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recur in the books and speeches of the South African clergy who have been introduced to spread light in England, shows how well the notion has been drilled into their minds.

It is idle wholly to ignore the fact that the dependence of the Churches upon the alms of the rich plays a most important part in South Africa, where the rich are very few and more closely united in their businesses, than elsewhere. A very small number of men can make or mar the success of any religious work in the towns of South Africa. Mr. Rhodes, in particular, has been a munificent patron of the Churches, though he is no churchgoer himself; and many a good work thrives upon the profits of De Beers and the goldfields, which sets aside every year a substantial sum out of its profits for charitable donations. No reproach attaches to the clergy of these Churches, but it is natural that their feelings should be touched and their judgment blinded by these gifts. So, too, when an English bishop or other Church dignitary visits South Africa in search of health or on a holiday, what more natural than that he should be entertained by Mr. Rhodes at Groote Schuur; that he should then visit the De Beers people at Kimberley, and afterwards pass into the company of Mr. Eckstein at Johannesburg,