WESLEYVILLE. 33 



TRANSLATION. 



" He who is our mantle of comfort, 

 The giver of life, ancient on high, 

 He is the Creator of the heavens, 

 And of the ever-burning stars. 

 God is mighty in the heavens, 

 And whirls the stars around the sky. 

 We call on Him in his dwelling place, 

 That He may be our mighty leader, 

 For He maketh the blind to see. 

 We adore Him as the only good, 

 For He alone is a sure defence ; 

 He alone is a trusty shield ; 

 He alone is our bush of refuge, 

 We supplicate Utika, the beautiful, the Holy Lamb, 

 Whose blood for us was shed, 

 Whose feet for us were torn, 

 Whose hands for us were pierced, 

 Even He,— the giver of life on high, 

 Who is the Creator of the heavens, 

 And of the ever-burning stars." 



The Station of Wesley ville is situated among the 

 tribes of Pato, Kamo, and Kongo, and may be con- 

 sidered of vast importance to the thickly-populated 

 country around. The site of the Mission village is 

 on the brow of a gently-sloping hill, on an elevated 

 part of which stands the Mission-house, a neatly- 

 thatched dwelling, commanding a pleasant and ex- 

 tensive prospect. A small stream glides gently 

 through the valley, watering the patches of culti- 

 vated ground which lie stretched along its margin. 

 In front of the house, a clump of beautiful trees, 

 clothed with luxuriant foliage, rises from the oppo- 

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