From around 1910, he incurred several debts at a time when mission expenses were rising and funds from his American backers were drying up. Attacks of asthma, the death of a daughter, and his declining eyesight and general health may have deepened his anger and alienation
Kuyambira cha m'ma 1910, adakhala ndi ngongole zingapo panthawi yomwe ndalama zaumishonale zinali kukwera ndipo ndalama zochokera kwa omuthandizira ake aku America zinali kuuma. Matenda a mphumu, imfa ya mwana wamkazi, ndi kufooka kwa maso ndi thanzi labwino zingakhale zinakulitsa mkwiyo wake ndi kudzipatula 