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REV. W. H. FRAZER, D.D., ON 



credited with the outrage of sjamboking a well known major 

 in one of our cavalry regiments, because he remonstrated with 

 him concerning his cruel treatment of some of our men whom 

 he had made prisoners. 



I will not delay you further, but will merely thank you for 

 the attention you have given me. [Applause.] 



Discussion. 



Mr. Martin Eouse. — I would ask the lecturer a question or two, 

 as no one seems to come forward ; whether, in the first place, he 

 believes there is any truth in the charges that were made, especially 

 abroad, regarding the treatment of women and children in the 

 concentration camps. 



Dr. Trazer. — It is a most important question, and I must 

 willingly testify that the shadow of a word to support those charges 

 I have never heard uttered against one of our men. I do not 

 believe that you could find one individual, unworthy of himself as an 

 Englishman, as being party to such crimes as were charged against 

 them. I have watched keenly, and I have asked others who have 

 had opportunities as widespread there as mine, and they have 

 never found a shadow of foundation for it. [Applause.] 



Mr. Martin Kouse. — I would ask the lecturer whether he saw 

 much of the work of the South African General Mission, in which I 

 am particularly interested ; as to whether they went to the front 

 and worked amongst the men, and so on. I should like him to tell 

 us, if he can, some of his experiences, if it is not too late, of the 

 cheer and comfort that he has been able to give to dying men, and 

 his account of any change that has come over the heart and life of 

 men through his own ministry. 



Dr. Frazer. — Oh yes ; God uses humble beings towards great 

 ends. He knows how much good has been done. I know that it 

 was very satisfactory, the experience that I had in my ministry. 

 With regard to the natives, the missioners go in amongst them. I 

 had no opportunity of forming an opinion, but this I do know, that 

 the Bishop of Grahamstown spoke to me most approvingly of a 

 service he had attended of Kaffirs close to my station. Unfortu- 

 nately every Sunday when they met for worship I could not attend. 



