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in the wilderness, as among the Esquimaux 

 I met on the shores of Hudson's Bay, there 

 is a desire, and an entreaty for instruction, and 

 the labours of Missionaries. The time appears 

 to be approaching when the veil shall be rent 

 which has so long enveloped the face of nations 

 in darkness ; and the friends of Missions on 

 both sides of the Atlantic, indulge the hope, 

 that before the oak which was planted yester- 

 day shall have reached its full maturity, the 

 whole earth, according to the sure word of 

 prophecy, "will be filled with the knowledge of 

 the Lord." A multitude, throughout Christen- 

 dom, are ready to join in the sublime supplica- 

 tion of Milton — 



" Come therefore, O Thou that hast the 

 seven stars in thy right hand, appoint thy 

 chosen priests according to their orders and 

 courses of old to minister before thee, and duly 

 to dress and pour out the consecrated oil into 

 thy holy and ever-burning lamps. Thou hast 

 sent out the spirit of prayer upon thy servants 

 over all the earth to this effect, and stirred up 

 their vows as the sound of many waters about 

 thy throne. Every one can say, that now cer- 

 tainly thou hast visited this land, and hast not 

 forgotten the utmost corners of the earth ; in 

 a time when men had thought that thou wast 



