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When the Divine Saviour Jesus Christ was about to leave cus world and to raturn to heaven, ie said to his disciples,“Go ve into all the worll and preach the gospi] to every eveature,” and In, T am with vou alway, even unto the endl of the world” Tn aceordanee with this command, Christan Missionaries hasten to every part of the world, and publish to all thr erapel, or religion of Christ, and© making disciples of all nations,” they receive them mto the ehnreh by baptism. This enterprise they regard aot as a trouble, but as their glory and joy.
For th: purpose of fulilling the above mentioned command ant making kaowa the way of salvation to all people, the Christians of Eacland are acenstomeld to collect
larze swine of monay be charitable contributions, and to send
missionaries, cateshists, and schoolmasters into every region of the world. The money which is collected and expended for this purpose, anl for the purpose of printing and circulatins relicions books by the English alone every year, amounts to more than 60 lakhs, or 60,00,000 rupees. This money is uot given by the Government. Pious members of the Government give contributions like other people out of their own private means, but they do not disburse for missionary purposes a single pice of the money which is colleeteld from the whole nation by means of taxes and which 13 lodged in the public treasury. The whole of the money mentioned above 1s a free-will offering given by Christians with gladness of mind, and is in no respect a tax or rate. Seeing that Christians give such large sums of money in charity to promote the welfare of heathen people throughout the world, it is evident that they do not despise or hate the followers of other religions, but on the contrary that they love them. We may also learn how