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MISSIONARY LIFE 
human beings by thousands to some imaginary 
deity, as is now done by some of the tribes of Af- 
rica, with an innumerable multitude of enormities 
such as only those can conceive who are en- 
shrouded in the darkness of heathenism, and ^^led 
captive by the devil at his will,’’ — would roll upon 
us like a devouring flood ! 
We must support our home institutions, espe- 
cially those which are good, and modify and make 
good those that are not in accordance with the 
Bible. If we do not sustain the institutions of 
Christianity in our midst it will not be two centu- 
ries until we shall be where Africa now is, in point 
of moral degradation, and long ere that period 
bloodshed and carnage will All this pleasant land 
constantly. 
But while we support the gospel at home, we 
should not fail to send it abroad. To do good, 
next to becoming good, is the great work of life, 
and if for no other reason than to ameliorate the 
condition of the heathen physically, we ought to 
give them the gospel of reconciliation. Had you 
a neighbor starving for want of food, and 
freezing for want of fuel, as a Christian^ you 
would feel it your duty to alleviate his wants. 
Well, thousands in heathenism are now suftering 
daily quite as much as this man in his destitution, 
— we mean in a physical sense. The introduction 
