ENGLISH THE MISSIONARY LANGUAGE.
WHATEVER languages may be necessary for missionary work in special localities, the one language for all the world is English. Be sure to get a good knowledge of English; the better your English the better you are prepared for acquiring any other tongue that may become necessary. A good illustration of the utility of English is thus given in Christian Work:— "The English language is to become the missionary language of the globe. The fact that at the recent National Congress in India all the speeches and proceedings were in English is a striking illustration of the wide diffusion of that tongue. There were gathered at Madras seven hundred delegates, from all parts of India, Afghanistan, Nepaul, and Scinde. They spoke nine different languages, and the English was the only medium through which the proceedings could be satisfactorily conducted. Great Britain's colonial enterprises have been probably the largest factor in spreading a knowledge of English. It is also found that in countries like Java, where Great Britain has no control, the knowledge of English is steadily growing."