{"content":[{"text":"Buxton, Wilberforce’s successor, sharpened this conviction in a speech made in London at a \n meeting which Livingstone himself attended prior to his departure for Africa. The much- \n criticised and misunderstood remark he made in a speech at Cambridge University, that he \n was returning to Africa “to make an open path for commerce and Christianity,” has to be read \n in that light. From his standpoint, it was emphatically not a reversal of his priorities. He was \n simply stating the accepted thinking of the time. An immediate effect of his explorations was \n to expose to the world the full horrors of African slavery, especially as practised by the Arab \n traders. In one terrible massacre at Nyangwe, some 400 people, mostly women and children, \n were slaughtered. This dreadful event gave him “he impression of being in hell.” His first- \n hand accounts made a profound impact on opinion back home, and soon led to the stamping \n out of this hideous trade on the African continent.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.085669,"width":0.7581,"height":0.180618}},{"text":"Africa opened to the gospel \n But his achievements go very much further. Through his pioneering travels, he truly opened \n up Africa to the Gospel. Within a decade of his death, mission stations were established in \n present-day Malawi at Livingstonia and Blantyre. The opening up of Christian work in \n Uganda, Congo and elsewhere, plus the planting of medical missions, can all be traced \n directly to his inspiration and influence. On reading the words, “Other sheep I have which are \n not of this fold . . . ” engraved on his tomb, Peter Scott was profoundly moved, an experience \n which proved to be the seed of the African Inland Mission.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.280504,"width":0.758281,"height":0.133338}},{"text":"Livingstone died a lonely death in an attitude of prayer at his bedside in the heart of the \n continent he came to love. Figuratively, the seed fell into the ground and died, but it produced \n much fruit in accordance with the words of Christ. Whatever the failings of this great man – \n and, yes, he had many – this is how he is to be ultimately judged. When the servant follows \n his Master, a harvest is sure.","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.427611,"width":0.758076,"height":0.08460200000000001}},{"text":"A noble work \n This truth was beautifully expressed in a message to Livingstone’s daughter by Lord \n Polwarth: “His memory will never perish. . . his prayers will be had in everlasting \n remembrance, and unspeakable blessings will yet flow to that vast continent he opened up at \n the expense of his life. God called and qualified him for a noble work, which, by grace, he \n nobly fulfilled, and we can love the honoured servant, and adore the gracious Master.”","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.526394,"width":0.7579560000000001,"height":0.1005569999999999}},{"text":"(Published in the series, ‘Congregational Worthies’ in Congregational Concern, Magazine of \n the EFCC. Used with permission)","bbox":{"left":0.120984,"top":0.643026,"width":0.757874,"height":0.033134}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}