godly men which belong to the Church universal in a sense so special that for any to be deprived of the teaching they bring is like the infliction of a personal wrong. Of such is the life, in my judgment, which these pages portray. It is not surpassingly interesting, considered as a story. It contains little romantic incident, and no prurient sensationalism. It is not even the record of brilliant genius, though the preacher was, like Apollos, eloquent and mighty in the Scriptures; but it is the unfolding of the growth of a character which was perfect and beautiful as a star. It is a record of triumphs won for Christ by one who had given Him all. It is an illustration of the power of goodness. It shows how God honours on earth, and crowns at last, those who give themselves to His service with a full trust and a complete self-surrender. May the Giver of good gifts multiply "some evangelists" of this type and pattern. If they abound-and surely some who read may catch the mantle we will not despair of seeing a converted world. W. MORLEY PUNSHON. KENSINGTON, January, 1874. |