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proper spirit, is at once one of the noblest occupations to 

 which our clergy can devote themselves, and the surest 

 means under Providence of spreading civilization among 

 the barbarous tribes. It is because we are convinced 

 that the Mission shortly about to sail for the shores of 

 Borneo, and which has awaited the arrival of Mr. Brooke to 

 receive the benefit of his advice, is as far removed from 

 the ravings of the illiterate gospellers to which we first 

 alluded, as it nearly approaches in many points to that 

 ideal of apostolic teaching, of which the Christian world 

 after the downfall of the Roman Empire affords so many 

 bright examples, that we are induced to lay before our 

 readers the following extracts from an able article on the 

 Borneo mission, which recently appeared in the ' Colonial 

 Church Chronicle "'.Times, October 16th, 1847. 



These extracts can be found in the publication alluded 

 to ; I shall, therefore, confine my observations to those 

 points to which my attention in the South Seas was par- 

 ticularly directed. There I could trace four varieties of 

 Missionaries : one well deserving the thunder of the first 

 eight lines of the above article. But the one to which 1 

 will especially allude is of the Williams school, alluded 

 to in vol. ii. p. 17 of the 'Voyage of the Sulphur', 

 Raratonga, " It is pleasing to witness the influence Mr. 

 Buzacott has acquired ; not the servile fear of the Sand- 

 wich Islanders, but an honest, warm-hearted attachment. 

 He is a pattern for Missionaries. They prove their 

 superiority by their ability to instruct others, and they 

 leave behind them lasting monuments of their utility, in 

 the increased civilization and happiness of the people." 



These remarks recur to me on perusing the observations 



