From Aldershot to Pretoria A Story of Christian Work among Our Troops in South Africa
FROM ALDERSHOT TO PRETORIA A Story of Christian Work among our Troops in South Africa BY W.E. SELLERS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY R.W. ALLEN WITH FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS Second Impression LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 56 PATERNOSTER ROW AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
Majesty," continued the Vulture, "it may not be so easy to take in
Camphor-island--
'Many fine fishes did the old Crane kill,
But the Crab matched him, maugre all his bill.'
'How came that to pass?' asked Jewel-plume.
'The Vulture related:--
THE STORY OF THE CRANE AND THE CRAB
"There was an old Crane at a mere called Lily-water, in Malwa, who stood
one day in the shallows with a most dejected look and drooping bill. A
Crab observed him and called out, 'Friend Crane! have you given up
eating, that you stand there all day?' 'Nay, sir!' replied the old
Crane; 'I love my dish of fish, but I have heard the fishermen say that
they mean to capture every one that swims in this water; and as that
destroys my hope of subsistence, I am resigning myself to death.' All
this the fishes overheard. 'In this matter certainly,' they said, 'his
interest is ours; we ought to consult him; for it is written--
'Fellow be with kindly foemen, rather than with friends unkind;
Friend and foeman are distinguished not by title but by mind.'
FROM ALDERSHOT TO PRETORIA A Story of Christian Work among our Troops in South Africa BY W.E. SELLERS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY R.W. ALLEN WITH FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS Second Impression LONDON THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY 56 PATERNOSTER ROW AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD