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112 Mission Monographs.that are most deeply imbued witb the missionary Christians shirk personal work with souls respirit,are the most prosperous in all respects, minds me of a passing remark I heard from aThe bread multiplies as we give it; the grace somewhat eccentric preacher. In giving a rungrowsas we dispense it. The experience of An- niug cominentary on a portion of i Cor. 15, whendrew Fuller in his church is repeated in many in- he came to the last verse he read : "Therefore,stances in the present day. There are some little my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable,churches, as parched and withered as gardens in always avoiding the work of the Lord, forasmuchdry weather, simply because their sympathies do as ye know that your labor is not in vain in tbenot go forth in generous effort for the spread of Lord ; " aud then added, ' 0, it is not ' alwaysthe gospel among the nations. If you would be avoiding,' but ' always abounding in' the workmiserable, live for yourself; do not take an inter- of the Lord ; but really it is read • avoiding' byest in any religious enterprise, do not teach, do so many Christians, if we may judge by tbeirnot give, let the world, with its load of supersti- lives, that I almost insensibly fell into the mistionand sin, roll on unhelped, try to forget that take of reading it so " And indeed, when I seethere is anybody living except yourself and the in my own experience how fertile many Chrisfewimmediately near you, and your nature will tians are in expedients for " avoiding " the workbe shrivelled, your heart will contract, it will be- ofthe Lord, I am amazed. They will get overcome dry and small like a withered kernel in a it, or under it, or around it, or walk by it, andnut. But if you wish to be blessed, to be rich in not see it, or they will otherwise avoid it, as ifcharacter, to make life a large and noble thing, a tbe chief end of Christianity was to serve ChristChrist-like benediction, and uot a Cain like corse, as little as possible.—G. F. Pentecost, D. D.then you must be generous, you must have a j^ VITAL OHESTION"sense of stewardship, which means respon-ibiUty , ,.^,, , .,, ., . . , ,^ , , 1 ,, , 1 ,. .^, /-, A little child, pondering m her heart concerntoGod, aud brotherly dealings with men. Our . ,, -r t ^ , , , , ,. . . , , ^ ° ^, , ,, ing the Lord to whom she prayed, came to hermissionaries have begun to enter through the ° , .,, ^, ^. „ t -r ,., , ,_ , ,, J ,i ,1 mother with the question, " Is Jesus like anybody"open doors," and now, shall we falter on the -. , o„ . , . ,, ,, , ,^„ „, „ r-, ^ T i XI • Iknow.f" And in all reverence we, who movethreshold/ Shall we fad to respond to the cries ., ^i • x- n. , ,-, , ,, .., , , , , „ amid Christian surroundings, should be able tothat come from sad hearts and darkened homes.' ,, _^ ^ -,.,,.„ ,. ,. , . . n , , T 1 r. T • answer Yes" to a question like this from littleAfrica, torn, manned, robbed, has found a voice ; ,. , ^, , , , ., , , , 1, 1 . bps. Are there not those helping and prayingthe moan has reached us ; shall wc keep our oil „^, , ., _ , . ^ ° . . ., ^ ^ ' ^ ' , , for the children who, in some degree, picture himand pence, and uot act the part ot a neighborly , , , , .„ ., \ . X . „ fi whose arms were stretched out to bless and com-Samaritan I Are we too niggardly, or too poor, „ , , , , , .^ , ,..,,.,, ^ .^ ,„ „i 11 J tort them; A more vital question is this: Amto buy up the opportunity.'"' Sh-all we regard -^ ir - • -r -i , ,, ,, .^ , .) Ol 11 i 1-1 1 mysef/mirroring Jesus, if ouly to some littlethe price as too great ( ShaU we set a higher , .i; o • tt. ,• . , ,, ^ ., , ., -1 1-, ... child ( or IS His light m me obscured, so that thevalue on our corruptible silver and gold than on „ ^ ,, ^ _ ° . , . , ' ,, 1 J J, ,,, . , ,„ T • 4. • t'lct that 1 name His name hinders, rather thau" the precious blood of ( hrist .'" Let us not in- , tt. , „ .^ ,f T f + + V, + u iu ^ promotes. His glory ? We know the tale of thenot,cur„^ "to" ALWAYS , Thethehim , it -,. IS deplorabledisgrace• that sin."—Eev, ^, • ° ,1 kuoweth AVOIDING ,'iHE -nofreadinessretreat,James .u LORD.'' r to i do J OwenbutTHE good, with /Iremember•m WJ which and • OChristian Rm. doeth J K 1 manythat• OF 4.1 it ,•-i that'so ries, little would l"'t'e cause irritable, ... every iu things carry which one ,, mamma one,who of His would, the who daily ,, said objected •' spirit eves stands of that life, of course, into grandpapa, out the children ft-' the upon lesser entering go home there. and ° domestic who Lord's ci-cle, heaven servants was Would wor- side •> always the be-