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Uganda by Pen and Camera

Suna was the father of King Mtesa, and one can scarcely imagine more repulsive features than the features of these two women—features produced by the lives they have lived. The one at the right hand of the picture has for some time been trying to read and to become a Christian, but it is no light matter for such people to change their old habits. Surely it was to such people as these our Saviour was referring when He said, ‘Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, . . . and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.’ He was speaking of such as these when He said, ‘Feed My lambs, feed My sheep,’ and to us is committed the work of bringing these lost sheep into His fold and giving them the Bread of Life.

There is a popular misconception with regard to the state of things in Uganda when Stanley first visited the country. He