Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-03-17
Ordination, Marriage, and Missionary
Work In South Africa.

Work in South Africa.
Mr.. CIRCUITS theological studies were
pursued, two years at Yale. and one at
Andover. where he graduated in 1886
After a few months of rest and change
he appeared on the Sth of October. 1896
before an ecclesiastical council in Spring
field, this state by which he was eXamin-
ed and ordained as a missionary of the
American board of Africa. At the close
of the ordaining sermon. which was
preached by Prof Park of Andover, he
was married to Miss Lydia Bates of
Springfield, with whom, after supper, he
started on a wedding journey, their faces
set to the eastward. The next day
brought them to Boston, and the following
day found them on board a gallant ship
blowing its way in the van of storm
toward their PARKWAY field of work. Two
months of speedy sailing brought them to
the Cape of Good Hope, whence, after six
weeks of waiting, they sailed on the re-
naming 1000 miles of their journey.
Though rough and long drawn out, even
to the putting of the passengers on
short allowance of bread and water, it
was finally crowned with a safe entrance
into the quiet, land-locked bay of Natal
and a glad landing upon what the young
folk had chosen as the field of their life
work.
Here they changed from a sailing ship
to big Dutch tented wagon, drawn by
the standard number of twelve oxen, with
the necessary set of Zulus to man the
team, and started for mission station
forty miles away, which they reached
after several days, being obliged to ford
swollen streams and undergo great priva-
lions.
Having given few months to the study
OF the Zulu language and an exploration
of the field, MIR. Grout made choice of a
"a for mis- efa
sources of the Umsunduzi. some thirty
miles north of Durham. TO which the en-
terprising chieftain Unjust, of the Anna
gabe tribe, gave him a hearty welcome
The morning after he arrived there, with
his big wagon-load of goods, as tools,
nails, windows and other things from
America, with which to build house, to-
gether with a few books, food and
raiment, the herder boys from the sur
rounding hills, coming down to see him.
hailed him as white mani teacher!
king" and inquired for the book they had
heard he would bring. OF these and their
mates, boys and girls he soon formed a
school, which sometimes numbered 20 or
80 From out Of these and others he
eventually organized a church, to which
additions were made from time TO time
during all the years of his labors In that
field. In all these labors he was greatly
aided from the first by his wife, and,
eventually by his daughter In this work
of weekday teaching, together with
preaching at the station and often at an
out station on Sunday; teaching archi-
lecture, as in building a schoolhouse. a
chapel and other houses; teaching agri-
culture or how to train oxen, use the
cart, pillow, hoe; trying to serve as a mag
istrate, physician, dentist; to practice, in
deed, about every kind of profession.
trade and pursuit; meantime making tours
OF observation In the surrounding regions;
studying the language and writing a
grammar; translating the Bible and print
Ing books; in word trying to promote
every interest of the natives and the
colonists, who had eventually become
numerous-in labors such as these Mr..