Chapter III. 
This was followed two years later by the French Roman 
Catholic Mission. The persecution under Mwanga, the murder 
of Bishop Hannington, the torture and burning alive of 
many native Christians failed to put a stop to the work which 
progressed with extraordinary rapidity, undisturbed by the civil 
wars and political changes. In 1895, an English Roman 
Catholic Mission was added to the list. 
The number of native converts to Christianity increased 
yearly by thousands, while Islamism remained stationary. 
Manners and customs rapidly improved. Education followed 
NATIVE HUT. 
moral training. The missionaries created a written language 
for the country where none had heretofore existed. Schools 
grew up by hundreds beside the churches. 
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