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fulfillment of God's plans, but the consecrated; and they notuntil they first see clearly, what is to be fulfilled-- in the plan.VOL. III., the title of which will be "Thy Kingdom Come," is incourse of preparation, as we have opportunity. You will need tohave a clear understanding of Vol. II., before you will be readyfor the next, which will be a continuation of the same subject.Therefore give diligence to make its arguments and proofs yourown, by tracing every statement to its source--God's Word.====================R1090 : page 1VIEW FROM THE TOWER.THE CAUSE IN AFRICA.The following information on Missions is furnished by theChurch Missionary Intelligencer:--"Forty additional missionaries bound for Eastern EquatorialAfrica received their final dismissal in the Cathedral of Algiers,Africa. Cardinal Lavigene presided in person, and, after theusual addresses, each missionary knelt down at his Eminence'sfeet, and received the kiss of peace and Episcopal benediction.After this the missionaries took their position in front of thealtar, and stood in a row. The Cardinal, the bishops present, andall the clergy and seminary students then knelt down andhumbly kissed the feet of each missionary, in memory of thepassage of the Scriptures, 'How beautiful are the feet of thosewho bring good tidings.' [A miserable exegesis.--Editor.]"Some ardent Protestants may see in all this nothing butopposition to Protestant missions, and a determination 'to fight ahand-to-hand battle with Protestant missionaries of alldenominations.' But we think there need be no apprehensions ofthis sort, because even if there were any likelihood of anecclesiastical fight between these good people, Bishop Taylor,the Methodist, is already on the ground with a large band ofmissionaries, and expects to establish a line of missions in theopposite direction, from the western to the eastern coast, acrossthe continent."Fortunately, as it would appear, there can be no such hand-tohandbattle with any of our Protestant missionaries, for CardinalLavigene informed the writer in the Intelligencer, as far back as1882, that his orders were that no Roman Catholic establishmentwas to be fixed within sixty kilometers of a Protestant one, andit seems that, up to this moment, this rule is still enforced."Thus we see, that Protestants and Roman Catholics arerecognizing each other in a practical manner; each thusrecognizes the other as a good and proper teacher of religion;