The Dark Continent and Missions.

The article discusses about the book "The Lure of Africa," by Cornelius H. Patton. The comic-paper idea of a missionary in a black coat, white choker, and top hat landing solitary on the Cannibal Islands with his Bible under his arm is not more than a century behind the times. The old haphazard methods of private adventure have long ago been discarded. Modern missions are organized like great businesses, or military campaigns. Towards the African he is thoroughly sympathetic, having traveled in South Africa and seen him for himself. One injustice which caught his attention was the hut tax; but it would appear that he has failed to grasp the problem in its entirety.