The juvenile missionary manual; containing hymns and prayers designed for the use of children at the meetings of juvenile missionary associations

ADDRESS.

MY DEAR CHILDREN,

You all, I am sure, feel great interest in a Missionary meeting. The servants of God, who, in distant countries, are engaged in preaching the Gospel of Christ to ignorant heathen, earnestly entreat you to pray for them. The same request which the apostle of the Gentiles addressed to the Thessalonians is urged by the Missionaries of the cross upon Christians at home, "Brethren, pray for us." (1 Thess. v. 25.) You are invited at a Missionary meeting to pray for these Missionaries. You unite with many other dear Christians in beseeching the Lord of the harvest to bless, strengthen and sanctify the present labourers, and to send forth many more labourers into the harvest-not only so, you listen attentively to the accounts of Missionary work and success abroad, and your hearts are gladdened by the tidings of the ingathering of Christ's flock among the heathen. To what does this prayer, this encouragement lead? Prayer ends in praise, and the progress of the Gospel among nations sitting in darkness and

the shadow of death, leads to thanksgiving. Hence your Missionary meetings close with a hymn. With heart and voice you bless the Lord for what he has done, you praise Him for what he has promised to do. To help you in this blessed and pleasant occupation, this beautiful Hymn-book has been prepared for you.

May you all, dear children, be taught by the Holy Spirit to pray, that you may thus truly delight in praise !

May you learn the preciousness of Christ for your own souls! May his love constrain you to labour with devoted zeal and self-denial for the souls of the heathen! May you be presented at the great day of Christ's appearing, without spot and blameless before your Father's throne; and through the merits of the blessed Redeemer, may you enter those mansions of bliss, where "with angels and archangels, and all the company of heaven," you will praise and bless your Creator, Saviour, and Sanctifier, for ever!

This is the prayer of your friend in the Gospel,

THE EDITOR OF THE

CHILDREN'S MISSIONARY MAGAZINE.

CONTENTS.

1. The duty of sending the Gospel to the heathen.

Hymn iv. x. xvi. xxiv. xxxiii. xxxviii. xlii. xlvi. liii. lxxviii.

lxxxi. lxxxix.

2. The privilege of aiding missionary labours.

vi. vii. xxvi. xxxvi. xlviii. li. lvi. lxxxviii. xciv. xcvi.

3. The ignorance, vice, and misery of the heathen children.

xxi. xxxi. xxxii. lxiii. lxxxii.

4. The advantages and blessings of christian children, (or praise