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In growing amazement she read the following words:--
DEAR EDITH,
'I hope what I am about to tell you will not worry you too much. At any
rate I do hope you will not allow it to affect your health. It is
inevitable, and you must make up your mind to it as soon as possible. I
say this in no spirit of unkindness; far fro... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
Controlling herself, Edith went to the veranda and said to Mrs Ottley
that Bruce wasn't coming back for a day or two, that she had neuralgia
and was going to retire, but begged Aylmer not to go yet. Of course at
this he went at once.
The next morning Aylmer at his hotel received a little note asking him
to come round ... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Oh, don't, Aylmer! You know I do!'
'Well, then, it's all right. Fate seems to have arranged this on
purpose for us--don't you know, dear, how I'd be good to the children?
How I'd do anything on this earth for them? Why, I'd reconcile Mrs
Ottley to it in ten minutes; I'd do _anything_!' He started up.
'I'm not going t... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'You see, it's chiefly on account of the children. If it weren't for
them I _would_ take advantage of this to be happy with you. At
least--no--I'm not sure that I would; not if I thought it would be
Bruce's ruin.'
'And you don't think I'd be good to the children?'
'Good? I know you would be an angel to them! But what'... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Another point occurs to me. In your hurry and excitement, perhaps you
forgot that your father's legacy depended on the condition that you
should not leave the Foreign Office before you were fifty. That is
about fourteen years from now. If you are legally freed, and marry Miss
Argles, you could hardly go back there. I... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
He answered that she was _impayable_--marvellous--that he would help
her--devote himself to doing whatever she wished. On consideration he
saw that there was still hope.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Bruce Returns
'Never, Edith!' exclaimed Vincy, fixing his eyeglass in his eye, and
opening his mouth in astonishment. 'Never! Well, I'... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
There was difficulty in keeping the secret from Vincy, who was actually
staying in the house, and whose wonderful nerves and whimsical mind
were so sensitive to every variation of his surroundings. He had the
gift of reading people's minds. But it never annoyed anyone; one felt
he had no illusions; that he sympathised... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'But what about other friends?'
'Well--oh, you know--'
'Edith, I'm awfully sorry; I wish I'd married her now, then she
wouldn't have bothered about Bruce.'
'But you can't stand her, Vincy.'
'I know, Edith dear; but I'd marry any number of people to prevent
anything tiresome for you. And Aylmer, of course--Edith, reall... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
During these summer days Aylmer was not so peacefully happy. His
devotion was assiduous, silent, discreet, and sometimes his feelings
were almost uncontrollable, but he hoped; and he consoled himself by
the thought that some day he would really have his wish--anything might
happen; the chances were all in his favour.
... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
He went, and found the elder Mrs Ottley just going away. He thought she
looked at him rather strangely.
'I think Edith wants to speak to you,' she said, as she left the room.
'Dear Edith! Be nice to her.' And she fled.
* * * * *
Aylmer waited alone, looking round the room that he loved be... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'All right,' repeated Aylmer ironically; 'all right! Judge calmly! Do
the right thing. You know best.' He stopped a moment, and then said,
taking his hat: 'I understand now. I see clearly at last. You've had
the opportunity and you wouldn't take it; you don't care for me. I'm
going.'
He went to the door.
'Oh, come bac... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
He waited one moment more.
* * * * *
'If you'll change your mind--you still can--we can still be happy. We
can be everything to each other.... Give him up. Give him up.'
'I can't,' said Edith.
'Then, good-bye.'
CHAPTER XXIX
Intellectual Sympathy
'What are you going to wear tonight, Edith?... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
'Oh, she's only five, quite a baby,' said Edith. 'I daresay I can
manage her for the present. Leave it to me.'
* * * * *
Since his return, Edith had never once referred to Bruce's sea-voyage.
Once or twice he had thanked her with real gratitude, and even remorse,
for the line she had take... | Tenterhooks | Leverson, Ada | 1862 | 1933 | ['en'] | 20 | {'Man-woman relationships -- Fiction', 'London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction'} | PG10021 | |
WHITE QUEEN
OF THE
CANNIBALS
_The Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar_
by A.J. BUELTMANN
_Contents_
1. A Drunkard's Home
2. A Brave Girl
3. In Africa
4. On Her Own
5. Into the Jungle
6. A Brave Nurse
7. Witchcraft
8. The Poison Test
9. Victories for Mary
10. A Disappointment
11. Clouds and Sunshine
12. Among ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"It's your father, children. Off to bed with you quickly now. Oh, I do hope
Robert has brought some money home with him so that we can buy some food
for tomorrow."
"Where'sh the shteps? Somebody alwaysh moving the shteps," said the father,
Robert Slessor, as he staggered drunkenly to the door.
Mother Slessor took hold... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"John," declared Mrs. Slessor, "you did not wash behind your ears. Go with
Mary and let her scrub the dirt away. Now I'll put a bit of perfume on your
hankies, and here's a peppermint for each of you. There, off we go to
Sunday school and church."
Father Slessor snored in his drunken sleep, while the family went off t... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mother Slessor hugged her little teacher and told her about the move they
planned to make. Then the other children were called and told, too. There
was much excitement, especially when the furniture was sold and the
Slessors with their remaining possessions took the train to Dundee.
It did not take long to find a plac... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The hours were long. Twelve hours every day for six days a week the
fourteen-year-old girl worked in the factory. And the pay was very
small. But it was a joy when she received her pay on Saturday night. Mary
hurried home.
"Mother, Mother," she called happily as she hurried into the house, "here
is the money I earned ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"If I want to be a missionary, I better have some practice. I know what I
can do, I'll ask the Sunday school superintendent for a class to teach."
She did, and was given a class of girls. She enjoyed teaching the girls
very much. She called them her "lovable lassies."
But Mary was not satisfied. She wanted to get more... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary prayed God to make her brave and then said, "I will not stop trying to
get you to come to church. I will not stop trying to tell you about Jesus,
the Saviour. Do whatever you like."
These boys had often tried to interrupt and break up the services, but Mary
went out into the streets and tried to persuade and coax... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Whenever missionaries came to the Wishart Church or to Dundee, Mother
Slessor, Mary, Susan and Janie would go to hear them. At home they would
read the stories of missionaries and their work. They read missionary
magazines. They read about the missionaries in China, Africa, Japan, India,
and even Calabar.
One day Wil... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"I want to offer myself as a missionary," said Mary Slessor to her
mother. "Are you willing?"
"My child, I'll willingly let you go. You'll make a fine missionary, and
I'm sure God will be with you."
"Thank you, Mother," said twenty-six-year-old Mary. "I know God will be
with me and will make me strong and brave to ser... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Praise God from whom all blessings flow," said Mother Slessor. "That is
wonderful news indeed. To Calabar! Oh, I'm so happy I could shout for joy!"
In March another letter came. This letter told her that she was to spend
three months at a teachers' college in Edinburgh. All Mary's friends in
Dundee gathered at the tr... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"So you are going to Calabar," said Mr. Thomson. "Aren't you afraid of
that wild country?"
"Oh, no," said Mary, "because God is with me. He will take care of
me. Jesus said, 'Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world,'
and I am trusting in His promise."
"Do you know what this country is like?" asked Mr... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"I shall not fear," said Mary. "God is leading me. He is my good
Shepherd. He can protect me from fierce beasts and the wild people. I am
happy He has chosen me to bring the messages of the Saviour to these wild
people. He will call me home to Him when the work He has for me is
done. Till then nothing can really harm ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"At last," she said to herself, "at last I am in Calabar."
#3#
_In Africa_
"Welcome, welcome, Mary," said "Mammy" Anderson, as she hugged Mary. Mammy
Anderson and her husband, William Anderson, were among the first
missionaries at Duke Town in Calabar. "This is Daddy Anderson," said Mammy
Anderson, "and Daddy, this... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary ran races with the black children. How they loved that! She climbed
trees as fast as any boy. The black children loved their white ma who
taught them and played with them. But playing with the children often made
Mary late for meals.
"Mary, Mary," scolded Mammy Anderson gently, "you are late again. I am
going to... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Ah, lassie," said Mammy Anderson, "you haven't seen anything yet. There
are millions of these black people in the bush and far back in the
interior. Most of them are slaves. They don't treat a slave any better than
a pig. The slaves sleep on the ground like animals. They are branded with a
hot iron just as animals ar... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"King Eyo Honesty? I must talk to him."
As soon as she could, Mary went up to the chief.
"King Eyo Honesty," said Mary, "I am Mary Slessor. Many years ago the
missionaries told my mother about you. They told her what a fine Christian
you were. She told us. She will be very happy when I tell her that I have
met you."
"... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in
me, even though he dies, he will live. Whoever lives and believes in me
shall never die.'"
"Did the brother get up from the grave?"
"Yes, Jesus went to the grave and said, 'Lazarus, come out,' and Lazarus
did. But, Ekpo, later Lazarus died aga... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Come back again! Come back again! God bless you and keep you!" they said.
Mary waved to them.
"I will be back," she said. Mary loved Africa. She loved the people there,
but she knew if she wanted to get well she would have to go home. Then,
too, she was anxious to see her mother and sisters again.
The ocean trip did ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
If you cannot give your thousands
You can give the widow's mite.
And each gift you give for Jesus
Will be precious in His sight.
Mrs. Slessor was not well. Living in the crowded, dusty, smoky city made
her sick. Mary found a little home out in the country. Here were clear
blue skies and pleasant fields. Mary's moth... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Good, then you will be in charge of the Old Town Station, two miles up the
river."
It did not take Mary long to pack her things and move to Old Town. But what
a sight greeted her when she arrived! The first thing she saw as she came
into the village was a man's skull hanging from the end of a pole and
swinging slowly... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
One thing still bothered Mary very much. This was the way the natives
treated twins. As soon as twins were born, they would break the babies'
backs and stuff the little bodies into a jar made out of a big gourd. Then
they would throw the jar out into the jungle. The mother would be sent
away out into the jungle to ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"This child shall not die if the cold can save him," said Mary.
Up in the mountains it was much cooler than in the valley. Mary pitched her
tent and stayed there for a time so the baby could get well.
One night Mary woke up. She heard a growling noise. She looked around. A
panther was in the tent! He had the baby in h... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"What's that?" asked Mary. She took the twin boys that were with her and
rushed down to the road to see what was going on. Here she found a crowd
of people. They were all dressed up. Some wore three-cornered hats with
long feathers hanging down. Some had crowns. Some wore masks with animal
heads and horns. Some put o... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
One day a man came to the mission house.
"I am the servant of King Okon. King Okon has heard of the white Ma. King
Okon has heard how the white Ma loves our people and is kind to them. King
Okon invites the white Ma to come and visit our country."
"I shall be glad to come if I may tell your people about Jesus, the
Sav... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary fell asleep and the canoe carried her silently through the night to a
new part of the country and to new adventures.
When the sun arose the following morning, the canoe carrying Mary Slessor
arrived at King Okon's village. A great shout went up from the people when
they heard the white Ma had come.
"You have my r... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"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."
Mary saw the king was right. She turned to the girl-wives of th... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"You must go home to Scotland," said Daddy Anderson. "You must go home and
rest and get well."
"Since you tell me to do that and the Board has ordered it, too, I can only
obey," said Mary. "I am going to take my little black Janie with me. It is
too dangerous to leave her here where some of the heathen might steal her... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
What should Mary do now? A friend told her to take her sister to southern
England where the climate was warmer than in Scotland. She wrote to the
Board to ask whether they would let her be a missionary if she took out the
time to take care of her sister. The Board of Missions wrote:
Dear Miss Slessor:
When the way is... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
As soon as she was settled in Creek Town, Mary worked harder than ever for
the salvation of the natives. She did not care about her health. The only
thing she could think of was how she could win more of the natives to
Christ. She spent very little on herself because the money from her salary
was needed back home in S... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Lord, if this is Your time, let me go."
Meanwhile Mary worked hard at Creek Town. Besides her missionary work she
was taking care of a number of native children. Some were twins she had
saved from death, some were the children of slaves. Mary took care of these
children at her own expense. In order to take care of t... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Thank you, King Eyo; that will help me very much."
King Eyo fixed up his canoe for Mary, as though she were a queen. He put a
carpet in it, and many cushions. He put a sort of tent on it so that Mary
could be alone when she wanted to be. The boat was loaded with homemade
bread, canned meat, rice, and tea.
At last eve... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"This is my sister, Ma Eme," said the chief. Mary liked Ma Eme at once and
Ma Eme liked Mary. They were friends as long as they lived.
"I want to go to visit the next village now," said Mary. "I want to go to
Ifako."
"Oh, no, Ma," said Chief Edem. "The chief is a very bad man. He is not fit
for you to meet. Besides h... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"No, my friend," answered Mary, "they need the same thing that every person
in the world needs and that is the Saviour Jesus Christ. Only Jesus can
change the hearts of sinful people."
At last Mary was packed up. She was taking with her the five children she
had saved from death. Another missionary, Mr. Bishop, was go... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"All right," said Mary. "We will wait here then for Mr. Bishop and the
baggage carriers."
"I will send a messenger to Chief Edem," said the slave, "to tell him that
you have come."
Mary took some of her food and cooked it over an open fire in the pouring
rain. She fed the children and put them to bed.
At last Mr. Bish... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
After the service was over and the women had gone to their huts, Mary knelt
down and prayed.
"O God, my heavenly Father, with Your help I have made a beginning in the
jungles of Okoyong. Things look black and discouraging now, but I know that
if it is Your will You can change all that. If it is not Your will that my
w... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"O God," prayed Mary, "heal this boy and help me to change the wicked
heathen ways."
#6#
_A Brave Nurse_
It was strangely quiet in the village of Chief Okurike. The chief was
sick. All the magic of the witch doctors could not make him better. If he
died, many of his wives, slaves and soldiers would be killed to go w... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"I will go with you," said Mary.
"There are warriors out in the jungle and you will be killed. You must not
go," said Chief Edem.
"It is a long journey," said Ma Eme. "There are deep rivers to cross. It
is raining very hard. You will never get there."
"If Chief Okurike dies, there will be fighting and killing. You wi... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary examined the chief to see what his sickness was. She opened her little
medicine chest and took out some medicine. She gave the chief a dose. It
made the chief a little better.
"I don't have enough of this medicine with me," said Mary. She knew that
away on the other side of the river another missionary was worki... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Oh, Chief Edem," said Mary, "how could you do this? Surely you know that
doing witchcraft is a sin against God. I do not see how you could go back
to it after you had learned to know about Jesus."
"Ma, you don't know all about these things. Someone is the cause of this
sickness. You don't know all the badness of the... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The tribe had a big party to celebrate. They were happy the chief was
well. It was the wildest party Mary had ever seen. The people stuffed
themselves with food until they became sick. They got drunk. They had wild
dances. They did many wicked things.
Mary had often prayed that God would turn the heathen people from ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Yes, let's punish them," shouted the men. Mary had been following the men
to make sure they would go home.
She heard the shouting. Now the men started running past her. She tried to
stop them, but they slipped away. Mary took a short cut through the
jungle. She reached the road to the village before the men did.
"Go... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
After several hours Mary untied them because she was afraid that some lions
might come and kill and eat them. Now that things were quiet, Mary again
started for home. On the way she picked up the little banana plant that had
caused so much trouble and took it with her.
"I will plant it in my own yard and see what witc... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Chief Njiri," said Mary, "why have you taken this young man? He has done
you no harm. You are doing a bad thing."
"Ha, ha," laughed Chief Njiri. "Do you think I am so foolish, Ma? I know
these people put bad medicine in my path. I saw the sticks and shells which
the witch doctor took from my leg. If sickness comes, I... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Ma, if I were not a good chief I would have killed you a long time
ago. But go now. I do not want to hear your talk. I will not set this
young man free. Maybe I will kill him. Maybe I will not kill him. But I
will not set him free. Go, before I become angry with you."
"I will go, but remember Chief Njiri, the great ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"What is that?" asked Mary.
"All of my husband's wives, I too, were put on trial. The witch doctors
were trying to find who caused my husband, a great chief, to die. Each of
us had to bring a chicken. The witch doctor chopped off the heads of the
chickens one at a time. If the headless chicken fluttered one way, the
... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"See," said the Chief of Ifako, "it is much better than the house at
Ekenge."
"It is a fine church," said Mary. "Now we must keep it clean and
nice. There should be no dirty things in or around God's house."
We would not think it was such a fine church. The walls were made of dry
mud and sticks. The roof was made of p... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary was happy. Now she wanted to build a larger and better mission house
in Ekenge. Chief Edem wanted that too. He felt that the church schoolhouse
in Ifako quite outshone the little two-room house in Ekenge. Mary wanted
doors and windows in the new house. She could not make them. The natives
could not. They had ne... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
King Eyo invited the chiefs. They did not want to go. Mary told them of the
interesting things they would see on the coast. She told them of the good
things they could get by trading. At last they agreed to go. They collected
two canoeloads of bananas, barrels of oil and other jungle crops. Then the
chiefs and warrior... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The village people were all gathered down at the landing place to welcome
the chiefs home. They watched patiently for the boats. When the boats came
the people shouted for joy.
"Welcome home, Chief Edem," said Mary. "How was your trip? Did you enjoy
your visit at Duke Town?"
"The trip was fine, Ma," said Chief Edem.... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The natives were blowing smoke into his nose. They were rubbing pepper into
his eyes. His uncle, Ekponyong, shouted into his ears. They thought they
were helping him to get well. Instead they made him die sooner. In a
moment he gave a cry and fell back dead.
"Etim is dead!" cried the people in the house. "Witches hav... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The people shouted. They were so happy they danced around. They called for
whiskey to drink. Chief Edem gave them much whiskey to drink. They became
wilder and wilder.
Mary and Mr. Ovens took turns watching the prisoners. They were afraid the
people would kill them. As Mary was going to her house for a little rest,
sh... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Drink!" he cried. "Drink and prove that you are innocent, or drink and
die!"
#9#
_Victories for Mary_
"Oh ma, do not leave us. Please do not leave us," begged the other
prisoners as the poor woman prisoner got ready to drink the poison.
"Lord, help me and help these poor people," prayed Mary.
Mary went up to the wo... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Yes, I will build you a box," said Mr. Ovens.
"Please let the three go free, too," said Mary. "They have done you no
wrong."
"We have done more for you than we have ever done before. We will do
nothing else," said Chief Edem. He turned his back on Mary and walked away.
People from other villages came to take part in... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary thought that this trouble was over, but a short time later Etim's
uncle, who lived in a nearby village, was accused of having killed the
young man. He came to Ekenge and met with the village chiefs.
"I am willing to take the poison bean test," said the uncle, "if all of the
chiefs will take the test. That means y... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Oh, Ma, thank you, thank you for what you have done for me and my
people. I and my people will always do whatever you ask." Akpo kept his
promise. Other chiefs often argued with Mary and threatened to hurt her,
but Akpo and his people always helped her and did whatever she wanted them
to do.
Chief Edem now was kind ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Come, white Ma, a young man has been shot in the hand, and he wants your
medicine!"
"Don't go Ma," said Ma Eme, Mary's friend. "You are tired and sick. You
must get back to England. If you go with this man you may miss your
boat. Let someone else go."
"It is a bad tribe. They are always fighting. It is dangerous to ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
After pushing on through the darkness, Mary saw the dim outlines of the
huts of the village. All was quiet. Suddenly she heard the swift patter of
bare feet. She was surrounded by warriors shouting, pushing and shaking
their spears.
"What have you come for?" asked the chief.
"I have heard a young man is hurt. I come t... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
All the warriors were quiet as Mary prayed. She asked God to please stop
the war if it was His will. She prayed for the young man who had been
hurt. She prayed for whoever it was that hurt him, that he might turn away
from his wickedness and become a Christian. She prayed for the people of
the village.
Then Mary spoke... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Let us pray about this," Mary would say. After she had prayed they would
settle the point. Finally Mary and her God won out.
The fighting tribe at last agreed to be satisfied with a fine. The village
paid the fine. They did not use money. So the fine was paid in barrels and
bottles of trade gin. Now Mary was worrie... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"We have sent your trunks and things on ahead," said Chief Edem. "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," s... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"No, Charles, I couldn't. I love you very much, more than anyone I have
ever known, but my work for God is in the jungles. There no one else has
yet planted the Gospel seed. To leave a field like Okoyong without a
worker and go to one like Duke Town with ten or a dozen workers where the
people have the Bible and plen... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
This was a new idea to many people. They wrote to other missionaries to
find out what they thought about it. Later a school, "The Hope Waddell
Training Institute," was started. This school taught the boys and girls of
Calabar many trades.
Mary was slow in getting well. She and Janie, the black girl she had
brought wi... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
But life was not easy. Not all the natives were Christians. Even those who
were, were not always good Christians but would sometimes slip back into
the old heathen ways. Then it was hard for Mary and her helpers to get to
the different places. There were no easy roads through the jungles, and
wild animals were always... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The work here was like that in Ekenge. The chiefs came with the troubles
they were having in their tribes. They wanted her advice. The people came
with their family problems and wanted her to tell them what to do. There
were many heathen people who came from the jungle to visit her. Mary taught
her classes. She cond... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Something is wrong," he said. He knocked loudly at the door. He knocked
and knocked again. Finally Mary awoke and opened the door. The missionaries
saw how tired and sick she looked.
"What is wrong?" asked Ovens.
Mary told them about the sickness at Ekenge. She told them of what she had
done. "I don't see how you co... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"But who will take care of the work at Akpap?" asked Mary.
"Mr. Ovens, the carpenter, who is building the mission house at Akpap, can
do the work until we find someone to take your place," answered the
chairman of the committee.
"But what shall I do with my many black children? I don't want them to go
back to heathen ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Late in the year 1898 Mary and the black children got on the big "canoe"
and sailed back to Africa. They spent a happy Christmas on the ship.
Once more strong and well, Mary went back to work in Akpap. She taught the
children and grownups. She healed the sick. She visited in the bush and in
the jungle. During this tim... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Her Okoyong friends did not forget her. They came often to visit her and
brought her gifts. They also brought their quarrels to her to settle. They
called her their queen. Finally, Mary was allowed to go back to Akpap.
Three years went by. It was now fifteen years since Mary had first come to
Okoyong. On the anniver... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"What tribes live in this dark and mysterious country?" asked Miss Wright.
"The Ibo tribe lives in most of the country, but they are ruled by the Aros
clan," said Mary.
"Who are they? Tell me something about them, Mary. I know so little about
the tribes, except those who come to Calabar or send their girls to our
Inst... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"And you want to work among those terrible people?"
"Yes, don't you think they have a great need for the Gospel?"
"Oh, they do! But I would not have the courage to work among them."
"I have no courage," said Mary, "except what God gives me."
"Tell me, Mary, have you gone into that country at all?"
"I have made some sh... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
They did not know how the people there would treat them, but they trusted
in God to take care of them and help them in their work. Mary found a house
for them.
"I am leaving you here," said Mary to the three natives, "to begin a school
and hold church services for the people of Itu. I must go back to Akpap but
I will ... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"I am in God's hands," said Mary, "and He did not mean for me to travel
today. I have been kept back for some good purpose."
The next week when she again made the trip to board the boat, Colonel
Montanaro who commanded the government soldiers in that part of the
country, was on the boat.
"I will be happy to have you t... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"What are you going to do now?" asked Miss Wright.
"I am going to do what I believe God wants me to do. I am going to take
some native Christians and make a beginning in the land of the Aros."
Mary took some native boys whom she had trained. They were able to help
with school-work and church services. Mary and the boy... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"But why do you want to talk to me?" asked Mary.
"I never forgot what the missionary told me about Christ. Later I had
troubles and sickness. I tried witchcraft to find the person who placed the
troubles and sickness on me. Instead, I met a white man. He said to me,
'How do you know it is not the God of the white man... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The natives at Itu started to build a six-room house at Itu for Mary. It
was to be one of the finest homes in which the missionary had ever lived.
"I am afraid it is too much work for you," said Mary to the natives. "It is
too big." "No, it is not too much." said the people of Itu. "Nothing is
too much to do for you.... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Please send an assistant to help Miss Wright at Akpap, so I will be free to
do this new work in the jungle. I would like Miss Wright to help me with
some work among the cannibals, in some places, so that I will have more
time for pioneer work in the places farther away.
Itu should be our main station. We can reach the... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"Ma, when are you going to come and stay a long time with us?" he asked. "I
want you to bring the Gospel to me and to my people."
"I hope it will be soon," said Mary. "I am praying every day that the
Mission Board will let me work in your country."
Mary and her friends now went to Amasu to see the Gospel work that was... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Every day Mary made calls and helped to solve the problems of the people of
Itu. In the evenings she would hold prayer in the yards of many of the
people. Always Mary told the people of the Saviour who died for them.
The news that Mary the white Ma was in cannibal land soon spread far and
wide. The tom-toms calling th... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The juju tree was used for a pulpit and seats in the church building. A
large group of people came to the dedication services. They were quiet and
well-behaved. What a great change the Gospel had made! Only two years
before the people were wild savages.
Mary had to hold services at Arochuku out-doors, but now the peo... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Meanwhile the Mission committee in Scotland decided to build a hospital at
Itu. Dr. Robertson was to be the head of it. The Mission committee chose a
name for the hospital. They named it, "The Mary Slessor Mission Hospital."
The people in Scotland gave the money so the hospital could be built.
"It seems like a fairy... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
"I think it's God's will that I learn to ride this bicycle. Think of an old
lady like me on a bicycle!" said Mary. "The new road makes it easy to ride,
and I'm running up and down and taking a new work in a village two miles
off. It has done me all the good in the world, and I will soon be able to
do even more work."
... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
In all this how plainly God has been leading me. I did not think of doing
these things in my lifetime, but God has led me on. First Itu, and then the
Creek, then back from Aro, where I had set my heart, to a lonely, spooky,
wilderness. There no one ever went, but now miles of roads are being
built.
The Board says I a... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
The Mission Board was thrilled when they read this report. They agreed to
give the money for the work which Mary had planned. They appointed Rankin
to take charge of the stations at Itu and Arochuku. They agreed to let Mary
go into the new territory. She did not have to go back to Akpap.
This made Mary very happy. N... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Mary did not want to leave her work. A few days after her talk with the
doctor, when he came to see her again, she was much better.
"It looks as if God wants me to stay. Does that sound like He could not do
without me! I do not mean it so. How little I can do! But I can at least
keep a door open for missionary work s... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Above all, she wanted to get money to support the industrial home for women
which she had planned. From May until October she went among the churches
telling about the "African sheep" whom the Good Shepherd Jesus wanted
brought in.
In October Mary asked to be sent back to Africa. She wanted to carry on her
work there.... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
When she came home from this trip she was sick again. As soon as she was a
little better she busied herself with the women's home. She wanted to get
that running well before she left for Ikpe. The natives of Ikpe sent some
more of their people to visit her and beg her to come to Ikpe. Whenever she
could, she made trip... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 | |||
Whenever she felt strong enough, she rode her bicycle through the jungle to
Ikot Expene choosing places for schools and churches along the way, talking
to chiefs, and getting the things ready for more places where the Gospel
could be preached.
The people at Ikpe were holding services even though they knew very little
... | White Queen of the Cannibals: the Story of Mary Slessor of Calabar | Bueltmann, A. J. | ['en'] | 23 | {'Missions -- Nigeria', 'Missionaries -- Nigeria -- Biography', 'Slessor, Mary Mitchell, 1848-1915'} | PG10022 |
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