x PREFACE, 

 thousands not only among the Aborigines of 

 " The North Country/' but also of European 

 Settlers in the more remote parts of the aforesaid 

 British Provinces, who have no one to proclaim 

 to them the divine message of mercy, and admi- 

 ni ster to them in the dry and barren wilderness 

 the cup of salvation. In testifying of what he 

 has seen and known in fact and observation, he 

 can truly say that his sole and simple object has 

 been to do good in exciting a further Christian 

 sympathy, and a more active exertion in the 

 supply of their spiritual wants. 



Commerce has traversed the desert, and 

 Colonies have been planted in " the waste 

 places," which are preparing a way, through 

 Divine Providence, for the conversion of " the 

 uttermost parts of the earth." It challenges 

 therefore a deep consideration, whether in 

 holding of Provinces, and widely extensive 

 territories, efforts are made to diffuse Scriptural 

 light and knowledge correspondent with the 

 means possessed ; and whether Missionaries 

 are going forth from among us under a right 



