Identifier: englishwomanstwe00hawk (find matches)
Title: An Englishwoman's twenty-five years in tropical Africa: being the biography of Gwen Elen Lewis, missionary to the Cameroons and the Congo
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Hawker, George
Subjects: Lewis, Gwen Elen (Thomas) 1853-1909 Missionaries Missions Missions Baptists
Publisher: London, New York (etc.) Hodder and Stoughton
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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n spent in prayer, led by the women themselves; and it has been good to listen as they voiced their thankfulness to God for giving them this opportunity of learning more of His works and will, and asked for more grace and wisdom in the various relationships of life. In conclusion, I can only express my joy in the work, which has been a great pleasure to me personally, and my gratitude to God for health and strength, so that I have only missed one weeks teaching during the term. GwEN E. Lewis. June 30, 1909. The much anticipated meeting was duly held, and all passed off well. The cares of entertainment were rather lightened than increased for Mrs. Lewis by the presence of one of her visitors, Mrs. Bowskill from San Salvador, for whom she had conceived a warm affection. More than once she had written expressing earnest desire that her friend might be able to come, and though grief-stricken by recent news of the death of her father, Mrs. Bowskill came, finding solace in sympathy and relief in service.
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FIRST SESSION AND LAST VOYAGE 325 All passed off well, but the long tension proved to be too severe. The dauntless spirit was finally-overborne by the now frail and exhausted body. A week after the meeting of the Trustees Mrs. Lewis collapsed, and in the four following letters, which contain all matters of moment, she brings her life story to the verge of conclusion. When the fever struck her down she had just finished reading The Life of George Grenfell, and when hseraaturic symptoms appeared she quietly remarked to her husband: Hematuria killed Grenfell and it is going to kill me. KIMPESE, July 22, 1909. My dearest Lily and Alice,—I know you won't mind another joint letter when you hear the reason. Thank you so much for your kind letters telling us all the sad details of dear fathers last days and funeral. You know how we loved him, and I cannot think of that armchair without him and the outstretched hands and kind smile with which he always greeted us. It is well with him ! May you two dear ones

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