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«ire sincerely Christian, and show their Christianity in 

 practical fashion by putting"' conduct above ceremonial 

 and dogma. Most fortunately, Protestant and Roman 

 Catholic seem to be gradually working more and more 

 in charity together, and to show rivalry only in healthy 

 effort against the common foe ; there is certainly enougli 

 evil in the world to offer a target at which all good men 

 can direct their shafts, without expending them on one 

 another. 



We visited the Church of England Mission, where 

 we were received by Bishop Tucker, and the two Roman 

 Catholic Missions, where we were received by Bishops 

 Hanlon and Streicher; we went through the churches 

 and saw the schools with the pupils actually at work. 

 In all the missions we were received with American 

 and British flags and listened to the children singing 

 the "Star-spangled Banner." Tlie Church of England 

 Mission has been at work for a quarter of a century ; 

 what has been accomplished by Bishop Tucker and 

 those associated with him makes one of the most in- 

 teresting chapters in all recent missionary history. I 

 saw the high-school, where the sons of the chiefs are 

 being trained in large numbers for their fui^urc duties, 

 and I was especially struck by the admirab e Medical 

 Mission, and by the handsome Cathedral, b ailt by the 

 native Christians themselves without outside assistance 

 in either money or labour. At dinner at Mr. Knowlcs' 

 Bishop Tucker gave us exceedingly interesting details 

 of his past experiences in Uganda, and of the progress 

 of the missionary work. He had been much amused 

 by an American missionary who had urged him to visit 

 America, saying that he would " find the latch-string 

 outside the door." To an American who knows the 

 country districts well the expression seems so natural 



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