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had reason to reprove her.” After she left the school she was 
married to one of the christian teachers in Mr. Inglis’s district, 
but kept up a regular correspondence with Mrs. Geddie. 
“What would I have been,” she used to say, “if you had not 
taken care of me? You are my mother—and although I love 
my parents, I love you and Mr, Geddie better.” Shortly after 
her marriage she was seized with a mortal sickness, and was re- 
moved to her father’s, close to the mission. ‘In as gentle a 
manner as possible I told her that the doctor thought her: very 
ill, and was very doubtful whether she would recover. I was 
surprised to hear her say, with the greatest calmness, that she 
did not expect to recover, and that she felt very happy at the 
thought of going to her Saviour. Her parents, sisters, husband, 
were overwhelmed with grief—she alone remained composed. 
She talked a great deal to her parents and others, urging them 
to be zealous in Christ’s service. She spoke very earnestly to 
her eldest sister, who often quarrelled with her own husband, 
telling her how happily she and her husband had lived together. 
Taking her husband’s hand into hers, and looking affectionately 
at him, she said, ‘ William, I feel very sorry for you; great is 
my love for you, and I would like to live for your sake—but 
my desire to be with Jesus is greater.’ <A few days after this 
she passed away, in the peace and joy of believing. I have 
never met with a native who had the same ideas of modesty 
and propriety that Mary Anne professed. After she became 
decidedly pious, her views appeared quite above those of a 
young person brought up in heathenism.” 
Mary Anne’s companion joined her in her faith and love of 
Christ. She became the wife of Lathella, the son and successor 
of the chief Nohoat. She died in 1861, leaving behind her the 
remembrance of a pure and loving life. 
Let these slight sketches explain to my readers the substan- 
tial joy which rewards the missionary’s self-sacrifice. He leaves 
