THERE are continually coming to the ears of the outside world reports of cruelties practised upon the ignorant natives of "Darkest Africa" by armed whites who have been sent among them, or by cruel white rulers of certain portions of the interior country. These cruelties are not restricted to any one class or to the representatives of any particular nation, nor are the guilty ones acting under orders in afflicting the natives as they do. The responsibility for the dark deeds lies secondarily with the individuals themselves, and primarily with him whose only thought is for man's eternal ruin. These armed emissaries of civilized governments, sent out to claim the territory by right of discovery or to maintain title thereto, are serving another purpose while spying out the land. That purpose, tho not avowed, is none the less real. That purpose, tho not recognized by those who are carrying it out, is as surely working through them as tho engrossed in indelible letters on the scroll of the commission they carry. That purpose is to plant the seeds of hate in the breast of every Afrikander against the white man and all that he may bring to them—including the Gospel of Christ the Lord. It is not the governments that are purposing this; it is not the men who are performing it. That purpose was conceived deep down in the heart of humanity's arch-enemy, for the purpose of impeding, at every step, God's work in that benighted land. He who learns, through the things which he suffers, to hate the white man and his ways, has an almost impassable gulf placed between himself and the white man who comes to him under the banner of Christ, bringing the blessings and promises of the Gospel with him. That is the purpose which is being worked out now in Africa's deadly swamps and jungles, along her sluggish rivers, and around her fever-breeding lakes, where swarm the untamed, devil-worshiping tribes of a country that must yet learn to know God and the power of His salvation. Satan's purpose is to hinder that work as long as he has power so to do. God's purpose is to make a speedy work in the earth. Where are those who will teach these wronged and untamed people the love of God and His purpose concerning them?