SHERBRO MISSION. 
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In a letter dated June ISth, 1871, Mr. Gomer 
writes : 
We are still mucli encouraged in our workj 
and I think we have good reason to be. Our 
meetings are all well attended. ' Often at the barra 
great numbers stand outside, for want of room 
inside. We have prayer and speaking meeting 
Sunday nights at the barra. 
Last Sabbath night I think nearly one half 
stood outside. Old Mr. Caulker himself spoke to 
the people and urged them to become Christians. 
He said that he prayed to God, and that God had 
blessed him, and he knew that religion was good. 
He spoke in the Sherbro language, and the people 
were very attentive.” 
On the 28th of August, 1871, Mr. Gomer wrote 
to the corresponding secretary : 
Thomas Stephen Caulker, our old chief, or 
king, is dead ! He died on the fifteenth of this 
month, between six and seven o’clock in the even- 
ing. I had been with him all day. His faith in 
God was firm to the last. He sent for me early 
in the morning and asked me to hold meeting. I 
read passages of the Scriptures, and several of us 
sung and prayed with him through the day. In 
this he took pleasure. He talked mostly in the 
Sherbro language. His pains were severe, but he 
bore them with patience. The last words that I 
