LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Gatherings were held this week at Mt. Eden (Jongregatioual Church in connection with the visit of the L.M.S. deputation, the Rev. R. Stewart Wright, of Central Africa. Rev. R. Stewart Wright, of Central Africa. A public meeting was held Uev. Harry Johnson presided. Mr. Wright *poke at length of the work to which he bad devoted his life, and vividly described the many difficulties which the early missionaries had to overcome. lie stated that slavery and head-hunting were now practically defunct, and that the mission M-hools were providing the vast majority of servants for the civil administration in liermans of both white and black mission workers during the war in German East Africa was described ns truly flevillsh. During the evening the Mt. Eden Choir rendered an aathem. and a collection was taken up on behalf of the L.M.B.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 236, 2 October 1920, Page 13
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