Religion: Tradissionary

Cannibals devour them; lions and tigers pounce upon them, claw and maul them to bits. They elbow their way through dense jungles, visiting and converting little pygmies and big black bucks. They fall ill of dread and curious diseases. From home they receive boxes of worn-out dresses, aprons, old hats, old pants for the natives. Chieftains salute them; witch-doctors harry them. Thus, traditionally, missionaries.

Faithful to the oldtime tradition is the life of 78-year-old Dr. John Kelly Giffen, — oldest missionary in point of service in the United Presbyterian Church. From New York...

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