others, who have laid down their lives for the Lord Jesus. We rejoice
that our branch of the Church has been counted worthy to add to the
names of those who "came out of great tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." "A great and
effectual door is opened." There is no country on the earth where we
may not carry the Gospel. The wealth of the world is largely in
Christian hands. The Church only needs faith to grasp the opportunity
to do the work.

In the presence of fields so white for the harvest, we must ask, "Lord,
what wilt Thou have me to do?"

1. There must be unceasing, prevailing intercessory prayer for those
whom we send out to heathen lands. The hearts of all Christian nations
were turned with anxious solicitude to that brave servant of God and His
country in Khartoum. Shall we feel less for the servants of Christ who
have given up home and country to suffer and it may be to die for Him?
Some of us remember that when Missions were destroyed, when clouds were
all around us, and the very ground drifting from under our feet, that we
were made brave to work and wait for the salvation of God by the prayers
which went up to God for us. When "prayers were made without ceasing of
the Church unto God," the fast-closed doors of the prison were opened
for the Apostles. It will be so again.

2. There must be the entire consecration of all unto Christ. The wisdom
of Paul and the eloquence of Apollos may plant, but "God alone giveth
the increase." If success comes, if "the rod of the priesthood bud and
blossom and bear fruit," it must be "laid up in the ark of God." He
will not give His glory to another. The work is Christ's. "We are
ambassadors for Him." "I have chosen you and ordained you that ye