PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Personal Life of David Livingstone
Blaikie, William Garden · 185,849 words · 259 reading sections
"Lake Bangweolo, South Central Africa.
"It was a great disappointment to us that Lieutenant Dawson's Expedition, which we fitted out in the beginning of the year with such completeness, did not join you at Unyanyembe, for it could not have failed to be of service to you in many ways. We are now trying to aid you with a second Expedition under Lieutenan…
805 wordsSECTION 242Missionary, Traveler, Philanthropist,
On Saturday, April 18, 1874, the remains of the great traveler were committed to their resting-place near the centre of the nave of Westminster Abbey. Many old friends of Livingstone came to be present, and many of his admirers, who could not but avail themselves of the opportunity to pay a last tribute of respect to h…
697 wordsSECTION 243Missionary, Traveler, Philanthropist,
"Droop half-mast colors, bow, bareheaded crowds, As this plain coffin o'er the side is slung, To pass by woods of masts and ratlined shrouds, As erst by Afric's trunks, liana-hung. 'Tis the last mile of many thousands trod With failing strength but never-failing will, By the worn frame, now at its rest with God, …
904 wordsSECTION 244Missionary, Traveler, Philanthropist,
The generous and hearty appreciation of Livingstone by the medical profession was well expressed in the words of the _Lancet_: "Few men have disappeared from our ranks more universally deplored, as few have served in them with a higher purpose, or shed upon them the lustre of a purer devotion." Lord Polwarth, in ackno…
673 wordsSECTION 245Posthumous Influence.
"How much more must we feel it, with regard to out great discoverer and hero, dying so far off! "But does he regret it? How much he must know now! how much he must have enjoyed! "Though how much we would give to know _his_ thoughts, _alone with God_, during the latter days of his life. "May we not say, with old B…
853 wordsSECTION 246Posthumous Influence.
But Zanzibar was but a fragment of Africa. In no other part of the continent was it of more importance that the traffic should be arrested than in Egypt, and in parts of the Empire of Turkey in Africa under the control of the Sultan. The late Khedive of Egypt was hearty in the cause, less, perhaps, from dislike of the …
982 wordsSECTION 247Posthumous Influence.
In stimulating African exploration the influence of Livingstone was very decided. He was the first of the galaxy of modern African travelers, for both in the Geographical Society and in the world at large his name became famous before those of Baker, Grant, Speke, Burton, Stanley, and Cameron. Stanley, inspired first b…
755 wordsSECTION 248Posthumous Influence.
At the time of his death there was no missionary at work in the great region of Shiré and Nyassa on which his heart was so much set. The first to take possession were his countrymen of Scotland. The Livingstonia mission and settlement of the Free Church, planned by Dr. Stewart, of Lovedale, who had gone out to reconnoi…
742 wordsSECTION 249Posthumous Influence.
In glancing at these results of Livingstone's influence in the mission field, we must not forget that of all his legacies to Africa by far the highest was the spotless name and bright Christian character which have become associated every where with its great missionary explorer. From the first day of his sojourn in Af…
792 wordsSECTION 250Extracts From Paper On "Missionary Sacrifices."
No. I. It is something to be a missionary. The morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy, when they first saw the field which the first missionary was to fill. The great and terrible God, before whom angels veil their faces, had an Only Son, and He was sent to the habitable parts of the earth…
702 wordsSECTION 251Extracts From Paper On "Missionary Sacrifices."
Hundreds of young men annually leave our shores as cadets. All their friends rejoice when they think of them bearing the commissions of our Queen. When any dangerous expedition is planned by Government, more volunteers apply than are necessary to man it. On the proposal to send a band of brave men in search of Sir John…
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Who would not be a missionary? His noble enterprise is in exact accordance with the spirit of the age, and what is called the spirit of the age is simply the movement of multitudes of minds in the same direction. They move according to the eternal and all-embracing decrees of God. The spirit of the age is one of benevo…
866 wordsSECTION 253Extracts From Paper On "Missionary Sacrifices."
The movement of not one mind only, but the consentaneous movement of a multitude of minds in the same direction, constitutes what is called the spirit of the age. This spirit is neither the law of progress nor blind development, but God's all-eternal, all-embracing purpose, the doctrine which recognizes the hand of God…
422 wordsSECTION 254Treatment Of African Fever.
In July, 1859, when the Expedition to the Zambesi had been there about a year. Dr. Livingstone drew up and forwarded to Sir James Clark, Bart., M.D., a very full report on the treatment of African fever. The report details at length a large number of cases, the circumstances under which the attack was experienced, the …
668 wordsSECTION 255The Rev. Dr. Tidman.
* * * * * No. III. QUILIMANE, 23_d May_, 1856. DEAR SIR,--Having by the good providence of our Heavenly Father reached this village on the 20th curt., I was pleased to find a silence of more than four years broken by your letter of the 24th August, 1855. I found, also, that H.M.'s brigatine "Dart" had called at this…
867 wordsSECTION 256The Rev. Dr. Tidman.
The Directors wished me to endeavor to carry the gospel to the tribes north of the Kuruman. Having remained at that station sufficient time only to recruit my oxen, I proceeded in the direction indicated, and while learning the language I visited the Bakhatla, Bakwains, Bangwaketse, and Bamangwato tribes, in order to s…
720 wordsSECTION 257Lord Clarendon'S Letter To Sekeletu.
The foregoing short notices of all the plans which I can bring to my recollection since my arrival in Africa lead me to the question, which of the plans it is that the Directors particularize when they say they are restricted in their power of aiding plans only remotely connected with the spread of the gospel. It canno…
656 wordsSECTION 258Public Honors Awarded To Dr. Livingstone.
We hope that Her Majesty's servants and people will be able to visit you from time to time in order to cement our friendship, and to promote mutual welfare; and, in the meantime, we recommend you to the protection of the Almighty. Written at London, the nineteenth day of February, 1858. Your affectionate friend, CLARE…
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