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Title: The redemption of Africa; a story of civilization, with maps, statistical tables and select bibliography of the literature of African missions
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Noble, Frederick Perry
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: Chicago, Revell
Contributing Library: Wellesley College Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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. Conversion of individuals is the desireand object of the entire work. To Christianize success-fully, however, it has proved of great service to civilizeat the same time. Theological training, normal train-ing, general education, field-work, carpentry, wagon-making, black-smithing, printing, book-binding, teleg-raphy, sewing and laundry-work have long been taught.The critic who thinks these too many contradicts theman who asserts that nothing practical is attempted. The principles of administration comprise freedomfrom denominational connections; instruction in theBible and applied Christianity as the first work of theday for every class; self-support, especially in the in-dustrial departments; and suppression of sectarianism.Though Free Presbyterians sustain Lovedale, all denom-inations have at one time or another been represented.All colors and nearly every tribe in South Africa arefound at Lovedale, a few coming even from the Shireand Zambezi Rivers. No influence is exerted toward
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Class in Agriculture—Industrial DepartmentClass in Printing—Industrial Department LOVEDALE INSTITUTION, SOUTH AFRICA (f.C.S.) THE NEW MISSIONARY 569 having students leave their denomination or join theFree Church. Students of theology training as workersfor other bodies are not weakened in denominational loy-alty. Self=support is an ideal, and in 1890 only twenty*five per cent, of the annual expenditure was drawn fromScotland. Lovedale, though not endowed, owns a farmof twenty^eight hundred acres, four hundred of whichare under cultivation, and is attaining self-support.Nothing, however, except Doctor Stewarts ability as apractical farmer and his rare talent for administrationkept it moving during his headship. The educational department comprises three courses,each three years long, consisting respectively of elemen-tary, literary or theological study. In the theologicalcourse there is a drift toward dropping Greek and Latin asunessential in the equipment of native pastors. Secon

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