The Washington herald., 1909-04-17

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laid TO rest along with the nations proud
Like every other visitor 20 the Abbey
who reads at his feet the inscription on
that great white marble slab, / was
thrilled with the story that saw thereon.
Brought BY l'aithfal Hands
Over Lani and Sea
Hert Rests
DAVID LIVINGSTONE
Missionary
Traveller
PhilanthrOpist
Born March ls 1915
Al Bant5re Lanarkshire
Died May l. 1873
A. Chifambos Village. Ulsl@
For Hhirty Years His Life Was Spent
In An Cnwearied Effort
To Esangclize the Native Raves
T. Explue the Undiscovered Secrets
To Abolish the Desclatmg Slave Trade
Of Central Africa
Where With His Last Words He Wrote
An ] Can Add ia Ny solitude. Is
May Heavens Richest Bicss:ng Come Down
On Everyone. American English. or TUX.
Who Win Help % Heal
This Open Sore Of the Word.
When sated with inanities Of many cur
rent books. one can do no better. If in
search OF information. entertainment and
thrill. than 10 read Stanley's In Dark
est Africa" or Livingstone's own vol
umes. There arises a real hero. a great
man. indeed, who's character is best
revealed by his own message 10 the di-
rectors Of his home society, u am ready
10 go anywhere, provided II be forward. -
II is in an altruistlc service that a char
acter comes to its greatest possible
height. An editorial IN a Toronto paper.
commenting upon the extraordinary elO-
quence Of the speakers at Canada's Mis-
sionary Congress, pointed out that the
members OF Parliament. and politicians
generally, seldom attain such power OF
platform utterance. IT was his motive
and mission that transformed the Scotch
mill oy into the immortal Livingstone,
TO whom Punch bore this tribute;
"OTen the Abbey doors and bar him in
To sleep with king and statesman chief and sase;
The missionary came Of weaver Kin.
But sreat By work that brooks no lower wage
he needs no eriiarh to guard a name
Which men shall prize while worthy work Is
known;
He lived and died FOR good-be this his fame;
Let marble crumble: this is Livingstone
All the while I am writing Of Living
stone. Africa's most famous missionary.
there persists before my mental vision
the figures OF a young man and his
charming bride. whom I met a few weeks
ago in Southern city. This young man
went 10 Africa in 1903. disinherlted by his
wealthy father because he persisted in
becoming a missionary. Even upon HIS
recent furlough. the father. blind to the
notable work the son has done. and the
character he has achieved SO that men
now cali him great. has refused 10 be
.recOnciled 20 him who preferred the call
ing of a missionary I'm Africa 10 that Of
q lawyer In the United States Now.
after brilliant and powerful addresses
throughout the South. the young man
has started back to Africa. accompanied
by his beautiful bride OF ak the friends
whose loving good wishes follow them,
none find Il in thei rbreasts TO do other
than envy them their opportunity.
It was in April, 1876. that Alexander
Mackay sailed 70 Africa. 20 become the
mecbanic-missionary, helping 10 construct
a new Christian nation by the tools which
he welded so skillfully. For diversified
interesting life story. Of more compelling
and absorbing character than the crea-
tions Of fiction. commend young and old
TO '-Mackay OF Uganda" Within the mem
0Ty OF multtudes now living Uganda was
a horrible example of barbaric cruelty
treachery and savagery; and the narrow
escapes Of some missionaries. and the
slaughter Of others. like Bishop Hauing-
ton. make a thrilling story. To-day
Uganda IS a Christian kingdom. with a
religious activity and spirit putting 20
shame many communities that have pos
sessed the Gospel for centuries.