APPENDIX. 



No. I. 



EXTEACTS FROM PAPER ON " MISSIONARY SACRIFICES." 



It is something to be a missionary. The morning stars sang 

 together and all the sons of God shouted for joy, when they first 

 saw the field which the first missionary was to fill. The great and 

 terrible God, before whom angels veil their faces, had an Only 

 Son, and He was sent to the habitable parts of the earth, as a 

 missionary physician. It is something to be a follower, however 

 feeble, in the wake of the Great Teacher and only Model Mission- 

 ary that ever appeared among men ; and now that He is Head 

 over all things, King of kings and Lord of lords, what commission 

 is equal to that which the missionary holds from Him ? May we 

 venture to invite young men of education, when laying down the 

 plan of their lives, to take a glance at that of missionary ? We 

 will magnify the office. 



The missionary is sent forth as a messenger of the Churches, 

 after undergoing the scrutiny and securing the approbation of a 

 host of Christian ministers, who, by their own talent and worth, 

 have risen to the pastorate over the most intelligent and influential 

 churches in the land, and who, moreover, can have no motive to 

 influence their selection but the desire to secure the most efficient 

 instrumentality for the missionary work. So much care and inde- 

 pendent investigation are bestowed on the selection as to make it 

 plain that extraneous influences can have but small power. No 

 pastor can imagine that any candidate has been accepted through 

 his recommendations, however warm these may have been ; and 

 the missionary may go forth to the heathen, satisfied that in the 

 confidence of the directors he has a testimonial infinitely superior 



