iv.] THE MISSIONARY. 167 



becomes known throughout the tribe; and while one 

 unacquainted with the language may imagine a peccadillo 

 to be hidden, it is as patent to all as it would be in London, 

 had he a placard on his back 1 ." 



In fact, sobriety, uprightness, good faith, purity and a 

 manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit in general, are as 

 much needed to solidify and enforce spiritual gifts among 

 the heathen, as among ourselves. 



For a digest of the spiritual qualifications needed by the 

 Christian missionary, we must turn to the Scriptures. Such 

 a man must be a man of prayer, of earnest zeal, of childlike 

 faith, of deep humility, and of constant love for his Mas- 

 ter and His cause. His work will conform him more and 

 more to that Master's image. Like the Apostles at first his 

 gifts may be few, but at the last they will multiply and 

 grow: and like them he will look less and less to the king- 

 dom which is of this world, and more and more to that 

 which is of the world to come. 



The attainments best suited for the Christian Missionary. 

 — The man of high intellect as well as high attainment is 

 the best man for the work, provided that his other quali- 

 fications are suitable. Still he must possess common as 

 well as uncommon sense. The great matter is for certain 

 qualifications and attainments to be applied to kindred 

 work. Linguistic to translation, practical to e very-day 

 life, administrative to organization and the like. Martyn, 

 unravelling the Hindoo and Mahommedan subtleties, and 

 Judson battling the Pantheistic creeds of Burmah, were men 

 with qualifications for their work. So was Brainerd amid 

 the primeval forests of America ; and so are numbers of our 

 Colonial Bishops and foreign missionaries. Especially so 

 are Moffat and Livingstone in Africa. Yet how different 

 are the attainments and qualifications of these several men. 

 But each one in his place. 



1 Travels, p. 513. 



