In Livingstonia, an industrial mission in Africa, an engineering
feat was accomplished in bringing a supply of pure water a
distance of three miles across a valley 300 feet deep. The
natives did not believe the water could possibly travel. They
thought the Europeans were deceiving them when they talked of
water running down one hill and up another. The two or three
preliminary tests did not succeed, and this increased the
natives’ incredulity. But one afternoon in January, 1904, a
nozzle was screwed on to a hydrant, and the engineering staff
awaited results with certainty. The screw was turned and, true
enough, the water had climbed over the hill, for a jet of it
rose in the air amid cheers. Think of the enormous benefit
Christian civilization is in the dark places of the earth.
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=Christianity and Survival=--See SOCIAL STRENGTH.