acrifice. Separation from home and friends, and, for the pioneer,
days of unspeakable loneliness, are the missionary's portion. The
necessity of sending children to America, so that they may escape
disease and immorality among the heathen, is an agony which only the
affectionate parent can know. Opportunities for usefulness which cannot
be seized, because of lack of reenforcement from the homeland, involve a
"hope deferred that maketh the heart sick."

When Paul went to Athens he probably hoped to win the philosophers to
Christ's standard. But the Stoics and Epicureans scoffed at him. He had
to content himself with the multitude of commoner converts at Corinth.
It was doubtless God's sovereignty that determined the result, but God's
sovereignty is also wisdom. It took Paul a long time to learn that God
builds his fires from the bottom, and ordinarily kindles the small
sticks first. "Not many wise, not many noble hath God chosen," but the
weak things first, "that no flesh may glory in his presence." Here is
one of the trials of missionary life, and one of the tests of
missionary faith. Can the missionary welcome the conversion of a
multitude of low-class people, like the Madigas, when their acceptance
becomes to the proud Brahman an evidence of the ignoble character of
Christianity? Yes, he can, if he has faith in God. He can wait on God,
and wait for results.

He builded better than he knew,
The conscious stone to beauty grew.

The great Sudra class, a class higher than the Madigas, under the
influence of Christianity, is becoming more intelligent and more
influential than the Brahman, and is gradually taking from him his
social prestige and his political power. Many missionaries are expecting
a great turning unto the Lord from among the Sudras. Meantime there is a
promise "to him that overcometh." "If we suffer with him, we shall also
reign with him." "Our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." And

When we reach the shore at last.
Who shall count the billows past?

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Transcriber's Notes:

Inconsistencies in the hyphenation of words preserved. (sightseeing,
sight-seeing)

Pg. 39, unusual word "subtilty". Presumed to be "subtlety". (and the
subtlety of the Hindus)

Pg. 177, triple quote mark after "biblia," changed to double quote
mark. (the plural "biblia,")

In the