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ZJakin9 tke gOlpeL to tke Gffrican . .The history of the work of the Church in Africa properly begins in theearly nineties when John Sherriff began mission work in Southern Rhodesia,while working at his trade.' of scone masonry. Brother Sherriff's first nativeconvert was Frederick, one of his boys whom he called the HMustard Seed."At the time of his death in 1935, Frederick had baptized more than 800 ofhis people. As the most efficient method of evangelizing, Forest Vale Missionwas established to teach other native boys to spread the Gospel amongtheir race.Soon afterward, other missions were established: Sinde Mission nearLivingston, Northern Rhodesia, was opened in 1923, Kabanga Mission aboutfifty miles from Kalama, in 1927 ; and Namwianga Mission about three mil esfrom Kalama, in 1932. Besides these, churches have been started in some ofthe larger cities.asaland, for seven years.Brother George Hollis, a native Australian, worked in Ny.The progress of the African work is definitely on the upward trend.Wid, the assistance of the six new missionaries that arrived in 1938, and ofothers expected in 1940, the African work will be greatly enlarged. Plansare being made, and are now being executed, for a Normal School, a separatetraining school for boys and girls, and several new buildings. This will en·able us to prepare and send out more teachers and preachers to do workamong their own people in the villages. Experience has shown that this isthe best and quickest method of carrying the Gospel to the African.-ALVIN HOBBY.Sixteen Harding students have labored in thisfield, and to them this book of CLASSES is dedicated.,.' ••,.. ' :', ..