She told them that they must
love Jesus and trust in Him for salvation.
Twice a day she held services and great crowds came to hear her. She cut
out clothes for the people and taught the women how to sew. She gave
medicine to the sick and bandaged the wounds of those who got hurt.
"King Okon," said Mary, "I would like to go into the people's homes in the
jungle. May I go?"
"No, white Ma, I cannot let you go. This is elephant country. The elephants
go wild and run over everything in the jungle. These stampedes have been so
bad my people have had to leave off farming and make their living by
fishing. I cannot let you go. You might get hurt or killed."
One night Mary saw that the people looked very angry. Some were sad.
"What is the matter?" asked Mary.
"Two of the king's young wives have done wrong. They have broken a law,"
answered one of the natives. "They thought nobody was looking and went into
a room where a young man was sleeping. Each of them will be hit a hundred
times with a whip."
Mary went to the king. She asked him to be kinder to these girls. She
begged him not to beat them so much.
"Ma, you are right," said the king. "I will call palaver of all the
chiefs. If you say we must not whip girl, we must listen to you as our
guest and Ma. But the people will say God's Word be no good, if it keeps
the law from punishing those who do wrong.
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