The Evangel In South Africa

Author : Johannes Du Plessis
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282630737
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book The Evangel in South Africa (Classic Reprint) written by Johannes Du Plessis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Evangel in South Africa But if it' is true that the life of every man, whoever he be, exercises an inevitable and silent propaganda, much more is it true of the man of superior civilisation who settles among men of an inferior and backward race. The early colonists, then, from the day when first they came into contact with the Hottentots in friendly intercourse or commercial relationship, began to missionise as well as to colonise. They were men whose fathers and grandfathers had engaged in a life-and-death struggle with Spain for civil and religious liberty. Religion - oi a somewhat formal type perhaps - was an influential factor in their lives. Religious phrases were on everybody's lips. Religious Observances were duly honoured, and their breach punished by fine and by imprisonment. The advent, then Of white men who. Like the ancient Athenians, were in every respect remarkably religious could not but leave upon the minds of the curious and receptive heathen Hottentots an indelible impression. There was more, however, than the mere exercise of unconscious Christian influence in the attitude of the first colonists towards the native inhabitants of the Cape Peninsula. They were strictly enjoined by the Directors of the Company to exert themselves, by positive acts of friendliness and forbearance, in winning the confidence of the Hottentots. For said Janssen and Proot, two castaways on these shores, who had been well treated by the Hottentots during their enforced detention, by maintaining a good correspondence with them, we shall be able in time to employ some of their children as boys and servants, and to educate them in the Christian Religion, by which means many souls will be brought to God and to the Christian Reformed Religion. These words express also the sentiments of the Netherlands Company itself, for in the thirteenth article of its Charter pro vision is made for the settlement of ministers and teachers at the chief posts in the Company's colonial possessions, for the admonition of the persons abiding there, and for the advancement of non-christians and the instruction Of their children, in order that the Name of Christ may be extended, and the interests of the Company promoted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.