Through lands that were dark / Being a record of a year's missionary journey in Africa and Madagascar

A year-long account of missionary travel across South Africa, Central Africa, and Madagascar blending travel narrative, institutional description, and reflective commentary. The author records visits to mission stations, schools, and churches, reports encounters with local communities and leaders, and traces the emergence and maturation of indigenous Christian congregations at varying stages. Organized by region, the narrative interweaves landscape impressions, daily mission life, and administrative observations while emphasizing themes of spiritual renewal, educational and medical work, and hope for self-supporting native church leadership and further evangelistic expansion.