In Afric’s Forest and Jungle 
effects to the Ogbonees that they might take 
what it pleased them to confiscate. The em¬ 
barrassed but sardonic grin with which the 
leader of the men heard these words is still 
vividly pictured on my imagination. 
After they had gone out, he made a full con¬ 
fession of his sin in hesitating to confess Christ be¬ 
fore his family and his people, describing the 
great trouble in which such a course would have 
involved him with the Ogbonees and with his 
kindred. He then prayed that the Lord would 
forgive him for his timidity in neglecting to con¬ 
fess him before men until now and asked to see 
the book that told about “Yasu.” One was 
placed in his hand. He looked at it for a while 
and then exclaimed in a kind of rapture, his 
countenance lighting up suddenly as if he saw 
something that greatly rejoiced him, “Yasu, 
ewaw ne Olugbalah me! ewaw ne Olugbalah 
me!” (Jesus, thou art my Saviour! Thou art my 
Saviour!) He continued to look at the book 
until it dropped from his hand and then his eyes 
closed as he faintly said, “ Amee law elay ” (1 am 
going home). It was like a bright shining light 
from heaven in the midst of the dense spiritual 
darkness of paganism. If that missionary had 
done nothing more than lead this poor heathen 
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