Episcopal Mission, puts it very strong-lyond. plainly as follows:—*I_ early formed my views on this subject, and length of time and added experience have only confirmed me in the belief that the crying need of our church in China is a well trained, intelligent and godly native ministry. T do wot expect to see very much extension of our work, or very large additions to our membership, until this need has been supplied. We all know the limitations of the average and we are able fairly well, by this time, to estimate what is likely to be the result of his efforts in unaided The history of our own mission in the past, as well as that of some others with which we are acquainted is, T am afraid, only a prophecy of what will take place in the future, and I am bound to say that I am not very hopeful of avy great success. Experience has not led me to expect " great deal. If we mean to spread rapidly, we wust set about in good earnest the training of men who can do what moat foreigners cannot do, and the foreign missionary must seek a field of employment, a branch of work, which i more adapted to him, which he can do better than any native, and not spend his energies in fruitless endeavours with what a native can do infinitely better and at a mere fraction of the cost. I sid this substan ally ten years ago when I arrived on this field, and I repeat it now with greater emphasis, stronger conviction, and backed up by the experience of facts and results, in the onward progress of the work the uitives are to come more and more tu the front and bear more of the burden, how important that they should be prepared for the position! We cannot give them at once, nor hardly in this generation, the machinery of first class colleges and theological seminaries. Most vf the workers, for many decades to come, will do their work and pass away without ever seeing the inside of a theological seminary in the proper sense of the wotd, But we may give them books as useful to them as though read from a lecturer's chair, and our great desire is to furnish the native Christians with literature that will interest and instruct—that. will secure a habit of reading and lead up to an intelligent and thoughtful study of the Bible as well as expository and devotional books. Helps to understand the Bible are much needed. Our Bible Cyclopedia has had " rapid sale, and our Bible Dictionary, illustrated, is neatly ready for the Press, Food for the Sout by Dr. Douthwaite, one, of the first buvks published, is still one of our standard works, For much the same reasons it is quite as important that we provide LITERATURE YOR THE YOUNG, When we consider how soon: the youth of to-day will be men and women, taking their place on the stage of life, with controlling influences in Church and State we see the importance of moulding their characters; and till we have Christian mothers to teach their children, even from infancy, to approach the mercy seat and bring all their wants to God in prayer, how important that we furnish them with good, interesting, and instructive reading, One of the first publicate dertaken by the Society was The Child's Paper, and interesting picture Docks and stories for the young have always constituted, a good share of our literature. We publish eight stories of Bible ch acters, each mulking a pretty little book with handsome Jithographed coloured prints, sent out to us by the Religious Tract Society of London. The Story of Gwenn, Tne Sivws Boy and Christie's Old Organ are books much read and enjoyed by this class of readers,
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