with whom we have to do, their pride and prejudice, their ignorance and indifference, their idolatries and superstitions, their want of honesty and truthfulness, as specially ex-amplified among the ruling' classes,—not to mention the evils we have been the means of introducing far and wide—all these may well be considered, humanly speaking, as impervious obstacles to the missionary work in its spiritual character and effects. Butare we discouraged by them? Are they unconquerable? No. We have Almighty Power on our side, and by the right use of the means at our disposal, by the exercise of faith and prayer, by the union and ce-opera~ tion of all engaged in the work, as prayed for by our Blessed Lord, and, ina word, by the realisation of His gracious promise, our ease is infinitely adequate to all the exigencies of such a field even as this. Great responsibility rests upon the missionaries to rise to the occasion, andas they do so, will these striking words of Old Testament prophecy be accom lished: "Behold, these shall come from far; and lo, these from the North and from the West; and these from the land of Sinim."
Wa. Murnuean.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.