LECTURE II. 47 



endeavouring 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 civilizing 

 and Christianizing the heathen. We cannot all go out as 

 missionaries, it is true ; but we may all do something to- 

 wards providing a substitute : moreover, all may especially 

 do that which every missionary highly prizes, viz. com- 

 mend THE WOBK IN THEIR PRAYERS. I HOPE THAT 

 THOSE WHOM I NOW ADDRESS, WILL BOTH PRAY FOR, 

 AND HELP THOSE WHO ARE THEIR SUBSTITUTES. 



