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Publication Society.
Brother Sands prefaces the following re
marks with explanations affecting ourself,
which are satisfactory :
“la reference to the Publication Society
the Michigan Herald had classed us with
brother B. as not being favorably disposed
to it. This we reproved as an erroneous
statement. We think such a society need
ed, and that it may be made highly useful
to the denomination. We have seen noth
ing in the movements of its board to impair
our confidence. It is located far beyond
the reach of Northern influence, and some
of the most prominent, probably a majority
es the most active members oi the Board,
disapproved of tire action of the Boston
Board. The subject of a reparation had
not been agitated in this State, and wo sup
posed that the ,Virginia delegation, went
to the Convention entirely uncommitted in
reference to this and the Bible Society.—
We still think that brother B. errs in bis
supposition that the Richmond brethren arc
so peculiarly partial to the Publication So
ciety. AUti.iat they have never exhibited
this pei uliar zeal in any special effort to
advance its inteiesls. On this, as on oth
er subjects, they differ in lit ir views.—
Whilst some prefer that the connexion
should continue, others would prefer a
Southern organization.”
Memories on the Move. —As to Hr. Mu
clay, wo have only to say, that great ex
citement prevailed in 1841, in consequence
of the remark ascribed to him. It was the
purpose of many delegates from the South
to require, at the meeting of the Conver.tiori
in Baltimore, an explanation or disavowal
of ilie sentiment ascrilied to him. The
general feeling in the South, (in Virginia
ns well as in Georgia.) was that, if be were
continued on the Board without such an ex
planation or disavowal, we could not, con
sistently with what was due to ourself and
others, continue a connection with those wlio
would sustain him, Soon after bis arrival
in Baltimore, an accident occuircd, by
which Ur. M. was seriously maimed, and
which excited the sympathy of all who
knew him. It was thought it would bejeru
el to interrogate him on the subject, while
laboring under a heavy affliction, which
might possibly prove fatal. The matter
was talked about in private conferences,
and brethren from the North expressed
themselves very confident that he had nev
er made the remark ascribed to him ; but,
strange ! none had ever heard him deny it!
Our Southern bretluen, deprecating a dis
ruption unnecessarily, were easily pacified
—they suffered the matter to rest in statu
quo. It was the opinion ol some tlraf, if
Ur. M. recovered, he would embrace an
early opportunity to disavow the obnoxious
sentiment, which, it was stated in the public
prints, he had expressed in Europe. Dr.
M. did recover ; but if the disavowal was
ever made, we have never seen or heard ol
it. We were, at the time, in the receipt of
most of the Baptist papers in our country,
and looked in vain for the disavowal ex
pected.
Brother Sands says :
“The committee on the Constitution re
commended the organization of but two
boards, and on this commute there were
but two Richmond brethren.”
We think our good brother is mistaken
in reference to this matter. The Committee
on the Constitution reported as follows :
“ The Convention sliail elect at each tri
ennial meeting as many Boards of Mana
gers, as in its judgment will be necessary
lor carrying out the benevoleut objects it
may determine to promote.”
A Richmond brother offered a resolution
to appoint two boards, one for Foreign and
one for Domestic Missions. An objection
being made by ourself to the restricting the
number of Boards to two, the resolution was
modified, and passed in the form in which
it now stands in the Minutes, p. 14. The
mover —to succeed, we presume, in effect
ing his object, and allay an apprehension felt
bv some, that, if we proceeded to elect the
two boards, opposition might subsequently
be made to the appointment of other boards
—remarked, that the Convention might af
terwards proceed to elect as many boards
as might be deemed proper; but as soon as
a resolution was offered to appoint a Publi
lication Board, he, and others from Rich
mond, manifested, in the manner stated in
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our former article on the subject, their de
cided hostility to it, and their unwillingness
to allow the subject even to be discussed.
The whole matter was managed in such a
way as to prevent any expression of opin
ion, by the Convention, on the expediency
of establishing a Publication Board ; for, as
we have shewn before, the vote to lay on
the table did not and could not test the
sense of the Convention on the subject.
Vet this vote lias been represented as pro
ving that the Convention was opposed to
the establishment of a Publication Board,
and iixftuonood, ~-o proenmp, hy this repre
sentation—the Bible Society Committee at
Lynchburg travelled out of its appropriate
bounds to proclaim to the world its aver
sion to a separation from a “kindred insti
tution.”
Brother Sands says :
“We hope to see the day when we shall
have a Southern Publication Society, loca
ted in some suitable place, having its own
printing oflice, and issuing Southern books
and Southern tracts from the Delaware to
the Rio del Norte.”
If the establishment of a Southern Publi
cation Society is desirable, we cannot too
soon take incipient measures for the estab
lishment of one. If such an organization
be not desirable, our much respected broth
er should not indulge the hope to see one.
But brother Sands says again :
“We do not wish to break off unnecessa
rily from brethren whom we love and
whose friendship we value. It is sufficient
ly painful when necessity compels us to
separate from brethreh ; and we think that
very strong and cogent reasons sltuold be
presented ere we sever the last links of the
chain ol Christian benevolence, which has
hitherto bound us together in one harmoni
ous brotherhood.”
On this passage we will make several
general remarks :—l. We cannot well re
concile this passage with the one previous
ly cite i. 2. We have a higher opinion of
our Northern brethren than the above re
marks would seem to indicate that brother
Sands has. His remarks are calculated to
leave on the mind of his readers an impres
sion, ilia I if w e presumed to manage our
own publication matters in our owr: way,
we should forfeit the “ friendship ” of our
brethren at the North ! We haven higher
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opinion of our brethren, than to suppose
them so selfish and mercenary as to extend
their friendship only to those w ho will carry
out their w ill and labor to advance their in
terests. 3. We arc far from concurring in
the opinion, that the A. B. P. S, and A. F.
B. S. constitute either the first or “last
links of the chain of Christian benevolence,”
or are, in any way, essential to our existing
in “one harmonious brotherhood.” Was
there not a harmonious unity in our denomi
nation long before there were any national
societies established—unitv of feeling, of
sentiment and of affection ? Has not the
denomination been more divided since the
organization of those societies than it ever
was before? We view the “one Lord,
one faith, one baptism,” as the only bond
capable of binding in “ harmonious broth
erhood” the heterogeneous mass of minds,
of which our denomination is composed.
We furthermore believe that this bond is
amply sufficient, without the inlet veution of
any society located in Boston, New York
or Philadelphia. For our part, we desire
no brotherhood with those who make mem
bership in any other society than the Chris
tian church a lest of fellowship. We be
lieve, for reasons asssigned in former num
bers of our paper, that the interests of the
South require the establishment of Publica
tion and Bible Boards by theS. B. C. We
believe that the establishment of such
Boards would tend to preserve the unity of
the spirit in the bonds of peace, and greatly
subserve, in more ways than one, the inter
ests of the Redeemer’s kingdom, which, vve
trust, are dear to us all.
We have designed to cast no reflation
upon bro. Sauds. We well know that he
is aeeustomed to act openly, honestly and
independently, and that he lias sometimes
incuried the displeasure of friends for his
straight forward policy. We may have oc
casionally differed hom him in opinion, re
lative to matters of general interest, but we
have ever esteemed him as standing unri
valled as an editor. As to other Richmond
brethren, while we deprecate the course
pursued by some of them, in reference lo
our Southern operations, we repeat the ex
ptession of our confidence that they are
good brethren, who will wisely and faith
fully perfdrm the duties they may be will
ing lo undertake. The more we esteem
them, the more do we regret the course they
have pursued in reference to a Southern
Pnblication Board. We are not in favorof
a violent disruption from Northern Socie
ties. We would desire to part from them
in it brotherly way a.:d divide field of
labor, believing that more good can beaf-
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levied by a division of labor, in this in
stance, and that we shall, at the same time,
prevent further cause of strife and animosi
ties, between the North and the South.
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A Parable.
Naomi, the young and lovely daughter
of Salalhiel and Judith, was troubled in
spirit because, at the approaching feast of
trumpets, she would be compelled to ap
pear in her plain, undyed stola, whilst some
of her young acquaintances would appear
in blue anti purple, ami ilie fine linen of
Egypt. Her mother saw the gloom that
appeared upon the face of her lovely child ;
and, taking her apart, related to her this
parable. A dove thus made her complaint
to the guardian spirit of the feathered tribe :
“Kind genius, why is it that the hoarse
voiced ami stiutting peacock spreads his
gaudy train to the sun, dazzling the eyes of
every beholder with his richly burnished
neck and royal ciown, the astonishment
and admiration of each passer-by, whilst 1,
in my plain plumage, am overlooked and
forgotten by all ! Thy ways, kind genius,
seem not to be equal towards those under
thy care and protection.”
The genius listened to her complaint,
and thus replied :
“l will grant thee a train similar in rich
ness to that of the gaudy bird you seem to
envy, and shall demand of thee but one
condition in return.”
“What is that?” eagerly inquired the
dove, overjoyed at the prospect of possess
ing what seemed to promise so much hap
piness.
“ It is, said the genius, that you consent
to surrender ail those qualities of meekness,
tenderness, constancy and love, foi which
thy family have been distinguished iu all
time.”
“ Let me consider,” said the dove. “N°>
I cannot consent to such an exchange. No,
not foi all the gaudy plumage, the showy
train, the richly burnished neck, the stately,
strutting walk, of that vain bird, will l sur
render those qualities of which you epettk/
the distinguishing features of iny family
from time immemorial. 1 must decline,
good genius, the conditions you propose.”
“ Then why complain, dear bird ? Has
Providence bestowed upon thee qualities
which thou vainest more than all the gaudy
adornings you admire ? and ail tliou dis
contented still ?”
A tear started into the eye of the dove
at this mild rebuke of her guardian spirit,
and she promised never to complain.
The beautiful girl, who had entered into
the story with deep and tender emotion,
raised her fine blue eyes to meet her moth
er’s tender gaze ; anil as they rolled up
wards, suffused with penitential tears, she
said, in a subdued tone, with a smile like
that assumed by all nature, when the bow
of God appears iu the heavens aftei a
storm, —“ My mother, I think I know
what thy story means. Let me be your
dove: let me but have that ornamcn’ ol a
meek and quiet spirit, and I am satisfied
to see others appear in rich and gaudy ap
parel. MARCUS.
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Dcncou Todd.
Someone, a member of a church, lament
ing, in the deacon’s p,esencc, its destitu
tion, observed,
“ Oh, wc are a neglected people; no
man seems to cate for our souls.”
“ Brother,” said the deacon, “ perhaps
you do not care enough for some men’s bo
dies, or they would care more for your
souls. Where is your preacher that you
had settled among you ?”
“ Oh, lie moved off to anew county.”
“ Why?”
“ We couldn’t support him.”
“ Couldn’t, brother ? Ilayen’t you
made a mistake of a letter? Ought you
not to have said wouldn’t?”
E. D.
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“Knowledge is Power.”
But divine knowledge is best of all. By
divine knowledge, I mean a spiritual know
ledge of the sanctifying power of the gos
pel. A preacher may be thoroughly ver
sed in classic and sacred literature, deep in
the sciences, and full of all the information
of the day ; and yet lie may be but a poor
minister of Christ. ‘There is no power in
him. On the other hand, a plain, unleiteW
ed man, whose heart is full of the unction%._
grace, is always mighty as a means of holi
ness and salvation. Power is embodied in
his influence, and all around him feel it.
He is the salt of the earth. The secret of
our hearts cannot be hid. If Christ is in
the soul, he is felt by others, as well as by
ourselves. If he is not there, we make, 1
may an empty and painful impression.
I Mi far from wishing lo discourage men
fronf a diligent pursuit of knowledge, provi
ded S'djflbservc the command Sfwfe Apos
tle, £ Do ’ an to the glory of God but I
would Irava it remembered by all, that hea
venß wisdom is the principal thing. Seek
first ind chiefly the kingdom of God and
Ilis -ighteousness. Let every thing else
bo conducive to this great end. If Christ
werqall in all to His servauts, I n.ust think
thafihe world could not withstand their
po'VJS The nations of the earth would
sooniKeeome the kingdoms of -Owtl and His
Clink’ V DISCIPJ-B.
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of the Creator.
That man occupies no enviable position,
who can/live and niovo in this world, with
out cons/ant admiration of the benevolence
of its Author. Wherever we take our
stand, Amidst ihe works of nature, we be
hold oj magnificent and gorgeous temple
displaying so fully the goodness of its ar
chitect’ns to claim the adoration of bur
livfs.
If fe look upwards, “the heavens de
clare Ihe glory of God, and the firmament
sheweth llis handy work.” The bright
Ivingofday—who, at the distance of ninc
ty.fivp millions of miles from the earth,
raises its vapors, fructifies its fields, clothes
its'meadows with verdure, and distributes,
with an impartial hand, light, heat and col
or, through every nation and kingdom—
proclaims fur and wide the goodness of his
Creator.
yThe moon, too, with her reflected light
arid romantic scenery, fails not to declare
the benevolence of her Author, ns she walks
her silvery rounds, raising the tides in the
ocean, the currents of wind in the atmos
phere, and dispelling the gloom and dark
ness of the long and dreary night.
/Turning our attention to the earth on a
summer’s morning, we observe on every
jside myriads of happy beings. The thou
sands of insects, which (lit away their
ephemeral existence in the sunbeam, evince
by their actions the most perfect enjoyment.
The forest songsters, each with his favorite
note, make the shady grove reverberate
with their songs of rejoicing. The little
lamb is thrown into ecstacies at the plea
sure arising from the exercise ol his well
constructed limbs, while its aged dam lies
beneath the oak’s thick shade, equally plea
sed with the relish of her cud, and the qui
etness of her station.
The brook and larger stream are both
filled with millions of the finned tribe,
w hich, by their sportive actions, prove their
bliss.
True, this is a happy world. Shame ori
man that he alone, created in the image of
his Maker, should be ungrateful. Ah !
’tis sin which mantles the beauties of crea
tion from our vision, embitters all our
streams of bliss, and renders us miserable
and lost. PARVUS.
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Brother Baker, —In my last Index, I no
ticed a piece from brother Jesse M. Davis,
iu which lie objects to the answer of the
second query, offered at the Ministers’meet
ing, held at Bethlehem, Newton county, as
being unscriptural and improper; hut from
his remarks, I judge that he refers to the
third query. If so, the brother surely has
not noticed the import of the query. It
has teferunce to careless sinners, and not to
willing sinners, as intimated by brother D.
We believe that there is noorthodox minis
ter who does not believe in the willingness
of God to save any and ail sinners who, in
a gospel sense, are willing to be saved. We
cannot agree with the brother, that the an
swer to either the second or third query is
unscriptural or improper. We read in the
Bible that God has given up sinners for
their wickedness, to woik all undeanness
vvitli greediness ; and further, that he would
send some strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie—that they all might be damn
ed who believed not the truth, but had plea
sure in unrighteousness. I will ask hioth
cr D., how does any minister know but that
all those, who are careless, hardened sin
nets, in the congiegation lie addresses,
come under this class ofsinners? Surely,
brother D. will not say that God is willing
to save those to whom He is sending strong
delusion, that they might believe a lie, and
he damned for their rejection of the truth.
We have uniformly thought that preachers
ran a great risk of telling positive false
hoods, when telling sinners that God was
willing to save them, and that the Spirit
striving with them, arid when using
like expressions.
SjSfl if, indeed, brother I>. objects lo the
answer of the second query, we disagree
on the most essential doctrines of Christiani
ty. II enee, he or 1 must be heterodox. I
Brother D. says, “ I believe that God is
waiting to he gracious lo all who will come
unto him. through Christ; and that the
death ol Christ, as an offering for sin, has
made an atonement sufficient foi all to be
saved who will repent and believe.” We’
aK, what is implied in the brother’s first
sentence ? It is this—that God ts wailing
lobe gracious to stnhei 4 -if they will come
to Him through Christ, hut if they do not
He cannot be gracious to them. ‘What is
implied in his second sentence ? It is ibis
—that Christ has died to save sinners, if
they will repent and believe; but if they
will not repent and believe, He has not
died to save them.
In the brothers closing sentence, lie
says—“ When I preach at all, 1 delight to
tell sinners that there is nothing in the way
of their salvation, but their own perverse
of corrufTTvsThA*-- 1
~ WIT'S-■ -M—wjOrU, 111 ill GUU canny. oc
graciousQili* whiie in a state of re
bellion ; no, not even through the atone
ment of Christ; for He lias not died for
them while in that situation. lienee, ilis
impossible, on God’s part, lo remove the
sinner from the state that he is now in, so
as to save him. If, therefore, the’sinner
cannot of himself return to his God, in the
way of repentance and faith, God cannot
save him. Brother D. tells sinners that
there is nothing in the way of their salva
tion hut their coirupt will. This, there
fore, is sufficient of itself to keep the sinner
from God so long as it remains. But there
is a cause why the sinner’s will is perverse.
It is because his mind is carnal—is at en
mity against God ; his heart is deceitful,
and desperately wicked above all things;
he is blinded by the god of this world, and
led captive by the devil at his will ; he is
as dead to tho love of God—to that sweet
communion with Him—as the body is
without the soul; he loves that which lie
must repent for, if he ever returns to his
God; he is an entire stranger to God,
though he may have been hearing of Him
all his life ; he is an entire stranger to the
way which leads to God, although he may
have heard of it all his li e. Is it, there
fore, any wonder that his will is corrupt ?
We have not quoted the scriptures in
proof of the several items relating to man’s
dreadful situation, hut every Bible reader
ought to know we have scripture authori
ty lor every item. If man’s situation is
thus dreadful, is it not impossible, for him
ever to return to his God? It surely is.
We see, therefore, from the doctrine ad
vanced—l fear by too many—that God
cannot extent) mercy lo i)io dinner, whilein
that dreadful situation ; and that, according
to plain scripture declaration, man cannot
deliver himself from it. Hence, he must
be lost—yes, lost, foiever lost—notwith
standing all that God the eternal Father,
and God the eternal Son, and God the eter
nal Spirit, have done and are doing for
them—if the doctrine advanced by more
preachers than brother Davis be the truth.
1 heard a preacher of these sentiments,
not a month since, state positively to a con
giegation, that God could not have mercy
upon them in their present situation ; that
while they were in sin and rebellion against
God, they were not the subjects of mercy ;
. that God was unchangeable, and they had
gone from God, anil lie could not follow
them with llis mercy. They must, there
fore, leturn to Him before lie could have
; mercy on them.
1 will ask brother Davis, and all others
. of the same sentiments, if they do not pray
. for sinners? If you do, my brethren, your
prayer is daring presumption, while you
hold to your present sentiments; for it
must he daring presumption to pray to
God to do that which we verily believe lie
cannot do. My brethren in the ministry,
who hold the above sentiments, do you not
preach to sinners, and tell them about the
sufferings of the Savioui—and of their own
lost and ruined condition—and of the neces
sity of repentance towards God, and faith
in Jesus Christ? If you do preach to sin
ners at all, in any way, it is perfect folly, if
the sentiments you hold are true ; because
sinners’ears are totally deaf to all the glad
tidings of salvation, and to all the warnings
with regard to their own situation, unless
the life-giving voice of the Son ofGod should
reach their ears—which, according to your
doctrine, is impossible.
Brother Davis says—“ II the Scriptures
teach any thing that is plain to my mind, it
is that God is willing, hut the sinner is un
willing. To be prevented Iront making
that declaration, would shut my mouth for
ever. Truly, the sinner is unwilling, and
will remain unwilling, through file and in
death, and through a never-ending eternity,
unless God is able, as well as willing, lo ex
tend His tender mercy to Him, in quicken
ing the dead faculties of his soul—in de
stroying the love of sin and implanting a
principle of holiness there, by which he
may be enabled to exercise a godly sorrow,
which worketh that repenlatice unto sca
tion which needeth not to be repented of—
and also in affording him such evidences
as will enable him lo exercise a saving fain,
in Christ.
I, for one, would rejoice to hear, that
not only brother Davis’s mouth was shut,
but that that of all others, who hold the
same sentiments, was finally and forever
shut, so far as that system of doctrine is
concerned; for it surely is disgraceful lo
God and destructive to matt. It strike* di
rectly at the efficacy of the atonement of
Christ, by placing it where it can nevei
have a saving effect upon a single sinner jf
Adam’s family. It represents the holy and
eternal Sovereign of the universe as in the
situation of a post set up, which cannot
change its position — that as sinners have
Publisher —BENJ. BRANTLY.
gone from Him, tiiough He is perfectly
, willing to save them, and is pitying them,
yet He cannot extend His mercy to them
till they return to Him. It leads the sin
ner to believe that his own free will and
ability is the channel through which mercy
nows to him; and thereby settles down
thousands—yea, millions, we fear—upon a
false hope wluch may last them through
fife, hut will desert them at the gate of
heaven. „
1 dose these lines by subscribing myself,
A our sincere friend in gospel bonds,
CEORGE DANIELL.
rrum the /V. V. Evange ist.
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1 lie following story a seaman recently
related to the writer. Many years ago,
when New Zealand was a land of uninter
rupted heathenism, the ship in which I was
a common sailor dropped anchor at a cau
tious distance Irom the shore, in one ol the
harbors ol that island. We had been
months upon the ocean, without seeing any
land. And when the sublime mountains
and luxuriant vallies of that magnificent isle
lose from the wide waste ol waters before
us, it was difficult to realize that wc were
not approaching some region of fairy en
chantment, We soon, however, found that
we were still in this world of sin and wo,
lor it so happened that there was a terrible
light between two war parties of the natives
raging at the very hour which we entered
the lovely bay. From the deck ofour ship
we witnessed with awe the whole revolt
ing scene, the fierce assault, the bloody
carnage, the infuriated shrieks, the demon
iac altitudes of those maddened savages as
they fell upon each other with a degree of
fury which seemed worse than human.—
Often we saw the heavy club of the New
Zealand savage fall upon the head of his
antagonist, and as he fell lifeless to the
giuund, his head was beaten by reiterated
blows, till exhaustion satiated lury. This
i awful scene of savage fife as beheld from
. tho deck of our ship, impressed even us
. unthinking sailors with emotions of deepest
i melancholy,
, In consequence of the war, or from some
oilier cause, no canoe from the shore ap
. preached our ship. As we were entirely
I destitute of wood, we sent a boat’s crew,
, with many cautions as to safety, to the op
poffrte side of the lmrbor to collect some
[ fuel. 1 was sent with this party. We
landed upon a beautiful beach, upon which
a heavy surf was rolling. The savage scene
we had just witnessed, so filled us with ter
ror, that we weie every moment apprehen
sive that a party of cannibals would fall up
on us and destroy us. After gathering
wood for some time we returned to the
boat, and found to out dismay that the surf
rolling in upon the beach had so increased,
that it was impossible to launch the boat.—
t The sun was just setting behind angry
1 clouds which betokened a rising storm. —
; The crested waves were rolling more and
I more heavily in from the ocean. A dark
r ight was coming on, and savage wartiors,
. their hands already dripping with blood,
. were everywhere around. We were all
silent. No one was willing to speak of
j fears, and yet no one could conceal them.
Before we left the ship, the captain had
f informed us that an English missionary
i had erected his hut about two miles from
i the place where 4 tve were to land. The
, captain had visited him about two years
. lit lore iu his sulitaiy home, and it was then
( very uncertain whether he would be able
1 to continue in his post of danger. We im
, mediately resolved to endeavor to find the
i missionary, and to seek such protection as
. lie could afford us lor- the night.
Increasing masses ofclouds rolled up
and spread over the sky ; and as we grop
f ed our way through the deep and tangled
: forest, darkness like that of Egypt envelop*
| cd us. After wandering about, we hardly
i knew where, for some time, vve heard the
! loud shouts of savages either in conflict or
in revelry. Cautiously we approached the
sounds, nil vve heheld a large war party
gathered around their fires, with the hide
ous trophies of their recent battle, and ex
ulting over their victory. We thought iv
wise to keep as far from them as possible,
and again turned from the light of their lire
into tiie dark forest, where vve could hardly
see an arm’s length from us. We at length
came upon a little path, and slowly follow
ivg it along, stumbling in the darkness,
over rocks and roots of trees, vve came in
view of the twinkling light of a lamp. 1,
with another one of the party, was sent for
i ward to reconnoitre. We soon found that
: the light proceeded from abut, but vvhethei
, from the night-fire of a savage New Zc;
. lander or from the lamp of a Christian uiis
- sionaiy*we knew not; and few can imag
, ine the axiety with winch vve cautiously
x moved along to ascertain how the fact might
be. Our hopes were greatly revived by
t the sight of a glazed window. And when,
, through that window, vve saw a mania tin
: garb of civilized life, with Ins wile and one
• child, kneeling in tiieir evening prayers,
i out joy knew no hounds. Waiting a few
i moments till the prayer was closed, we en
tered the door, and though the surprise oi
the inmates was very great in seeing two
white sailors enter their dwelling, we were
most hospitably received. The missiona
ry immediately lighted his lantern, ami
proceeding with us, led the res! of our par
ty to his humble abode. We all slept up
on his fluo for the night. Wearv, hovvev-
NO 38.