the measure in which he possessed it, evangelic truth.

"It is for this reason that the French missionaries feared to see the
Basutos fall under the Boers' yoke, and that they hailed with joy the
intervention of the English Government in their field of work, hoping
and expecting for the missionary work the happiest fruits. Their hope
has not been deceived by the results."

The clash of opposing principles, and even the violence of party feeling
continued to send its echoes to the far regions of South Africa,
confusing the minds of the various populations there, and preventing any
real coherence and continuity in our Government of that great Colony. A
good and successful Administrator has sometimes been withdrawn to be
superseded by another, equally well-intentioned, perhaps, but whose
policy was on wholly different lines, thus undoing the work of his
predecessor. This has introduced not only confusion, but sometimes an
appearance of real injustice into our management of the colony. In all
this chequered history, the interests of the native races have been too
often postponed to those of the ruling races. This was certainly the
case in connexion with Mr. Gladstone's well-intentioned act in giving
back to the Transvaal its independent government.

It has been an anxious question for many among us whether this source of
vacillation, with its attendant misfortunes, is to continue in the
future.

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The early history of the South African Colony has become, by this time,
pretty well known by means of the numberless books lately written on the