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\"James<\/a>Dan Crawford [1870-1926] was a Scottish Missionary to Luanza\u00a0 – in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo. My thanks to Redcliffe College<\/a> for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is now in the Public Domain.<\/p>\n

James J. Ellis [1853-?], Dan Crawford of <\/em>Luanza. 37 Years Missionary Work in Darkest Africa<\/em>. Kilmarnock: John Ritchie \/ London: Hulbert Publishing Co. Ltd., [1927]. Hbk. pp.160. [Click to download the complete book in PDF]<\/a><\/h2>\n

Contents<\/h3>\n

Foreword<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. The Man Who Stepped Over the Line<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The Lands He Sought to Conquer<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. The People He Learned to Love<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. The March Through the Robbers’ Dens<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. The White Slaves; and a king Half Pig and Half and Half Wolf<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. The City Built Above the Water<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. The Work that Never Ceased and Never Failed<\/strong><\/li>\n
  8. A Visit to Livingstone’s Grave and What Came of It<\/strong><\/li>\n
  9. Extracts From Mr. Crawford’s Diary<\/strong><\/li>\n
  10. In God’s Hand and There All is Well<\/strong><\/li>\n
  11. A Visit to Luanza, by Fred Elliott<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \n

    Chapter 1<\/h3>\n

    John Angel James, who wrote an excellent book called The Anxious Enquirer, was a man who, serious and earnest always, had ever a laugh handy. While travelling on the railway a friend heard some passengers say of this good Christian: “Well, there’s a light-hearted man.”<\/p>\n

    Long before, in the days of the Commonwealth, there lived Thomas Fuller, the Christian historian. Of him it was said: “True humour was the very life of him. It was always present, like a latent electricity, and was ever likely to break forth into the lightning of wit.”<\/p>\n

    Mr Daniel Crawford was, indeed, a light-hearted man, and perhaps the capacity for appreciating the funny side of things was natural to him. A level-headed, keen man of business, he was always ready to flash out a pun; indeed, it appeared as if the impulse to do so was irresistible. C. H. Spurgeon, Mr Williams tells us, “found in his garden a source of unceasing delight.<\/p>\n

    I think he knew every single plant and flower his conservatories contained. ‘Look,’ he would say, ‘is not that exquisite? Look at the veins and colours in these leaves; don’t you think God has put His own thoughts into them? This plant, for instance, has His laughable thoughts; this His loving thoughts; and this His serious ones; all nature is full of God. His creation speaks of Him and for Him.’ We went into the vinery one day, when the tree was in full leaf. [Continue reading<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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