Sharing the Gospel-4
' By Social and Industrial Work '
By the Rev. EDWARD SHILLITO , Literary Superintendent of the London Missionary Society
The need for social and industrial work to be carried on as a part of modern missionary work is particularly emphasised in such areas as that of the rapidly developing Copper Belt in Central Africa. Here modem industrial plant and conditions are profoundly affecting the lives of the Africans over a large area. Mr. Shillito mentions in his talk that a friend of his travelling through the bush suddenly came at N'Kana on a modem plant in the midst of which was being erected a chimney which was to be the second highest in (he world. How more strikingly could the sudden change and the urgent need be exemplified ?