January Tid Bits of Wisdom 2012 Press 2

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JANUARY 2012 VOL. 6 NO. 2

This is the time of the year that we begin reading through our Bibles. I

love the book of Genesis. The Old Testament is lled with examples of how to

and how not to live in the esh. The New Testament is lled with examples of

how to be a victorious Christian through the Spirit. If you look closely you will

nd answers to your dilemmas by observing the works of the lives of the people

in the Scriptures.

Abraham is called the father of faith(Rom. 4:16), but when you read

about his life, you nd he didnt always respond in faith. Sometimes he respond-

ed in fear without faith. Abraham had the ability to respond either way, just like

you and I do. But what made Abraham a great man of faith was that every time

God made His will known to Abraham, Abraham made sure he obeyed Gods

voice. Sometimes in life it is not always clear as to what we should do, and often

we create our own ways of deliverance by what we think needs to be done. Our

ways usually bring us more trouble and create more need for deliverance. Abra-ham was a man of prayer who built an altar rst thing everywhere he went, but

the sitution we want to look at, we nd no record that he prayed about it.

When Abraham and Sarah started out for the promised land, they made

an agreement that they would tell those they met that they were brother and sister

(Gen. 20:13). The Bible says Abraham feared men would kill him in order to

take Sarah as their wife. That must have been the norm for the day because Abra-

ham didnt just think that up, but they planned for trouble that had not yet come!

This was a bridge that he might never cross. It is wise to make preparations for

things you know could happen, but make sure those preparations are just and

honest. This was another work of esh, as when Abraham attempted to father the

promised son by Hagar.

God does not say that Abraham was right or wrong in what he did, He

just tells us what he did. Let me ask you the question, Was it right or wrong

for Abraham to deceive the two kings, Pharaoh and Abimelech? He did tell the

truth, Sarah was his sister, but he did deceive the kings by not telling them she was

his wife.

Charity says it worketh no ill to its neighbor. Did ill come to the kings?

Yes! God quickly plagued their houses, by closing the wombs of their wives. It

cannot do ill and be an act of love! Why did Abraham and Sarah do this? They

were afraid for their lives. We must read both passages to understand what and

why Abraham did what he did. We nd this in chapters 12 and 20 of Genesis.

(Continued on page 2)

FEAR of

MAN

or

THOSE WHO HAVE

READ THROUGH THEIRBIBLES THIS PAST YEAR

Dorothy Callen

Dorothy Cheateam

Orvil Thornton

Jerry Brewster

Gloria Brewster

Larry Connor

Judy Connor

Mary DeVore

Larry LoopezRenee Walters

Diane Brewster

Kevin G. Spracklen

DElda Spracklen

Ronda Brazier

Doris Richards

Martna Matthews

Luberta VanZandt

Patsy RaglandWe will publish names again nex

month for those who have not gotten yournames to us. Please join us in reading

through your Bible this year. It is a won

derful feeling to accomplish reading every

word of the Bible. You can do it!

Phil. 4:13

Its been a rough year but I made

it, how about you?

FEAR of

GOD!

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(Continued from page 1)

FEAR of MAN - FEAR of GOD

And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn

there; for the famine was grievous in the land.

And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto

Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say,

This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and mysoul shall live because of thee. Gen 12:10-13

Notice, Abraham said he did it for her sake and his sake! When I rst

read that story, my rst thought was, You dirty dog! Then I realized that the

only way Sarah could be redeemed from the king was if Abraham were alive to

come and get her, and then I understood what he was thinking. Yet, he really put

her life at risk to play that game. Both were willing to do this in order to preserve

life. Both Abraham and Sarah worked together as a team.

When Abimeleck asked why he did this to him, Abraham said, I

THOUGHT there was no fear of God in this place and I would be killed for my

wife (Gen 20:11). Abraham was acting on his imagination as to what could

happen and he acted out of fear of man. These people might have done exactly

what he thought, but he could never prove that because he acted rst! Now, theywere the good guys and Abraham was the one being reproved. God had made a

promise to Abraham and dont you think that if Abraham had waited until he had

the problem, God would have brought deliverance? Thats why the scriptures tell

us to WAIT, and again I say, WAIT. When we start out to deliver ourselves,

we usually act before God comes on the scene. The truth was it was God that did

the delivering anyway. Yes, Abraham kept himself alive to see it, but he did not

have the power to deliver them. He still needed Gods power.

In both cases God put the plagues on the kings and not on Abraham. I

found that very interesting. Why didnt God plague Abraham for what he did

to them? Instead, He plagued the ones who had been deceived. In our eyes we

would say that is not fair! Think about it for a minute. By putting the plague on

the kings He stopped them from committing sin and He protected Sarahs life.

Abemeleck said he did what he did in the integrity of his heart and the innocency

of his hands, and God agreed with Him. God said that was why He had kept him

from deling Sarah. In both cases the kings listened to the voice of God and

obeyed. These were not godly kings! Abraham did not think that these kings

would fear God. He was wrong. God had the power to put the fear of God where

it needed to be and we need to trust Him to do that in our lives.Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done

unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my

kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

Gen 20:9

Abraham and Sarahs actions made them look bad and made the world

look good! How many times have we done what they did and justied the world

because we were not honest and straight forward. We can relate to Abraham

and Sarah. This was not a good testimony. Dont you know Abraham was

ashamed?

Pharaoh treated Abraham well by giving great gifts for Sarah. Abraham

took his gifts, but I think it made him feel awful. Pharaoh made Abraham depart

when he found out what he had done. He didnt want him around anymore. Abi-

meleck gave gifts to Abraham and told him he could stay there. He didnt seem

to be as mad as Pharaoh was. I liked the fact that when Abimeleck talked to Sarah

about Abraham he referred to him as her brother, not her husband. I think he

was rubbing it in.

I found it very interesting that

we nd nothing about Pharaohs plague

being removed from his house. Als

there was no reference to him having

integrity of heart or innocency of hands

The Lord said nothing to him about

having Abraham pray for him, yet the

Lord told Abimeleck to get Abraham to

pray for him and the plague would be

removed.

Would you want Abraham to

pray for you if he had just deceived

you? Why would the Lord tell Abra-

ham to do the praying? Because, you

cannot pray unless you have a clean

heart. Abraham had to deal with wha

he had done before he could pray for

Abimeleck. God knew how to purge

His son Abraham. God will not hear

us if we have iniquity in our hearts. If

we are not willing to acknowledge ourfaults, then we hinder our prayer life

God put Abraham on the spot when he

told Abimeleck to ask for prayer.

Abraham did this twice, so he

didnt learn all his lesson the rst time

As a matter of fact, his son used the

same story some years later with his

wife and a king. This time it was an ou

and out lie. His wife was not his sister

Isaacs son, Jacob, deceived his father

over the birthright also. Later Jacob

was deceived by his father-in-law, La-ban. Do you think anyone is watching

what we do? Oh, yes! What we do in

moderation our children will do in ex-

cess!

There is FEAR and there

is FAITH. We should act upon our

fear of the Lord and mix it with our

faith in His promises. The Fear o

the Lord should override the Fear of

Man. Our FAITH is in the prom-

ises of God. He is to be our DelivererAbraham and Sarah were a great couple

who did great things through faith, bu

they were human and so are we. Im

glad God tells us both sides of the story

so we will not think that the people in

the Bible are different than us. If they

can come short of the glory of God, we

can come short. If they can do grea

things through faith, then so can we.

-----Editor


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TID BITS OF WISDOM

MONTHLY REPORT Tid Bits of Wisdom has had a wonderful start to a new year. December

was a good month for support. Some people only support once or twice a year

and usually that is December. We thank everyone for their gifts to this work.

December was like an extra month of support.

January 4th I had surgery to put a debrillator and pacemaker in my

heart. My heart was working at 10 to 15% and if I wanted to continue driving,

this was a must. I had hoped it would give more energy, but at this time it has

not. I have nothing to complain about. I continue to have full productive days

and I thank the Lord for each one of them. Life is a day by day experience for

all. We have no promise of tomorrow, so we must make the most of today for the

glory of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I praise God for every one of those

days and Im sure you do to.

We would like to expand our ministry at Tid Bits to reach as far as pos-

sible. If God increases the support, we will reach out. Would you pray and ask

the Lord if He wants to use you?

We received some sweet letters this month and we felt we should share

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share how God has worked in your life.Gloria has lost two cousins in the last couple of months, Wanda

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Letters received in December:

May God bless you all for the Wonderful Word. I enjoy it every time I get it.

Jerry and Gloria, I pray that you both are in good health. Lewis & Ann C.

We have enclosed our bi-annual gift to Tid Bits and have added extra. We hope itwill be helpful in getting the paper to more people. You all do a wonderful job of sharing

the Word with a lot of people. God bless you both. Bill & Linda R.

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joy reading it so much. Just wanted you to know I nished reading my Bible again on

November 30th. The Lord is good - I am still able to be up and on the go. I have prayed

much for you two in this last year. God bless you and may you have a wonder Christmas

season. Dorothy C.

Received your newsletter - it always makes for a brighter day! Linda D.

Your little paper is such a blessing. I have wanted to tell you before now. I read

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I wanted to tell you of a blessing I received as I was handing out the Tid Bits pa-

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I have been having some problems and I read that article which helped me. I also read it to

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blessing. I know God wants me to put on the whole armour of God and stand for Him

everyday and not quit and give up. My

desire is for the Lord to bring my husband

back to Him rst, then everything els

would fall in place with Jesus. I know Hi

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more issues of these pamphlets. Keep on

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I just read through the Bible on the

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These letters blessed our heartsand were the greatest gifts we received thi

year. Please pray for this family. Wha

if it were your family? This little pape

was there at the right time with the Word

of God. You can be used of God in th

same way if you will just share the truths

of Gods Word with those you come in

contact with. The person who gave thi

woman the paper was as much used of

God as we who wrote it. It takes all God

children to do Gods work. May God bles

the work of your hands this year. Please

do not be timid when it comes to sharingChrist. We do not have much time left.

DWIGHT L. MOODY

1837 - 1899

A great many people are trying to make

peace, but that has already been done.

God has not left it for us to do; all we have

to do is to enter into it.


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THREE WOMEN WHOSE

ACTS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED

My husband was teaching on a Wednesday night about the life of Mary,

when God brought to my mind two other women who had something in common

with Mary. All three women will always be remembered for their work in a spe-

cial way. Let us rst look at Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Luke 1:46-50And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,

And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth

all generations shall call me blessed.

Mary lived her life in such a way that she was prepared to be used of

God, should He need her. Mary was old enough to be espoused to a husband, but

still sexually pure. To be used to birth Jesus, she could never have been with a

man. This was a must. If you are a young lady hoping one day to be a bride, may

I say there is no greater gift to give the man you marry than a pure body. It may

not seem like a big deal to you today, but it will be when you come to marriage.

I must say before going on, that if you have been violated against your will and

you have not chosen to become impure, you are still a virgin at heart. The heart iswhat effects the relationship. Sexual sins are raging in our streets today and any-

one of us could be affected one day. Remember, do not fear (or allow it to destroy

you) what man can do to the body, but fear God who can destroy both body and

soul. This old body is not going to heaven and its not going to destroy what we

have in Christ. Remember, if you have lost the opportunity to go to the altar pure,

make sure you go with a pure heart having made right anything that went wrong.

If you are a pure woman in body and soul today, ght to keep it that way until you

walk to the altar with the man you love. There is no greater gift we can give God

or man, than purity.

Mary also had to be of good character in order to be a good mother to

Jesus. I believe Mary was chosen because she was a balanced woman who had

self control. She knew how to receive instruction, therefore she would know how

to give instruction, which is a must for a good mother.

Mary said, after having been chosen to birth the Lord Jesus Christ, that

ALL GENERATIONS SHALL CALL ME BLESSED. Have we not all called

Mary blessed? As long as the world goes on, Mary will be called blessed.

Though she is dead, yet she will always be remembered! What is the lesson we

can learn from Mary? It is wonderful to be used of God to full His Word. Oh,

that we would be ready should He need us today.

The second woman who came to my mind was the woman who had an

alabaster box of very precious ointment and poured it on the Lords head as He

sat at meat. Now, we believe this to be Mary, the sister of Lazareth. Matthew

does not call her by name. Dr. Light-

foot believes that Mary, the sister of

Lazareth, is also Mary Magdaline. Im

not sure of that, but it could have been

Mary, the sister of Lazareth. We wil

just call her Mary.

Mary is an example of wor-

ship. We will nd with the other two

women that the Lord came to them, bu

this Mary came to the Lord. That is the

difference between works and worship

Worship is approaching God with the

purpose of serving Him with honor and

praise. Works is surrendering and al-

lowing the Lord to approach us and do

His work through us.

Mary was criticized for her

worship. As a matter of fact the disci-

ples had indignation toward her, think-

ing she was wasteful. Jesus asked

Why trouble you the woman? She

hath wrought a good work upon me.We need to leave other peoples wor-

ship to them and the Lord. It is not fo

us to deside how others should wor-

ship. Most of the time our problem is

not giving to much, but giving to little

while trying to say I love you to the

Lord. Do we give Him our best?

Because of her worship she is

now remembered and this story is told

for a memorial of her. She will alway

be remembered for her worship.

Then we come to the last wom-

an that the Lord brought to my mind

and she is Sarah.Gen 21:6

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh,

so that all that hear will laugh with me.

Sarah, the laughing woman! Did

you know that Abraham also laughed?

(Gen. 17:17) It says he laughed and

said in his heart..... Now I dont know



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An Hour with David Livingstone

A Biography by Walter McCleary(Copies can be purshased on the enternet)

David Livingstone was born

at Blantyre, a small town on the Clyde

about eight miles from Glasgow, March

19, 1813.

His parents were poor, butthey were cultured Christians. Their

inuence early determined the future

of their son David. He was the second

child of a family of ve sons and two

daughters.

At ten years of age, under ne-

cessity, he worked as a piecer in the

Blantyre Cotton Works. In the evening

came his schooling. Often passers-

by saw his light burning at midnight.

From six oclock in the morning till

eight at night he was at the mills; af-ter that, at his lessons. He had a strong

constitution.

Even after he entered Glasgow

University, he worked during the sum-

mer months in the factory. It was nec-

essary. There were fees to be paid and

two shillings to be raised weekly for

his room rent.

At twelve years of age, he

showed anxiety about his spiritual wel-

fare. At twenty he was converted. Itwas a natural stepping stone from the

Christian home to membership in the

church. His folk were worshipers at

the Hamilton Church. Two of the el-

ders instructed him in the doctrines.

For ve months he walked regularly

from his home in Blantyre to the little

church at Hamilton to be taught by and

prayed with by one of the elders. After

this he was duly allowed to become a

communicant member.

It was then he made the decision to

consecrate himself to the service of Christ

in some form of missionary effort.

After graduation in medicine and

theology, he applied to the London Mis-

sionary Society. Could he come down for

an interview? He had no money for his

fare. Two friends helped him. The nec-

essary probation period in the London

School over, he was ready for his life task.China was his choice; but the opium war

had closed the door; his heart was turned to

Africa, and to that continent he sailed, and

landed at Capetown in 1840.

What did he look like as he set

sail? Moderately tall, slim in build, a wiry,

closely knit frame suggesting great powers

of bodily endurance.

He gave as his reason: When

rst I felt the expansive benevolence of

the gospel in my heart, it became an inter-

esting question to me: How can I spend

the remainder of my days in bringing myfellow-men to the enjoyment of the same

happiness and peace?

How can I spend my years?....

Spend and be spent. The missionary

ideal was constant in all his years.

Kuruman, in the country of the

Buchuanas, was seven hundred miles from

Capetown. This was Livingstones destina-

tion for the time being. Two missionaries,

Hamilton and Moffat, had established this

mission thirty years before. They had built

a comfortable mission-house. There was

a stone church surrounded with well culti-vated lands, with vegetables and fruit. He

arrived and was received with gladness.

He arrived; yes. Traveling was

slow; roads were almost non-existent; great

heights had to be overcome and detours to

be made; the only means of travel a cov-

ered ox wagon.

After a short stay to climatize, he

wrote home, stating the philosophy of his

life: An effort should be made to pene-

trate from this frontier station into the very

heart of heathendom. He asked leave of

the home directors to investigate the pos-

sibilities.

Up to that time missions were ex-

pensive establishments in sparsely popu-

lated localities within easy reach of cost

towns. This was not Livingstones ideal.

He was a pioneer, a blazer of trails so that

others might follow. That was his urge. He

was driven to the end of his days by this at-

titude. He was the worlds greatest in that

respect.

Two years after his arrival, per-

mission was granted. He was given hi

freedom to push on and explore.

He made experimental trips. He

found tribes to the north waiting to wel

come him. He carried medicine; the medi

cine of regeneration. They knew about i

long before he arrived at any of their vil-

lages. The underground telephone was

working.

I wish you could change myheart. Give me medicine to change it, for i

is proud, proud and angry, angry always.

So he was welcomed by one of the chiefs.

It was at Mabtoso, a beautiful val

ley, which he had chosen as one of his ex

perimental stations, that he nearly lost his

life. The natives were being terrorized by

a lion. Livingstone ddetermined to destroy

him. Cattle were too valuable in this coun

try to allow a lion to make a meal upon

them.

In the hunt, they came across their

quarry. He red, discharging both barrelseach bullet taking effect, but the anima

wasnt dead and sprang on the mission

ary, badly marking him in its death agony

His arm was crushed, and the marks of the

teeth remained to his dying day and identi

ed him.

He married Moffats daughter

mary, in 1844. She was a noble mission-

arys wife, for she knew the country and its

conditions. She was, as he described her

the best spoke in his wheel. She taught

nursed the sick, made candles, soap, and

clothes. Except for four years in Englandshe was his constant companion. Even in

poor health, her spirit was one with him

in his pioneer energy. The hardshps o

her days on the trail brought on her early

death.

Preaching and teaching, Living

stone was also physician to the sick. He

had a genius for friendship with these

blacks. Love begetes love was his mot

to. His hands were never idle; bricklayer

capenter, stonemason, and general director

of the social economy of his settlements, he

passed his days in intense action.

In 1849 came his rst great geo

graphical discovery, Lake Ngami. It was

not marked on the map. The journey to it

nding was long and dan-

gerous.

To aggravate his

starting, the Boers swept

down on his settlement

and scattered all before

them. They plundered



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if he laughed out loud or not, but God didnt say anything to him about it. He

just recorded the fact that Abraham laughed. You probably never heard a sermon

on Abraham laughing, have you? The Bible does not say that we will laugh with

Abraham, it says we will laugh with Sarah!

Gen 18:9-15

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo,

Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was

behind him.

Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be

with Sarah after the manner of women.

Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have

pleasure, my lord being old also?

And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a

surety bear a child, which am old?

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee,

according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but

thou didst laugh.

The Lord asked Abraham why Sarah laughed saying Shall I? This

is the rst record that the Lord said the child would come through Sarah. She

thought it was too late to be her that birthed the promised child and she couldnt

help but laugh when she thought about it. Now it wasnt bad that Sarah laughed,

it was bad that she wasnt honest about it. What was the Lords response to her

laughter? Is any thing too hard for the Lord? NO! There isnt anything too

hard for the Lord! Sarah denied laughing because she was afraid. The Lord made

her face it and said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Later Sarah makes the statementthat God had made her laugh so all that hear of it would laugh, not at her, but with

her! So here we are, hundreds of years later laughing with Sarah. I was 37 years

old when I had my last son and I laughed all the way through it. I cant imagine

being 90 years old!

What do we learn from Sarah? Gods ways are not our ways and some-

times we just have to have a good laugh at what He is doing with us and through

us. We learn from Sarah to relax and enjoy the ways of God.

So, what are these ladies teaching you and me?

Mary, the mother of Jesus, would say to us: Be a prepared vessel of

purity so God can choose you to do His wonderous works.

Mary, the sister of Lazarus would remind us to give our best to the Mas-

ter and worship Him with all our hearts, even though others do not understand ourworship.

Sarah, the wife of Abraham, would say to rejoice and laugh at the

unique ways in which the Lord works through our lives. Enjoy the journey!

Laugh a little; it was funny.

Did you ever notice how the Lord goes to great measures to make woman

feel important. Proverbs is full of verses that give the value of woman. Here

He has made three womens work and worship to be used of Him through time.

These are the only works that I know of that the Lord said would be remembered

forever. There may be more, but I cant think of any.

----Gloria Brewster

(Continued from page 4)

THREE WOMEN WHOSE

ACTS WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED

Honest criticism is hard to take, par-

ticularly from a relative, a friend, an

acquaintance or a stranger.

I have an inferiority complex...but

its not a very good one.

Nobody on his deathbed ever

said, I wish I had spentmore time at the office.

The wishbone will never replace

the backbone.

WE ARE OPEN

We are open for business most days

about 8:30 am. Some days as early as

6 or 7, but occasionally as late as 12:30

or 1, but usually around 9 unless its

later.

WE ARE CLOSEDWe close at 5 or 6, sometimes at 4. If

trouble breaks out at home we close at

3. Occasionally were open as late as

11:30 or 12:00 am, depending. Some

afternoons, mornings, or entire days

we arent even here at all, but lately

weve been open all the time, except

when were closed, but really we

should be here then too, unless we left

early.

You have to do your own grow-

ing no matter how tall your

grandfather was.

Abraham Lincoln

One of four people in this country

is mentally unbalanced.

Think of your three closest friends;

if they seem OK, then youre the

one.

If you are smoking in here -

You had better be on fire!

STOP GLOBAL

WHINING!

A diet is a selection offood that makes other

people lose weight.


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(Continued from page 5)An Hour with David Livingstonehis home, carried off furniture and

clothing, and destroyed his books and

medicine. The Dutch Boers did not

like missionaries. The gospel might

injure trade.

Constantly in search of tribes

and seldom long at any one settlement,Livingstone, often accompanied by his

wife and three children, kept up an in-

cessant itinerary. He was feverishly

restless; his pioneering enthusiasm

never let up. Routes must be marked

for future missionary endeavor.

At the end of 1851, he discov-

ered the Zambezi, in the center of the

continent. This river was destined in

the future to be the great highway of

trafc in South Central Africa.

But a halt was necessary. Themother and children demanded it.

They journeyed to the Cape to recover

health and strength. There the fammily

sailed for England. He promised to fol-

low intwo years. Four and a half years

elapsed before they even heard of him.

Alone, back in the jungle in

search of his tribes, anxiously trying to

discover new routing and open up the

entire central part of the continent, the

world lost sight of him.

It was during this period that

he made his name known to posterity.

He crossed and recrossed the conti-

nent from the mouth of the Zambezi to

St. Paul de Leando. A white man had

never done it before. Everywhere, he

preached the gospel, and always he left

a profound impression, not only with

his message, but with his own sterling

Christian manhood.

Frequent attacks of fever sowed

seeds of his later weakness. Oftenwhen he arose in the morning he found

his clothing as wet from perspiration

as if he had dipped them in water. He

evene forgot the days of the week and

the names of his black companions. He

was delirious. In his rational moments,

he longed to discover the cause of fe-

ver, this white mans peril. He came

near when he suspected the tsetse. Fe-

ver and dysentery were his worst en-

emies. Only his iron constitution and

his spiritual reserves kept him on the

trail.

His letters tell of his terrible

distress during this rst period of his

great missionary life in Africa. It was

not only his body that racked him with

its fever, but his mental agony at the

conditions he found along the slave

routes.

Cruelty and oppression were the results

of the lawless trafc in human beings;

the greed of the white man and his utter

inability to appreciate the black mans

hopes if given half a chance. These

things weighed heavily on his spirit.

qDegrading superstition met him ev-

erywhere. A lesser man would have

succumbed. Their deity was a Great

Spirit, who struck awe and terror into

their minds. Witchcraft and divinationwere the results, and human victims

were sacriced. Livingstones spirit

groaned.

On the way he found Victoria

Falls. He named it after his Queen. The

Zambeezi is about 1860 yards broad

here, owing from north to south, the

crack in its bed as long as the stream is

wide. Into this chasm, twice the depth

of Niagara, plunged the mile wide sheet

of water. It was a sublime spectacle.

He declared it was the greatest wonder

of all. He was the rst white man to

look upon it.

A welcome furlough in Eng-

land followed. He had been away six-

teen years and had covered some nine

thousand miles of Africa. He came

back to civilization as a man from the

dead.

He was hailed and honored as

a great discoverer and philanthropist.

Godl medals from the GeographicalSocieties and honor degrees from the

universities were only part of the tribute

a grateful world showered upon him.

Crowds waited on him and lis-

tened to his story. It was strange and

startling, yet no one doubted its truth.

The newspapers of the day kept his

name ringing from one end of the land

to the other.

What did he look like? A for-

eign looking person, plainly and care-

lessly dressed; of middle height, bony

frame, and Gallic countenance; short

cropped hair; his face deeply furrowed

and heavily tanned. His most charac-

teristic expression was that of severity

His command of the English language

was imperfect; he had seldom used it in

the last sixteen years. He apologized

for its jerky sentences.

But they honored him - this

man who had been smitten by more

than thirty attacks of fever, endangered

by seven attempts on his life, continu-

ally exposed to fatigue, hunger, and the

choice of perishing miserably in the

wilderness. Shut out from the knowl-

edge of civilized men, this missionary

had pursuedhis way, an apostle and a

pioneer without fear, without egotisml

without desire of reward.

At home he found time in thecirle of his beloved family to write his

missionary Travels in South Africa..

It was a complete narrative of his la-

bors and discoveries between 1840 and

1856. His journals wer exact. He ob-

served the minutest detail regarding the

natural history of the country and its

capabilities for agriculture, trade, and

metals. He had arranged a sort of Af-

rican Materia Medica after examining

the properties of the wild plants. Even

the diseases of wil animals did not es-

cape his attention. He had the noting

eye. Future travelers us his books as

guides.

It was during this rst furlough

that he felt the necessity of breaking

with the L.M.S. They could not nance

him as he saw t. There was not the

line of demarkation that they required

between missionary and geographica

endeavor.

The government and friendsovercame the handicap of money and

supplies. He was made a consul to fa-

cilitate his pioneer way. A boat was

constructed to make it easy in river and

lake to mark new spots upon the Afri-

can map.

To be continued next month.

The older I get

the better I was!


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