Their Kindness To Me Personally
Makes Me Wish For A Return Of Their Ancient Prosperity;
And The Most Liberal And
Generous act of the enlightened young king
H. M. Don Pedro, in sending out orders to support my late companions
At the public expense of the province of Mozambique until my return
to claim them, leads me to hope for encouragement in every measure
for either the development of commerce, the elevation of the natives,
or abolition of the trade in slaves.
As far as I am myself concerned, the opening of the new central country
is a matter for congratulation only in so far as it opens up a prospect
for the elevation of the inhabitants. As I have elsewhere remarked,
I view the end of the geographical feat as the beginning
of the missionary enterprise. I take the latter term
in its most extended signification, and include every effort made
for the amelioration of our race, the promotion of all those means by which
God in His providence is working, and bringing all His dealings with man
to a glorious consummation. Each man in his sphere, either knowingly
or unwittingly, is performing the will of our Father in heaven.
Men of science, searching after hidden truths, which, when discovered,
will, like the electric telegraph, bind men more closely together -
soldiers battling for the right against tyranny - sailors rescuing
the victims of oppression from the grasp of heartless men-stealers -
merchants teaching the nations lessons of mutual dependence -
and many others, as well as missionaries, all work in the same direction,
and all efforts are overruled for one glorious end.
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