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upon the Church Mission Establishment with 

 tears. It had been a long, and anxious, and 

 arduous scene of labour to me ; and my hope 

 was, as about to embark for England, that I 

 might return to the Settlement, and be the 

 means of effecting a better order of things. 



The weather was favourable on the morning 

 of our departure ; and stepping into the boat 

 the current soon bore us down the river towards 

 Lake Winipeg. As the spire of the church re- 

 ceded from my view, and we passed several 

 of the houses of the Settlers, they hailed me 

 with their cordial wishes for a safe voyage, and 

 expressed a hope of better times for the Colony. 

 Then it was that my heart renewed its supplica- 

 tions to that God, 



— ' who is ever present, ever felt, 

 In the void waste, as in the city full/ 



for the welfare of the Settlement, as affording a 

 resting place for numbers, after the toils of the 

 wilderness in the Company's service, where they 

 might dwell, through the divine blessing, in the 

 broad day-light of Christianity ; and being 

 bound to the country from having families by 

 native women, might find the protection and 

 advantages of civilized life. 



With light favourable winds we soon crossed 



