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Title: An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa: being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hawker, George
Subjects: Lewis, Gwen Elen (Thomas) 1853-1909 Missionaries Missions Missions Baptists
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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members and thosenewly baptized half filled the house, but otherpeople crowded in, or sat round the doors, curiousto see what we were doing. Mr. Phillips presidedand gave the right hand of fellowship to the fivene^v members. Nlekai and Kalendenda offeredprayer, and then after a few words of explanationfrom Kivitidi we ate and drank together thememorials of dying Love. We hope soon tobaptize three more at least. Pray for these new converts that they maybe kept faithful. At present things go smoothlywith them. The fact that their chief is a humbleChristian makes all the difference, and savesthem from many trials and temptations. Onlyone thing marred our pleasure. Mr. Phillipsbrought news of a terrible calamity which hadhappened in San Salvador the day before. Ayoung man who has been one of our hammock-bearers from the beginning of the Mission, Ntoni,was overtaken by one of the grass fires whilehunting, and horribly burnt. Mr. Phillips didwhat he could, but the poor patient died in great
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1892) SAN SALVADOR 141 agony the same evening, and upon our returnfrom Mbanza Mputu the funeral took place. Hehad not professed faith in Christ, but he knewthe gospel well, and one of our Christians, whowas with him when he died, says that he spokemuch about his sins and prayed for forgive-ness for Jesus sake. We can but leave himwith God, assured that He Who received thedying thief will never turn away from a dyingsinners cry. So many horrid things have happened lately.The other day in a town close by, a man beat hiswife to death. The chief of Mbanza Mputu hasbeen over to the Resident about the matter, andis doing his best to find the man, who has runaway. It seems that he was drunk with palmwine and had been beating his wives all theevening. The palm wine drinking has beendreadful this season, the yield has been so plenti-ful. We are trying to get our boys to leave offtaking it altogether, but it is very difficult to teachthem self-denial for the sake of others. While she was writin

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