1852-53.] FROM THE CAPE TO LINYANTI. 149 



" He is ever near. Remember this if you feel angry or naughty. 

 Jesus is near you, and sees you, and He is so good and kind. When 

 He was among men, those who heard Him speak said, ' Never man 

 spake like this man,' and we now say, ' Never did man love like Him.' 

 You see little Zouga is carried on mamma's bosom. You are taken 

 care of by Jesus with as much care as mamma takes of Zouga. He is 

 always watching you and keeping you in safety. It is very bad to sin, 

 to do any naughty things, or speak angry or naughty words before 

 Him. 



" My dear chddren, take Him as your Guide, your Helper, your 

 Friend, and Saviour through life. Whatever you are troubled about 

 ask Him to keep you. Our God is good. We thank Him that we 

 have such a Saviour and Friend as He is. Now you are little, but you 

 will not always be so, hence you must learn to read, and write, and 

 work. All clever men can both read and write, and Jesus needs 

 clever men to do His work. Would you not like to work for Him 

 among men ] Jesus is wishing to send His gospel to all nations, and 

 He needs clever men to do this. Would you like to serve Him 1 ? 

 Well, you must learn now, and not get tired learning. After some 

 time you will like learning better than playing, but you must play too 

 in order to make your bodies strong and be able to serve Jesus. 



" I am glad to hear that you go to the academy. I hope you are 

 learning fast. Don't speak Scotch. It is not so pretty as English. 

 Is the Tau learning to read with mamma % I hope you are all kind to 

 mamma. I saw a poor woman in a chain with many others, up at the 

 Barotse. She had a little child, and both she and her child were very 

 thin. See how kind Jesus was to you. No one can put you in chains 

 unless you become bad. If, however, you learn bad ways, beginning 

 only by saying bad words or doing little bad things, Satan will have 

 you in the chains of sin, and you will be hurried on in his bad ways 

 till you are put into the dreadful place which God hath prepared for 

 him and all who are like him. Pray to Jesus to deliver you from sin, 

 give you new hearts, and make you His children. Kiss Zouga, mamma, 

 and each other for me. — Your ever affectionate father, 



" D. Livingston." 



A letter to his father and other relations at Hamilton, 

 30th September 1853, is of a somewhat apologetic and 

 explanatory cast. Some of his friends had the notion 

 that he should have settled somewhere, " preaching the 

 simple gospel," and converting people by every sermon : 



" You see what they make of the gospel, and my conversation on 

 it, in which my inmost heart yearned for their conversion. Many 

 now think Jesus and Sebituane very much the same sort of person. I 

 was prevented by fever and other matters from at once following up 



