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achieved. There must be, first, the physical, the intellec- 

 tual, the moral, and the spiritual faculties combined in one 

 person, which are so eminently combined in Dr Livingstone, 

 before the actual agent in such explorations can be pro- 

 vided. ...He, too, combined in himself rare faculties for his 

 work of stepping out, if I may so express it, as to African 

 explorations the first track of civilized feet on the dange- 

 rous and untrodden snows, which at any moment might be 

 found to have merely loosely covered fathomless abysses. 

 He had the physical strength needed for such work. He 

 had the capacity for understanding the greatness of his 

 enterprise, and, Gentlemen, I believe it to be full of the 

 truest greatness 1 ." 



These passages certainly refer to the specific work done 

 by him; but similar faculties and energies are required 

 by every missionary when wandering, or settled, among 

 savages. 



The moral and spiritual qualifications needed by the 

 Christian missionary. — The following quotations, spoken 

 with reference to Dr Livingstone, will help to illustrate 

 some of the moral qualifications needed in the missionary. 



Sir R. I. Murchison, after referring to the great work 

 done for the scientific world by Dr Livingstone, said: — 



" These are great claims upon the admiration of men of 

 science; but, great as they are, they fall far short of others 

 which attach to the name of the missionary who, by his 

 fidelity to his word, by his conscientious regard for his 

 engagements, won the affections of the natives of Africa by 

 the example which he set before them in his treatment of 

 the poor people who followed him in his arduous researches 

 through that great continent 2 ." 



Fidelity to his plighted word, and conscientious regard 

 for engagements, must ever be a high moral characteristic 

 of the Christian missionary. 



1 Speech at the Farewell Livingstone Festival. 2 Ibid. 



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