Polygamy- 
matter, and asked if that one was the only wife 
I had. The natural love which God has put into 
the heart of the mother for her offspring, seems 
to be about the only silver lining to this dense 
cloud. The memory of this awakes chords in 
their souls that nothing else can. One night I 
heard a little orphan boy telling of a dream to a 
playmate. He said that he saw heaven open and 
his mother looking down at him from above. 
She told him that she was watching over him 
every day and then she let down something for 
him to eat. Then the heavens closed again and 
he awakened, crying for her to come back to 
him. It was plain that this touching dream had 
voiced the memory of a mother’s love. 
The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only cure for 
the ills which afflict the victims of such spiritual 
darkness. While I was in Africa many illus¬ 
trations of this truth came under my observation. 
Two cases in Ejahyay are worthy of special 
notice. Among the converts here were two 
women of exalted Christian character, named 
Ofeekee and Osoontala. Because the latter was 
so much like Mary of Bethany in character, her 
name had been changed to that of the gentle 
sister of Lazarus. There is no reason to think 
that, before their conversion, they were different 
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