A Sad Parting
Acts 20:37-38
And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,…


A Zulu missionary, the Rev. Daniel Lindley, D.D., died at Morristown, U.S. He sailed from Boston to South Africa in 1834. During eleven years he and his wife were not privileged to see a single soul brought to Christ. But when they left Zululand, in 1873, after labouring there for thirty-eight years, they left, as the fruit of the blessing of God on their work, a flourishing Christian Church at Inanda, with a native pastor. At their departure a farewell sermon was preached, at the close of which the native minister, Thomas Hawes, said that the Zulu Christians were left orphans; they had gathered to bury their father and mother. The missionary, he said, knew all, from the governor to the poorest man, and he is called by all "Unicwawes," Father. His authority might have been greater than the chief's, but he governed not. He was as meek as a little child. He added: "His wife has taught our wives and daughters, and has by precept upon precept, and an unwavering example of goodness and faithfulness, done her work for Christ."



Parallel Verses
KJV: And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him,

WEB: They all wept a lot, and fell on Paul's neck and kissed him,




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