, pioneer missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda . missionary. At the sametime, he was one, in a very marked degree; and allmissionaries are not so. There are diversities ofoperations. Our brethren who have lately gone toAfrica would probably not work in Mackays way,nor he in theirs. But God can and does use alongside the love, and fervour, and simplicitywhich we trust may always be illustrated in Africa,may God give to some of His missionary servantsthe practical ability and skill, the wide knowledge,the readiness of resource, the invincible devotion tothe wor
, pioneer missionary of the Church Missionary Society to Uganda . missionary. At the sametime, he was one, in a very marked degree; and allmissionaries are not so. There are diversities ofoperations. Our brethren who have lately gone toAfrica would probably not work in Mackays way,nor he in theirs. But God can and does use alongside the love, and fervour, and simplicitywhich we trust may always be illustrated in Africa,may God give to some of His missionary servantsthe practical ability and skill, the wide knowledge,the readiness of resource, the invincible devotion tothe work he had undertaken,—that characterizedAlexander Mackay. And may He enable those onwhom He has bestowed these great gifts to lay themall upon His altar, and to consecrate all to the onegrand object of Missions, the conversion of souls toChrist ! ^And T heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,Write, Blessed are the dead zvJiicJi die in the Lordftom henceforth: yea, saitJi the Spirit, that they mayrest from their labours; and their works do followthem.—Rev. xiv.
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