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Missionary Society thought that " a good man who could 

 read his Bible, and make a wheelbarrow/' was abundantly 

 qualified. This was a great mistake. Missionaries ought 

 to be highly qualified in every respect. Good education, 

 good sense, and good temper are indispensable. If Chris- 

 tians send out poor ignorant agents, they act on the penny 

 wise and pound foolish plan. 



Some think that if a man is an acceptable preacher 

 at home, he ought to stay there. I believe that if a man 

 has ability to gather a congregation here, he would in all 

 probability be successful in the mission-field. But it is 

 these energetic enterprising men who are needed most 

 abroad, and it may be questioned whether the foreign is not 

 the most important field. We have the honour of entering 

 on a work which will never end. We look back to the 

 Reformers before the Reformation with more reverence 

 than we feel to the thousands who have entered into their 

 labours. The Apostle had a noble ambition to preach the 

 Gospel beyond other men's line of things made ready to 

 his hands. " They that be wise shall shine as the sun, and 

 they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever 

 and ever." 



I am sorry that I cannot enter more carefully into the 

 subject, but time presses. 



The books came safely to hand; please present my 

 grateful acknowledgements to the kind donors of them. 



I look back to my visit to Cambridge as one of the 

 most pleasant episodes of my life. I shall always revert 

 with feelings of delight to the short intercourse I enjoyed 

 with such noble Christian men as Sedgwick, Whewell, 

 Selwyn, &c. &c, as not the least important privilege con- 

 ferred on me by my visit to England. It is something 

 inspiriting to remember that the eyes of such men are upon 

 one's course. May blessings rest upon them all, and on the 

 seat of learning which they adorn ! 



