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One and Mr. Two, and so on. He did the same 
with the twenty-six letters. He described them as 
people, and said capital A was Mr. A, and small *a' 
was his wife. When he got them on far enough 
to read words he put the name of one of the 
scholars on the board, and made them spell it 
through. The scholar was amazed to look at his 
name for the first time in his life, and all the others 
got up and slapped him on the back, or shook him 
by the hand in their excitement. Funny, wasn't 
it ? Yet from such small and humble beginnings 
encouraging results have proceeded. 
During the War it was almost impossible to 
carry our schools on, because the missionaries could 
not get from Makara Obio (England) the necessary 
material, but this turned out for good, as it led 
the natives to fix all their thoughts upon God's 
Book and God Himself. At Bende the Bible, printed 
in Ibo, has had a remarkable sale, largely because 
of the work of the schools. And the entrance 
of God's Word giveth light." It is for that reason 
the missionaries on the Congo make it a condition 
of church membership that all applicants are able 
to read the Bible in their own language. Without 
the bush schools, this could never be. 
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