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national tribute of admiration and praise to Dr. Livingstone, 

 the great traveller in South Africa. His decided committal of 

 himself and the English people to the great work of African 

 exploration, and the unqualified expressions of sympathy with 

 the great and self-sacrificing man whom they now claimed as 

 their guest," were most heartily indorsed by the cheers and 

 volleys of applause which hailed almost every sentence, and 

 only subsided in respect for the distinguished Bishop of London, 

 who was next introduced. The bishop assured the audience 

 that he accounted it a great privilege to be permitted to meet 

 together in the greatest metropolis of the world, to express 

 thanks to Divine Providence for allowing Dr. Livingstone to be 

 brought back in safety from the perils which he had undergone, 

 and the meeting he trusted would be permitted to hope, that 

 when he was about to return to that country, where his heart 

 was devoted to the service of the Lord, the same providence 

 would continue to protect him. It was, indeed, most gratifying 

 to meet here to express an opinion of what Dr. Livingstone had 

 done. It was most gratifying to find that civilization, the spirit 

 of commercial enterprise, and the missionary cause should go 

 hand in hand : in the person of Dr. Livingstone they had all 

 these three united. There was a lesson for themselves in this 

 great man, which probably those whom he addressed would not 

 be slow to apply : that they ought never to separate common 

 secular pursuits from those that worked the glory of God. "A 

 few years ago it was said that the age of heroism was passed ; 

 but the lie had been given to that by the brilliant instances 

 wdiich had recently occurred. And whilst they celebrated those 

 cases at home, it was gratifying to find that in far-distant fields, 

 uncheered by applause, this man whom they met to honor car- 

 ried on his heroic enterprise, deserving and commanding the 

 praise of his countrymen more than others to whom they had 

 been ready to award it." 



' Several other distinguished gentlemen addressed the audience, 

 among whom was that generous and devoted friend of Dr. 

 Livingstone, Sir Roderick Murchison, the learned devotee of 

 geographical science and president of the Royal Geographical 

 Society. Dr. Livingstone found great difficulty in responding 

 to these cordial and congratulatory speeches ; his tongue had 

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