Finally, we come to the religious life of our countries. No doubt, all sections have adorned 1 by. their character and service, ut it has always struck me that the men of two talents, the Mid-lo Classes, have been' the most loyal to the Saviour and His Gospel. It is true of every church. The Church of England has most of the British nobility among its members. But, as far as T have ever seen, they do not form a large number of its workers and large givers. Its hosts of churchwardens and Sunday School teachers and workers are of the fiddle Class, Nor are the work-classes numerous. Indeed it, generally admitted that the ing classes have left the churches. And if this is true of the Church of England, it is still more, true of the Nonconformist churches, Their membership, their officers and officials, their workers and givers, their local preachers, their steady faithful people, who are the backbone of the church are mostly men of two talents, "Turn to the missionary field. Pass your ayo down. the) lists of men and women in remote, lonely and even dangerous places, you don't find many earls and viscounts among them. No, Nor many rich men. No. They came Cast your eye down the subsorip:|gergrip: exercised tion lists of the great and other great religious that support the workers in the field, send Bibles out. in. yo hundred languages, and doctor: for hospitals in heathen lands, you will find that they are made ip of medium subscriptions, such as five to five pounds. If woe pursue this line of inquiry we shall find ourselves wondering, what, if the Men of Two (Talents, Squeezed out, will become of the kingdom of God on earth,
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