American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . red on the subject, the more fully did the conviction fas-ten itself upon him that he was called of God to tell the un-taught heathen the way of life. It is a sacrifice which nonecan fully understand but those who have made it, to breakaway from kindred, friends, and native land, and live and dieamong a people who, as a mass, are strangers to Grod, andwhose every taste and sympathy is foreign to your own. Butour brother resolved to make it, for the glory of (3rod and thegood of souls. He might have labored in Gods
American missionary memorial : including biographical and historical sketches . red on the subject, the more fully did the conviction fas-ten itself upon him that he was called of God to tell the un-taught heathen the way of life. It is a sacrifice which nonecan fully understand but those who have made it, to breakaway from kindred, friends, and native land, and live and dieamong a people who, as a mass, are strangers to Grod, andwhose every taste and sympathy is foreign to your own. Butour brother resolved to make it, for the glory of (3rod and thegood of souls. He might have labored in Gods vineyard athome with great acceptance, and have filled one of our bestpulpits, but he consulted not with flesh and blood. Hesought not the praise of men, but of God. He wished to dohis duty, whatever of ease and worldly comfort the performancemight cost him. The task which lay heaviest upon him, pre-paratory to his great undertaking, was to communicate hisviews to his mother, and gain her free consent to a final sep-aration. He was the Benjamin of his family, and his parents. GEOllGE W. .SIMPSON. MR. AND MRS. SIMPSON. 479 idol, so far as they had an idol upon earth. He feared, there-fore, to unfold to them the workings of his mind. He did itfirst by letter, and afterward unbosomed his every thought andfeeling on the subject. With tears in his eyes, he told hismother that without her consent he could not enter on hiswork. She gave it—gave it, though it cost her sleepless nightsand bitter tears. Who was she, she felt, that she should liftup her voice or hand against the bidding of the Lord. When all matters were arranged for his final departure, andhe only awaited the sailing of the vessel to carry him off to hisheathen home, Mr. Simpson spent the season that was left himin his native land in visiting the churches, and kindling up inthe hearts of the people a deeper interest in the cause of mis-sions. It was surprising to all who heard him to observe theamount of knowledge he h
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