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I congratulate you for what you have already done and in particular for having had the good idea of establishing a second mission post outside the territories of King Mutesa.

Think of the reward that awaits you for even having given a cup of cold water in the Lord’s name, how much more then will you receive for all the pain and suffering your life as apostles has brought you

The second remark I would like to make concerning the allowance you will be given is that half of this sum must, in conscience, be used for ransoming and educating young Negroes and for baptizing children in danger of death

It is a battlefield of charity, where your arms will be your daily good deeds, where your defence will be gentleness and patience, where your preaching will be the power of your example and your final triumph will be the heroic sacrifice of your life.