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cast all my sins away. It is but a short time 

 since that I found this good religion, which 

 makes my soul so joyful." 



The Wesleyan Missionaries are indefatigable 

 in their labours among the people of colour, 

 and the Indian Tribes ; and are often known to 

 advance as light troops, or pioneers, penetrat- 

 ing into the very heart of the wilderness, before 

 the slow movements of heavy corporate bodies, 

 in the army of Christian missionaries. They 

 follow the first influx of emigration into a new 

 country, and through the labours of an itinerant 

 ministry, the sound of the Gospel is heard with 

 the sound of the axe ; and log cabins, and chapels 

 of devotion are seen to rise up together. Suc- 

 cess has marked the progress of their mission- 

 ary enterprizes and operations, and they have 

 many heathen in their communion, whose souls 

 have been converted to God ; many, who a 

 short time ago had no term in their language 

 to express the Redeemer's name, but who now 

 call God their Father, by the Holy Ghost given 

 unto them. While thousands scattered through 

 remote and destitute Settlements, would not, 

 but for their missionary labours, hear the glad 

 tidings of redemption, or meet with a faithful 

 shepherd's care. 



During my stay with the Mississaugah tribe, 



