Note 34 — A LECTURE ON AFRICAN MISSIONS.
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“Where are your charms?” said a Mohammedan chief, under whom part of the Christian converts fought against the Dahomians. “You will all be killed.” “We have no charms,” was the simple reply, “but our faith in the Son of God, who died for sinners.” A watchful eye was kept upon them in the field of battle, for it was said that Christianity was making women of them; but they acquitted themselves like men: so much so, as to gain the praise even of those who persecuted them; and the result showed that it was possible to be brave, and yet Christian, and to escape the risks of battle without amulets.—Church Missionary Intelligencer, Oct. 1853.
When, in the midst of the battle, another chief, addressing one of the converts, exclaimed: “Ah, Kashi, if all fought like you, they might follow what religion they like.”—“Sunrise in the Tropics.”