The evangelisation of the world : a missionary band: a record of consecration, and an appeal . ar as from London to Carlisle ; 20 daysjourney. From Ta-li Fu toYun-nan Fu, the second station, 200 miles, as far as from London to Liverpool; time, 13 Yun-nan to Chung-king, the next station, 582 miles, or as far as from London to Aberdeen ;time, 28 days journey. It is to meet such a need that the China Inland Mission welcomes duly qualified workers withoutrespect to denr)mination. It is to help to meet such a need that our beloved brethren, whose farewell words we now give,have gon
The evangelisation of the world : a missionary band: a record of consecration, and an appeal . ar as from London to Carlisle ; 20 daysjourney. From Ta-li Fu toYun-nan Fu, the second station, 200 miles, as far as from London to Liverpool; time, 13 Yun-nan to Chung-king, the next station, 582 miles, or as far as from London to Aberdeen ;time, 28 days journey. It is to meet such a need that the China Inland Mission welcomes duly qualified workers withoutrespect to denr)mination. It is to help to meet such a need that our beloved brethren, whose farewell words we now give,have gone to China. Shall they not have our sympathy and our loving remembrance before God ?And in view of the worlds sin and sorrow, the lack of labourers, and the supreme need for tiie Divineblessing, should not all, of whatever name, who desire the extension of the kingdom of Christ on earth,unite in the Psalmists prayer :— God be merciful unto us and bless us, and cause His face to shine upon us ; that Thy way maybe known upon earth. Thy saving health among all nations. B, B. February, p^ QEORQE WILLIA]^?, E3q.,President of tlie Vouii/^ Mens Christian Association. There are about 3,000 Associations. Ought we not to seek, and may ?nv not largely share, in theblessed privilege of the ingathering of the heathen to CHRIST ? I am thankful to know that some of our Associations have been aroused In n sense of their responsi-bility ?with regard to this question, and have already formed a Foreign Missionary Society. This is mostencouraging. /hit why should there not be a similar society connected with every Association, whichshould become a centre of organised, systematic effort, having for its motto, 7 he world for CHRIST, andseeking, by regular prayer-meetings and other means, to evangelise the world ?—( Williams. THE EVE OF DEPARTURE. Wednesday, February 4th, 188S. GEORGE WILLIAMS, Esq., IN THE CHAIR. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Canon Stevenson, and
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