In the last century there was very little done for the spread of the Gospel in India. There are a few remarkable names on record such as Schwartz and Martyn, and a few institutions such as the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, in connexion with which Schwartz laboured. But it was not till the beginning of this century that the missionary spirit sprang up with any vigour in the Church. The first half of the century was almost wholly lost. This might be explained partly by the opposition of Government. But since the year 1813 there has been no such impediment. There has been a great country with its teeming millions. There has been the most perfect personal safety. The missionaries could travel from north to south without a danger. There has been a peaceable population ready to discuss, and regarding with respect the British name. There has been, in short, for the last forty-four years the noblest and most magnificent opportunity for Christian Missions that the world has ever witnessed. There has been a vast opening before us, such as would have filled the Apostle’s mind with zeal and wonder. And now what have we done? Let the Church of God give an account of her stewardship! We thankfully acknowledge that this stewardship has not been altogether neglected. Great and well conducted missionary institutions have been at work, and devoted men have been raised up for the service. Nor has God left us without tokens of his blessing. In 1853 the whole Bible had been translated into ten languages, the New Testament into five others, and separate Gospels into four more. There were also at that time as many as 2,015 missionary schools established; and, as far as could be calculated, there were then no less than 112,000 converts. We may, therefore, thank God most heartily for what has been done; but still it is nothing in proportion to the immensity of the demand. In that year the Church of God throughout the world—English, Scotch, American, and European, including all Dissenting bodies—supplied only 395 American or European labourers, not one for half a million of the Indian population. I have not the means of ascertaining the present total, but, as far as I can gather from the Reports, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel is now maintaining about forty-eight English clergymen in India, and the Church Missionary Society about ninety English clergymen, with about twenty English laymen. There are Germans and natives employed in addition, but the total, 158, very nearly represents the sum of England’s contribution of her own sons to this great work through these two Church of England Societies. And now, if we remember the eagerness with which parents seek for appointments either civil or military, and the steady stream of gallant young men that are every year going forth to India—when we contrast the difficulty of obtaining a single missionary with the