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preacliing-services and teaching. From these four 
stations as centers, the word of God goes out to 
more than forty villages and towns, far and near. 
From these various improvements in education 
and religion, I am justified in saying that we 
stand upon the threshold of another era in the 
history of Africa. From various quarters the cry 
for the gospel comes. Many eyes are turned to 
us for help. Daniel F. Wilberforce. 
Shengay Mission, July 31, 1880. 
wonderful success. 
Last Sabbath I was at Bomphetook. Mr. Saw- 
yer is having wonderful success there. We ad- 
mitted nine persons into full membership and 
eight as seekers of religion. Many others are 
almost ready to renounce heathenism. Several of 
the old members have returned to the station, 
and several came from the villages where they 
are living. The people from the villages near 
are attending meetings well at Manoh and Bom- 
phetook. Those at Baundah, where we went 
from Bomphetook, are attended very well. I 
have three wooden gods, which v/ere brought in 
lately, — two from villages near Manoh and one 
from near Rotufunk. Raunchawah, the second 
head-man at Manoh, brought me all the gregrees 
and charms out of his house. He has surren- 
