ican travelers in the neighborhood of their home.
Happily Mrs. Livingstone was present, and heard this acknowledgment of
her kindness.

Next day, 16th December, Dr. Livingstone had his reception from the
London Missionary Society in Freemason's Hall. Lord Shaftesbury was in
the chair:

"What better thing can we do," asked the noble Earl, "than to
welcome such a man to the shores of our country? What better
than to receive him with thanksgiving and rejoicings that he
is spared to refresh us with his presence, and give his
strength to future exertions? What season more appropriate
than this, when at every hearth, and in every congregation of
worshipers, the name of Christ will be honored with more than
ordinary devotion, to receive a man whose life and labors
have been in humble, hearty, and willing obedience to the
angels' song, 'Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace,
good-will toward men.'"

In reply, Livingstone acknowledged the kindness of the Directors, with
whom, for sixteen years, he had never had a word of difference. He
referred to the slowness of the African tribes, in explanation of the
comparatively small progress of the gospel among them. He cordially
acknowledged the great services of the British squadron on the West
Coast in the repressing of the slave-trade. He had been told that to
make such explorations as he was engaged in was only a tempting of
Providence, but such ridiculous assertions were only the utterances of
the weaker brethren.

Lord Shaftesbury's words at the close of this meeting, in honor of Mrs.
Livingstone, deserve to be perpetuated:

"That lady," he said, "was born with one distinguished name,
which she had changed for another. She was born a Moffat, and
she became a Livingstone. She cheered the early part of our
friend's earner by her spirit, her counsel, and her society.
Afterward, when she reached this country, she passed many
years with her children in solitude and anxiety, suffering
the greatest fears for the welfare of her husband, and yet
enduring all with patience and resignation, and even joy,
because she had surrendered her best feelings, and sacrificed
her own private interests, to the advancement of civilization
and the great interests of Christianity."

A more general meeting was held in the Mansion House on the 5th of
January, to consider the propriety