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grace. He will continue to prosper your endeavours, and will 

 subdue unto himself, by your means, the whole continent of orien- 

 tal India. O happy men ! who, standing before the tribunal of 

 Christ, shall exhibit so many nations converted to his faith by your 

 preaching; happy men! to whom it shall be given to say before the 

 assemblj r of the whole human race, ' JSehold us, O Lord! and the 

 children whom thou hast given us;' happy men ! who being justi- 

 fied by the Saviour, shall receive in that day the reward of your 

 labours; and also shall hear that glorious encomium, " Well done, 

 good and faithful servants, enter ye into the joy of your Lord." 



Such is the path, such the reward of the Indian missionary. 

 The clergy stationed in that remote part of the world may do much ; 

 and every individual can do something towards the glorious struc- 

 ture, the living temple; which is to continue not only for the short 

 period of time, but will endure throughout those eternal ages 

 when " time shall be no more!" They may all, in some degree, 

 enrol themselves among those wise builders who shall shine as 

 the brightness of the firmament : they will know that " he who con- 

 verteth a sinner from the error of his ways, shall save his soul from 

 death; and they that turn many to righteousness, shall shine as 

 the stars for ever and ever!" 



A christian, who knows and feels his obligations to the Author 

 of his being for creation, preservation, and redemption, will en- 

 deavour to act as becometh his high and holy vocation, from the 

 motive of love. To him, a religious life, far from being a com- 

 pulsive obligation, becomes his deliberate choice, a service of per- 

 fect freedom; an unlimited conformity to the manners and cus- 



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