Amazing bit of historical trivia!

This following prophetic word regarding Africa is extremely poignant in light of the explosion of Christianity there in the last decade. As Christianity in the Western nations(American, Canada, Europe) has been gradually receding, this shift has compelled many to call Africa the new center of Christianity. This was a lecture given by African Wilmot Blyden in 1880.

"Africa may yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world....so it may be, when the civilized nations, in consequence of their wonderful material development, have had their spiritual perceptions darkened and their spiritual susceptibilities blunted through the agency of a capturing and absorbing materialism, it may be, that they may have to resort to Africa to recover some of the simple elements of faith; for the promise of that land is that 'she shall stetch forth her hands unto God'(Psalm 68:31)".

Let me just reiterate that this lecture was given in 1880! What depth of insight this man had regarding the potential eroding capabilities of materialism!