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9 * J geprjl 90RDON. V To the Editor. e Sir,—l will presume that the following a extract from an address delivered by d Canon Wilberforce on General ■■ Gordon ... will be very acceptable to your readers. In it the upright soldier of the Cross is s jjeajjtifjiljy depictured. It speaks .in subi) lime language jfo mankind what'earnests minded Christians can' aijd' do realize even t on this side of the grave, arid on the part of the General y/M air unshaken fajtji he had in the efficiency of prayer when , offered to God on the General's, behalf by humble soldiers:— "Before he (Gordon) starte'dtor Africa I he |§nt word to where Canon'iVilberforce was presiding at a religious meeting, asking for- tlje prayers of those assembled. He said in his letter, f £ wguk} ratljer II have the prayers of that little conipany I gathered hi your house to-day than I would have tho wealth of the Soudan placed at my disposal. Pray for mo that s I may have humility and the guidance of ■ God, and that all the spirit of murmuring 1 may be rebuked in me.' Again when it r was fully settled for the General to go to 3 the Soudan, he wrote to the Canon, 1 ' Offer thanks at your next prayer meet--1 ing. When I was upborne on tho hearts f of those christians, I received from God ■ the spiritual blessing that I wanted, and * lam now calmly" resting in Jh.e ourrent of his will,' Amongst the fallen (?f t Englands heroes few names,-if any, deservo to be placed so high on glory's r pedestal as tho noble name of General Gordon, I ' " Yours, &c, f W.F.Ford, 1 February 12th, 1885,