2.  Again,  meetings  for  young  native  converts,  where  the
missionary  may  wield  the  sword  of  the  Spirit  to  the  destruc-
tion of  selfishness,  and  the  preservation  and  growth  of  the
soul's  first  love  for  the  Master,  fall  as  a  special  duty  and'holy
privilege  upon  each  of  us.  Says  Dr.  Ashmore,  in  a  recent
article  in  the  Examiner,  "  The  writer  has  been  astonished  at
the  number  of  ministers  he  has  found  in  the  land  who  have
said — '  I  once  thought  I  would  be  a  missionary  myself.'
On  inquiry  it  appears  their  desire  to  be  missionaries  was  in


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the  day  of  tlieir  conversion,  or  of  their  special  consecration,
or  in  some  hour  of  special  nearness  to  God.  Then  they  lis-
tened and  felt,  as  well  as  heard,  the  power  of  the  command —
'  Go  ye  into  all  the  world.' '"  Brethren,  conversion  is  the
same  the  world  over.  Oh  that  we  could  seize  upon  these
moments  when  the  soul  forgets  caste,  color,  race  and  tongue
and  says,  "  Here  am  I  send  me ;"  and  were  influences  at  hand
to  foster  this  Divine  love,  it  would  result  in  home  and  foreign
mission  work  even  in  Assam.  Here  is  the  field — here  are  the
white  fields  presented  to  each  missionary,  and  he  that  reapeth
shall  receive  wages  and  gather  fruit  unto  eternal  life.
