Of the _white_ missionaries who entered the field in Liberia, during the first thirty years of its existence, but two or three remained at the close of that period—all the others having died or been disabled by the loss of health. Take, as an example, the Episcopal Mission. _Twenty_ white laborers, male and female, entered that mission, up to 1849, of whom only the Rev. Mr. Payne and his wife, and Dr. Perkins remained. All the others had fallen at their posts or been forced to retreat. Take that of the Presbyterian Board also: Of _nineteen_ white missionaries, male and female, sent out, up to May, 1851, _nine_ had died, _seven_ returned, and _three_ remained; while of _fourteen_ colored missionaries, male and female, employed, but _four_ have died, and _one_ returned on account of ill health. Take the Methodists likewise: Of the _thirteen_ white missionaries sent out, _six_ had died, _six_ returned, and _one_ remained, in 1848; while of _thirty-one_ colored missionaries employed by this church, only _seven_ had died natural deaths, and _fourteen_ remained in active service. The extent of this mortality among the white missionaries will be comprehended, when it is stated, that their average period of life, up to nearly the last named date, has been only two years.[21] The mission work in Liberia, therefore, has necessarily fallen into the hands of colored men; and, thus, the Providence of God has afforded to that race an opportunity to display their powers, and to show to the world what, under favorable circumstances, they are capable of achieving. In relation to the influence exerted by Liberia, on the cause of African Missions, BISHOP SCOTT testifies as follows: “In my judgment, the bearing of African Colonization on the cause of Christian Missions, in that vast peninsula of darkness and sin, ought to be sufficient, in the absence of every other consideration, to secure for that great enterprise, the warm and steady support of every lover of Christ.”[22] If, then, a Colony of colored men, beginning with less than 100, and gradually increasing to 9,000, has, in 30 years, established an Independent Republic amidst a savage people; destroyed the slave trade on 600 miles of the African coast; put down the heathen temples in one of its largest counties; afforded security to all the missions within its limits; and now casts its shield over 300,000 native inhabitants; what may not be done in the next 30 years, by Colonization and Missions combined, were sufficient means supplied to call forth all their energies? II. _The Missions in the English Colonies of Recaptured Africans._