hey shall ride with him in his chariot from
conquering to conquer, and shall sit with him on his throne in the day
of triumph.

Be entreated, then, professed Christian, first to give your own soul to
the Lord, and with your soul all you have, all you are, and all you hope
to be. Make an entire consecration. You will never regret having done
so, in time or in eternity.

May God give us all grace to imbibe wholly the true principles of
stewardship. Not the principles popular in the world, but the principles
of the Bible; those principles which hold out the only hope of the
latter day glory--of means commensurate with so great an end.

CHAPTER III.

GUILT OF NEGLECTING THE HEATHEN.

During all the years that I have been allowed to labor for the heathen,
my mind has been led to contemplate, constantly and intensely, the
obligations of Christian nations towards those who sit in darkness;
obligations arising from the command of Christ, and the principles of
the Gospel. And I shall, therefore, in this chapter, freely, fully, and
solemnly express the sentiments which have been maturing in my mind, on
the _great guilt_ which Christians incur in _neglecting the heathen_.

The heathen world, as a mass, has been left to perish. And by whom? Not
by the Father of mercies; he gave his Son to redeem it: not by the
Saviour of sinners; look at Calvary: not by the Holy Spirit; his
influences have been ever ready: not by angels; their wings have never
tired when sent on errands of mercy. All that Heaven could do has been
done, consistently with the all-wise arrangement of committing an
important agency to the church. The church has been slothful and
negligent. Each generation of Christians has in turn received the vast
responsibility, neglected it in a great measure, and transmitted it to
the next. The _guilt_ of this neglect who can estimate?

That such neglect is highly criminal, the Bible everywhere testifies. It
says, "If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and
those that are ready to be slain; if thou sayest, Behold, we knew it
not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that
keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?" And shall not he "render to
every man according to his works?" This solemn interrogation needs no
comment. The obvious import is, _If our fellow men are perishing, and we
neglect to do what we can to save them, we are guilty of their blood_.
But this testimony does not s