Some Things Never Change # 5

“Of Livingstone’s habit of prayer it has been said that while he spoke to men about God, he spoke more to God of men.” (20) “Lord Jesus, In this very moment I lift Jean from Kpakpara to You, I lift Narcisse from Naro to You, I lift A and his wife G to You; I lift Marc...

Some Things Never Change # 3

”A Christian Teacher has lately become a father; his wife is also a Christian and they live near…The father-in-law of the teacher took him aside one day and said: Why don’t you take your wife to the exorcist? (witch-doctor) The teacher replied, “I do not wish...

Some Things Never Change # 2

Still from African Tidings, 1895 Under the title of “LIGHT in DARK Places” the author TC Matthews tells of witchcraft, fear, witchdoctors, slavery and ancient tribal belief systems. Nearing the end the writer says that as a local chief was dying, he asked that all of...

Some Things Never Change # 1

I wrote awhile back about a friend presenting me with a journal; African Tidings written in 1895! I will be sending some of the excerpts in upcoming blogs of things written in 1895 that are still the same here…today…2013! “Torture to Part with a Penny When...