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Chief Khama on Liquor

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · May 24, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 20.

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Chief Khama on Liquor

Chief Khama, of the Bamangwato, in his pathetic appeal to the British representative, said: "I dread the white man's drink more than all the assagais of the Matabele. These kill men's bodies, and it is quickly over; but drink puts devils into men, and destroys both their bodies and souls forever. Its wounds never heal. I pray your honor never ask me to open a little door to drink."—Selected.