Excerpt from Life and Light for Woman, 1887, Vol. 17 A few divin ely-lighted motives we have considered this evenix a sense of privilege in being a channel for church-work thankf ness for that which foreign missions have done for us; an imp( ing conviction of the world's need that springs from a vital bel of the truth; love for the Church, and desire that she may be rous from apathy, and may reflect on every side the Divine glory; hu ble gratitude that to us the grace is given to do this work for Go joy in the enduring glory of efforts which find their culmination the triumph of the cross, these are but a few of the stars that may discern if we gaze intently on the many-sided aspects of t foreign missionary work, stars that become blazing suns as i approach to a nearer conception of their relation to the Lord a: his coming kingdom. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.