A noble army; a short study book for juniors . ork he did. In his old age, 42 A Noble Army among the visitors to his Serampore house cameAlexander Duff, the young Scotch missionary. Afterthey had talked and prayed together Duff turned toleave the room when he heard a feeble voice recallinghim. Returning to the side of the older man, helistened to these words: Mr. Duff, you have beenspeaking about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey; when I am gonesay nothing about Dr. Carey, speak about Dr. Careysaviour. With all his modest estimate of his own powers, weknow that William Carey was a boy of unusual en-dowment


A noble army; a short study book for juniors . ork he did. In his old age, 42 A Noble Army among the visitors to his Serampore house cameAlexander Duff, the young Scotch missionary. Afterthey had talked and prayed together Duff turned toleave the room when he heard a feeble voice recallinghim. Returning to the side of the older man, helistened to these words: Mr. Duff, you have beenspeaking about Dr. Carey, Dr. Carey; when I am gonesay nothing about Dr. Carey, speak about Dr. Careysaviour. With all his modest estimate of his own powers, weknow that William Carey was a boy of unusual en-dowment, that he possessed five marked we know that his talents were more than doubledby his unflagging industry fired by his great one has said that a man should work by multi-plication rather than addition. William Careymultiplied his abilities and his influence by his visionof service, which, like the love of his Master, wasworld-wide. CHAPTER III. The King of the Cannibals He walked with God, why may not I?John G. CHAPTER King of the Cannibals A father and son trudged resolutely along theroad which led from the Scotch village of Torthor-wald to Kilmarnock, forty miles away. The fatherwas a man of striking countenance whom you wouldturn to look at anywhere; a strong, sensitive faceframed with long, flowing locks of yellowish-goldenhair. He carried his hat in his hand, and at inter-vals his lips moved as if he were speaking withoutaudible words. On the boys face was the look youoften see when a boy is about to enter a big, untriedexperience, an experience which he ardently wantsand yet dreads to face. In his hand he carried thesymbol of his undertaking, a bundle tied up in a hugepocket handkerchief, containing his Bible and all hisclothes. That bundle told the story, a story as oldas human life; a boy leaving home for the first timeto go alone into the great world. Under how manyguises has that story been enacted the wide worldover? Young peo


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