Excerpt from Considerations on Foreign Missions: Addressed to Candidates for the Holy Ministry Let the proportion be considered, between the six hundred million souls who have never heard of a Saviour from Sin, and the comparative handful in Christian America who are in similar ignorance, - and it will be seen at once, that this is not a question which should be in so summary a way set aside; that it is not self-evident that for one who goes to the Heathen, a thousand should remain at home nay, it will be seen by him who devoutly weighs all the grave considerations which encircle the subject, that' there is reason to reconsider all his previous determinations. The question is commonly put in the wrong order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.