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that you die." He was a soldier from a distance, and not of 

 the number of the acciised. ' Then he was examined, and as 

 he made the same avowal, they bound him also. And they 

 removed these ten brethren and sisters, and made their bands 

 Lard or tight, and confined them each in a separate house." 



The wi-iters of the journal add, " And, at one o'clock at 

 night, we met together and prayed." On the 22nd of March, 

 when one had said Jehovah is God alone, and above every 

 name that is named, and Jesus Christ is also God, the people 

 cried out, mocking. And to another the officer said, ' Rabo- 

 dampoimerina (the sacred name of our queen) is our god, but 

 not your god.' He answered, *The God who made me is 

 my God ; but Eabodo is my queen or sovereign.' And when 

 he refused other answer, they said, 'Perhaps he is an idiot, 

 or a lunatic' He answered, ' I am not an idiot, and have 

 not lost m}' understanding.' Then there was a commotion 

 and buzz among the people, saying, ' Take him away.' And 

 they took him to prison. 



"And before it was light, on the following day, the 



people assembled at A y. Then they took the eighteen 



brethren that chose God, and to inherit life, and to become 

 His sons and His daughters, and they bound their hands and 

 feet, and tied each of them to a pole wrapped in mats, 

 and placed them with the other prisoners. And of these 

 united brethren and sisters, ten were from Vonizongo. And 

 when the officers, and troops, and judges arrived, they read 

 over the names of each class of prisoners, and then placed them 

 by themselves, and stationed around them soldiers with 

 muskets and spears ; and the sentences were then delivered, 

 — consigning some to fine and confiscation, others to slavery, 

 otliers to prison and chains, some to flogging, and eighteen 

 to death — four to be burned, and fourteen to be hurled from 

 the rocky precipice and afterwards burned to ashes. 



