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  which he mut procure by his labour, unles relieved by the charity of others.  ʻ These perons, thus acquainted with chritianity, and apparently devoted to the ervice of Chrit, are about thirty years old : have good natural abilities ; are apt, teady and judicious, and peak their native language ; the language of a numerous, potent nation in Guinea, to which they both belong. They are not only willing, but very deirous to quit all worldly propects and rique their lives, in attempting to open a door for the propagation of chritianity among their poor, ignorant, perihing, heathen brethren.  ʻ The concurrence of all thee things has led to et on foot a propoal to end them to Africa, to preach the gopel there, if upon trial they hall appear in any good meaure qualified for this buines. In order to this they mut be put to chool, and taught to read and write better than they now can ; and be intructed more fully in, &c. And if, upon trial, they appear to make good proficiency ; and hall be thought by competent judges to be fit for uch a miion, it is not doubted that many may be procured, ufficient to carry the deign into execution.  ʻ What is now wanted and aked, is money to pay the debt mentioned, and to upport them at chool to make the trial, whether they may be fitted for the propoed miion. Whatever hall be given to this end, and put into the hands of the ubscribers, they engage faithfully to improve to this purpoe only, and to promote the propoed miion, according to their bet dicretion ; and to be at all times ready to give an account to thoe who deire it, of all they hall receive, and the manner in which it has been expended.  ʻ  As God has in his providence o far opened the way