Foreword 



bear witness to the truth. They went to cruel 

 tortures and to death rather than renounce their 

 belief in the Saviour who had died for them — the 

 Redeemer of the world. Once again the blood of 

 the martyrs proved to be the seed of the Church. 



After many wars, sometimes between the French 

 and English native parties, sometimes between these 

 and the heathen and Muhammadan parties, the 

 country eventually settled down under British pro- 

 tection. At the present time a young Christian 

 native of the old royal house governs the natives 

 under the aegis of a British Governor and his staff, 

 and peace reigns from one end to the other of this 

 fair land. 



Not only among the Christians, but among the 

 Muhammadans and the heathen, the influence of 

 civilization has had a wonderful effect. The very 

 face of the country is changed. Roads and tele- 

 graphs. Government buildings and Government 

 officials' residences, churches and schools, court- 

 houses, hospitals and markets, steamers and piers 

 are to be found, and are the sure signs of a people 

 living under a settled Government and amenable 

 to law and order. 



Several books have been written about Uganda, 

 and in the future no doubt many more will be 

 written, some from one aspect and some from 

 another, according to the different points of view of 

 the writers and to the progress of the country as it 

 becomes better known and is more fully developed. 

 A country whose faithful converts to Christianity 



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