The Millions 1884 . ice, in the grave, whither we areall hastening. A short time and we shall be no more !This is the time when we can work ! This is the timewhen we can help ourselves, and help others, and glorifyGod. This time is passing fast away. Oh! doit—what-ever requires to be done for your own salvation and forthe salvation of your fellow-men, do it, do it now! I have laboured in Africa for fifty-three or fifty-fouryears, and oh, I would willingly go back.* I have toiledthere at work by day and by night, under a vertical sun ;I have there been exposed to hunger and thirst ; I haveoften
The Millions 1884 . ice, in the grave, whither we areall hastening. A short time and we shall be no more !This is the time when we can work ! This is the timewhen we can help ourselves, and help others, and glorifyGod. This time is passing fast away. Oh! doit—what-ever requires to be done for your own salvation and forthe salvation of your fellow-men, do it, do it now! I have laboured in Africa for fifty-three or fifty-fouryears, and oh, I would willingly go back.* I have toiledthere at work by day and by night, under a vertical sun ;I have there been exposed to hunger and thirst ; I haveoften had to put on what I call the fasting girdle, but Inever complained. I never felt a murmur. I knew thatthe work in which I was engaged was the work to whichGod in His merciful providence had appointed me, andI knew that if I laboured and did not faint I should surelyreap ! * Dr. Schofield shortly before his death referred to the three years he had spent in China as the happiest years of his life. Chinas FISHERS OF THE UPPER HAN. Okbs (Siuirbiaii Cure, • The Lord is mv Shepherd; 1 shall not wan/. Psalm xxiii. i. p> IKE the air and the light, equally needful in every clime, and in every circum-stance, the promises and assurances of Gods precious Word meet us withhelp and comfort in all our various surroundings. It is the will of ourFather that His children shall be absolutely without carefulness. Becareful for nothing, is as definite a requirement as Thou shalt love theLord thy God .... and thy neighbour as thyself on the one hand, oras Thou shalt not steal on the other. To enable us, however, to carryout this command, we need to know the constancy of His solicitude who; and we need to make use of the direction, In everything, by prayerand supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto GOD. Were we to observe the winds and the waves, or to mind earthly things, we mighteasily become anxious in the present aspect of affairs in China. The Fra
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