’"God sent His own Son to become man.”

’"Could He not have converted the whole world in a moment to the obedience of faith by some other way?”

’"Yes.”

’"But what did He in His wisdom choose to do?”

’"He sent His Son to be born of the Virgin Mary, to become man, and to walk on this earth as a real man, and to teach men, and to die for men.”

’"What does Jesus Christ call us men?”

’"His brethren.” 
’"Who is our Mediator?”

’"The Man Christ Jesus.”

’"What means does God employ to make His will known to us?”

‘"He uses men to teach men.’

’"Can they do this by themselves?”

’"No, but God makes them able.”

’"How have you heard the Gospel?”

’"Because God sent you to us.”

’"And now, listen.  How are all your people still in ignorance to hear it?  What have I often told you about that?”

’Whereupon the scholars looked shy, and some said softly, “We must teach them.”

’"Yes, indeed you must!”

’And so the lesson ended with questioning them on the great duty and privilege of prayer for God’s Holy Spirit to give them both the will and the power to do the work to which God is calling them.

’So we constantly tell them “God has already been very merciful to you, in that He has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light.  He has enabled you to receive the knowledge of His will, and to understand your relations to Him.  He has taught you to believe in Him, to pray to Him, to hope for salvation through the merits of His Son’s death and resurrection.  He has made you feel something of the power of His love, and has taught you the duty of loving Him and serving your brother.  He calls upon you now to rouse yourself to a sense of your true position, to use the gifts which He has given you to His glory and the good of your brethren.  Don’t suppose that you are unable to do this.  You are unable to do it, as you were unable to believe and love Him by yourselves, but He gives you strength for this very purpose that you may be able to do it.  You can do it through Christ, who strengtheneth you.  Our fathers were not more able to teach their people once than you to teach your people now!”

’We make no distinction whatever between English and Melanesian members of the Mission as such.  No Melanesian is excluded from any office of trust.  No classification is made of higher and lower kinds of work, of work befitting a white man and work befitting a black man.  English and Melanesian scholars or teachers work together in the school, printing-office, dairy, kitchen, farm.  The senior clergyman of the Mission labours most of all with his own hands at the work which is sometimes described as menial work; and it is contrary to the fundamental principle of the Mission that anyone should connect with the idea of white man the right to fag a black boy.