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On Wednesday morning, however, final arrangements 

 were made, and the party passed on in peace. Ten days 

 later, again on a Sunday, they were once more pestered 

 by a great man demanding dues. Livingstone replied 

 by simply defying him. He might kill him, but God 

 would judge. And on the Monday, they left peaceably, 

 thankful for their deliverance, some of the men remarking, 

 in view of it, that they were " children of Jesus," and 

 Livingstone thanking God devoutly for His great mercy. 

 Next day they were again stopped at the river Quango. 

 The poor Makololo had parted in vain with their copper 

 ornaments, and Livingstone with his razors, shirts, etc. ; 

 yet he had made up his mind (as he wrote to the Geogra- 

 phical Society afterwards) to part with his blanket and 

 coat to get a passage, when a young Portuguese sergeant, 

 Cypriano de Abrao, made his appearance, and the party 

 were allowed to pass. 



There were many proofs that, though a poor set of 

 fellows, Livingstone's own followers were animated with 

 extraordinary regard for him. No wonder ! They had 

 seen how sincere he was in saying that he would die 

 rather than give any of them up to captivity. And all 

 his intercourse with them had been marked by similar 

 proofs of his generosity and kindness. When the ox 

 flung him. into the river, about twenty of them made a 

 simultaneous rush for his rescue, and their joy at his 

 safety was very great. 



Amid all that was discouraging in the present aspect 

 of things, Livingstone could always look forward and 

 rejoice in the good time coming : — 



"Sunday, 22d. — This age presents one great fact in the Providence 

 of God : missions are sent forth to all quarters of the world, — missions 

 not of one section of the Church, but of all sections, and from nearly 

 all Christian nations. It seems very unfair to judge of the success of 

 these by the number of conversions which have followed. These are 

 rather proofs of the missions being of the right sort. They show the 

 direction of the stream which is set in motion by Him who rules the 



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