CHRISTIAN MISSION. Καθὼς ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ πατὴρ, κἀγὼ πέμπω ὑμᾶς. Evan. Johan. xx. 21. BY JAMES ALFRED BODDY, B. A. CURATE OF GOODSHAW, AND AUTHOR OF "EUSTON HALL." LONDON: WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET. MANCHESTER: CHARLES AMBERY, 91, MARKET STREET. 1838. 20. PREFACE. THE following pages have been written with a view of endeavouring to stir up the religious world to a sense of the important duty devolving upon them to promote Christianity both at home and abroad. Many have already begun to exert themselves in the cause: churches and schools have been erected and endowed, and ministers supplied where there was a deficiency, through the liberality of wealthy individuals. It cannot, however, be concealed, that these exertions fall very far short of the exi |