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0450 The heart of a continent : vol.1
The heart of a continent : vol.1 / Page 450 (Color Image)

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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.