A WORD BY THE WAY. 
I . To my Young Friends. 
Do you know that it is just fifty years since the 
first brave Primitive Methodist missionaries set sail 
for Fernando Poo ? The story of those early days 
has already been told. But very much has hap- 
pened since, and it is about some of these later 
years I have tried to write. You have a perfect 
right to knowj for without your help at the Mis- 
sionary Anniversary our missionary income would 
be little more than half its present amount. I have 
written mostly about our Missions and people in 
Nigeria simply because I know these best, and I like 
to be sure of my facts. Similar things could be as 
fully written about Fernando Poo, the Ila Country 
and Aliwal North; that you can well believe from 
the references you will find in the following pages 
to life and work there. If you arrive at the con- 
clusion that there are no adventures and triumphs 
to compare with those of missionary Crusaders, 
then I shall have accomplished my first and main 
purpose. 
2. To all Others Whom it may Concern. 
During my term as Young People's Missionary 
Secretary I have rejoiced in many tokens of in- 
creasing interest in Missions. Queries come along 
seeking information of a suitable kind to pass on to 
