Whether as a result of the Bombay Con-Tam glad that the subject of the division of the field is to come up. It is an portant one and a difficult one. It is how-Lbs or not—Mr. Bradlaugh and others no bt honestly believe that it is—we are to have Councils in India, and to a certain ever, an easy problem for Christ. Let Him extent the principle of election will be direct. Do just what He indicates to be conceded. The Hindoos are naturally our duty. We should not say 'I'll try to."
He does not_ask us to try. I have looked delighted; but to the Mahommedans, who are as one to four, the political boon does through the Bible to see what it says about not equally commend itself. There are "trying" and I everywhere find the imother and smaller races in India, with still perative command DO! The Holy Spi is given to them who obey Him. Let our ronger grounds for fearing, political ex-jon, who will help to swell the petition, response be immediate and complete. Then may we look for Pentecostal blessings. Our which is being presented to Parliament for the retention of the system of nomination, few loaves and fishes will be surely multi-T cannot help thinking that the agitation is plied. unnecessary. The franchise, as the pen-forees are developed, Steam and electricity This is an age of opportunity. Material dulum swings at present, is inevitable. It may return some of these days with a wait upon us. We have wealth abounding tremendous sweep to the autocratic heights on every hand. But wealth is poverty if from which our present civilisation re-without God's blessing. Even meal in His ceived its origi impetus, but there d is abundance. So we may be enrich-are no signs yet of the primary force ed by giving, as we are surely impoverished by withholding. Let us work, not fanatic: being exhausted, and probably we have still higher to' mount. You can ally, but with full trusting the Lord who has more stop the extension of the franchise promised to bless us beyond our highest in India than you can stem it in the Colo-thought. nies or even in Shanghai. In India you Without abandoning present organised have the very serious difficulty of having methods of effort, may we not add auxilito provide for a population differing widely aries, looking towards a rapid evangelization in race, religion, and numbers; but a pater-of China? Can nothing be done to present nal government will protect its weaker the gospel of Christ ly to the whole subjects, and to devise some scheme of of this empire? To with, I think proportional representation by which the that there are not so many people here as rights of the minorities would be main-has been represented. Correspondence tained is surely not beyond the wit of our and inquiry convince me that the state-j Indian legislators,
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