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172 Our Views of Mission Worh.the heathen by some special revelation of Christ convert in Burmah. He was asked to go as rewithoutthe use of ordinary means ; but that does ligious teacher to a war-like tribe, where his salnotaffect the general question. One thing is ary would be less than one fourth the amonntsettled beyond all controversy, and that is that paid to him as boatman. " No," was the replymen cannot be saved by anj false system of be- of Shapon, " I cannot go to that tribe for fourlief. In not one of these is there anything to rupees, but I can do it for Christ.'' Was not thesatisfy a man under conviction of sin. Travel governing principle of that offer the true one ?where you will in pagan countries, and you will "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receivefind that the religion of the people is wholly des- power and riches and wisdom and strength andtitute of spirituality, and in many instances there honor and glory and blessing." In looking overis the grossest immorality connected with the some old letters of foreign missionaries not longobseivance of their religious rites. The direct ago, I turned up one from a lady, who was in suchtendency of idolatry is to debase and degrade the delicate health at the time that her friends in thissoul, and so unfit for fellowship with God. And country had, without consulting her, suggestedwhat saith the Scriptures ? The Ephesians are that she shonid be released from service and alsaidto have been in their unrenewed state "with- lowed to return home at once. On learning ofout Christ having no hope, and withont God in what had been done, she wrote to this effect: Ithe world," and in the Apocalypse we read that think I can say literally that not the faintest de-" idolators are without the Holy City." Oh I if sire to return to America has once tormented mewe ever come to doubt the certainty that there is since I came to Turkey. It is unbeUef that probutone Lord and Savionr for all mankind, a duces such mawkish sympathy ior foreign misblightwill rest upon all our missionary endeavors, sionaries—I say mawkish dehberately. As misasuntimely frosts npon the flowers of Spring, sionaries we love sympathy, provifled it be Chris-As one beautifully puts it: In the darkness the tian ; but we do not want that which considersflickering lamps of earth are not to be despised, us martyrs, and simply because we are deprivedbut the world needs the sunlight.of great easy chairs, brussels carpets, gas, evenThose who believe that the heathen can be ing papers, railroads and refined society. " Gosaved without a knowledge of Christ are excusa- ye into all the world and preach the gospel toble in doing nothing for them ; not so we who be- every creature," and " Lo I am with you alwayUeve that otherwise they can never be delivered even unto the end of the world," is the simplefrom the mighty evils that oppress and degrade reason that I came to Turkey, and it is amplythem. Every one is bound to hold forth the sufficient. Missionary discomforts are uniforaalyword of life that the unenhghtened may see their inversely as one's love ior the Saviour. Tbatway out of sin and misery into holiness and the yvas her theory ; and I believe there is no moreservice of God. Sympathy with God in His inspiring and exalted motive to foreign servicepurpose of mercy is an essential element in Chris- than this personal loyalty to the Saviour. Wastianity, and I do not hesitate to pronounce the not this the chief motive in the case of those whoreligion that lacks this characteristic expression " went forth " in the early ages of Christianity.a counterfeit thing.^e are told that they '• went forth for the sake2. Another requisite to tbe faithful discharge ofthe Name " (Rev. Version). In every age andof this sacred trust that chaUenges special atten- in every land the mightiest motive to labor andtion ia, a sensitive concern for the honor of self sacrifice in the cause of foreign missions is aGhrist. I recall a familiar incident related oi a sensitive concern for the honor of Christ. If we