Richmond planet., 1905-01-28
A Voice
From Africa.
@ FAVORS A CENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT
CRITICIZES DR.. JORDAN'S METHODS
HAS SUFFERED MUCH-BRIGHT
PROSPECTS IN THE DARK
CONTINENT
SS Chester Rd.. Walmer Estate
Woodstock, South Africa,

Wooostock, South Africa,
December 81, 1904.
To the Editor Of the RICHMOND Planet,
Dear Sir and Brother In the Lord.
Greeting:-
Again, Ne venture to write TO YOU.
The only excuse that we can offer for
this liberty is, the sacrifice which we
have made for the work of foreign mis-
slons. We are descended from an old
Virginia tree, she trunk Of which lived
In Richmond. Lot Highly of Bowling
Green, an ex-slaxe OF John Enders Of
Hlohnond was the writer's great grand
father. Higby's daughter, Luvenia
Randall, was our grandmother, and
was ths property of Simon Frazier Of
Richmond. John Henry and Henrietta
were told, the former to DIR. f. W. Dan
cy OF Holly Springs. Miss. and the latter
toI. Sailor OF the same place.
The writer was born at Holly Springs
In 1859 and returned to that city In
1879, was educated at the Miss. State
Normal School, finishing in the class of
1883. We then went west to the Hot
Springs Of Al kansas, were married to
Miss Emma II. Ratcliffe in 1884, taught
In one OF the public schools of Arkan-
rs for ten years. We were converted
Ark, joine6 the Baptist Church. En-
to.eo the ministry snefe anu Iecefve,. Ca
dinntion in 1890. Elected foreign mis-
slonary as the Bapt. Foreign Home Mis-
Convention, Wash, d. o., 1898. sail
ed with wife and two sons. ages 8 and
8 respectively, April 10. 1894; arrived at
Oape Town, South Africa, June 4, 1894.
AS the time OF our landing, there was
not one Negro Baptist in all South
Africa. We began and set up our BAN
ner III the nams OF our God, and thus
the little mustard seed" was sown.
Yes, We began nc once and by the 20th
OF September, 1894 we were able to or
ganixe as q body of baptized believers in
the Lord Jesus Christ.
AN ADDITION TO THE FAMILY.
On Nov. 18th God added to our fami-
ly y little daughter, whom We called
Candaoe, and the next day, Nov. IA,
1894 the mail from the U. 8. A. brought
Us letter from CDR. l.. M. Luke) the
Foreign Mission Board containing our
appointment as the servant Of the above
named christian body. After the death
OF DR.. Luke, Rev. l.. G.. Jordan, (now
Dr.) was appointed Cor. Sec. to the
Foreign Mission Board. Certain prom
ises on the part Of the Board were made
to the Africans, bar, never fulfilled,
and because of it, friction arose, but,
we fought bravely on until to-day there
are many Negro Baptists, yea, thous-
aD DIS in this sub continent.
TheS. African Foreign Mission field, is
Gods child, the precious life Of which,
is hunted by enemies as bitter as was
Herod OF old. Ii was asked, loan any
good thing come out OF NAZARETH"
Our Cor. Sec. seems to think that no
good thing can come out of Oape Town.
This station has been in Egypt i. Q. lita
tie or nothing was done for it and sell
dom was it mentioned in the "Misslon
Herald" ''Hope deferred maketh the
heart sick" Promises anfnlfilied hurt
rather than help.
And yet, the Cape Town Church is
the immediate parent Of all of our South
African Mission stations. 1t is much
pleasanter 60 be able to say nice things
that edify, but being boycotted and ig-
nored what else can We do than com.
plain? We are being unjustly treated
and even a worm will turn when tread
upon.
Through the work of Rev. Jordan,
d. ID. the work he is thoroughly disor.
ganized,
Ist. Because there is no central head |
to our work, the Cor. Sec. having |
created all workers equal, not allowing
their correspond to pass through |
an honored head, each reporting in.
dividually and Independently, There |
is no one through whom the govern
ment may receive the necessary infor-
nation touching our work, and thus
each attempts to correspond with the 10.
cal government, confusing matters more
and more.
and. The field here has been district
sd by cur board, and a more confound-
ing, foolish thing would be hard to
conceive.
3rd. Both Revs. O. 8. Morris (now
DIR. and L. @. Jordan, came to Africa
and ordained incompetent men to the
gospel ministry to which the colonial
government takes exceptions, as do
the white Baptists of South Africa.
.WW LAST, BUT not LEAST.
4th. And last, but not least, such
inability to deal with the heathen, is /
showing itself in q most baneful man.
ner, once given free hand you can
not again discipline them. -
BY way of stress we would point out
that the Master hath said, Greater
love hath no man than this, that he lay