178 APPENDIX. [sect. 



The Means appointed for the Work — The Victory Won. 



"He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. 

 Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus." Rev. xxii. 20. 



These means are, the word preached^ and the word written 1 . 

 The Missionary Societies are sending out their Missionaries to 

 preach the Gospel; and the Bible, and other Societies, are 

 scattering the written lively oracles of God over the whole 

 earth. 



That word preached shall not return unto the Lord void, 

 but it shall accomplish all his purposes. Hereby shall Christ's 

 kingdom be enlarged and Satan's empire be destroyed. 



Dr Living- When Bishop Selwyn spake memorable 



stone's mis- words in Great St Mary's Church 2 , just before 



1 Mr Moffat has just completed his translation of the whole Bible 

 into Sichuana. The importance of this achievement cannot well be esti- 

 mated. 



There is something very striking in bringing this labour, Sebituane's 

 conquests, and Dr Livingstone's explorations and discoveries, all to- 

 gether. 



At the same time that Sebituane is introducing the language where 

 it was not before spoken, Mr Moffat is treasuring up the Holy Scrip- 

 tures in its first standard record. At the appointed moment, Dr Living- 

 stone makes these facts, together with the new races and regions, all 

 known to the Christian world. 



Professor Selwyn, in one of his Theological Lectures, well compared 

 this fact of Sebituane's conquests being the means of diffusing the Scrip- 

 tures, with the anterior coincidence of Alexander's exploits having 

 spread the Greek language and Greek Scriptures in Asia. 



2 He preached four sermons as select preacher before this Univer- 

 sity on the four Sundays preceding Advent, in the year 1854. The 

 subject of these sermons is "The work of Christ in the world." 

 They are published by Macmillan and Co. ; and should be read by all 

 lovers of the cause of Christian missions to the heathen; and especially 

 by those who desire the mission work. Bishop Selwyn's visit here, 

 sermons, and speech at the Town Hall, deservedly made a profound 

 sensation ; as well as produced fruit in calling forth labourers into the 

 harvest. These facts favour the suggestions made at p. 1 76. 



