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From that d.a y to t his, by hiG own choice, he
has borne tha.t name.

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\. ears talien a doo i-ntc.reet. in... t.he African Mia~jons ·of Ute P.ri~tivo Methodist ~urch. a.nd
has contributed n~a.rly £1,000 in theIT support.
The juvenile missionary meeting is looked for]
d to ,as .n opportu"t!.· of heuing some H-~
war
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. de6Cn'be h'IS work
tur.ned
ml86lOn.a.ry
from
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and experiences In' his fiel}! of I ~b?~r, either . in
N iger:ia, Gape Colony or m the reglODB beyond.
the Za.mbesi. The Rev .. O. P : Geoves, ,]3;.:\.,
wenl;. out fr-om the 'Reading QiTcuit to I;.~ke
charge of . the Institulie at Oron,. W~t AfrIca,
and is doink splendid work there. l'{exLWedneaday a~ Loudon SLreet Church, th.e Rev. John
Ena'u g Gill will aUend, ,,·>t,h t he General Missiona.r y Secretar.y, Lho .ltev. J. ·1'. l1arkby, and
speak on Lho work in Ni.lileria, when large ga.th.
inf1's are expected to hear Lhe first Efik mlS-s ion.1.ry of the Primiw\'e Methodist phurch. The
moot.ing is in support. of t h e Jubl.lee F~n~ .of
£50,000 now being ra.ised 1;ty Lho Prlnubve
Mef.llOdistChnrch, towards W·hlCh surn--the Reading Circuit hopes to raise £160.
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Re·Upholstering a (Speciality,

BERKSHIRE " T~B WAR,
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McFa.rland (manIand of
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McIlroy .and other

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Mrs. McFarland
BuMer, the h ousetJl~ refreshments, and '
R.A.F., assisted -hv ~f ...
S.'nw'.y.,~ 'em'"'e"!jy Etcted &..'1 M .O. _During th
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Encouragement
Amler.l,can Studies.

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slim of ' £20,000 requu-e<z
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arrAnged
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W. Glovelf,
made kgown .~this desire. As a rb8ult an a pplica- !
tion wa.a sent ltD tbe General Missionary Com~f.te~l which J~d ,to '~is su'bsequcnt acoeptance

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£200~OOO IS req~ited.
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han.d to th.~ Prince .of ales; w.ho immediat, elY '~n his returnl
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preside at our festival at the saVOir Hotel, on!
Decem~er 9th. -HeiR to. have it ready~
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/Jawand
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tJle Gospe,1
had hearl
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us in thi1J He
land,
it created
in· his
a desire that its message might bring a new 'day
to .b.ia own people. A.rrangemen·t s were made fqr
bim to go t.o schoo}" a.,t Shrewsbury. Returning

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John was baptised a cd
subsequently appomted by t>he Revs. N. Boocock
and R. B imh8.m as native teacliing evangcli!!.t ft,
J,amestow.n. F9r j!even years ' he laboured b
Lhat po~it.ion wit.h grea.t acceptance. The work
w.as h ard a.nd mall.Y difficul~es had to be
H,;a.t!len ~ustoms did not g~ve way
.th~ L,.ght• . Tlum & ' ~ew 'eVil had
mIdlJ~ of 'the people.. th.roug.h "the
In ord~~ to oom~at ~his h~
of -?~pe, bMn~latlDg mto Jus
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. O. F.. Gjll , we extract t he followmg details of ..
alr. Enang GiH's ca.reer ;,:
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Nigerja,.in tl;1e,year 18.94, ·tJlere. hved ltl Ul(l lown .
of Archibong an. Afncan woma.n namcd IJmo ~
Okoti. Ekpenyong' -and ·her SOIl. bhe lu.w cO.me
trom .Llte town of Cobham, on the Oro33 River,
w.here slie ~ba.d lived Wit'!l her huabnud, .Ena:. g
OkPC;kitu, ~ rosicle with Ohief Asuquo, her
brotherf .;\\ 6 cannot tell wJlaL thoughts passed
Lhrougli the m~nd of tha.t hc~thell moLher, as,
again a.nd ag3JD , ,h er boy, wn(l yea.rs of age, .
tJI6 .M..is.sion , and o~[ his longing to
ta lkeCl
"know ' bOOk."
~~t tllls we know, ihat her
hea.rt 'tI,BSl being divinely prepared for that
memora.'!")}e day when hm' son, like Samuel of
old, would be Jent to 't he L?rd. There a!"o i~ci­
dents
life :U10 vaJue a.nd ImportaI1ce of whIch
are never apparent. at the moment.
That
hea.t.hen]
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would lit,tl~ dream t.~.at. she WitS
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J. ENANG ,"ILL .
renderi~g_~at da.y a serVlce that wou~d~ n!sult
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in g.rea,1 blessing to her people. The R-ev. J.
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~ppreci~tel t·he effect Jus acceptance of t.hat commencement of.his work at. Jamestown efforts
Atrdcan !boy would have upon the future work' of were made to leRd him to leave the Mission .and
our ChUrch in th80t dark land, nor forcsoo tbat bec:'>mc a trader, but <he re60lutely refused. Then
he wou* become our first) nat,h'e Efik ministcIj,. a year or so latar a still ~re9.ter temptation
the RovJ John Ena~ Gill.
awaited him. One of his frlends, who had Be.. As 8! nl.ission boy Jo1m wa.s trained by a suc· cured a good Government position, .and who "'as
cession of jlRissionaries, viz., tho Rev. J. lfarcus f8.6cina~ by the salary paid, 'sought, with the
Brown th~ Rev. T. and Mrs. Stones, the Rev. he lp of oLher officials, to iOfluenoo John ~o hi ke
w. J.;"*dJMrs. :Ward., an~ th~ wrj~~, who were a 6imilar a.ppqintillerut. \ Their effor.t.s failed, for .
an imp~ WIth ,lus 13plendld ablhty and the .he assUTed Ule.m tha.t nothing would movo bith ' hfe
outst~nding qualities he poss.esscd. His thinrt from his resolve to spend his life 1n the service m~t
for kno~lcdgo and Mrsevering eITort6 e nabled of the .Mission..
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him to im ake such', progress {,ha.t J10 was , soon..
" 'nuoug.h aU tho years one a' W8.6 ever be- scoret.
found serving aa the inl;e'r'prcter in the Church fore ,hi!D, to 'beoome a lHt.t.ive 'nis
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lone would a.nd 1$
"In 1899 he · was brought by, the Rev. O. F. giv~ to ·h im t.he opportJnity by WbI
e could of t.he
G,m to .,this ~mtry. '1jha.~ ·vu;.it opened up 8. render the gr0!Itest .service. Dudng the vi.si~ of can
new world t:Q ·hIm, and he Jjved In a 'worlderland the Rev. J. lP1Ckett and Ald.
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