The Awakening of the Central African 



means of ordinary transmission are wanting, but the 

 hospital here can play an important part in detect- 

 ing and isolating infected natives and preventing 

 them from infecting other districts." 



The people are now willing to pay small sums 

 for medical attention, which helps to make this 

 branch self-supporting. Native boys are learning 

 to wait upon the sick, and are beginning to recog- 

 nize the dignity of the task. Seven lads have 

 voluntarily apprenticed themselves for three years, 

 and classes are being organized to ensure their 

 proper training. It is hoped in the future that these 

 apprentices, when duly qualified, will be able to take 

 charge of outlying dispensaries. A dispensary has 

 been recently opened about eighty miles from 

 Blantyre, which is under the charge of a native 

 dispenser trained in the hospital, who is reported to 

 be doing well. 



The carpentering department was very success- 

 ful during 1909, also the garden and agricultural 

 departments. The printing department pays its 

 expenses, and has something over for other needs 

 of the Mission. 



There is also a sewing class, the girls numbering 

 fifty-seven, some of whom also attend school. The 

 women's education is not so advanced as that of the 

 men, but they are being influenced in the right 

 direction, and being gradually taught to fulfil their 

 duties as Christian women. 



Blantyre Church took three years to build, and 

 was opened in 1891. The Rev. Clement Scott was 

 the architect, and it was erected under his super- 



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