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monkeys, alligators, porcupines, a bush cat, and 
ever so many other things. Their parents received 
them with pride and delight, for they felt their sons 
had proved themselves worthy of their brave sires. 
I am not going to try and account for the different 
spirit of the folks belonging to the two towns, 
but simply tell you what I have often thought 
about it all. I felt that when those Arisbong Town 
people got to know Jesus, the Strong Son of God, 
properly, they would forthwith cease to be so weak 
and cowardly, and become brave and heroic in their 
own land and amongst their own kith and kin. I 
was certainly filled with a burning desire to make 
the Hero of heroes known to these brave Ibaka 
youths, who had got such grit and vim and virility. 
Christ never once showed the white feather what- 
ever confronted Him, and I felt that if they could 
only know Him their brave spirits would hail the 
Bravest of the brave as their Lord and Master, and 
follow Him whithersoever He should lead, even to 
the ends of the earth. It has all fallen out even as 
I felt it would. The Arsibong people have long 
since become patient and strong and daring; and 
numbers of the Ibaka people are proving their wil- 
lingness to go through the fire and water if need 
so require. And the Word of the Lord has free 
course and is glorified amongst them all every week 
of the year and every day of the week. 
