Laurel outlook., 1949-11-30

the untamable jungle is almost in
the ~dooryard, came a Christmas
letter this week to Mrs. C. H.
Barney from missionary friends
who have served there many years.
1t tells among other interesting
things Of the natives practical ap-
plication of tenets they have re-
ceived from missionaries following
the routes and work of DR.. David
Livingston and others. DR.. Liv-
ingston, a Scot who died in At
rica while pursuing his dual work
of missionary and explorer, is
buried in Westminster Abbey
among England's %illustrous.
The missionary writer is Mrs.
L H.. ChattersOn. She and her
husband were school associates and
friends in their youth of Mr.. and
Mrs. Barney's families in Wiscon-
sin. The Chattersons while on a
visit earlier this year to Wisconsin
again met Mrs. Barney as the lat
ter stayed temporarily with some
relatives and friends. Later the
missionaries returned to West At
RIGA.
kindness is a Christmas trait"
Mrs. Chatterson observed at the
beginning of her Christmas letter.
Zone must live in a heather land
70 ,~ao1i1a HA,,- 4,,,o AL;- 80 I
"Td like to tell you about a lit
tie matched house about IA miles
from Flat station. The people
coming to our central hospital
from the great forest beyond often
sleep over night in this little viii
lage, for the ID miles is about a
days journey on foot when one is
sick enough to go to the hospital.
Some never get farther. Eleven
have died in or near the town the
past year-their strength insuffi-
cient to go the last Ia miles. There
are now several Christians in the
little village, who wish to serve I
and r hospitable and kind. They
nave built the little matched
louse, over the door of which :
hangs a sign that says, House Of !
Inside are bamboo beds, and the '
of the village see to it that {
here are always firewoOd and I
God. This is their own project; !
I sprang from a need, and from .
hearts of kindness and love. These !
we are often discouraged in I
'ur missionary work; then we y
ear about a project like this. '
That a house by the side of the :
Dad could exist in a land which +
generation ago knew not Christ =,
to me a wonderful thing. (She
rev a little sketch of the bamboo
nd thatch structure and the sur
ounding palms,
"The trip out last March (from
he visit to the United States) I,
GEMS ages ago and the details are ;,
lurred. We look forward to an =,
visit in two years and seven p
CO
81 wish to tell you about our n
isit to Liberia Zen route from the tt
tates to Cameroun farther south el
n the west coast). We had always Il
card much about this country,
ut had never been able to go "
shore. This time, thanks to the Il
'nited States navy, we tied up at la
he beautiful new dock at Monro- 1t
la. CT
Several of us walked into town n
n the road which was also built p;
Y u navy. Upon entering the
,wn we were stopped by a police 81
an who said, Get off the road bi
nd walk in the dirt like the rest 70
the people!' After that we ar
alked in the dust and left the SIT
acktop road for the very few
lrs. OF course there are no side tn
alks. pa
"Monrovia, the capital of Lii of
ria, is the poorest, dirtiest town So
have ever seen in West Africa. w;
rue, we didn't get back into the pr
terror where the Firestone plan su
lions are located, but it is at an
e port of a country that impress on
Dns are formed. Now | under tn
and why Europeans laugh and mi
V, Observation-Disclosures colonly.' 70;
There was one place we VISITED
Monrovia where we were made We
feel welcome, where the grounds 81
ere we'll kept and the building
IAN and cool. 1t was an African
urch. It reminded US that in he
83 our Presbyterian church we
arted its first missionary work pr
Monrovia and that Of the first me
missionaries, 81 died after a an
W weeks or years. From Liberia ma
r mission came down the coast we
the island of Corisco and later Pr
to Spanish Guinea and Cam Nj
.un. Sp
About the first question to Ga
Get US on our return was, Are ne
u going to run your pattern SER Ro
,e and your reading service
ain this term, and how soon will !
u start?' 1t was loads of fun for
be able to say, Yes, our friends Jel
Mt many sewing patterns and WI