all they hold most dear in this life to help others forward, then is this not worthy of support ?—not the support of force, for even the missionaries do not desire that, but the support to be afforded by the encouragement of their fellow-Christians. The slothful, the ignorant, and the foolhardy may well be criticized, and the missionary cause will only be advanced if such criticism has the effect of stirring them to increased and more discreet activity. But the true missionary, the man who devotes his life to the work of imparting to other races the religion from which his own has derived so much benefit ; who carefully trains himself for this work ; who sympathetically studies the religion, the character, and the peculiarities of the people he wishes to convert ; and who practically lives a life which those about him can see to be good ;—should be admired as the highest type of manhood, and it is he for whom I should wish to enlist the sympathies of my fellow-countrymen in this grave crisis of the missionary cause.
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