Show PIE FOR THE HEATHEN Departure of Methodist Missionaries Mis-sionaries to Africa THE SURRENDER OF GEROSDIO The Pious Frauds Committed for TiJalThe Knights Will Not Yield Forninst the ChInese 4 Missionaries for Africa JERSEY CifMarch 20 About twenty missionaries sailed this afternoon on the Inman steamer City of Chesterto join Bishop Taylor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa About a yearago Bishop Taylor with a volunteer volun-teer company of missionaries went to the Coast of Africa to commence the work of Christianizing natives The party femained on the coast near the mouth of the Congo River gradually gradu-ally growing acclimated before they commenced their march to the interior which is weir ultimate destination Several weeks ago Bishop Taylor made a call for more volunteers It was jn response to this call that the party on the Uhestec sailed this afternoon Prominent Promi-nent among the number were the Rev Mr Shonland of Oregon Rev and Mrs J H Cooper of Wisconsin Dr and Mrs Clark Smith and four children ot Oregon Dr Harrison of Ohio Surveyor Sur-veyor Burr of Oregon missionaries Cameron Steele and Walker Mr and Mrs Elkin of OhioMr Baker of Brooklyn Brook-lyn and Mr Sartecn of Missouri i Among the party are to be found farmers far-mers merchants and teachers The company will be divided into two or three parties and will establish es-tablish a Jine of stations Besides theworkof evangelism the missionaries mis-sionaries will teach the natives to read and write The women will be taught to sew and the men instructed in some trade The party carried with them sealed instructions from Bishop Tnjlor They will probably travel 500 miles into the interior I of Africa They took with thSm a large amount of supplies including I canned goods of every description and agricultural implements Large rafts packed in sections and to be used in conveying their provisions down the river during the journey into the interior in-terior were among the outfit There was a largo gathering of clergymen and laymen prominent in the Methodist Church at the dock to see the missionaries mission-aries off and to wish them Godspeed I |