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the blessing of heaven to the conversion of the 

 natives ; and they have established the principle, 

 that wherever the waters roll, and however 

 barren the rock on which man is to be found, 

 there man may be benefitted with the saving 

 knowledge and blessings of Christianity. The 

 account given of the first Missionaries of the 

 United Brethren, whose entrance upon the in- 

 hospitable and icy coasts of Greenland was in 

 1733, among whom was that eminent servant of 

 the mission, Matthew Stach, is truly interesting. 

 Leaving Hernnhutt, they first proceeded to the 

 Danish capital, as Greenland was under that 

 government, to obtain the sanction of the King, 

 in their intended mission. Their first audience 

 with the Chamberlain was not a little discour- 

 aging, but being convinced, by a closer ac- 

 quaintance of the solidity of their faith, and the 

 rectitude of their intentions, this Minister be- 

 came their firm friend, and willingly presented 

 their memorial to the King, who was pleased to 

 approve of their design, and wrote a letter with 

 his own hand, recommending them to the notice 

 of the Danish Missionary, Egede, who had un- 

 dertaken a mission to Greenland in 1721, but 

 had hitherto accomplished very little in the way 

 of success, notwithstanding his indefatigable 

 exertions. 



