a reconciled God in Christ—his way to God—his peace with God. Never was a more refreshing truth, than from one who found the witness and seal of it in contact with heathen misery. ‘The sweet savour of Christ’—writes an Indian missionary—‘is the only antidote to the wretchedness of man.’1 Put aside this high privilege—or neglect it—and then to die with all the unfulfilled responsibilities of a long life upon his head—who can calculate the issue for eternity?—Truly an untimely birth is better than