of central stations in heathen lands occupied by Protestant missionaries in 1896 was 5055, with out-stations to the number of 17,813.  There are now thirty-seven missionary societies in this country alone which have sent out 3512 missionaries.  A library of volumes would be needed to give even a sketch of the results of the labors of these devoted men and women.  The Church holds their names in holy reverence.  Many of them have attained the crown of martyrdom, and a still greater number have fallen victims to the severities of uncongenial climates.  Every heathen land has now associated with it the name of valiant soldiers of the Cross, who have given their lives to add it to their Master’s, kingdom.  In India among many others, there have been Carey, Duff, Martyn, Marshman and Ward.  In China, Morrison, Milne, Taylor, John Talmage and Griffith John.  In Africa, Moffat, Livingstone, Hannington and Vanderkemp.  In the South Seas, Williams, Logan and Paton, while Judson of Burmah and a host of noble men and women in every clime, have toiled and suffered, not counting their lives dear unto them, that they might preach to the heathen the unsearchable riches of Christ.

PREACHING TO HEATHEN AT HOME.

The zeal for the propagation of the Gospel among the heathen, has been paralleled by the efforts put forth for the evangelization of the people in nominally Christian lands.  In this enterprise the front rank on both sides of the Atlantic has been occupied by the Methodist Church.  Its system of itinerary, relieving its ministers in part from exhausting study, and so giving them time and opportunity for pastoral work and aggressive evangelistic effort, its welcome of lay assistance in pulpit service and its system of drill and inspection in the class-meeting, have all combined to develop its working resources and increase its aggressive power.  The fact that there are now in the world over thirty million Methodists of various kinds, makes it difficult to realize that when the century began, John Wesley had been dead only nine years.  This century consequently has witnessed the growth and development of that mighty organization from the seed sown by that one consecrated man and his helpers.  It is doubtful whether in politics or society there is any fact of the century so remarkable as this.  The Church Wesley founded has split into sections in this land and in England, but the divisions are one at heart, and the name of Methodist is the common precious possession of them all.  A great writer has contended with much force that the world at this day knows no such unifier of nationalities and societies as the Methodist Church.  When the young man leaves the parental roof of a Methodist family for some distant city, or some foreign land, the pangs of anxiety are alleviated by the knowledge that wherever he may be, there will be some Methodist Church where he will find friends, and some Methodist