AFRICAN MISSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 99, 20 January 1908, Page 8

AFRICAN MISSIONS.

.Tho Rev.; D. J. 0 Sullivan, of .Cairo, .Egypt, preached to crowded congregations morning arid- evening in St." Joseph's- Church; Buefclj Street, ,vestefdav.His. addresses .dealt) chiefly, „ with tli'e: work of his. ..Society,,foL the ;> Bocial and religious ■ betterment of'the natives .of'th^'.Guinea Coast and Pf the'.valley of the Nile." ■ • In the' course: ot his ■ explanations' of .the , nature' of ■ the work," -'Father.. .O'Sullivan wild that the fields. of labour "were nearly all tish-African territory ot protectorate, and . that, while. furthering- tho: interests ,-of, Christianity in them; the missionaries .were also implanting and extending .the blessings of British eTriheb(ioh, and tliis at, the cost-of: their lives,;- ipttre than 400 priests, and sisters having .fallen-vic-tiiftfe to the deadly -: climate . of,' W.cst Atnca during the - past fort):-nino . years.; sevctt dispensaries. of, the .-Socioty.'in the , Egyptian delta, a daily average, of ; IGOO sick boor Mahometans received gratuitous medical.treatment. .The -work ho " represented,; was:.. not, therefore; m'erly a. work of: religion. It .was-to its' greatest extent a .work- ofi broad humanitj' and of .British, civilisation.' .'V "'■• The Mayor is, to preside at . Mr.. Q Sullivan a lecture in the Concert: Hall to.-night. . . :V. : A. -gentleman• well-known *in / 'Auckland commenced "-a: rigorous fast- on Saturday morning last, sijfs the ."Auckland Star' -.-.of tlio : iltb-. - ' Ho'■ ; presented-, himself' t{>; Dr; Bakowell on "Wednesday morhjng,;.; haying then' fasted 90 hours. .The doctor "did ridU tliink he 1 was fit to' undertake- any" furth® fast, but ho. persevered, until yesterday at 10 o'clock, when lie again saw BakPwell, and expressed his' intention ,of. giving iip'.the fast that day. Dr., Bakowell examined his blood under . the microscope, and . found': it in an extraordinary conditio,ii, unexampled in his' experience. ■' ■••';' ' ■ Th<jro aro not-many men who.aro-fqrturiafc# to survito a dislocation- of it-he neck.(says the "Ilangitikei Advocate''),. hut it is satisfaotory to reyo'rt that excellent' progress' t'oVardn recovery is being mado ,by Mr.. Daniel .M'Kenzio, the young.man who was: injured on December 16 whilst working oil'tho ook Hot Waipori. ■ M'Konzio, who is only 19 years of "ago, and belongs :to Havolock Xorth, Hawko.'s Bay, was in a critical 'condition when removed to tho hospitalbut i«noW'abld to cworeiss tb.o. musojos of his'neck •' wit-h .scarcely- any' pain, and is expected {to ' be out of bed in a few days- .'• - Air advertisement of interest to . consign®* of cargo by the s,s. Star of .Australia, 1 fron , London, iitpcars.in, tliis' issue. . •;./ ' ' . • ' ' . . -, ' ; ' '■ ,