Lord Irwin On Missions

IT is a common thing to hear the work Of Christian missions dis paraged —generally, by those who have no knowledge of the facts, who prob ably never read a book on missionary work, and never contributed a cent to the support of missions. Those who are most vitally in contact with the work of missionaries are the greatest supporters of them.

Recently Lord Irwin, former Viceroy of India, addressed a gathering in London, and paid a striking tribute to the work of the missionary in that great land. He said, among other things—

“While I was Viceroy I was able to see a good deal of their work, and appreciate not only its moral and social results, but the spirit in which it was conducted. Among outcasts and lepers, among criminal tribes, or aboriginal dwellers in jungle tracts, in crowded cities and remote places in the hills, I have seen men and women slaving devotedly to translate the message of Christ into the prac tical language of Him who went about doing good. In spite of the tragedy of disunity within the Christian ranks, they are doing work of quite in calculable value to India, and their most powerful sermons are in their lives.”