Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1903 — Menelek and the Missionary. [ARTICLE]

Menelek and the Missionary.

A story is told of an attempt made by a Swedish missionary to obtain a foothold in Abyssinia. No sooner had be begun to preach than he was brought before King Menelek, who asked him why he bad left his borne in Scandinavia in order to come to Abyssinia. The missionary promptly replied that be had come to convert the Abyssinian Jews. “Are there no Jews in your country?” asked Menelek. The missionary admitted that there were a few. “And In all the countries that you have passed through did you find no Jews or heathens?” the king continued. “Jews and heathens,” the missionary admitted, “are plentiful.” "Then,” said Menelek, “carry this man beyond the frontier and let him not return until he has converted all the Jews and heathen which lie between his country and mine.”