Paul knew but little of the world, except that portion of it which bordered on the Mediterranean Sea; the whole world then seemed to lie in a nutshell; but now our discoverers and geographers, our steamboats and telegraphs, have brought a greater world close to our doors. We share with the sorrows of India; we groan in the darkness of Africa; the cries of China are at our doors, and Egypt’s griefs are our own. Increase of knowledge demands increase of prayer. He promised to come to die, and He kept