The Lion In Winter

For all of his professed commitment to a life of humble service one can detect a degree of pride in Moffat’s account of how he had boldly gone where his brethren had previously feared to tread.

In the missionary’s optimistic vision, the Kgosikgolo, even if still a ‘heathen’ was destined to become a divine instrument of God’s will. But in the end, Moffat’s ambition of establishing a network of London Missionary Society (LMS) stations radiating from Gangwaketse would have to be deferred for another generation.