E.T.S. 190). But PUR Mnelander Harrison, Alexena (Mackay) "Isus. J. 20. "Harrison," A. M. MACKAY, Pioneer Missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda. BY HIS SISTER. WITH PORTRAIT AND MAP. AUTHOR'S EDITION. NEW YORK A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON 1904 TO MY DEAR FATHER, THE REVEREND ALEX. MACKAY, LLD, WHOSE PAINSTAKING INTEREST IN THE TRAINING AND EARLY EDUCATION OF HIS CHILDREN LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE NOBLE SELF-SACRIFICING LIFE OF THE SUBJECT OF THIS MEMOIR. "It is no sacrifice, as some think, to come here as pioneers of Christianity and of civilization. I would not give my position here for all the world A powerful race has to be won from darkness to light; superstition and idolatry have to be overthrown; men have to be taught to love God and love their neighbour, which means the uprooting of institutions that have lasted for centuries; labour made noble, the slave set free, knowledge imparted, and wisdom implanted; and, above all, that true wisdom taught which alone can elevate man from a brute to a son of God. Who would not willingly engage in such noble work, and consider it the highest honour on earth to be called to do it?" MACKAY, Uganda, Nov. 19th, 1878. |