The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-25

have mad icundhnas among US, but that does not
mean that English mothers are no better than she
bears. II you go into other mems labors you need
not tell at home who reared the converts you nave
secured but you will feel awtuly uncomfortable,
| even IN heaven, till you have made abJcct apollo
gies to your brethren who, like yourselves, are
/ heavenward bound.
] Let no one under the difficulties thar
! must be encountered In beginning mission IN q
new country. The belt Of forest that lies round
! the island near the coast OF Madagascar involved
| almost certain death TO the brave pioneers who
passed through TO the highlands in the interior,
| Without knowing that at certain season 1t might
be traversed In safety. But the London Missionary
Society bravei it. at great loss In men
and money, ana me result Is missionary sue
! This continent must be civilized from within out
wards, and the missionaries who VIII undertake
son Crusoe spirit Men have ielt perfectly viii
ling to sacrifice everything, even their ives, for
the sake OF the Gospel. before they lett home but
as in one gallant oiicer's case | witnessed, he
tempted TO despair on breaking the photograph OF
his wife or feel It TO be an excruclating hardship
to be without sugar Tor the tea. The boys who, on
reading Captain Wayne Reid's books, would like
to be .castaways," have the ring OF the true mis-
sionary metal
WHITE TO THE HARVEST.
Spoke was delighted with the central countries
he passed through as most inviting for Christian
ios instance WIZ ln ane intel ex
him RumaniKa) and Buganda 10y Arabs called
Uganda, with teemng and polite popu.atlon
under the vain, cruel but friendly Mtesa. This
CHIEF Is the first That the Arabs nave attempted to
convert in Eastern Africa Ghamees-bln- Abdullah
IN raD and n
pupil gave him about 500 Young slaves ana
an enormous amount OF ivory. Chances was q
Muscat Arab, and, like his class, was brave, honor
able and really kind hearted. The country born or
mainlanders, beng mostly or slave mothers, have
maraaders thew are energetic enough, and, IKE
the interior Dutch beers OF South Africa very
brave, where the natives have no guns.
few slaves are operated on, taught lew prayers
from the Koran IN Arabic, In order to be 'clean"
as butchers In saughterng animals for their mas
tiers. aud are taen dressed IN long calico night
gowns and tight fitting cotton caus This is all the
conversion that the system requires and they
become perverse Lars ana as ramtgated Cow, cow
all appear ike great coarse women IN their night
gowns When they come near danger the first
The gowns are ALI tucked up ready Tor flight, and,
as poor Chances BIN Abdullah found with his
eighty armed slaves, not single bondman stands
CLIMATE AND FRUITFuLNEss OF SOIL.
The whole of this upland region being between
$500 and 1000 feet above the sea is comparatively
cold. the minimum temperature here IN the dry
season four winter is nom 81 degrees to SO degrees
not promise entire Immunity from lever. Here
that takes the place OF our colds and consump-
tions, and Is not 50 fatal fatal II you az, are
The land Is unduating, being, at the crcsts OF
Twaveslow Hills covered with bushes and trees,
and showing here and there rounded, outcr0pping
masses Of the light-gray granite, tne general rock
OF the country. At the bottom OF the troughs or
the earthen pillows, springs are numerous: me
abundant. Grasses, which in the hot lOwlands
attain height OF nve or SIX feet mere appear only
one or two feet nigh. Wheat and rice are success
fully cultivated, and require only about three
months TO come to maturity. BY following the
Arab advice as TO the proper seasons for cultiva-
ton, q missionary could soon render himself in
dependent OF foreign supplies. Coffee grows wild
in Karagew, and is cultvafei by the Manyuema
up among the cannibals by irritable eating ulcers
on the eet / had sugar cane pOunued In the
wrung out by the hands. When boiled thick it
to correct the lafenf acidity, and it soon
spoiled. had onions and radisheS In abundance,
though the country Is so hot and low lying. The
Arabs here have oranges, lemons, guavas, mangoes,
pomegranates, pepows, sweetsops. onions. pump
klns, watermelOns, and some begin to grow the
grape vine. l believe that all European vegeta-
bes would prosper 1t care were taken to select the
proper seasons tor sowing and the seeds were
brought in rown paper parces, hung up IN the
cabin OF the sup and never exposed to tne direct
rays of the sun, sodered in thus or confined IN
boxes. All very clever cOntrivances Tor travellers
convenience ougnt to be summed. In general
they are heavy, burdensome trash which any one
who has learned to use his eyes and ears finds TO
be iutoleraDe nuisances. The only articles essen
TALLY necessary ior a missionary OF the Robinson
CrusOe type that strikes me at present are a lew
light tools, lew books, clothes, soap and shoes.
l mention soap because nave not met the plant
with the ashes OF which my wife made soap
in the south. Four suits OF strong gray tweed
served me comfortably Tor 1--WE years, and might
have worn LONGER lor | saw Arabs VINO VINO bought
had discarded them. An energetic man, VINO
liked labor would soon surround himself with
comforts at q comparatively small expense, and he
would soon find that he mad expatrlated himself
for q noble and souI-satlsy lne object
THE CURSE OF AFRICA.
Having now been some SIX years out OF the
world, and most OF my iricnus having apparently
determined by their silence to Impress me with
truth the adage, 'Uut OF sight out oil mind,"
the dark scenes OF the slave trade had most dis.
tressing and depressing influence. Inc power OF
the Prince of Darkness seemed enormous 1t was
only with q heavy heart sald "Tny king
dom comer In one point OF view rne
eviis tnat brood over , TINS beautiful cogn,
the Makololo and Others In the Central region, !
saw lar prospect OF the regeneration OF Africa.
country than was done by ST. Patrick in ireland.
But did no: know that was surrounded by the
portuguese slave trade - Dgnt IKE curse IRON
Now am not so hopeful l don't know how the
wrong will become right But the great and low
ing Father OF all knows, and He Will do 1t accord
Ing 70 His infinite wisdom.
HERALD ENLIGHTENMENT AMIDST LOCAL DEsoLA-
A batch Of NEW YORK HERALD newspapers OF
1871 has lately made the horizon clear up little.
Commercial enterprise, 1T seems, Is daily bringing
people geographically remote into close cOnnec-
ton. The tendency OF heatenism Is towards isola-
ton. In the Manyuema country 1t keeps the in
haDitants OF one village apart IRON every other, eS-
cept, as was the case with our remote ancestors,
when they went to fight. The headman oil ham,
let OF hall dozen houses walks unarmed round
his plantation with long STAFF carrying some po-
tent charm on each end, and rejoicing In being
called "MOlognwe,n CHIEF or say, .stree and SOW
ereign citizen,n and would be glad 70 see every
otner ruling blockhead slain When we got a
guide to conduct US through the dense dark forests
that often lie between districts he and others
went on cneerhy enough Till within few
miles OIL the next human nabitatons and nothing
could induce them TO go further for fear they said,
OF being Killed and eaten kindly inviting us to
lodge at their villages on our return, they de-
parted h0mewards. Are their not vestiges OF
similar heatnensm that nger in the passport sys-
TEN, IN certain tariffs and even in religious sec
tartan differences Crochety Christians seem
not to know that the followers OF Jesus,
OF whatever name, are lncomparably SUI
perior In morality TO Moslems, Budd-
nists, BrahminS or any 0ther pagans.
Morbid zeal to appear impartial sometimes leads
to the assertion that the morality OF the Koran Is
nearly equal to that OF the Gospel. 1t Is conceded
that at one time Mahomet acted as reIormer IN
relation TO idolatry; but ms orders to murder
Christians the ''dead 1ies In the apothecary's
ointment" and even the Prophet was so ashamed o.
the immoral injuncuons that be put the blame
on the Angel GABRIEL, and his followers continue
to 40 the same. We are enjoined TO be humble
ana without doubt there Is reason for sober
estimate OF ourselves. Yet, look at the Suez Canal
the Pacific Railroad. the railways In India and