about the is As to the to retrace fo e out of al The missio pute instead to obtain the fficulty of ty miles from the mainland. Alongo: occupied as a station, 1850; Rev. Ibia F. Ikenje; one native licentiate preacher. Outstation at Mbiko on the mainland opposite Corisco; three native assistants. GABOON: Baraka, on the Gaboon river, near the equator, ten miles from the sea; occupied as a Mission station, 1842; transferred to the Board, 1870; Rev. Graham C. Campbell and his wife; Mrs. Thomas E. Ogden, Miss Lydia Jones, and Mr. Peter Menkel. Outstation at Rembwe, on the Gaboon River: Rev. Ntaka Truman. NEAR NENGENENGE: seventy miles up the Gaboon river; at Angom occupied as a station, 1881; Rev. Arthur W. Marling and his wife. At Nengenenge, outstation; one native teacher. At Munda: one native assistant. sion. The the America in the joint 1872. The an indepen From 1835 t not at hand the Gaboon compelled t others who for health. to its union ber of deat to this cour 4 have died come home obliged to m after short the deaths health, appe average lab Thus it i proved unfa tion is not many miles back is of the sea, whose vegetation. This, heat of a tropica intense degree. Ef success) to find mor empt. A few years sionaries adopting 1 better health could joyed-Talaguga and Angom. The former is situated on the Ogove, the latter on the Gaboon, where these rivers leave the mountains, and where their waters flow in a rapid, clear current. The report made in May, 1886, shows a somewhat more encouraging prospect, though the rival claims of the French, German and Spanish to the territory where a portion of the mission is established still cloud the work. The statistics show 221 members at Bolondo; 240 at Mbadi, Benita; 75 at Corisco; 40 at Gaboon and 40 at of Brooklyn, N. Y. Thus it is seen that 22, there were twenty Of these Miss Dr. My port, Rev. Henry M. W Levi D. Johnson, M. I Rev. Levin Johnson, and Miss Reese have Geo. B. Mackey did no Heli Chatelain and H the mission. The stat THE BISHOP TAYLOR MISSIONS IN AFRICA. Bishop Wm. Taylor and Dr. W. R. Summers left the United States for Africa the latter part of 1884. They were followed on January 22, 1885, by Rev. A. E. Withey, wife, and four children, of Rock, Mass.; Levi D. John. son, M. D., of Oskaloosa, Iowa; Rev. Ross Taylor, wife, and four children, of San Jose, Cal.; Rev. Jos. Wilks, wife and child, of Kendalls, Mich.; Rev. Clarence L. Davenport, of Gardner, Ill.; Rev. Levin Johnson, of Beaver Falls, Minn.; Rev. Henry M. Willis, wife and child, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Chas. W. Gordon, of Lynn, Mass.; Wm. P. Dodson, of Easton, Md..; Chas. L. Miller, of Baltimore, Md.; Chas. M. McLean, of Woodstock, N. B., Can.; Henry C. McKinley, of Raymore, as follows: St Paul a cliffe, Heli Chatelain; and wife, Rev. W. H. G. Rudolph; Pungo. wife; Malange, Dr. W and wife, Miss Alber Dondo, Rev. C. L. D Mamba, Henry E. Ben superintending the ere terian mission at Gabo St. Paul de Loanda town of probably 10,0 Coanzo River at the he 240 miles from Loand: Dondo. Pungo Ando Malange is 62 miles f 390 miles from St. Pat r have te and fam Mrs. W ited Sta gland. Since jo aries are: NHANGUEPEPO MISSION STATION OF BISHOP TAYLOR'S AFRICAN MISSION. was used for the first native school which had its beginning Monday, June 29, 1885, under the superintendency of Wm. P. Dodson. was formerly the Residence of Señor José e Cunha, and the houses and grounds were purchased by Bishop Taylor. The tent seen on the right for the mission, much of which is to be cultivated. Mrs. Withey writes from this place: "We are pleasantly situated here, in a beautiful country surrounded by mountains elevated 2,300 feet above the level of the sea. We live in a stone house at present, rather small for our large family, six adults and ten children, but we are roofing over other rooms, as the building was in somewhat of a dilapidated condition, but we shall soon have more room including a good school-room. At present all school work has stopped to press the planting, so that the garden. A raft was taken from twenty tons, fitted with used above the falls of t were supplied with a sc and tools for putting it to Congo. The American M Bishop Taylor the stea used by its missionaries i Bishop Taylor writes f to Richard Grant: shall have the benefit of the rains. For nearly two months husband and Bro. Dodson, (our school teacher), have had all the responsibility and work of this station, as the other two men have been sick. They have had heads and hands full, but by the blessing of the Lord, and being very careful they have kept well. We are well now and happy in Jesus, contented with the will of the Lord. Our prospects are bright." On March 20, a second band left New York for Africa. They were Rev. E. A. Shoreland, Rev. Clark Smith, M. D., wife and four children, (Grace, Jesse, May and William, aged respectfully, 5, 7, 9, and 12), Rev. J. H. Cooper and wife, J. J. A. Harrison, M. D., Rev. J. L. Cola, the mi Mamba, 24 carry on t obi, a couple. ged to super yterian Missi ther Northan e ministry, b VIEW OF NHANGUEPEPO MISSION STATION, FROM AN ADJACENT HIL it should take a year or even two, in case of drought to The General Association of the Colored Baptists of There was a time town were rather ha to a great extent tha white man off the si sent and strike the him and take him t fined or lodged in j upon the white man that was created was It was a pleasing s beheld this land of w their strange-looking odd-looking people grass or mud huts h |