JUSTICE DEMANDS, GOD COMMANDS. 123 
We are commanded to do good to all men 
as we have opportunity, and our opportunity 
to do that people good is favorable. But to 
accomplish that good, sacrifices must be 
made, not only of money, but also of friends^ 
health and life. Many must leave their 
native land, and go among them ; persons 
of different vocations should go. The farm- 
er and mechanic, as well as the school 
teacher and preacher, if they be God-fearing 
persons, may do valuable service in the great 
work contemplated. If we are cc crucified 
to the world, and the world to us," — if we 
are denying ourselves and following Christ, 
or if we are Christians^ we will be willing 
to go to Africa if the Lord so direct us. 
At least all ministers are willing to go, 
who have entered the ministry with a clear 
understanding of the import of the com- 
mission Christ gave the apostles just before 
his ascent into heaven ; which commission 
is just as binding on the present ministry 
as it was on the apostles. When the 
Savior said, " Lo, I am with you alway, even 
to the end of the world," He could not 
have meant that the apostles should live to 
