INTRODUCTION. 
The trials and triumphs of mission enterprise are 
exemplified in this little work, by sketches from 
three of the most interesting mission-fields at the 
present day. That of Central Africa possesses deep 
interest for all Christian hearts, from the fact that 
Livingstone, — the missionary-explorer, — first opened 
it up. There, the work of mission^ is still in its 
infancy : the seed of the kingdom is being scattered 
in little corners, here and there, while the first pos- 
session of the land by a few straggling workers 
faintly indicates the time when it shall " become the 
kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ." 
In Japan, the work is a little further advanced : 
the civilization, and refinement, more fully developed ; 
at the same time that the Christian religion is held 
before the minds of "Young Japan," as the highest 
wisdom. There the seed is springing up and pro- 
mising an abundant harvest. 
In Fiji, — that is to say, for the most part, — the 
