"Here are
my best rowers and best soldiers. They are ready to take you to Duke Town."
Mary once more stepped into the canoe. This time there was no one to call
her back. Little black Janie, whom Mary had adopted, was with her.
"Good-by, good-by, Ma," shouted the crowd. "God keep you safe and bring
you back to us again."
The rowers pulled their oars strongly, and swiftly down the slow moving
river went the canoe. Three years Mary had spent in Okoyong. Already she
had seen a change in the heathen people. A greater change was still to
come. Mary was going to see more of the power the Gospel has to change
heathen hearts and lives.
#10#
_A Disappointment_
Mary wrote to the Mission Board;
Charles and I are very much in love.
We would like to be married. Charles
is a wonderful Christian and a very
fine teacher. He would be a very great
help in my jungle work. We hope that
you will agree to our marriage and let
Charles go into the jungle with me.
I am ready to do what you say. I lay
the whole matter in God's hands and
will take from Him what He sees best
for His work in Okoyong. My life was
laid on the altar for that people long
ago, and I would not take one jot or
tittle of it back. If it be for His
glory and the advantage of His cause
there to let another join in it, I
will be grateful. If not, I will be
grateful anyway, for God knows best.
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