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the people of Uganda are now Christian, Protestant or 

 Catholic; and many thousands among them are sincerely 

 Christian and show their Christianity in practical fashion 

 by putting conduct above ceremonial and dogma. Most 

 fortunately, Protestant and Catholic seem now to be grow- 

 ing to work in charity together, and to show rivalry only in 

 healthy effort against the common foe; there is certainly 

 enough 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 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. 

 The 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 interesting 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 future duties, and 

 I was especially struck by the admirable Medical Mission, 

 and by the handsome Cathedral, built by the native Chris- 

 tians themselves without outside assistance in either money 

 or labor. At dinner at Mr. Knowles', 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 



