Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-01-12
of his miraculous conversion

preacher said:
When ! felt that the hand of the
lord was stretched out to me and I be-
gan u ieei ' 7'as saved man l asked
for d sign to show me ID -, : .,igI,+
know I had the white mans reigf6l- /,
The preacher told me to kneel down
and he would pray for me. We all
went down on our knees, and while 7
was there the whole room became as
dark as night. could not see a thing
| before me. l became alarmed. l trem-
bled all over and quaked with fear.
Suddenly there came such a white light
as l have never seen since, and out Of
that wonderful illumination appeared
white-robed angel, who said in loud
voice:
"I will make thee a teacher of many
nations"
Forthwith I got up, feeling a new
creature. l never felt so strange before
and l went home to tell my folks that
! had been saved by the white mans
religion When I got back to our hut
my mother became scared, | looked so
pale. My brother fell on the ground,
and my mother all doubled up. Wher-
ever / went everybody fell down before
me. When my father came home and
heard what had done he said l would
have to give up the religion or go away
from his house. l said l would 60 but
when 1 started my mother cried so, my
father said l might live In his home if
] would not talk to him. Father said
l was crazy and should travel for my
health. He gave me the money, and l
went all over Africa preaching the gos-
pei, but the more l travelled the worse
l got, and here l am today a preacher.
After several years of travelling l
finally went to Gloucester, England,
where I attended the university for ten
wears. When l came out l began to
travel again, and l have visited nearly
every nation on earth. l have been to
China twice, India three times, Eng
land twice, France five times, and to
America once. One month from now
/ will sail for my native land, and
there I am going to spend the rest of
nv life among my people, carrying the
word of this wonderful religion. The
first place l am going is to the kings
palace and tell him he is a heather"
In Jacobas, from where the African
missionary comes, there are those same
conditions which have existed since
creation. There the people worship
the moon and stars, and are guided
in all their actions by the movements
of the planets. Every full moon is a
day of sacrifice, and then blood flows
in floods. The populace assemblies in
a large arena something like the old
fashioned coliseum, dug out of the
earth. Then comes the sacrifice. A
large bull, which has been starved sew
eral days until he is furious, is brought
forth to be carved by the men appointed
by the king to offer the sacrifice
Through a gate the enraged animal is
turned loose on three men, who are
armed only with short penknives. AS
he rushes-at them they are to stick the
blades in his arteries and bleed him to
death. One by one his arteries are
cut, until he loses so much blood he
can not longer fight. Then he is killed
roasted in the arena, and everyone of
the guests must eat of the sacrifice.
In the event the bull kills the men they
are roasted and fed to the multitude
and the animal is kept for another
sacrifice. In another tribe, the Huh