There  are  very  few  Missionaries,  I  mean  ordained  Missionaries,  who  have

to  do  with  in du atrial  work  who  would  not  very  gladly  be  free  from  its  care,

TtrwTfiMM  worry,   and  responsibility.     It  may  be  asked  then  why  they

fw their  trouble  tbemBclves  with  it,  and  lade  themselves  with  the  thick
exisunca.  ^j^^y  ^f  svtch  occopations  and  distracting  res ponsibili ties  ?  The
answer  is  threefold.  They  have  done  so,  from  a  contemplation  first,  of  the
life  of  the  people  among  whom  they  labour,  if  they  are  a  barbarous  or
uncivilised  people.  Second,  they  see  that  the  tide  of  advancing  civilisation
is  rolling  so  rapidly  over  certain  portions  of  the  globe,  that  barbarous  peoples
must  accommodate  themselves  in  some  meat^ure  to  its  conditions  and  reqnire-
ments,  or  be  swept  away.  Third,  among  barbarous  peoples  one  of  the  most
formidable  barriers  to  the  acceptance  of  the  Gospel  is  the  indolence,  or  ia
plainer  words  tho  abBoluto  laziness,  which  marks  the  social  and  individual
life  of  such  peoples.  This  indolence  is  the  result  of  generations  of  hereditarf
influence,  of  social  habits  and  customs,  and  is  also  partly  due  to  the  in-
iiueuces  of  climate.  These  are  formidable  powers  to  be  vanquished  by  the
Missionary's  Sunday  sermone — if  he  contents  himself  in  such  circumstances
with  preaching  only.  Preaching  is  the  main  power  no  doubt,  but  individutl
human  wills  aie  moved  by  many  powers,  seldom  by  a  single  influence  only.
