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acquisition of knowledge, and in the im- 
provement of manners. 
Second — The promises of God afford 
great encouragement to Missionary effort in 
Africa. "Ethiopia shall stretch out her 
hands to God." " Ask of me, and I shall 
give thee the heathen for thine inheritance 3 
and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
possession." "Lo, i am with you alway, 
even unto the end of the world." God has 
not only promised to be with his servants 
when they go to show the heathen the way 
of salvation, but he has also promised them 
success. Where have the servants of the 
Most High labored perseveringly without 
reaping a harvest of souls of precious value? 
Judson and others toiled and waited for 
years before they saw the fruit of their 
labors ; but such was their faith that they 
felt assured that God would, in his own 
time, water the seed sown, and cause it to 
bring forth fruit in the salvation of souls* 
God is faithful concerning his promises, 
and He will most assuredly fulfill them, 
<c Faithful is he that calleth" us to the 
prosecution of this great and glorious work, 
