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convince the reader of the urgent necessity of energetic 

 Missionary enterprise in South Africa than any arguments 

 which can be brought forward to enforce it. The re- 

 ferences here made to missionaries, and to the work and 

 prospects of missions, will be brief. We must keep Dr 

 Livingstone in view as our main authority on the subject. 



In recording these successes with deep 



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enterprise and thankfulness, and m looking on a missionary 



successes in ma p f or stations, we find that the efforts which 

 have produced such abundant fruit have been 

 chiefly made by Societies other than those belonging to our 

 own National Church. The history of Missionary enter- 

 prise in these regions is very interesting. Here we have 

 only space enough to chronicle these proceedings, without 

 note or comment. 



The Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries did great good 

 in Angola ; and, however erroneous their teaching might 

 have been, and much to be deplored, still their names and 

 memories deservedly live in the recollection of the people. 

 They were especially diligent in the education of the chil- 

 dren. The people in Ambaca were taught reading and 

 writing by them, and since their expulsion have perpetuated 

 these useful accomplishments by teaching each other, being 

 much employed as clerks and writers 1 . 



Surely the teachers of a purer faith may hence take 

 courage ; especially since the first instructions of these 

 Jesuits have been permanent among the people for so long 

 a time*. Their Missionary proceedings on the Eastern coast 

 have not been so successful ; and their memory there is in 

 disrepute. 



The London Moravian and Wesleyan Missionary Societies 

 have been the great pioneers in these regions. All honour is 

 due to these societies, especially the first mentioned of them, 

 for their persevering labours as pioneers, from which such 



1 Travels, pp. 410, 411. 2 Ibid. p. 4T1. 



