilization.
They were very active people and always willing 70
labor for pay. He had built five houses in the Zura5a
Kingdom, where he surrounded by the natives, who
ready 10 build AZ ten cents day and he had on
occasion turned away 500 OF them As iustra-
ton Of their character he said he had $500 in silver dol
lars. in box carried the hills and mountains him.
but the ngst nmaton he had of is arrival its being
set down before his door his statonit having been
dee by the proper authority NJ the port The true
Ia improve Africa To there and teach them.
Ia regard 10 missions, he said had not been great
while since miss onary first went 70 Africa. For long
time Africa had been the place where the slave trad"
exclusively carried on but now missionaries were there
and they had net with great In his Journey
through the kingdom Of Zuraba he said he passed for
few days journey, ami spent month IN visce on
mountain, where ne tod them OF the great benefits Of
christianity ant The haactcl influence o the slave trade.
Every morning he used 10 talk with them and he suisse
quently found II them deeply impressed the sub
iect u religion Who were happily converted from the
da snoss az h.atlcnism 10 the marvellous light OF tho
word Of lfc Wherever the word hat hem preached
there frequently hundreds absorbed ~ ferret
every thing else aud when the discourse ed some
would follow lie preacher " the next p9s" aad dlay
turned from their idols AMI wofshipPd the tue Col Y
had only heen ton years since chrsans hat pant
there ey iss:oaaTcs ard there nearly 80
who preferred Jesus Christ. According - this. VIVA.
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