MR. DAN CRAWFORD

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2199, 11 July 1914, Page 6

MR. DAN CRAWFORD

.''. .' ■'. ;';. '■' :■. '"■ .;> .'..'. ' '•. :•■.- ■'• FIRST LECTURE IN WELLINGTON.. " A large audience 1 attended-, at the Town Hall".last.-.evening'"to' bear. Mr. Daniel Crawford,, a noted missionary, who has spent. half _a- lifetime in .the heart of Central Africa, speak on his work in'the Dark Continent. The chair was , occupied by the Mayor (Mr. J; P. Luke). Mr. Luke, in his address of welcome, said that he had already met Mr.: Crawford, and could assure them. 'that the- more they- saw .of him the better they would ..like him.-Mr. Crawford had followed in the-illustrious footsteps of Livingstone, and had even pushed further into the heart of Africa. (Applause.) : . ..■_■.;:■■•■ ■;• . ■'/-' The,noted missionary, a. sharp-eyed, eager, alert man' of -medium.height and build,. of magnetic .personality, ' held the attention.'from fii-st to last. He gave in a bright conversational address a .most "interesting account of his experiences 'iiv the'wilds of Central Africa, and painted avivid picture of the perils and hardships which were' the everyday lot of the: pioneer missionary amongst untutored "and ' savage peoples in the unexplored" regions'of Africa; -.He expressed:,the .hope that, •as they would nevorsee him again; as he was going back to Africa—he had-burnt liia bridged behind him—his word would ' prove stimulating '■ . to • all-^-(applause)—-Chris-tian hearts and'minda., • : i. .';,'■ .--. The Rev. A' E.- Hunt. explained that Mr. Crawford was not here-to solicit -money for his work, and hoped, that all the meetings would'. be well attended. !He announced that'this evening Mr. Crawford would speak at Victoria College, under the auspices of the Students' Christian. ' Association. ■,' To-morrow (Sunday): at 3 pon. ho will address a mass,: meeting of men. at,the Town.' Hall, when his subject would bo "Oiir Big Black, Brother.'! The Right Honourable W. I'. Massey would preside. At 8 p.m.. ho would speak at the Town Hall oik'.'The Nearest Place to the Bottomless Pit:" On Monday at 3 p.m..the visitor would'bo given a reception nt th9-Y.M.C.A. by the.Ministers' Association, and at 8 p.m. he would speak at the Town Hall on "Tho .Whitiy.Aiigel of Central' Africa" ' (an account of the medical work accomplished, by Mrs. Crawford). Oii' : Tuesday at 3 p.m. there would bo a meeting for wonien only at; tho Grand Opera.'Hones',when the subject would be "Tlie African Woman," and at 8 p.m. at the/Town Hall he would deliver an address, entitled, - "Black, Blacker, Blackest." ;