24 LECTURE I. 



self purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the 

 majesty on high." 



English people are treated with respect ; and the mis- 

 sionary can earn his living by his gun, — a course not 

 open to a country curate. I would rather be a poor mis- 

 sionary 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 bloom- 

 ing cheeks of young ladies before me, after an absence of 

 sixteen years from such delightful objects of contem- 

 plation. 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. 1 '' 



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 com- 

 merce and Christianity ; do you carry out the work which 

 I have begun. I leave it with you ! 



