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at his present stage of non-ethical existence : the 

 Fatherhood of the Eternal, the law of righteousness, 

 and the teachings of Jesus, with their idealisation of 

 love and self-sacrifice, are all he requires, and by con- 

 tinued reiteration and absorption can only result in a 

 gradual uplifting of the race. First and foremost, it 

 ought to be emphasised that religion is conduct, and 

 that profession of faith without a righteous life is an 

 absolute contradiction. This necessitates on the part 

 of the white man the same rule of life, otherwise the 

 black can only conclude it is a mere garment of 

 hypocrisy, and refuse to be guided by it as a conse- 

 quence. In South Africa the Kaffir is a very intelligent 

 man : he is forming syndicates and taking large farms, 

 requiring, in one instance at least, a capital of five thou- 

 sand pounds ; he is learning all the trades and is fast 

 becoming a skilled mechanic. 1 As many have said to 

 me : What does this mean, seeing there are 9,000,000 

 Kaffirs to 1,000,000 white men in the South African 

 colonies ? It means that, as the white man is not there 

 in sufficient numbers to carry on the skilled trades and 

 work the soil, one day the Kaffir will oust the white 

 man. This is very likely to prove true. How necessary 

 it is then, that instead of sneering at missionaries and 

 running counter to them in every way, and refusing to 

 help the cause of the religion we profess, we should do 

 everything in our power to help the only cause which 

 will regenerate the lives of these future masters of the 

 country, and gradually uplift them to a higher plane, 

 so that they may act in no vindictive spirit, but in 

 that of the altruism of Jesus, thinking only of the wel- 

 fare of their fellow-men. 



To progress on these lines we shall require to alter our 

 ideas of patriotism which have held sway over men's 



1 There are already two Kaffirs practising as barristers in the 

 High Court of Pretoria. 



