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 THE BISHOP OF UGANDA 159

About Bishop Parker, the second Prelate of Eastern Equatorial Africa, there was less to record, for he, unfortunately, died after a few months work at the south end of the Victoria Nyanza, only a fortnight after he had buried one of his fellow- workers, named Blackburn. He, however, proved himself to be a wise administrator of his Diocese and a gentle-hearted man ; but, physically, he could not have been strong. Alexander Mackay, an enthusiastic lay-worker, followed Bishop Parker to the grave a couple of years later. Bishop Tucker speaks in high praise of Mackay. &quot;He was one of the founders of the mission in Uganda the man to whom the mission owes a vast deal. Mackay was one of the most remarkable mission aries of the last century.&quot;

&quot; Did you find the natives very ready to receive Christianity ? &quot;

&quot;In Mombasa, which was my headquarters when I first went to East Africa, we experienced a great deal of opposition from the Mohammedans. One of the most effectual means of reaching them was through the medical mission, which was planted down in Mombasa, and has done good work. The whole population has been more or less leavened with Christian thought ; but very few baptisms among the Mohammedans have yet taken place. On the mainland, however, considerable results have been attained.&quot;

&quot; Now, as to the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial

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