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us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink, but 

 let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when com- 

 pared with the glory which shall hereafter be revealed in and 

 for us. I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk, 

 when we remember the great sacrifice which He made who left 

 his Father's throne on high to give himself for us : — "Who 

 being the brightness of that Father's glory, and the express 

 image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of 

 his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down 

 on the right hand of the majesty on high." 



English people are treated with respect ; and the missionary 

 can earn his living by his gun — a course not open to a country 

 curate. I would rather be a poor missionary than a poor curate. 



Then there is the pleasant prospect of returning home and 

 seeing the agreeable faces of his countrywomen again. I suppose 

 I present a pretty contrast to you. At Cairo we met a party of 

 young English people, whose faces were quite a contrast to the 

 skinny, withered ones of those who had spent the latter years 

 of their life in a tropical clime ; they were the first rosy cheeks 

 I had seen for sixteen years ; you can hardly tell how pleasant 

 it is to see the blooming cheeks of young ladies before me, after 

 an absence of sixteen years from such delightful objects of con- 

 templation. There is also the pleasure of the welcome home, 

 and I heartily thank you for the welcome you have given me 

 on the present occasion ; but there is also the hope of the welcome 

 words of our Lord, " Well done, good and faithful servant." 



I beg to direct your attention to Africa ; — I know that in a 

 few years I shall be cut off in that country, which is now open ; 

 do not let it be shut again ! I go back to Africa to try to make 

 an open path for commerce and Christianity ; do you carry out 

 the work which I have begun. I leave it with you ! 



