Protestant Mission Work Natal South Africa Antique Picture Print 1897 QE#63

Description: Protestant Mission Work Natal South Africa 1897 Antique Print A print from a disbound book of the British Empire published 1897. With an unrelated picture on the reverse, this has been trimmed from the original page size to fit boarded envelope, scan shows the trimmed page being sold. Suitable for framing, the average page size is approx 10.75" x 8.25" or 27.5cm x 21cm, including text and border. Average image size approx 8.75" x 6.25" or 22.5cm x 16cm This is an antique print not a modern copy or reproduction and can show signs of age or previous use commensurate with the age of the print, please view the scans as they form part of the description. 1897 is the printing date, the original date of creation can be earlier. All prints will be sent bagged and in a boarded envelope for maximum protection. While every care is taken to ensure my scans or photos accurately represent the item offered for sale, due to differences in monitors and internet pages my pictures may not be an exact match in brightness or contrast to the actual item. Text description beneath the picture (subject to any spelling errors due to the OCR program used) MISSION WORK IN NATAL For many centuries—indeed, ever since the beginning of the Christian era—missionary work on the continent of Africa has been carried on by Christian teachers and preachers. Many good men have given their lives for the cause, but others have always been found ready to take their places and carry on the work. Here we see the simple service of a Protestant mission, in Natal. The strange head-rings of the men in the congregation proclaim them Zulus. The labourers in the field of Livingstone and Moffat have evidently succeeded in earning the respect, if they have not yet greatly moved the hearts, of their congregation. It is to be regretted that in Africa, perhaps, more closely than in any other part of the world, the white "spirit-seller," the purveyor of arms and gunpowder, the speculator who lives upon the life-blood of the natives, ever follows upon the track of the missionary, and shows how widely Christian practice may differ from Christian principle

Price: 3.99 GBP

Location: Dereham

End Time: 2024-12-25T08:35:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 20.72 GBP