The World of Central Africa; With a History of the First Christian Mission on the Congo by Mrs H Grattan Guinness
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Author: Mrs H Grattan Guinness
Page Count: 130 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Format: Pdf
ISBN: 9781130117042
File size: 16 Mb
File Name: The.World.of.Central.Africa;.With.a.History.of.the.First.Christian.Mission.on.the.Congo.pdf
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 Excerpt: ...to nurse the poor patient, but found DEATH OF HUGH McKERGOW. 271 that he could retain neither food nor medicine, and was becoming alarmingly ill. He wished Mr. Craven to be sent for, which was done. He arrived on the following day, and arranged for McKergow's removal to Palabala, as affording a last chance of recovery. It was not easy to convey an invalid over so rough a road. Six Sierra Leone men carried him up and down the rocky hills, and he bore the journey well. The Cravens gave up their own room for him, and when comfortably settled in bed he said gratefully, " I think I shall get better now." For a time he seemed to do so, and gave orders to the "boys" as to what they were to do on their return to Matadi. But drowsiness soon came on; it was difficult to rouse him for food and medicine. Every effort was made to sustain his strength, but he gradually became unconscious, and his colleagues saw that once more the angel of death was visiting the mission, and that a third of their party was to gain the martyr's crown. The young and stalwart frame became weaker and weaker, till life ebbed quietly away, and on Tuesday, the nth of January, 1881, just as the sun was sinking below the western horizon, dear Hugh McKergow entered his eternal rest! He did not think he would die, but his last words were, "Thy will be done," words which the survivors had to make an effort to echo! It was a dark day to them when for the third time they had to make a coffin and dig a grave in the night. An invitation was sent to the king, and he came to the funeral 272 "THY WILL BE DONE." with many of the natives. Mr. Craven spoke to them out of a full heart. He could not explain the mystery which in their simplicity they fully perceived: ..".
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