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sionary be- his return to New Zealand,, somewhat after 

 Cambridge. ^ie manner; — " Methinks tliere must be some 

 spiritual electricity in this black cloud which now surrounds 

 me — (waving his hand all round towards the dense array of 

 Gowns) — which in the Lord's own time and w r ay will go 

 forth to the ends of the earth to do his Almighty bidding for 

 the conversion of souls;" — he was a true prophet. He spoke 

 in faith, and that faith was answered. There are those now 

 in the Mission field who heard and obeyed that call. 



Hundreds will never forget that solemn thrill produced 

 by Dr Livingstone's peroration to his Senate-House lecture 1 , 

 when waving his hand in the same manner as the Bishop — 

 he retired amid deafening plaudits, abruptly stopping with 

 that simply sublime appeal — "I leave it with you!" 



Certainly some of those who heard him there will be 

 missionaries somewhere, but will any go to Africa? Will 

 Cambridge accept of and improve this trust ? . . . O Lord 

 God, Thou knowest! 



The Word written shall find its own mysterious tortuous 

 way into every region, dialect, and language of the earth ; and 

 men slwill be convinced of sin, as well as taught their need of a 

 Saviour by its life-giving power. It shall whisper peace to the 

 agitated conscience, and tell of the love of a Father reconciling 

 the world to himself by the blood of his Son. Each humble 

 believer in its promises s/tall be enabled to obtain the victory 

 over the world, the flesh, and the devil by that same power 

 which bestows the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost, to guide, 

 counsel, and sanctify each softened heart. It shall climb the 

 throne of each monarch, and tell him of a Sovereignty greater 

 than his: demanding and finding entrance into the council- 

 chamber of the legislator, it will teach him that lesson of so 

 difficult realization, "To do unto others as he would have 

 others do unto him." It sludl strike with the electric spell of 

 conviction both the consciences of the ignorant, and the cogi- 

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