The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-26

he would corrupt and wipe out the
whole nation. The British at last
threw him from the throne and chose
Daudi Chau. who was then baby. as
king. That was about twelve years
ago. and in the meantime the couatry
has been ruled by this boy. with re-
gency OF natives and council Of the
chiefs.
How Stanley Introduced Christianity.
It was Henry NJ Stanley who first
brought Christianity into this part OF
the world. He came out here in 1873,
arg a1 the king to adopt the Christian
religion. translated the Ten Command
ments and the Lords Prayer for him
and found him so interested that he
begging the English to send out mis-
sionaries. He spoke Of Uganda as the
most promising field In the pagan
world. and advised the English to work
way Of the Nile. It was given to a Bel
gian messenger. but the Belgian was
killed on his way down the river, and
a government expedition was sent out
to find his remains.
Stanley's letter was still hidden in one
of It's bootlegs. 1t was forwarded to
Chinese Gordon. at Khartum, and he
seat 1t on to the London Telegraph,
anonymous gift of $4,000 was offered
to the Church Missionary Society Of
England to begin work in the Uganda
field, and $4,000 more was added short
" thereafter. AS q result eight young
men were sent to Zanzibar, and from
there they came overland to Lake Vie
toria. Others came south by way of the
Nile, and within short time the work
of Christianizing this nation began in
earnest.
FIFTY Thousand Native Preachers.
All this happened about. thirty years
and new The uganda peepst are
are still many heather among them.
but think 1t Is safe to say that some
thing ike l,ooo, oo0 Of these natives be-
levs in IN form or amt
movement which is by far the most
Important, and which is under the au-
spices of the Church Missionary Society
Epgand work w has been done
a famous French denomination. have
native churches scattered over the
country and large mission station
here. The Mill Hill Mission, ALSO Cath tn,
priests, Is doing a great work, having
its churches. hospitals and schools. The
converts of these two missions, usually
marked by the little crosses which they
wear around their necks, are to pc seen
| everywhere.
| Ia enormous. Archdeacon Walker who
| IS at tue hedQ OF the ECuuiCU N4lSn1plt
Society here, tells me that the first
converts were baptized just about
Twenty five years ago, and that totday
Uganda has 500 native Protestant
churches and 200 native evangelists,
who are going about over the country
doing mission work. It has $4,000 ma
| tive preachers who are holding regular
services from week to week. The ma
ltiyes have built their own churches,
and they support their preachers.
The people so to church; they hold
and many of them
are earnest Christians. They are called
| to church by the beating OF drum.
They keep the Sabbath and on that
day the markets throughout the coun-
+ try are closed. The archdeacon says
the relations between the Protestants
| and Catholics are good and that the
l.held Is still large enough for all de-
nominations. Said he: II am glad to
have the Catholics do what they can.
We are all working to benefit the ma
| tives and we all believe In the creed,
1.-The Lords prayer and the Ten Com-
tmandments," This mission has to a
large extent abolished the savage GUS
toms common here in the past, slavery
has been done away with and the king
land chiefs cannot MAIN or kill their
Isubjects, The natives as a rule haYo
each but one Wife and many of their
children are now being sent to school
land taught the three RS Both the
Catholics md Protestants have manual
training Hchools and there Is also a
high school here at Men 40,
\ 7, Wish ! could show the American