X. CLOSING SCENES, 141

XI. CONCLUSION, 150

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CHAPTER I.

PIONEER MISSIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA.


The history of missions in South Africa abounds in interesting facts and
incidents. Stories of heroism, strange adventures, and descriptions of
journeyings among savage tribes and through countries frequented by
beasts of prey, form part of its details. Its theme is love to God and
love to man, and its facts have been called into existence through the
efforts of noble-minded and true-hearted men and women to bring their
coloured brethren and sisters to the knowledge of the Saviour, Jesus
Christ.

Many names are held in veneration in connection with these missions,