He who has given all this, shall He not give still more? “Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?” “Man doth not live by bread alone.” From Him came the Gospel which enlightened their fathers, and the faith that led them to accept and obey it. From Him came the priceless privilege of their hard training, their baptism of blood, of fire, and of tears. Thence sprang the manliness of their children, their strong convictions, their clear knowledge, and that firm grasp of the truth from which, like the skin of the chrysalis, idolatry has died away, leaving the nation free to unfold the wings of a new life, to bask in the sunlight of divine love, and breathe the fragrance of the upper air. The very hairs of their head are all numbered. The Son of God has come down among them, working for them wondrously, living in them, leading them onward. Let us pray for them, and commit them fearlessly into His hands. In the face of all evil powers He has said, “Behold I have refined thee, but not with silver: I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction:” “This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my praise.” Therefore, “As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people.” “The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. BLESSED BE GOD.” THE END. --------------------- DUNCAN GRANT AND CO., PRINTERS, EDINBURGH. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] [Illustration: THE CENTRAL PROVINCES OF MADAGASCAR BY JOSEPH MULLENS D. D. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ● Transcriber’s Notes: ○ A Table of Contents entry was added for the map of Madagascar. ○ The List of Illustrations was re-arranged to be in page number sequence. ○ Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. ○ Typographical errors were silently corrected. ○ Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book. ○ Text that: was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_).