572 WHAT A MISSIONARY SHOULD BE. Chap. XXVIII. 



sionaries, and gratifying also to the members of the 

 Expedition. About the beginning of 1863 the new Bishop 

 arrived at the mouth of the river in a man-of-war, and after 

 some delay proceeded inland. The Bishop of the Cape had 

 taken a voyage home at considerable inconvenience to himself, 

 for the sole object of promoting this Mission to the heathen ; 

 and it was somehow expected that the man he would secure 

 would be an image of himself ; and we must say, that what- 

 ever others, from the representations that have gone abroad, 

 may think of his character, we invariably found Dr. Gray 

 to be a true, warmhearted promoter of the welfare of his 

 fellow-men ; a man whose courage and zeal have provoked 

 very many to good works. 



It was hoped that the presence of a new head to the Mis- 

 sion would infuse new energy and life into the small band of 

 Missionaries, whose ranks had been thinned by death ; and 

 who, though discouraged by the disasters which the slave war 

 and famine had induced, and also dispirited by the depressing 

 influences of a low and unhealthy position in the swampy 

 Shire Valley, were yet bravely holding out till the much- 

 needed moral and material aid should arrive. 



These expectations, we regret to say, were not fulfilled. We 

 would here be understood as expressing only a general opinion. 

 The qualities required in a Missionary leader are not of the 

 common kind. He ought to have physical and moral courage 

 of the highest order, and a considerable amount of cultivation 

 and energy, balanced by patient determination ; and above 

 all these are necessary a calm Christian zeal and anxiety for 

 the main spiritual results of the work. We repeat, that we 

 are expressing no opinion about the qualification of any 

 individual ; but we assert that not every one has this rare 

 combination of power ; and that a man who may be quite 

 in his natural sphere in a quiet round of common duties as 



