New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-27
NEGRO MISSIONS TO AFRICA
MEN TO BE SENT TO THE SAVAGES NEAL,
LAKE NYASSA
. REQUEST FROM AMERICAN KINGS FOR INsrRtc
. TON IN THE WHITE MEMS RELIGION

TloN IN THE WHITE MEMS RELIGION
a PROSPECT or SUCCESS.
AT meeting OF the Missionary Department Of
tne African Methodist Episcopal Church. hold in
'hiS city last week. great enthusiasm was cx-
pressed foi the work which the organization is
"o'hg among thu negroes in Liberia. This is not
new undartaknE. schools ana churches man
eSed by negro missionaries from the United
states ha tiuG noW been mliutai mod in that cour-
t1Y Tor several years: hut it is proposed - cx-
tend the scope of the enterprise vigorously. \
naw memorial church is to be built in Monrovia.
tie capital
But the most inter- s,inc feature occupvine tho
tNen;on of The African Mcthoiis; Episcopal
|iIssion BOARD a present j. 4 plan to send mis-
fionarieS and teachers to a number Of savage
tribes in Southwest Africa. near Lake Nyassa
Unlike the work in many mission fields this
nemiscs success from the start. because tho
thteiS OF tho several tribes have sent personal
applications TO tho Hoard. requesting that mis-
Sionaries he sent to them. The Communica tions
have been made through an intelligent young
native OF the Ajawa tribe. John Chilembuc. who
Is now at the headquarters e the Mission Board
In the Bible House. but who expects TO return to
Us home in Africa in Il week or two
CheUhUc learned the English language.
nhich he speaks and writes we'll ana became 4
ronvert to Christianity at an English school in
lhe Nyassa neichborhocd. lie spent some months
In visiting among the adjacent tribes. prea ching
J them well he could ana advising their
chiefs of the benefits to be gained from cN LIZA
ticn and the Christian religion. 50 impressed
Were the various kings" they arc often
called. with what he told thcu that they desired
T. have their people taught in the new ways.
Ind for this purpose united in sending Chilembuc
/, America as their representative.
They have not tho gospel. nor the civilz d
ways as yet" said the young African. in speak
fg Of his mission last week. but they know
r.at such things ar TO be desired. and they are
rery anxious to learn. am much disappointed
that cannot take back some missionaries with
when 60 hu: w must wait suppose"
Secretary Parks. Of the African NJ, thodist Epis-
Ccpal Mission Board said that three missionaries
would doubtless bc sent to Southeast Africa. but
that they would probably not leave until Janu-
airy |. The party would consist OF a physician. a
nurse and minister OF the gospel. and they
would. OF course, all be colorcd men. The tribes
who have sisnified their desire through Chill
embuc. for the ways Of the white man are the
Ajawas. of whom he is a member and whose
chief Kumtanja. is of much intelligence:
The Mangololcs. the Chkuudas the Manga Jas
the Chipetas. the Atongas and the Angonis
The sending u American negroes as mission
airy workers among people Of their own race has
been confined almost entirely to the African
Methodist Episcopal Church. Occasionally a coll
lrcd man has NE ont a missionary from
tome one Of tho great white denominations but
Is a general rule tho Mission Boards of the I,pis-
opal Presbyt terrain Congregational and other
churches have deemed it wiser TO send white
men They argue that the negro Of this country
IS no better fitted for the work. "a regards abu-
ity 10 endure the tropical climate or any knowl-
edge Of the tribal tongues. than is white man.
ard that the latter is usually received with more
eagerness and respect. by reason of his strange
color