ure." The Missionaries
returned home truly thankful to God for this instance of His preserving
grace.

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.

THE GOOBBE CIRCUIT GIVEN UP.

Up to this time Daniel had been sustained by Divine power against all
the opposition of his _enemies_. He had been tried and found faithful.
But now he had to endure trial from the conduct of his best friends--the
Missionaries and the Missionary Committee. In the year 1851, the
Society was in debt to a large amount, so that retrenchment was resorted
to, and the Mysore District was one of the sufferers. In this
difficulty the District Meeting decided to abandon the Goobbe Circuit.
In accordance with this decision, not only were the Missionaries
removed, but the Goobbe mission-house, the Goobbe chapel, in which
Daniel had been baptised, the school-rooms, and all other buildings,
were sold. When the idol was tumbled out of the temple, _Christianity_
triumphed; and when the house of God was sold, _heathenism_ triumphed.
That was not only a bitter day to good old Daniel, but _a terrible blow
to the cause of Christ in Goobbe_. Enquirers after the way of salvation
enquired no more. Some who had taken a few steps in the narrow path
turned back, and never entered it again; while every heathen priest
found in this breaking up of the Mission a powerful argument to keep his
disciples out of the way to heaven. Whenever Daniel went from his own
village to Goobbe, he was derided by the heathen, as Pilgrim was at
Vanity Fair. The blasphemy and ridicule with which he was assailed were
almost unbearable. One day especially he was most severely tried. As
he was going along one of the principal streets some of the `lewd
fellows of the baser sort' were most insulting and abusive; and a few
shopkeepers joined them in ridiculing the Christian. His own account is
this: Some said, "What! did your Missionaries leave Goobbe because they
had no food?" "They had nothing to eat, so they sold the bungalow, and
the schools, and even God's house! Such is your fate. Have they given
you any of the money to live upon?" I replied, "God will not forsake
me. When I was an enemy to God, He protected and took care of me; and
now I am His child, will He forsake me? Never!" They said, "Will your
God maintain you if you sit doing nothing at home?" I answered, "It is
idleness to sit quietly at home. God has given me strength and a mind
to work for my living." One said, "You spoiled yo