240 MOKEY AND THE KINGDOM. 



vided his sacrifice can be made fruitful of their good? 

 And that is exactly the provision which is made by mis- 

 sionary boards to day. They establish channels of inter- 

 communication which bring us into contact with all 

 heathendom, and make Africa, which, centuries ngo, fell 

 among thieves, and has ever since been robbed and sore 

 wounded, our neighbor. To live in luxury, and then 

 leave a legacy for missions, does not fulfill the law of 

 sacrifice. Every steward is responsible for the disposi- 

 tion of his trust made by will. The obligation still rests 

 upon him to bestow his possessions where, after his 

 death, they will do most for God. Legacies to benev- 

 olent societies ought to be greatly multiplied, and 

 w^ould be, if the principle of Christian stewardship were 

 accepted; but such a legacy cannot compound for an 

 unconsecrated life. If the priest or Levite, who passed 

 by on the other side, W' rote a codicil to his w411, provid- 

 ing for wounded wayfarers, I fear it was hardlj^ counted 

 unto him for righteousness, was hardly a proof that he 

 loved his neighbor as himself. Christ said : " Go ye into 

 all the world, and preach the gospel;" and he did not 

 say it to the twelve, but to the whole body of believers. 

 If we cannot go in person, w^e are under obligations to 

 go by proxy. The rich man has more power to send 

 than the missionary has to go ; he can, perhaps, send a 

 dozen. And why is he not called to make as great sacri- 

 fices in sending as the missionary in going f ^ The obliga- 



1 Glance at some of the sacrifices of missionaries who go to the frontier. 

 Writing to the Congregational Union for aid to build a parsonage, one says: 



" Am sleeping in a shack three miles from town, and taking my meals at 

 the hotel. Not a house or building of any kind to be had to live in. My 

 family are in Ohio, awaiting arrangements for a home. Can you help us?" 



Another writes: "During the first two years' service here, was obliged to 

 live in Seattle, seven miles away, going to and fro on foot. For one year 

 since, have occupied such a building as I could erect in thirty days, with my 

 own hands." 



Another: " My wife and myself, with our daughter of six years, have been 

 doing our best to live (if it can be called living) in an attic of a store. It is all 

 unfinished inside. By putting up a board partition we have two rooms. To 

 reach our rooms we have to go around to the rear of the store, and make 

 our way among boxes, barrels, tin cans, etc., to the foot of the outside stair- 



