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Excerpt from Glimpses: Variety and Breadth of the Work of the American Board, With Letters to the Churches and Some Illustrations, Facts, and Figures
A revival in evangelical religion was in progress, the first messages concerning work among the heathen were being scattered abroad, hearts were touched, and fathers and mothers in Zion were praying for the heathen nations. It was out of such in?uences that the prayer-meeting at Williamstown was held when, in the thunderstorm, under the lee of a haystack, five young men declared their purpose to preach the gospel to those who had not heard it. A little later it was found that some twenty men were thinking on this great subject, then so new to the Church. Woe to me if I preach 'not' the gospel to the heathen. Out of this spirit was born the American Board.
This work Of the American Board is now upon our hearts, and it is our wish to have a little personal conversation about the work, not to tire you, but to secure your personal cooperation. We desire to_have you look at the work in its breadth and length, that you may realize how much of a blessing it is. We wish to make it a blessing to you and you a blessing to others through it. We want one hundred thousand Congregation alists, at once, who will be enthusiastic and earnest in the work Of the American Board. We give you the tools in such lea?ets as this, in the Missionary Herald and the historiesof our missions. Through you we expect to interest others, until it shall no longer be said that there are two thousand non-con tributing churches, and that a great majority of our members give nothing to foreign mis sions. We want you to see that this is the greatest and most Christlike enterprise in the Church of to-day.
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