ole vacations. But, without workshop appliances, part
of that accomplished is unsatisfactory, and the major and
more difficult part remains untouched. But where one has
a great pressure of outside duties incidental to such a
work as this, how utterly inadequate such driblets of
time as can be spared are for such a task can easily be
imagined.

Is there any lover of science and friend of the freedmen
who can understand our condition and give us ten thousand
dollars for an outfit, and if possible an additional sum
as an endowment for annual expenses?

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ADDRESS AT ANNUAL MEETING.

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PREACHING THE MAIN FACTOR IN MISSIONARY WORK.

REV. GEORGE R. LEAVITT.

It is a fact of history that the preaching of the Word has been the
great missionary agency. The Bible is a missionary book. The great
figure in the Old Testament history was the preacher of
righteousness--Enoch, Samuel, Elijah, Isaiah, the great line of
prophets--they were missionary preachers. In the beginning of
Christianity, the great figure was the preacher--John the Baptist,
the Apostles, our blessed Lord Himself. The salient feature in the
New Testament may be said to be a succession of great missionary
sermons which are expositions of the Gospel. In the history of the
Christian Church the great figure has been the preacher. The Church
of God is the body of Jesus Christ. As such she is the eye and ear,
she is the hands and feet of the Lord, but especially she is the
voice of the Lord. Doth not wisdom cry in all time? Did not the
Spirit when sent forth lift the voice declaring the great Gospel
message? And when the Church has had that possession of the Spirit,
has it not been especially her inspiration to cry out with the Gospel
message? The great figure in this Association work in the past has
been the teacher. We have had a gifted line of men and women in this
work, and to them all honor be given. It would be impossible for us
to give them the honor which is their due; but in the future the
great figure is to be the missionary preacher, the man who can reach
masses of men with the Gospel message. We are lifting this race, and
what has been true in the past will be true in the future.

Perhaps I can not better exhibit this subject in the little space
allowed me than in noticing some of the traits which should
characterize th