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the end of time, but he meant that after 
their decease others should be called to the 
ministry, and still others, and that to the 
end of the world, there should be a Christ- 
attended ministry. Hence it is as much 
our duty to "go and teach all nations, bap- 
tizing them in the name of the Father, and 
of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost," as it 
was the duty of those who heard these 
words fall from the lips of the blessed Christ. 
But in order to teach the nations we must 
go to where they are. If we are the willing 
servants of the cc Most High," we are ready 
to go where the providence of God directs. 
Brethren, we had better be in Africa, 
with the fever six months out of twelve, 
than to be out of the line of duty. We 
will be happier in suffering the loss of all 
things for Christ's sake, than in the posses- 
sion of all things, if disobedient. 
External circumstances have little to do 
with happiness; for God can, and does over- 
rule privation and affliction, and make them 
sources of happiness to his faithful servants. 
No man can be unhappy while he obeys 
God. 
