Foes who became Friends. 
THE entrance of a missionary into a new dis- 
trict does not please everybody. And the 
missionary is not surprised. It is what he expects. 
When Jesus entered Gadara and began work there, 
the owners of some pigs were soon in opposition ; 
and when Paul went to Ephesus, and many other 
places, there were always some ready to stir up bad 
feeling and upset things. Since it fell out thus 
with Jesus and Paul, the missionary refuses to be 
discouraged, or give in, when his turn comes. 
vShould, however, those who have been unfriendly 
change, and support him and his work, his joy 
knows no bounds. And this kind of thing HAS 
happened, you know. Robert Moffatt was warned 
concerning Afrikander — a man with an evil name 
and record. Moffatt's supporters were sure that 
Afrikander would seek his life. Just at first their 
fears proved true, but by-and-by there came a 
change, and finally Afrikander became Moffatt's 
true and life-long friend. King Leewanika was a 
great stumbling-block to our first missionaries on 
the Zambesi, but in a few years he saw how foolish 
his conduct had been, and he turned into a true and 
powerful friend of all the messengers of the Cross. 
In the Oron Country the trouble has always come 
from either witch doctor, the Egbo society, or 
masters of slaves. Everywhere opposition has died 
down, and in a few cases old-time foes have become 
