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Show In Harlot trrlca. With one ixcer tlou the tcmlon of the varloiit inlnwe rial unlona yerter day iottoi.Mil tlmply Adinomliintlonttt InlrntU Tho Haptlitconfereiun hnd under routldirallou imant toirouioto revival lull int. Tho Mithodltt irtarhiri dlicutted the work of 11 mxltl union. Tlio l'n-.bjIirUii MI11. Mi rial Union ll.leueil lu an able a I. drt-M 011 pra) er nuellug plant. At tho mittlng of the f.'ongri gatlonal Club In thuaftiruouri f'atalu I'. 11. II ore, tho African explort r uud mMoutry, gave and iu.lruillva outline of Mi labor In theditrkconllnint. "In llarkcxt Hngltnd," he aald, "there It at much Ir not more moral darknett thnn In a-rnlled darhnt Africa. Thatjart or Africa, the In tirlor, titually concelveil lu Im Hie loweal In worthy tlementj, Ittoiny mlud tho mot ndnnHl. Theru ft there hat tnvagery, Idolatry nud Immorality Im-morality nud more Chrlttiau cuter .rli. The book 'In Dtrkett Africa' tieidtmuili irlllrlm. Ir tlAtemtntt nulru me to defend the uatlte, whotefiliud I Afn, tupliro In proper llghtmanyof thnOritnbila In Alrica and aImj tho noble men nd women of Chrl.ttau lululont, acleutltU audpo. Iltlcal agi lit. "Chrl.tlAii mlttlonirliti Iiavu iene. Irnteil to Central Africa. 1 wa a rt-el-duit thirofor ileen jiart, aud dur lug, 1 art of that Hum my wife and ihlld were wllh nir. The dllllcultlia of Afrkurt mlttlonnry work are not tho danger of the Molence ofualHea, Irtit thohe of language and illniati. California preMiited to tho early mi alonnrha griattr obtlacli-a than dota Africa today. My field hu been on oneof the great lake of Cintral Africa. Tho Afrlceua there rtproaented tin dl'lliict tribe, each Willi a i-u-ulhir dlaltit oftin unknuwu to the othera. Wo have ctdabllthcd Iotta, have a ttianier which altord ra Idcommuiil. callou In Hie Kkkl mile ol territory In-tluded In-tluded liiourwork, andnrotlrivlug to extend the Itind of auiatliy among tho nnllea by Hie ute of n corumou Ituirunge, "riuao natlvt-a ha a atrong tplrlt-ual tplrlt-ual In.tiuit, but no formal religion. Their twlleft are lu nu way fundamentally fundamen-tally oppoted to ChiMlautty. At we lenvo tlio coast line toward tliu Intt rlor thuevldrnctaolcnnnilialliinfjfiHihlam, tho tlavu Undo and Immorillty gradually gradu-ally dliapM nr. I n my field 011 the laku moat nf the unlive were engageil In agricultural nnd occasionally lu pn. toral piraulla. I'oli gamy It gtnrrally ractlccd, nnd we can a. jit mko no ntteni tin atop It. It I a necuwlty In tho txltllng rjMcni of aoclety, where thiro It no other than thojioly. gnmoti rtlatlou fur woitun. V011 n.k n man, 'What It jour nccu-lotion!' nccu-lotion!' You a.k n woman, 'Wliote wife or daughter nre jouT' Hho mutt be 0110 or tho otlur. Domit-Ho Domit-Ho ahiiry I a llrinly llxul Initllu-tlou. Initllu-tlou. The alavcanre known nttiHiul-iri of tlio houhi hold And may tm bought nnd aolloa other good. Our flnl tlen lultadcttructlon mutt be In the aboil. Hon of the tlaiu trade, In which native nre engaged at well a other, but w hlch It virtually n dillertnt Inill tutlon. It 1 a crlino which uuuit ci nu: tin very l An 1 lenient of aoiltly whhli toopioae would deatroyna." The gentlomau'art mark lovirtd n wide rniiire of liiMttlgntlon. He re-fimdtuiueluiorlauce re-fimdtuiueluiorlauce of American cloth In Afrlcau commer'e, aud dt tnllt-J tho catiHt of HngUthpre iml unco In tho good wlllor tliu nathi. Hooutllutd the hablta of life nnd In tlllutlona among the African. He gave rimlidtceiuta of Hmlri Hatha. Hu wot rukeil many iiietlun regard lug hit laboit, on I at Ihu iloto of hla addrcat waa voted iiiianlmuii.ly the thunkt of tho ilub. JTuu ru'ictou CAro;dc. |