Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
another lover. she was terribly pun
ished The old penalty for such crime
was chat both offenders should be
chopped up alive. somewhat after the
slicing process which, until recently,
was common In China. All such penal
ties have now been done away with,
and infidelity Is punished by the native
courts, which are directed by the Brit
ish officials.
AS to Mutesa's crucltles, Apollo kati-
kiro, the present prime minister, De
scrbes how one of his wives was killed
for speaking too loudly in the royal
presence. The king was angry at her
Tor her presumption, and straightway
ordered that her nose and ears DE cut
off. and finally her head. Ihis senlenoe
was carried out right in the midst oil
the court crowd, and the soldiers laugh
ed as they did II.
MWANGA THE KING.
An even more brutal beast than Ola
Mutesa was king of AIwanga, who sue
ceeded him. He reigned AFTER tus
Christian missionaries had come IN anu
when the country was TO large en-
tenn converted TO Christianity. Mwanga
was at times much opposed to the ms
sionaries, and he tortured the Chi
tians among the natives, cutting on
The arms and feet OF some and roasting
others to death over SLOW hfes. ne
killed several of the white missionaries
and acted so that he brought about u
rIyn war among his people. In inns
war the native Catholics ana the hatlNe
Protestants fought with each other'
and for a time the country was uhuer
the control of the Mohammedans. me
king himself was VIGOROUSLY weak anu
notoriously bad The orgies of ms
nalace were so disgraceful that they
cannot be printed, and the people them =
selves were glad when lie was deposeu,
as they feared he would corrupt ana
wipe out the whole nation. The Brltish
at last threw him from the throne ana
chose Daudi Chau who was then
baby. as king. That was about IL years
ago. and in the meantime the country
has been ruled by this boy, with re-
gency of natives and a council OF the
chiefs.
HOW STANLEY INTRODUCED
CHRISTIANITY.
1t was Henry NJ. Stanley who first
brought Christianity into this part Of
the world. He came out here In 1878
and was well received by Mutesa. He
urged the king to adopt the Christian
religion, translated tho ten command
ments and the Lords prayer for him,
and found him so interested that he
sent a letter to the London Telegraph
begging the English TO send out mis-
sionaries He spoke of Uganda as the
nsost promising field In the pagan
world and advised the English to work
H. This letter was sent to Europe by
way of the Nile. 1t was given to a
Belgian messenger but the Belgian was
killed on his way down the river, and
a government expedition was sent out
to find his remains. When they dis
covered the body Stanleys letter was
still hidden in one of its boot legs.
II was forwarded to Chinese Gordon at
I<hartum, and he sent il on to the Lon
don Telegraph. Three days after II
was published an anonymous gift Of
S2J,00G was offered to the Church Mis-
sionary society of England TO begin
work in the Uganda field. and $4,000
more was added shortly thereafter. AS
a result eight young men were sent to
Zanzabar, and from there they came
overland to Lake Victoria, Others came
south by way of the Nile and within
Il short time the work of outstanding
this nation began In earnest.
FIFTY THOUSAND NATIVE
PREACHERS.
All this happened about 80 years
ago, and now the Uganda people are
practically Christians. or course, there
are sim many heather among them
bat think II Is safe TO say that some
thing like million of these natives
believe In Christianity in one form or
another. Ia addition to the Protestant
movement which is by far the most inn
portant. and which Is under the aus
pieces of the Church Missionary society
of England, great work has been done
by the Catholics The White Fathers
famous French denomination, have
native churches scattered over the
country and n large mission station
here. The Min HIN Mission also Cath
ole, and composed largely Of Irish
priests. Is doing a great work having
It's churches hospitals ana schools. The
converts Of these two missions, usu-
ully marked by the little Crosses which
lhcY wear around their nepks. are 10
be seen every where
AS % the work of the Professionals. II
rs enormous. ArchdeacOn Walker. who
is ui the head OF the Church Mission
society here. tells me that the first con-
Noli- were baptized Just about %
years ago, and that today Uganda has
500 native Protestant churches and 200
hnuFe eNangeiists, who are going about
over the country doing mission work.
II has 10000 native preachers who are
unlplhs regular services from week 10
week The natives have built their
uMu ,nuIeh's ana lhcy support their