t, should be devoted to
the multiplication, in all languages, at the least possible expense, and
accordingly to the utmost extent, of copies of the word. And all should
give themselves to aid in the dutiful effort. Contributions of money;
devotion of talent, and energy, and time; and prayer to God: for this,
should all be made, and, in solemn individual and public vows, be
offered to God.

Through Missions. First, at home. The claims of countrymen perishing for
lack of knowledge, on those who know the truth, are strong. The claims
of the whole Church upon each of her members for devotedness to her
interests, are the strongest that society can put forth, and when made
on behalf of those who are united by many near ties, harmonize with the
former. Every one should nourish and cherish his own body. The duty is
common to an individual and to the Church of Christ. That community
which does not improve in the region where the means of healthful
increase are afforded, is in an unhealthy state. When a portion of the
visible Church does not, by affording to those around it who are in a
state of corruption the means of life, assimilate them to itself, it is
not in vigorous action; its members sustain not the character of living
ones; and except it be restored, its decay cannot be far distant. To
lead the communities of the faithful to invade the ignorance and sin and
misery that surround them, the voice of humanity, a sense of obligation
to the calls of duty, the delightful prospect of good to many who will
either receive or give instruction, and of glory to God by the salvation
of sinners, do all unite. Before the appeals of these the insensibility
and even opposition of those who are in degradation and guilt, should be
esteemed as no ground of discouragement; but, in the spirit of
devotedness to a great work which cannot lose its gracious reward,
should, with resolution and prayer in consequence of solemn devotedness
on the part of one and all, be perseveringly and patiently, though even
painfully, encountered.

Secondly, to the heathen. To use endeavours that a system which tends
but to good be developed to the utmost, is not to manifest ambition, but
to display the working of true benevolence. To seek the increase of the
Church's power--essentially benignant in the world--is to aspire at what
has been reserved for her, and to aim at what each of her members is
under obligation to favour. Her enemies alone tend to hinder her