The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-20

army Of the Egyptians. strengthened by a
powerful British contingent, is about 10 adj
vance from Merawi to the next oilJective
point. Abu Hamed, having gained this
point, Will only be three hundred miles from
khartoum. which can then be easily
reached But she will have to contend with
the Dervish army, sixty thousand strong,
twice as large as her own army. The title
OF the khedlVe to the sovereignty Of the
Soudan will be made good By the subjec-
ton OF the revolving mahdists and the
thwarting of the Belgian and French
schemes TO steal march on the rightful
claimant
IN THE CONGO REGION.
Two years ago Baron Dhanis drove the
Arabian slave dealers out OF the Congo
State. Then he undertook secret expedi-
ton far into the northeast part of the state.
BY tho aid of the hundreds of natives whom
he drilled in military tactics and armed with
modern weapons he planted a number Of
stations all along the Aruwimi river up to
its source; and also on the Mobangi-M akua.
the largest of the contrbutaries of the Con-
go. Some of those native troops have re-
VOTED and killed off their white officers ana
started toward their home, four hundred
I 1a,t 70 the southwest, picking up their
ulDesmen on the way. These deseTters
number Loo and are determined to stir up
repetition all along the upper Congo
now II Is staed that the Baron Dhanis
ana all his men have been destroyed by
me very natives that had been aimed.
equipped and drilled by their generous iea1
Ell. Blshop j. g. HartzelI IS the living
successor OF the Apostolic Bishop William
daylor, who awakened the Methodist
Snurch from her slumbers as to her duty,
privileges ard responsibilities in Africa -
B5lsuop Hartzell writes from Dondo, in the
portuguese province of Angola. II have
now been in Africa nearly four months:
nave uaversed over 1000 miles of the west
coast, from Cape Verde to 10 degrees
south OF the equator, and have made a
e e;orl study OF the governments, mis-
Int
a new and wonderful world it is as com-
Rarea with anything l have ever seen be-
lore. Al Sierra Leone / was permitted to
study the negro after being under English
RUE Tor one hundred years. My six weeks,
IN Liberia enabled me. besides holding the
conference, to visit the important sta
ions or that republic and study tile negro
aLtef IIty years of self-government Both
t tnese csnters have, great difficulties to con-
tehu with, but each has q providentiaI call
70 the millions of native people around
them. Ny stay on the Congo was long
naming of Bishop Taylor's several sta
tons, the highest being at Vivi, I25 miles
inland. al now 100 miles from St Paul
de Loanda, the capital Of Angola, on the
coast, on my. way to visit all the stations
we nave in this province and to hold the
annual conference This trip means more
than six hundred miles of travel mostly on
foot or by hammocks. The Lord is Won
derfuny directing and keeping me. / dare
not worry or even be anxious. My heart
and thoughts are absorbed in this great
work. The obstacles are so complex and
Q1HlCuit, L Ieel mySelI only q. primary stu
dent in the presence of a very great task.
There are no steamers from here south
ward to the cape, so / go by the way OF
Madeira islands to Liverpool after / have
visited those missions and held the Congo
Conference" Mrs. Hartzell is to meet the
bishop in England. Then they Will both sail
to South Africa.
The missions OF the American board are
having a great revival throughout the
region of Natal. Multitudes are being saved
and added to the church. These missions
are all becoming self-supporting. Bishop
Tucker, who has spent so many years in
Central Africa, has returned to England
for the transaction of some important
business. He says; II have been teetotal-
err for twenty years. In Africa a teetotaler
is better fitted to cope with the climate
than even the most moderate drinkers
slavery is being abolished III Zanzibar The
decree is being put in force. Compensation
is to be awarded for slaves legally held,
and If Zanzibar cannot pay the expense,
then England will render assistance. The
Arabs have received the decree in regard
to compensation so that there is no prob
ability of resistance.
Bishop William Taylor Is still preaching
the gospel with power in his seventy
seventh year at Natal, and is still the war
rior of Christ and determined to die at Ills
post, saying: II would rather spend the
next twenty years in Africa among the saw
has long had the assurance that God would
satisfy him with long life and would also
show him his salvation. 1t seems as though
Mrs. William Taylor will be widow at
Alameda, Cal, before she sees her heroic
husband again.