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that was carrying Samuel Crowder into slavery. It might be asked why 

 Colonel Gordon was not followed up. In spite of Colonel Gordon's pacific 

 intentions, it was known to be the plan of Egypt to annex those provinces 

 at the south of her kingdom, and it would not be the place of the mission- 

 aries to follow in the rear of the conqueror's chariot. The great aim of those 

 men now going forward was to secure the conversion of individual souls. 

 The men they sent forth should go with a faith that nothing would stagger, 

 assured of the help of God and with a hope that could not be made ashamed, 

 to preach the gospel to every creature. If they did this God would give them 

 His blessing. 



Me. Aethue Mills, M.P., said there was a great deal of truth in the re- 

 mark made by the Sultan of Zanzibar, that Parliament had a great deal to do. 

 Parliament certainly had a great deal to do, and not only in reference to this 

 question of slavery. When his friend, Sir John Kennaway, brought forward 

 his motion in the House of Commons regarding the slave traffic, there was, 

 he regretted, less interest felt in the question than had been exhibited by the 

 meeting that evening. Instead of a crowded hall they had scarcely got 

 together more than two dozen members, and their deliberations were nearly 

 brought to a conclusion by the summary process of a count out. Parliament 

 might have done better by displaying more sympathy with the movement, but 

 the fact of the question being taken up by the Congress and other bodies would 

 show Parliament the great interest the country felt in the matter, and its 

 desire for the abolition of slavery in Africa. It was said they should testify 

 their interest in the cause of missions and commerce. 



There was one way in which they could show sympathy, and that was 

 with the Sultan of Zanzibar. They had a commercial treaty with him, but 

 there were in it certain provisions not sufficiently favourable to him which he 

 hoped, with the consent of the other Powers, might be repealed. He referred 

 to this, not because he undervalued those motives by which they had been 

 called together that evening, but because he believed that by doing what he 

 had spoken of they would benefit the Sultan and advance the cause they had 

 in view. The treaty he referred to gave the Sultan power to levy certain 

 dues upon shipping, but in other countries other dues were levied that the 

 Sultan had not the power to demand. This was a point of some importance, 

 because when they had in Africa a potentate like the Sultan of Zanzibar, who 

 was so favourably disposed towards their mission, they should do what they 

 could to promote his interests, and thereby promote the cause they had in 

 hand. He was aware that they were not there that evening to promote the 

 cause of commerce, nor to extend an empire founded on the shifting sands of 

 commercial enterprise, but he desired that this country should be the herald 

 of love and happiness to the miserable people of Central Africa. 



Colonel Sie Peecy Douglas said he hoped the day would come when 



