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Triumphs of the Gospel in the Belgian Congo: Being Some Account of the Mission Work That Has Been Carried on in the Belgian Congo, Africa, Since 1890 ... Church in the United States (Classic Reprint)
Robert Dabney Bedinger
Paperback. Forgotten Books 2015-09-27.
ISBN 9781331776840
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Excerpt from Triumphs of the Gospel in the Belgian Congo: Being Some Account of the Mission Work That Has Been Carried on in the Belgian Congo, Africa, Since 1890 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States
Congo's Need
Isa. 44:14.
From his hut of leaves and rushes,
See, a dusky native goes;
Searches mid the trees and bushes
Where the mighty Congo flows;
Finds a tree which suits his fancy,
Cuts a log and homeward goes.
Now with chisel and with mallet
Fashions he the piece of wood;
Then from out a dirty wallet
Takes his 'bwanga' strong and good;
Smears it on the ugly fetish,
Which has now become his god.
Ps. 115:8.
And a more degraded creature,
'Twould indeed be hard to find;
Sin is stamped on every feature
Of his body and his mind;
As his fetish, so his heart is,
Filthy, naked, wretched, blind.
Jn. 3:16.
But at last he hears the story
Of the wondrous Grace of God,
Of the One who left the Glory,
And this world of darkness trod;
How He died for guilty sinners,
To redeem them by His blood.
Now we see the native turning
From his idols and his sin;
His enlightened heart is burning
With a strange new love within;
He who once was poor and wretched,
Now is happy, ransomed, clean.
One to God has been converted,
Thousands still remain the same;
Thoughts and actions all perverted,
Knowing not the Saviour's name;
Serving Satan, not their Maker,
Living lives of sin and shame.
Lord, increase our love, we pray Thee,
Fields are ripe, and servants few;
Teach us gladly to obey Thee,
Give us willing hearts and true
That, responsive to thy bidding,
We may seek Thy will to do.
- H. Wilson, Inkongo, Congo Belg.
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