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the minister of a town, or rural parish in England, may he 

 very much out of it as a Missionary in Central Africa. 



We helieve that we are uttering the sentiments of many 

 devout members of different sections of Christians, when 

 we say, it was a pity that the Mission of the Universities 

 was abandoned. The ground had been consecrated in the 

 truest sense by the lives of those brave men who first 

 occupied it. In bare justice to Bishop Mackenzie, who was 

 the first to fall, it must be said, that the repudiation of all 

 he had done, and the sudden abandonment of all that had 

 cost so much life and money to secure, was a serious line of 

 conduct for one so unversed in Missionary operations as 

 his successor, to inaugurate. It would have been no more 

 than fair that Bishop Tozer, before winding up the affairs 

 of the Mission, should actually have examined the high- 

 lands of the Upper Shire; he would thus have gratified 

 the associates of his predecessor, who believed that the 

 highlands had never had a fair trial, and he would have 

 gained from personal observation a more accurate knowledge 

 of the country and the people than he could possibly have 

 become possessed of by information gathered chiefly on the 

 coast. With this examination, rather than with a stay of a 

 few months on the humid, dripping top of misty Morambala, 

 we should have felt much more satisfied. 



To those who have not paid much attention to, the labours 

 of different bodies of Christians it may be mentioned, that, 

 before success appeared at the Mission-stations on the West 

 Coast, upwards of forty Missionaries had succumbed to the 

 climate. Let it be said, if you will, that the Societies and 

 the men were alike unwise to sacrifice so much valuable life. 

 These may be proofs of folly to some, but to others they are 

 telling evidence that our religion has lost none of its pristine 

 power. Xothing in our opinion is wanting to complete the 



