ft his influence for tens of thousands.

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In the prophecy which foretold Christ, centuries before he came it was
written, "_He shall not fail, nor be discouraged_." Fellow workers, it
is not the consecration of a year, nor of a generation, that is to
restore the millions for whom we work to the places where God would
bring them. The pitiless centuries cannot be redeemed in one day.
Doubtless the work may seem slow and the time may seem long, but every
good deed counts, and no prayer is unheard. The good work is not in
vain. The progress already made is wonderful. The workers who have
consecrated themselves may die in their unfinished work, but God has
pledged himself that the work shall go on. His promises and his
providences will work together like cogs in a wheel. We shall not fail,
and we need not be discouraged. Such lives as that of JAMES POWELL are
not too common in human history, but they show us how the divine can
endue the human with its own power, and how God can make souls great
witnesses for God. Some tell us that the heroic ages have passed away,
but they have not. No! They will last until the world shall be saved,
for the inspirations which come from the spirit of God and from the
cross of Christ will live in hearts which will burn to save those who
need to be saved.

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Since the death of Dr. Powell, we have received numerous letters from
all parts of the country expressing sympathy in our great bereavement,
which the writers shared profoundly with us. The admiration and love
entertained by the writers, and uttered in these letters, toward our
beloved brother, is gratifying to us, as it is also to his family. In
the pressure of duties consequent upon his death and burial, we have not
found time to reply to these letters, and take this occasion to
acknowledge their receipt and to express our heartfelt thankfulness to
the writers.

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We shall not be able to make the stirring appeals to provide for the
exigent demands of our great work which our readers have been wont to
recognize as coming from the heart of Dr. Powell, who had the oversight
and burden of the collecting fields.

Never was our work more critical, never more urgent and never more
hopeful.

The winter months, on which we must chiefly rely, are here, and are fast
moving into the past. The work has been laid upon us an