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celebration of that ordinance in Western Polynesia, and was a 
season of thrilling interest. ‘Let the friends of missions,” he 
says, “ take courage, and let the God of missions be magni- 
fied who has given this pledge of ultimate and complete suc- 
cess.” 
1852 was signalised by another token of God’s gracious pur- 
pose to bless these islands. On the rst July the much-esteemed 
Bishop Selwyn arrived in his schooner the Border Maid, bring- 
ing with him the Rev. John Inglis and Mrs. Inglis, of the Re- 
formed Presbyterian Church of Scotland, who were now to join 
Mr. Geddie in his work. They came unexpectedly, and if 
they had come down from Heaven they could not have 
got a warmer welcome. On the 4th of July, under a brilliant 
sky, in the presence of a crowded congregation, Mr. Inglis was 
introduced to his charge at Aname, on the opposite side of the 
island. 
And now the transition from darkness to light proceeded 
with an astonishing rapidity ; and incidents were continually 
occurring which proved the reality of the change. Here is one: 
“ rgth September, chapel crowded to excess. Mr. Inglis came 
round from his station, bringing with him an influential chief 
named Iata, formerly a great warrior and notorious cannibal. 
In the house of God he met another chief—Nimtiwan. They 
were deadly foes. The last time they met was on the field of 
battle. I wondered how they would act now. And Oh! how 
delighted I was to see these two men come out of the house of 
God with their arms round each other. I could not help call- 
ing the attention of Mr. Inglis to the scene, and saying. ‘ See 
what the Gospel has wrought.’” 
The next year we learn that the congregation had risen to 350 ; 
that there were seventy-five native assistants, who were carry- 
ing the truth over the whole face of the island ; and twenty-five 
schools, with 1400 persons under instruction, being the half of 
the whole population, ¥or their use Mr. Geddie had prepared, 
