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still be done is pointed out in letters written at the beginning of 

 the eighteenth century by George the First, king of England, and 

 that eminent prelate Dr. Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the 

 Indian missionaries: they are epistles becoming a monarch of 

 Great Britain, and of the first dignitary in the Protestant church. 

 I reluctantly forbear inserting the letter of the former, and shall 

 only make a short extract from the latter, to the missionaries 

 Ziegenbalg and Grundlerus, then propagating the gospel in 

 India. 



" It will be your praise, a praise of endless duration on earth, 

 and followed by a just recompence in heaven, to have laboured in 

 the vineyard which yourselves have planted; to have declared the 

 name of Christ where it was not known before; and through much 

 peril and difficulty, to have converted to the faith those among 

 whom ye afterwards fulfilled your ministry. Your province, there- 

 fore, brethren, your office, I place before all dignities in the church. 

 Let others be pontiffs, patriarchs, or popes; let them glitter in pur- 

 ple, in scarlet, or in gold; let them seek the admiration of the won- 

 dering multitude, and receive obeisance on the bended knee: ye 

 have acquired a better name than they, and a more sacred fame. 

 And when that day shall arrive when the chief Shepherd shall <nve 

 to every man according to his work, a greater reward shall be ad- 

 judged to you. Admitted into the glorious society of the pro- 

 phets, evangelists, and apostles, ye with them shall shine, like the 

 sun among the lesser stars, in the kingdom of your Father, 

 for ever! 



" God hath already given to you an illustrious pledge of his 

 favour; an increase not to be expected without the aid of his 



