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good man's work, in addition to what he saw in his 

 own day in this Eastern Hemisphere. 



O, what a glorious field is here. Patient toilers have 

 gone before in all these lands. They have opened the 

 way. May we not enter into their labors with more 

 of their zeal, that we may reap where they have sown, 

 that by-and-bye, in the blessed harvest-home, the 

 sowers and the reapers may rejoice together. 



The first newspaper I got hold of had an article and 

 a letter complaining of the increase of crime. I asked 

 Mr. Scott if the increased use of intoxicants among 

 the natives had anything to do with it, and his reply 

 was that which we hear these times everywhere, viz., 

 " Alcohol is the direct cause of more than half the 

 crime known among us." This evil must be fought 

 with greater earnestness. Of all the means the devil 

 has ever invented for destroying the bodies and the 

 souls of men, this is the most effective. These enemies 

 and slaughterers of mankind the makers and ven- 

 dors of intoxicating beverages must have no quarter. 

 This is a holy war, and must be fought in the name 

 of God. 



There are many things more I wished to write 

 about Ceylon, but must defer them. The sea to-day 

 is as smooth as a floor. We have now come very 



