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" I do not think," said Mrs. Williams, " he can
ever entirely lose the impression
which has been
made on his mind and heart by the circumstances
and scenes of to-day, although I am well aware
of the power
and charms of that love of novelty
in the young of which you have been speaking ;
and, although much allowance must be made on
several accounts, I have not a doubt that he will
feel very differently from what he formerly did
on the recurrence of another birthday."
" In any event," said Mr. Williams,
" an im
pulse is given to a new life— a missionary tend
ency is given. He may never be a missionary
in distant lands ; this is not my meaning, as you
know, when I speak of these things. A true
missionary, in my view, is a Christian, living
and acting on Christian principles. Whether at