BEUSTER, Rev. C

[s. 99] : Mi ionary of the Berlin to Africa. He was the first preacher of MS the Gospel sent to the Bawendo tribe in North Transvaal, and for twenty-nine years, amidst the greatest difficulties, he labored among this He rendered the tongue of benighted people. this tribe into a written language, translated part of the Scriptures and other literature; taught untutored minds in the primary schools, and pursuing his long and tedious journeys on foot, he preached the Gospel to you sands who had never heard the Word of Life. For years he was the victim of the unhealthful climate of the North Transvaal; but without intermi ion he continued his labors of love until he pa ed from earth in the year 1901. BEYROUT. See Beihut. 99