I am in fact borrowing, to lend to the Church.

But it is God's cause, and I have had to trust in Him to bear me through it.
The failing health of my dear brother, J.C.Crane,[A] and the want of his invaluable co-operation with me, as well as the lack of hearty, zealous assistance on the part of many other brethren and friends, has been painful to me.

But I hope, now that the house is finished, the friends of our Redeemer's cause and of the African race generally, may not fail in lending their efficient aid.
[Footnote A: Died March 31, 1857.

See Memoir of Southern Baptist Publication Society.] I have only to add, brethren, "the time is short;" we must all of us soon appear before the judgment seat of Christ, to render an account of all the talents committed to our charge.

If God has given me a talent for the acquisition of money over and above what my duty to my family requires, I regard myself bound as a good steward to exert that talent entirely for Him.