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Hear the Word of The Lord:— “Zebulon was a people that jeopardized their lives unto the death, and Naphtali upon the high places of the field.” “Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of The Lord: curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of The Lord against the mighty.” W H ICH EOR YOU? “Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world.” or, “What do ye weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only but also to die for the name of The Lord Jesus, and in the heart of Africa.” Verily, spectators are many but heroes for Christ are few Now is your chance to prove yourself a man! It sounds a little strange, as we analyze the present condition. The devil in possession. The Mohammedans pouring in in crowds. 2,000 traders, prospectors, and gold hunters now in occupation, whilst the contribution to the cause of Christ by the churches of Christendom is just four men of no account!! But Delhi was won and India saved by the gambler’s throw of a few brave and venturesome men. Cortes won Mexico, and Pizarro Peru by the simple method of refusing to count heads or the cost. Men can save their fellows from an angry sea or a house on fire only at great personal risk. “I cannot rest whilst souls are being lost; there is all eternity to rest in after life is done.”—Duncan Mathe- son. “If I must be laid on the shelf let that shelf be Africa.”—Livingstone.
evangelize round about, proceeding further and further inland, planting other stations as God shall direct and thrust forth the men. The carriage of goods will be so costly that it will be necessary to become largely, or wholly, self-supporting; this will be done by planting and sowing, and generally living on the country: the land is exceedingly fertile. One luxury will be forthcoming, and that the best—that of a simple life. The discomforts and angers of a dinner party will be “off the slate,” so to speak, but there will be the continual feast of a wholesome and open-air life. THE PRAYERS OR GOD’S PEOPLE ARE EARNESTLY DESIRED for those who go out, for those to whom they go, and that God will call and make and send forth brave and simple men who will gladly count all things but dross that they may follow Christ, and win souls in the heart of Africa. Five men are now moving in to occupy this field; four more are ready in England, and several in this country. David with his staff and his five smooth stones, and trusting in the living God, was more than a match for the lion, the bear, and Goliath himself. If God be for us, who can be against us? There is no such luxury in heaven or earth as that of fighting for God against impossible odds. Thank God there is still on the earth something really worth doing for The Lord Jesus Christ, and license to do it. Thank God there is no reason why the navy and army should have a monopoly in heroes and heroism, unless we Christians basely surrender our birthright to them.
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