theology. Theoretically, the Father has been acknowledged, the Son too, and the Holy Ghost also. But, practically, the Holy Ghost has not been magnified to the fullest extent.

The doctrine of the Trinity should be acknowledged intellectually as well as practically. It is not simply a philosophical theory, but is a principle applicable to daily life. It is a truth not for profession only but for practice also. You believe in the Father. You believe also in the Son, but have yet to believe, far more intensely than you do, in the Holy Spirit. My friends, think over this matter seriously and devoutly. Why you should in any way underrate the third sacred Name of the Trinity is a difficulty which we cannot possibly get over. Indeed, it has often staggered us. We wonder that in your dealings with our race you should speak almost exclusively of Him crucified, and throw into shade this great doctrine of the Holy Ghost. I cannot conceive Christ apart from the Father or the Holy Ghost. I cannot believe that you can commend Christ to our nation without bringing it under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Philosophy and science cannot lead individuals or nations to Christ. The intellect of man, weak and unassisted, cannot of itself accept Christ. Nothing can achieve individual or national sanctification without the operation of the Holy Ghost. Have you not often com

plained, ye ambassadors of Christ, that though you have so often and so long preached Christ, yet the people rise not and are not stirred ? How can you expect them to rise unless they are roused by the Holy Spirit? If you have no enthusiasm, how can you kindle enthusiasm in others? I fear it is too true that you are guided in a great measure by your own judg ment, and that there is too much of prudential calculation and earthly deliberation in your plans of operation. There seems to be more dependence upon the wisdom of committees and councils than upon the inspiration which comes direct from Heaven. In all things that you do show by your devotion and enthusiasm that you always consult the Holy Spirit, and are led by His voice and animated by His living breath. Then, but not till then, will you rouse this great nation. Ah, how I wish that during this holy week of your Decennial Conference the inspiration of God should come down upon the assembled missionaries of Christ as a Pentecostal shower, and quicken them with holy enthusiasm! Earnestly do I wish that you should go forth throughout the length and breadth of the land as inspired messengers of God, and that whether you speak from the pulpit or preach in the streets you should breathe into the nation the fiery inspiration of the primitive apostles. May the Holy Ghost fill your hearts, and may He pour out His

Spirit through your lips in words of eloquence . and words of power as the rushing waters of the sea, and rouse this slumbering nation. I do not say that you deny the Holy Ghost, but you do not bring Him prominently forward before our eyes. I know there are particular classes and sects among the Christian community who seek more than others the guidance of the Holy Ghost. But on the whole it seems to me that Christian mission work in India is the preaching of Christ minus the Holy Spirit. Besides the want of a strong and practical faith in the Holy Ghost, another Ghost, another cause has been assigned for the decline of missionary enthusiasam, namely, a growing feeling of despair. You seem to say: "Too long have we worked in the midst of this sleepy race; we have preached to them week after week, day after day, we have prayed for them, we have invoked the Divine blessing upon them. But what is the upshot of all our labours? These people see not, though they have eyes; they hear not, though they have ears." Why do you thus extinguish your best hopes, and throw yourselves into the vortex of despondency? We have often heard people ask,-Has Christian mission work in India proved a success, or is it a failure? The leading journals in England and India often take up this question and seriously discuss it. I regret that it should be treated as an open

question. The success of Christian mission work is no longer a problem. The question has been. solved so as to leave no doubt whatever in the mind. For myself I can say I feel no misgivings. I fully believe Christ has come into India and has taken possession of India's heart. Some say India will be Christ's, but not yet. I hate the idea of conjugating Christ's success in India in the future tense. It is a thing already achieved. When a Native of India bears testimony let not foreigners dispute it. I say emphatically that the spirit of Christ has gone into the depths of India's heart, where neither your piercing eyes nor your acutest intellects can penetrate. You do not know, you cannot realize, the secret thoughts of young India; their struggles and aspirations you cannot fully comprehend. We know our people, and

I have no fear of contradiction, and I declare that the sanctifying and civilizing influence of Christ's life and teachings is working wonders in this land.

[The concluding portion of the discourse has not been reported.]

INDI

GOD'S SPECIAL

DISPENSATION IN INDIA.

Chinsurah, 26th October, 1879.

NDIA'S God, cause Thy grace to descend upon us that we may prove true to Thee and to our Motherland. All-Perfect, All-Holy God, fill us with Thy holy presence, inspire my lips with Thy holy wisdom that I, Thy humble servant, may speak words of faith and hope. Father, give us Thy grace.

Fellow-countrymen, I believe that God has given us a special Dispensation. He has selected this country to save it. He has kindled in India a holy fire that will disperse all the moral and spiritual gloom that has for centuries covered the face of the country. India is now under the benign influences of God's special grace. All seers and prophets of old India are before us. We see in India the relics of fallen greatness. We have heard a voice from God to establish His kingdom in India. We are in a time of prophetic wisdom. We have seen strange things and we have received communications from Heaven. The prophets of bygone ages studied Nature, and through Nature they received inspiration. Our forefathers contemplated God on the