SHERBRO MISSION. 
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Thus Mr. Billheimer was again left with none 
to assist him but Mr. Williams. His health, too, 
was still very delicate, yet he was unwilling to 
leave the mission till some other missionaries 
should come to take his place. He prayed and 
waited and suffered long, but none came. It 
was a dark day for our African mission. For 
once Mr. B. seems to have been almost over-- 
whelmed. Speaking of Mr. Wilson’s return he 
wrote: This will be sad news. We owe Mr. 
Heddle a large amount, and he wants his money. 
This will be sad news. My own health is preca- 
rious. I expect to leave here in April or May. 
This will be sad news. Will all these things work 
the abandonment of the African mission? I fear 
and tremble. God help us. This is a time of 
great need.” 
But the wants of the mission caused him to 
prolong his stay till September, 1861, when he 
returned to America, having spent five years la- 
boring for Shaingay Mission, and expressing 
the wish to return to it as soon as he could recruit 
his health. 
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