François Coillard (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from François Coillard But the religious results of the bitter contest were of far more consequence to the French missionaries. The progress of Christianity was sharply checked, most of the chiefs, who were either Christians or pro-christian, revert ed to heathenism and the dream of a Christian Basutoland faded into the distance. To aggravate a situation already depressing, war had just broken out between the Basutos and the Boers of the Orange Free State. One of the mission. Stations had been destroyed by the Boers and several others ravaged. At this unpropitious hour Frangois Coillard was waiting at Capetown to enter his disorderly field of service. Seldom had a beginner received so trying an initiation. He could easily be forgiven for writing, Why has God called me into this Africa and exacted of me that I should sacri fice my studies? Was it only that I should be a witness of the destruction of those tribes among which I came full of joy and enthusiasm to offer to God the sacrifice of my life 9. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.