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MISSIONARY LIFE 
CHAPTER XLYII 
LETTERS WRITTEN BY MISSIONARIES. 
The following extracts from published letters 
written by missionaries^^while in Africa during the 
last four years are interesting and instructive. 
They will appear in the order in which they were 
written as to time, accompanied with the name of 
the writer, except those written by the author of 
this volume. 
WORK IN A HEALTHY CONDITION. 
I am happy to say that the work here and at 
Bomphetook is in a very, healthy state, and we 
thank God for the prospect. John Caulker, the 
Mohammedan, who has done much harm to the 
work, got himself into trouble. Mr. Caulker 
called all the chief men together at Shengay, and 
John was . arraigned on many charges, preferred 
against him by Mr. Caulker, the chief, which were 
proved. Among the charges was one of trying to 
hinder the spread of the gospel, the ‘ only thing 
