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per cent of them will go back to heathenism* 
Besides, to show the people that there is a better 
way will be a great inducement to them to for- 
sake their heathenism. The introduction of agri- 
cultural and mechanical pursuits, such as will 
evelop the resources of the country and the 
skill and industry of the people, and in- 
crease their wealth, will tend much to give them 
nobler views of life, and in every way quali- 
fy them to both produce and consume profitably 
more than they now do, or even know of. They 
have numerous real wants, physical, intellectual,, 
moral, and religious, which they will be made to 
realize only as civilization and Christianity cause 
them to see them. These will develop the re- 
sources of soil and brain found in that country, 
and contribute largely to the growth of commerce, 
science, and literature. The world is beginning 
to recognize this fact, and appreciates the worth 
of Christian missions, because they have contrib- 
uted so largely to these. It would know but little 
of the geography, languages, and real condi- 
tion of the people of most heathen lands but 
for the knowledge which it has obtained through 
missionaries. 
The primary object of Christian missions to the 
heathen is to teach them their duty to God, and as 
far as possible induce them to discharge it; but other 
