Ilorin, Nigeria, West Africa
IN a personal letter dated May 31, Brother D. C. Babcock gives a glimpse of recent experiences in pioneering the way in Nigeria:— “Since I received your last letter, many things have crept in to delay replying. We have moved twice, and have been down to Lagos, on the coast, a distance of two hundred and fifty miles, to visit the doctor. We are all quite well now, and are enjoying our work. “Last Sabbath I held my first meeting. By actual count over two hundred were present. The Mohammedan governor assembled the people, and is taking quite an interest in our work. Most of the people are pagans, including the real chief of the town. They are a very kind people. “All other missions have been barred out of Ilorin; but in my last interview with the head commissioners of Ilorin-Kabba Province, he suggested our opening school work in the city of Ilorin. We shall first get well established at Shav, eight miles from Ilorin, and then enter this stronghold of Mohammedanism. It takes courage to enter such a place.”