whether she be weak or strong, few or many, the
blessing will descend; the mountains will break forth into singing, and
the trees shall clap their hands for joy; God will come, take up his
abode with the saints, and verify all that is expressed by "the latter
day glory."

It is plain, then, not only that Christians come far short of doing what
they can to save the heathen, but that if they would come up to the
measure of their duty they might, under God, rescue the dying nations
from their impending doom. If they would engage in earnest, pray with
fervency and faith, and prove their zeal by giving and by going, then
the providence of God would not leave a bolt or a bar in their way,
except what might be necessary to test their perseverance. Let every
ambassador of Christ, and _every Christian too_, possess the unreserved
consecration of Paul, and manifest that burning zeal which carried him,
as on the wings of an angel, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable
riches of Christ; let every redeemed sinner, minister or layman, stand
ready, not merely to contribute of his substance, but to traverse with
cheerful step the burning plains of Africa or the icy mountains of
Greenland: then the darkness that now envelopes the earth would soon be
dispelled, the torch of Revelation be carried to the most distant lands,
and its light be made to penetrate the most gloomy abodes of men; the
radiance of heavenly truth would be poured around the dying bed of every
pagan, intelligence now in to us from every quarter, not only of
individuals, but of nations converted to God, and the shout of triumph
would soon be heard, "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdom
of our Lord."

It seems to be true, therefore, that the heathen are sinking to
perdition; and true, also, that we might, under God, be the means of
saving them. Shall we not then be found _accountable_ for their eternal
agonies? O Christian, pause and look at this thought! Look at it
deliberately, for we shall be obliged to do so at the judgment day. No
one can plead exemption from it, unless he does _what he can_ to save
the heathen. O my soul, how much blood, how much weeping, wailing and
gnashing of teeth, will stand at thy account in the day of judgment!

I appeal to each one of you, examine yourselves in the light of this
truth. Call up your prayers, your contributions, and your personal
efforts. Compare what you have done with what Jesus did for you. I
entreat