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exceptional quality, for to attain the dionity of 

 Father in the Creed he must have conquered the 

 World, the Flesh and the Devil. 



We had arranged a special camp, a spacious 

 tent with fittings, the best procurable, for his 

 residence whilst with us, and I have watched him 

 on several occasions standing facing the east in 

 what appeared to me to be a state of trance, 

 erect, with his arms crossed over his chest. At 

 such times, however, no one went near him. It 

 would have been sacrilege to interrupt his com- 

 munion with the spirits, but I often noticed a 

 dozen or two black faces peering through the 

 bush that surrounded the clearing. No doubt 

 they regarded him as a great medicine man. 



The Jesuit missionary I have profound respect 

 for : his methods of civilising are so very different 

 from those of his Protestant confrere. 



The Protestants, as a rule, used to begin opera- 

 tions by erecting a building of some sort, to which 

 they invited or inveigled the native inhabitants. 

 Then, by way of introducing Christianity, hymns 

 were sung to the accompaniment of an organ. 

 As a rule these natives of Bechuanaland are born 

 musicians. They love music, and the number of 

 converts to Christianity under these circumstances 

 are, it is very easy to imagine, most satisfactory. 

 My view of the Protestant Missionary Society is 

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