IN WESTERN AFRICA. 
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CHAPTER XLII. 
ANOTHER CHAPEL NEEDED, APPOINTMENT OF MR. 
WARNER AND WIFE. 
A year or two previous to this time the Ex- 
ecutive Committee had determined to erect a new 
stone chapel, and appealed to the friends of Africa 
to forward, as a special contribution, the amount 
needed for this purpose. Funds for this object had 
accumulated until nearly enough were in the hands 
of the missionary treasurer, and now the chapel 
was needed. The one just finished in Shengay be- 
ing a country-built house, would need repairs every 
year or two, and would only serve a temporary 
purpose at best. Besides, something might occur 
to make it impracticable to hold school and meet- 
ings in the town of Shengay, and with a perma- 
nent chapel upon the mission-premises our 
operations could not be interfered with. Every- 
thing indicated that the new chapel ought to be 
put up soon as possible. 
The four missionaries already there having all 
that they could do, especially in view of com- 
