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CHAPTER XXI<br />

A Page <strong>of</strong> History<br />

TJZ' HEREIN <strong>the</strong> reader^ now <strong>in</strong><br />

glimmer now <strong>in</strong> gloomy watches<br />

<strong>the</strong>se negroes work out <strong>the</strong>ir dest<strong>in</strong>y <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

darkness,<br />

AND now, hav<strong>in</strong>g " bored " out East, let us take our<br />

bear<strong>in</strong>gs : where are we ?<br />

In this all-encompass<strong>in</strong>g gloom it is vital that<br />

you fasten on one fact : by so reach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> shores <strong>of</strong> Lake<br />

Mweru, we now see a fa<strong>in</strong>t streak <strong>of</strong> light shoot<strong>in</strong>g up<br />

from Lake Nyassa and a<strong>long</strong> <strong>the</strong> Tanganyika plateau.<br />

Like a beacon light visible at sea from far, we stra<strong>in</strong> our<br />

gaze towards Nyassa, gladdened to know that yonder is<br />

God's lighthouse <strong>of</strong> Liv<strong>in</strong>gstonia, sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g true. And<br />

lighthouse, remember, is <strong>the</strong> true metaphor to symbolise<br />

Dr. Laws' work out <strong>the</strong>re ; lighthouses do not r<strong>in</strong>g bells<br />

and fire cannon to call attention to <strong>the</strong>ir sh<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong>y<br />

just sh<strong>in</strong>e on. Likewise Liv<strong>in</strong>gstonia. Nor are our<br />

Eastern hopes futile. For many a day that transport<br />

l<strong>in</strong>k with Ch<strong>in</strong>de succours us, albeit <strong>the</strong> real route <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

far future is due South to <strong>the</strong> Cape.<br />

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