nd we must bear it to them_."

His tall figure was leaning forward and his burning eyes chanced to rest
fully upon Hubert. The latter started, and a half audible groan burst
from his lips. Was it the burden of a new motive, or the sudden smiting
of a chord he knew right well? The "unspeakable gift!" Yes, he knew it;
and its glory was ineffable beyond the highest earthly good he had known.
Happy the man under commission to bear such a treasure, though it be to
the uttermost parts of the earth! And the great Giver longed to bestow
it on the millions of His creatures, but waited the unwilling feet of His
messengers! It was heart-breaking! But was there no other way? Why
should an infinite God limit Himself to finite man in carrying out His
great design? Mr. Carew continued:

"You may ask why does God restrict Himself to the human instrument in
bearing the tidings, and _through the tidings the effective result_, of
the Redemption? I cannot tell you why, but I see that it is so. A light
from heaven may overpower a Saul of Tarsus, and he may hear words
straight from the ascended Christ. But a Christian _man_--Ananias--must
be sent to tell him how to wash away his sins, and to minister the Holy
Spirit to him. An angel may communicate with Cornelius, the Centurion,
but he stays his lips from uttering the Gospel of Christ. That privilege
is reserved for the _human_ lips of Peter. Is it not sufficient that the
Commander has said, 'Go _ye_'? Had the task been set for angels, it
would have been accomplished long since, for _they_ do His pleasure. But
He trusted it to us, who might be expected to be so bound by ties of
gratitude to His will that we would eagerly spring to do His bidding.
And we have miserably failed. 'Is there not another way?' we languidly
ask in the face of the command. I do not see another way. But the Lord
has most clearly outlined _this_ way: _That the Gospel should be preached
in all the world to every creature, and that the one who believes and is
baptized should be saved_. To sit and philosophically consider that an
infinite God must surely find some other way if we fail in this, is not
reverence for His wisdom. It is mutiny."

Some of the ladies looked startled at this bold setting forth of the
case, and remembered how, privately, they had given voice to the
sentiments under criticism before coming to the meeting. The Secretary's
keen face betrayed thorough assent to what the speaker