Again, a teacher was asked, ‘What kind of oil did the Good Samaritan put on the man's wounds?’ In another case, when they got to the passage, ‘As He spake by the mouth of His holy prophets, which have been since the world began,‘ and it was mentioned that Adam was really the first prophet, the pupil replied, ‘Well, I agree to that, but it puzzles me to understand who he prophesied to before Eve was created, and yet it says, “since the world began.”’
If a teacher goes unprepared to a class in Uganda, he will probably regret it before he is through his lesson, for the natives do not believe in passing over a passage because it is difficult. They want to know all that it is possible to find out about the Word of God, and if at times the teacher cannot answer the question, the interrogator usually says, ‘Well, never mind now; go on with the lesson, and when you have finished I will go home with you, and perhaps you
