t the well-being alone, but the very life of the nation. Noble
men and women at the South are engaged in it already, with all
their hearts; and we must help, mightily! It would be the
craziest folly of the age for us to be indifferent to it.

Some men may say, perhaps, "But this is a work that cannot be
done. It is too radical and vast to be hopefully attempted."
Nonsense! There is no work for the kingdom of God and the glory
of His name, which cannot be done! With the Gospel in our hand,
we can do everything.

There has been a good beginning made already. This Society, to
which we are to contribute to-day, the American Missionary
Association, has four established colleges, three of which are
entirely supported by itself, have been founded by it and are
carried on by it; and the fourth very largely so. It has
multitudes of high schools, normal schools and primary schools.

First of all, we want men trained, and women too, in the
knowledge of the truth as it is in Christ, and then to have them
teaching others. And that is precisely the line along which the
Society to which we are to contribute to-day, as we have done
gladly and largely heretofore, is carrying its incessant
operation.

Now I affirm absolutely that if ever there was a work of God on
earth, this is his work! If there was ever anything to which the
American Christian people are called, they are called to this. If
there was ever a great opportunity before the Christian church,
here it is.

Ah, my friends, don't say "It is too great a work." It is going
to be done! You and I may do or may not do our part in it. It is
going to be done!

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MISSIONARIES TO ALASKA.

As announced in the last number of the MISSIONARY, we have appointed
two men as missionary teachers for the new station to be opened at
Point Prince of Wales, Alaska. The names of these brethren are H.R.
Thornton, of Hampden Sydney, Virginia, and W.T. Lopp, of Valley City,
Indiana. The credentials furnished by these young men are very
satisfactory, and they enter upon the field with the full realization
of its difficulties and even dangers, and yet, cheerfully trusting
themselves to the hand of God, are ready to go forward with undaunted
faith. We bespeak for them the prayers of God's people. It is expected
tha