The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-01

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IRON a Letter TO the New York IIerald.l
one of the greatest s~atisfactions | ex-
pcrienced after reaching Zanzibar was
he information received that the church
mission 10 Uganda had arrived At IL
destination. Ii would not be out Of place
here TO remind forgetful people that the
church mission TO Uganda il the result
of an appeal made TO English philan-
thropists through your columns. The
annual volume for 1878 Of the ROYAL
Geographical Society's proceedings will
inform you that $4,000 was subscribed
IN one night. have been told that an
additional $4,000 was afterward sub
scribed TO IL. IL was Col. Iinant de
Bellefonds who conveyed this appeal into
the hands Of Col. Gordon. II il TO Col
Gordon's kindness that | am indebted
for It's transmission TO England.
CONVERTING KING MTEsA.
The appeal was written in April, 1875.
During the brief visit made to the En-
peror Of Uganda at hat time | UNDER
mined his belief and respect in the Mo
hammcdan religion. The month Of Au-
gust saw me again at the Court Of
Mtesa. / spent 10 days with him on
this second visit, during which time |
ton, a pupil Of the London Mission at
Zanzibar, the entire Gospel Of st. Luke,
the Lords Prayer, the Apostles Creed,
several chapters Of st. Paul's Epistles
and a \ portion Of the Book of Revelation,
besides the Ten Commandments. Dur
ing nearly all Of this time | spent from
two TO six hours each and talking with
him about the great love for mankind
which the Savior manifested while on
earth. When we returned 10 his capt.
tai, in the latter part Of October, | di-
rected how the new church was 10 be
built, and assisted the chief, Mkwenda,
to plant the pillars and posts Of the
building.
Considering the terrible things re-
corded in Col. Longs book" Victoria
Niyanza the massacres OF innocent
men and women simply I 0 do him honor,
fair-minded Englishmen must recognize
the fact that a great change must have
taken place in the Emperor. Col. Long
wa in Uganda, July, 1878. / arrived
in the beginning Of April. 1875, and had
communications with him until March.
1876. When Mtesa was on the point Of
executing captives | made him under
stand that il he executed one person
not convicted Of murder | would pub
lish the fact to the whole world, and de-
scribe him as no better than the lowest
savage. This was done in the presence
OF all his chiefs, numbering about 200
When he was about 10 sentence a great
chief Of the Wayuma TO the stake for
treason and a long course Of enmity, |
eNpostulated with the Emperor, and the
chief was saved. Considering that Col.
Long but corroborates Capt Spoke in
his descriptions Of Mtesa's character,
and considering that DIR. Schultzer or
Emin Bey, who succeeded me in Ugan-
da, reports that the conversion Of
Mtesa 70 Christianity il real, am | not
justified in claiming his conversion as
my own workp
sTANLEY's CONVERT.
Since Capt. Spoke and Col. Long de-
scribe Mtesa rs cruel, as sentencing men
women 70 death b. hundreds, and
saw before appearing in his pres
encc the ashes Of many victims in the
place Of execution. and since Col. Ii
nant de Bellefonds, since massacred
near Gondokora, reports in his journals
that Re heard me begin the conversion
the cruel despot, and DIR. >chultxer
Emin Bey reported that what Mr..
stated about Mtesa's conversion
i correct and the church mission lately
reported that the boy Darlington, left !
p me 10 continue the work in
1913, was still at his post, would il be ,
much for me To claim Mtesa As my (,
THE HOUR or PARTING. /,
On December IL the British India |
steam Navigation Company's steamer 4
'achunba sailed from Zanzibar for /.
Aden. My followers through Africa +.
lad left their homes early hat they Q
night be certain to arrive in time t. Wit a
my departure. They were arrayed '
in the picturesque dresses Of their :
ountrymen. The fullness Of the snowy h
ishdasbeh and the amplitude Of the h
lroan gave a certain dignity to their h
,rms, and each sported a light cane. d
pom inquiring | ascertained that sever r
had purchased handsome little prop /
rties--houses and gardens-with their :.
ages, proving that the long journey
al brought, with its pains and rough !
~Sperience, a good deal Of thrift and 4
isdom. IL,
GENERAL HANDsHAKrNG. =
When | vas about to step into the a
the brave faithful fellows rushed n
sfore me and shot the boat into the "
a., and then lifted me up on their b,
ads and carried me through the surf bI
70 the boat. We shook hands twenty b,
mes twenty, | think, and the boat II
! saw them consult together. n,
"a presently saw them running down q
z beach aud seize a great twenty-ton In
rhfar- which shax sns,r o,.,. .cI AZ.