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at four installation services, the last of which was graced 

 by the presence of the Queen, when her youthful husband 

 was installed as Chancellor, amid the most fervent gratu- 

 lations that subjects are permitted to exhibit in the 

 presence of then Sovereign. But on none of these 

 occasions " were the gratulations of the University more 

 honest and true-hearted than those which were offered 

 to Dr. Livingstone. He came among us without any 

 long notes of preparation, without any pageant or 

 eloquence to charm and captivate our senses. He stood 

 before us, a plain, single-minded man, somewhat atten- 

 uated by years of toil, and with a face tinged by the 

 sun of Africa. . . . While we listened to the tale he had 

 to tell, there arose in the hearts of all the listeners a 

 fervent hope that the hand of God which had so long 

 upheld him would uphold him still, and help him to 

 carry out the great work of Christian love that was 

 still before him." 



Next day, December 5th, Dr. Livingstone addressed 

 a very crowded audience in the Town Hall, the Mayor 

 presiding. Referring to his own plans he said — 



" I contend that we ought not to be ashamed of our religion, and 

 had we not kept this so much out of sight in India, we should not now 

 be in such straits in that country " [referring to the Indian Mutiny]. 

 " Let us appear just what we are. For my own part, I intend to go 

 out as a missionary, and hope boldly, but with civility, to state the 

 truth of Christianity, and my belief that those who do not possess it 

 are in error. My object in Africa is not only the elevation of man, 

 but that the country might be so opened that man might see the need 

 of his soul's salvation. I propose in my next expedition to visit the 

 Zambesi, and propitiate the different chiefs along its banks, endeavour- 

 ing to induce them to cultivate cotton, and to abolish the slave-trade : 

 already they trade in ivory and gold-dust, and are anxious to extend 

 their commercial operations. There is thus a probability of their 

 interests being linked with ours, and thus the elevation of the African 

 would be the result. 



" I believe England is alive to her duty of civilising and Christian- 

 ising the heathen. We cannot all go out as missionaries, it is true ; 

 but we may all do something towards providing a substitute. More- 

 over, all may especially do that which every missionary highly prizes, 



