CHAPTER VII
THE BISHOP OF UGANDA
The Right Rev. Alfred Robert Tucker, D.D.
SUPPRESSING THE SLAVE-TRADE AND EVANGELISING EAST AFRICA.
“A motley group were gathered round,
Men, women, young and old;
Wandering they heard Salvation's sound,
And watched that preacher bold:
A Gospel pioneer was he,
Who taught the truth that makes men free.”
- Rev. Samuel Barber
Message to the British People—History of East African Exploration—Painter relinquishes Art to adorn the Church—At Oxford with Sir Arthur Hardinge and Lord Curzon of Kedleston—Mr Fox of C.M.S. infuses Missionary Zeal—Mr Tucker becomes Third Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa—His Appeal saves Uganda to England—In Bishop Hannington's Train—Recovers Hannington's Bones and accords them Christian Burial—Story of Hannington's Murder—Sub-division of the Diocese—Goes to Uganda—Combating Slave-Trade—Growth of the Church—Missionary Spirit of the Bagandas.
“Have you a message for the British people, my lord?”
A few moments of serious reflection, and the Bishop answered, “Well, what one would say is needed most for the redemption of Africa is that
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