The Awakening of the Central African 



Exceptional cases will arise when a native has 

 special gifts for a **call," and these men should be 

 helped to carry the gospel of peace to their fellow- 

 black ; but they are bound to be exceptions. 



The African at the present day is neither 

 mentally nor morally on a par with the average 

 white man, and in his native state he is well 

 aware of this ; but a spurious education destroys 

 his simple nature, and in some cases he degenerates 

 offensively in his manners. As it is absolutely 

 necessary for discipline to be maintained, I think 

 it should be impressed on all native scholars 

 that they must show respect for a white man, 

 especially for one in authority. If this was always 

 carried out, much of the prejudice against educating 

 the black man would cease. 



Let us not be in too great a hurry to over- 

 civilize. After all, civilization has its drawbacks, 

 just as wild life has its charms ; or why do so 

 many fly from civilization to a *' simple" life? Is 

 it not from a desire to escape trammels that have 

 become irksome, and to live nearer Nature and 

 Nature's God. 



The End, 



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