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light afforded by childlike, or call it childish, faith, we see the earth 

 filling with the knowledge of the glory of God, — ay, all nations 

 seeing His glory and bowing before Him whose right it is to reign. 

 Our work and its fruits are cumulative. We work towards another 

 state of things. Future missionaries will be rewarded by conversions 

 for every sermon. We are their pioneers and helpers. Let them not 

 forget the watchmen of the night — us, who worked when all was 

 gloom, and no evidence of success in the way of conversion cheered 

 our paths. They will doubtless have more light than we, but we 

 served our Master earnestly, and proclaimed the same gospel as they 

 will do." 



Of the services which Livingstone held with the people, 

 we have the following picture : — 



" When I stand up, all the women and children draw near, and, 

 having ordered silence, I explain the plan of salvation, the goodness 

 of God in sending His Son to die, the confirmation of His mission by 

 miracles, the last judgment or future state, the evil of sin, God's 

 commands respecting it, etc. ; always choosing one subject only for an 

 address, and taking care to make it short and plain, and applicable to 

 them. This address is listened to with great attention, by most of 

 the audience. A short prayer concludes the service, all kneeling down, 

 and remaining so till told to rise. At first we have to enjoin on the 

 women who have children to remain sitting, for when they kneel, they 

 squeeze their children, and a simultaneous skirl is set up by the whole 

 troop of youngsters, who make the prayer inaudible." 



When Livingstone and Sekeletu had gone about 

 sixty miles on the way to the Barotse, they encountered 

 Mpepe, Sekeletu's half-brother and secret rival. It 

 turned out that Mpepe had a secret plan for killing 

 Sekeletu, and that three times on the day of their 

 meeting that plan was frustrated by apparently acciden- 

 tal causes. On one of these occasions, Livingstone, by 

 covering Sekeletu, prevented him from being speared. 

 Mpepe's treachery becoming known, he was arrested by 

 Sekeldtu's people, and promptly put to death. The 

 episode was not agreeable, but it illustrated savage 

 life. It turned out that Mpepe favoured the slave- 

 trade, and was closely engaged with certain Portuguese 

 traders in intrigues for establishing and extending it. 

 Had Sekeletu been killed, Livingstone's enterprise would 



