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aid toward the maintenance, so that to-day the govern- 

 ment practically covers every dollar of mission money 

 with one dollar of government funds. As no money is 

 spent for the salaries of superintendents (they all give 

 their services and are supported by their respective mis- 

 sions) it is easy to see that a great deal can be accom- 

 plished in caring for the lepers for a small investment of 

 money. The leper that sat by the roadside and, as Jesus 

 passed by, said unto Him, "Lord, if Thou wilt Thou 

 canst make me clean, ' ' is often in my mind. The record 

 tells us that Jesus stretched forth His hand and said, ' ' I 

 will, be thou clean," and immediately his leprosy was 

 cleansed. The leper had been thrust outside the camp, 

 was outside the pale of human society, and Jesus by that 

 touch brought him back into the human family. And I 

 take it that the work of the Mission to Lepers is con- 

 ceived in the spirit that Jesus showed, of bringing this 

 poor unfortunate, that man despises, back into the hu- 

 man family. 



