The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 04, April 1879

The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 04, April 1879

In the March Missionary we published the letter containing the offer of 3,000 to the A. M. A. for the establishment of a mission in Central Africa, to lie between the river Nile on the west, and the river Jub on the east, and to extend from 10 deg. north latitude to 3 deg. on the Nile, and 1 deg. on the Jub. The offer has received as much and as careful attention as the time has allowed, and we submit in this issue the results so far as yet attained. We call attention to showing the location and accessibility of the proposed mission. The territory assigned is included in dotted lines, and is nearly in the centre of the map, which has been drawn in accordance with the latest discoveries. The sources of the Nile are indicated in the Victoria and Albert Nyanza lakes. The rivers Sobat and Jub are given as by the best authorities. The stations of Gondokoro and Fatiko are shown, and the general location of the various known tribes. The report says nothing of the Abyssinians in the northeast, being confined thus far to the most accessible portion of the region. The mission stations on the three lakes have been conspicuously lettered and underlined; that of the Church Missionary Society at Rubaga, the capital of King Mtesa, and Kagei on the south end of the lake, where they propose to have at least a depot; Ujiji on the Tanganika, where the London Missionary Society have located; and Livingstonia on the Nyassa, from which the missionaries of the Free Church of Scotland will move to a location probably on the west coast, where they will be free from the tsetse fly. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53572
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Release Date: Nov 22, 2016
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Language: English