40 Malaysia. 



active agency missinns may bc plantcd al- 

 most anywhere withont large subsidies 

 from home; while tlie further history of 

 the Mission, on the other liand, proves that 

 if these bcginnings are to be carried on to 

 successful enlargcmcnt and to an\ tliing Iikc 

 a widc ministry tu the nceds of actttal non- 

 Christians, tlie Church at home must come 

 generously to the relief of hard-working 

 missionaries abroad. 



This is uot thc place to discuss the ques- 

 tion of "self-supporting missions," though 

 it would not be dirBcuIt to demonstrate 

 that missions in any community where a 

 number of nomuial European or American 

 Protestants are to be found, may very safely 

 be Ieft to the resources dcveloped on the 

 ground ; but that missions amongst non- 

 Christian races can not go very far with- 

 out being obliged to Iook for Mnancial help 

 from thc home land. And indeed if it w r ere 

 not so, how could the great body of our 

 home membcTship "preach the gospel to 

 everv creature?" That higli privilege 

 would then become the monopoly of a 

 handful of men and women who actually 

 go forth as the messengers of God, while 



