Brave, noble men and women, no wonder that we read that blessings were called down upon them by the rest of their countrymen.

'And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem,' Neh.xi.

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But those brave Jews, who are mentioned here with so much honour, are not the only ones who of their own free will and choice have gone with open eyes to the point of danger.
Fourteen thousand pounds arrived in the course of a few days at a certain house in London, the office of the Church Missionary Society.
One person sent L5,000 with no name, only a day or two afterwards another sent a second L5,000, whilst L4,000 was contributed in smaller sums.
For what purpose was this immense sum of money sent?
It was forwarded to the Society in consequence of a very famous letter which appeared in the _Daily Telegraph_ of November 15, 1876.

This letter was written by Dr.
Stanley, the great African traveller.

It told of a new country he had discovered in the heart of Africa, a country inhabited by a nation clothed and living in houses, and reigned over by a king of some intelligence named Mtesa.