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inheritance, and the utmost parts of the earth 

 as a possession." 



I considered it as a small point gained, to 

 have a public building dedicated to religious 

 purposes, whose spire should catch the eye, 

 both of the wandering natives, and the sta- 

 tionary Colonists. It would have its effect on 

 the population generally. The people of 

 England look with a degree of veneration to 

 the ancient tower and lofty spire of the Esta- 

 blishment ; and they are bound in habitual 

 attachment to her constitution, which protects 

 the monument and turf graves of their ances- 

 tors. And where the lamp of spiritual Chris- 

 tianity burns but dimly around her altar, it 

 cannot be denied, that even her established 

 rites and outward form have some moral effect 

 on the population at large. 



On the 10th, I addressed a crowded congre- 

 gation, in a farewell discourse, from the pulpit, 

 previous to my leaving the Colony for the 

 Factory : and having administered the sacra- 

 ment to those who joined cordially with me 

 in prayer, that the Missionary who was on his 

 way to officiate in my absence, might be ten- 

 fold, yea a hundred fold, more blessed in his 

 ministry than I had been, I parted with those 



