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to take the lead in vernacular literature. I had the 

 good fortune to form the acquaintance of the Rev. S. 

 Langdon, the Chairman of the Kandy District. 



Mr. Langdon is doing a grand work in the interior. 

 He is conducting his work more on the evangelistic 

 principle. All these dear brethern seem to be men 

 whose hearts are thoroughly in their work a work 

 which God is blessing. O that they may yet see' still 

 more abundant fruit of their labors. 



Very nearly 3,000,000 of people in Ceylon ; of 

 these 275,000 are nominally Christian. Unfortunately 

 a large number of those called Christians are hardly 

 removed a hand-breadth above the Buddhist. If I 

 were going to depend on mummery at all, I think I 

 should choose the genuine Buddhistic article in pref- 

 erence to that called " Christian." 



From what I saw for myself, and from the testi- 

 mony of our brethren whose names I have given 

 above, there are some in Ceylon called Christians who 

 are so in more than name. 



Mr. Scott gave me a wonderfully interesting account 

 of the labors of one of their native preachers who won 

 over to Christ six hundred of his countrymen, having 

 to begin his work against the very strongest pre- 

 judices of the heathen people. There are now two 

 large and prosperous circuits as the outcome of this 



