The sun., 1881-01-16

Ing the early part Of tho night. but at four In the
morning the boy who lay at his door called in
alarm for the older attendants. fearing that hIa
master was dead BY the candle still burning
they saw him. not in bod but kneeling at tho
bedside with his head buried in his hands, Uo
had passed away on the iurthest OF all his jour
neys. He had died in the act OF prayer. commend
ing himself and his own dear ones into the
hands OF his Saviour. and commanding Africa.
rs wns his wont.wlth all her woes. to tho avenger
OF the oppressed and the redeemer OF the lost.
Livingstone himself travelled 90. 900 miles in
Africa. and added to the known part Of the globo
about 1000 900 square miles. His work. more-
over did not stop with the beating of his heart
Tho most rapid glance ut tho progress OF events
during the soven years that have elapsed since
his death will demonstrate tho scope and I'M
pulse OF his posthumous influence. Whether
we consider tho steps that have been taken to
suppress the slave trade, the progress Of COM
moroal undertakings the successful Journeys
OF explorers. stimulated by his example, who
have gono from shore to shore. or tho new en-
terprlses OF the various missionary bodies car
ried out by agents with somewhat OF Living
stones spirit. We cannot fail to recognize what
revolution he effected, how entirely he changed
tho prospects Of n continent. But perhaps his
largest legacy to Africa was the spotess name
and noble character which. wherever he trav-
ollod, have become associated with the great
missionary explorer No prevailing relaxation
OF the moral code In wild. dark regions ever
weakened his self restraint or lessened his re-
gard for the decences and purities Of life.
What Livingstone did In order to keep his word
to his poor attendants was wonder, and has
become a tradition. in Central Africa. 1t was
the charm OF his name thnt enabled one OF his
successors. while engaged in founding the Liv-
ingstonia settlement to obtain hundreds OF car
riers to trans port the heavy sections OF steamer
past tho Murchison cataracts. 1t was tn Q highest
tribute that the slave traders in the Zambesi
district paid to his character when. for their
own vile ends. they told the people that they
themselves were the children OF Livingstone.
Tho loyalty OF his negro attendants. who. with
outresources and amid dangers carried the body
OF their dead master though an eight months
journey toward the coast, was itself a browning
proof OF the affection he inspired. g. 1t will be."
says DR.. Baikie. an immense benefit 10 all
future missionaries in Africa. that, in explai abb
ing to the people what practical Chrstuni-
meant. they will need but to point to the life a,
character Of tho man whose name will STAN
hereafter foremost in the Inst OF African uunc-
factors" Hero may be cited. not unfltly. two
stanzas from a poem published at tho time OF
his interment in Westminster Abbey:
open the Abbey doors and bear him in
TO sleep with king and statesman. chief and sage-
The missionary come of weaver Kin,
But greatb by work that brooks no lower wage.
He needs no enitaph to guard name
which men shall prize while worthy work is known.
lie lved and died for good-bc that his fame:
Let marble cTuinble; this IS Lyins-stone
III. w. II.