rce. This man had children born in heathendom and under quite
different circumstances.

Dr. Flickinger soon afterward sailed for America, and soon forgot that
he had a namesake on the distant shore. He made other trips across the
water, but failed to come in contact with the Wilberforce family.
Sixteen years afterward, in 1871, he was in New York City shipping
goods to the African missionaries. The boxes, labelled "Daniel K.
Flickinger," were being loaded and unloaded at the American Mission
Rooms in that city, and the doctor noticed that the colored porter boy
was about half wild over something. He asked him if there was any
thing wrong, but got no reply. The young porter kept rolling his eyes
and acting half scared at the name on those boxes, and finally the
doctor asked him his name, to which there came the prompt reply,
Daniel Flickinger Wilberforce! In his travels of a lifetime the
missionary had often been surprised, but this bewildered him. A
thunder-bolt could not have shocked him more. Then the two stood
gazing at each other in perfect amazement, and neither able to tell
how their names came to be so near alike. The boxes were forgotten.
The boy soon had his relief and began laughing as few others could
laugh, while the doctor was still unable to see through the mystery.
He gave the young fellow two shillings and told him to proceed with
the boxes. The doctor then began an investigation about the Mission
Rooms, and found that this boy, just a short time before that, had
been brought over on a merchant vessel to care for an invalid
missionary lady during the voyage, that he had served a short time as
bell-boy at a hotel, and that they had employed him in the Mission
Rooms, but had promised to send him back on the next sail vessel. The
doctor got his location in Africa and a complete chain of
circumstances such as to convince him that this was the boy that was
named after him in 1855. He told the authorities at the American
Mission Rooms, to write to Africa and say that Dan. was well cared for
over here, and for them to keep him till further advised. As soon as
the doctor made his shipments to the missionaries he returned to
Dayton and asked the Executive Committee of his Board if they would
assist him in educating this African who had turned up in such a
romantic manner. Consent was given, and young Wilberforce was shipped
to Dayton. He was brought into Dr. Flickinger's office with the tag of
an express company