Sat. Feb 13 ~ 1897

After breakfast Messrs Bullerkist, Smith, M°Kenny and
myself went to Matadi - I went to the P. 0. (custom house)
and paid 150 franes duty for A.P.C.M. I then bo't 25
franks worth of stamps for S.M. 8s I then fonnd the
others and I went down and peeped into the R. R. ware
house and saw that all the A. P. G. M's goods were on

a@ ear ready to be shipped to Tumba. I said Praise the
Lord for I had been working for that for ever since I
have been in Matadi. About 12 o'clock, we all came home
and in the p. m. Bro. Bullerkist & I went to NKalaKala
and we both bo't some books, and I bo't a large piece
of carpet or rather a rug.

Sunday Feb. 14, 1897

This has been a glorious Sabbath. After breakfast we
had prayers (this we do every a.m.) and about 10 o!elock
Bro. Sjhola preached for the natives on the station.

The audiance numbered about 30 blaeks and 6 whites good
Singing and a deep earnestness in the worship. About
4:30 e'eloek we had communion service for the natives,
but of course us six whites took part and communed with
then. Mr. Sjoholm condueted the serviee. I offered

the prayer in English. Singing alternately in Fiote &
Eng. 17 colored boys communed with us, there were three
others there in the service but they were not christians.
Toaorrow, D.V. I will get up early in the aem. and will
go to Matadi at 6 o'cloek. At 6:30 the train will leave
for Tumba. I will be awfully proud to get there. Bro.
Sjoholm is not feeling well tonight. I hope he will

not be sick. Bro. Bullerkist will leave in the aem.

the same train I do and will go as far as “rivi" one of
Bishop Taylor's missions and remain all day and.on Tues.
aem- he will leave for NGangile. Mr. Smith will go to
Boma. I heard some bad tales on Bishop Taylor. I will
not take time to write them here but in some future time
will probably say something of thea -one the way he got
his missionaries - by advertising and accepting any one
whe presented him or herself, thereby getting many very
unworthy persons. Some were liars, some were thieves
and of course some good men. At NGingila enee the
Bishop had a lot of the natives about him & he took out
his teeth - pulled off his wig and held them out and
when he did that the natives thought he was a witeh Dr.
