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next to impossible to awaken tlie people to a sense of 
their dnty in reference to the support of their pastors. 
The subject was not laid before them and insisted on 
from the first, as it should liave been ; hut for some time- 
past their thoughts liave been directed to it very fre- 
quently, and as forcibly as possible. At JMontserrat,. 
the members of the church there do seem in some 
measure to understand and discharge their duty of con- 
tributing towards the support of their jxastor ; but as, 
yet the members of the other churches can scarcely be 
saitl to do anything towards the maintenance of their 
ministers. This duty has been neglected because it baa 
not been sutticiently urged upon the members; but 
another cause of this neglect must be looked for, in tho 
incompetency of the pastors. I am persuaded,, that were 
the pastors of these native churches men of more edu- 
cation, of a higher standard of moral character, and occu- 
pying a somewhat better social position, they would 
command the respect, and obtain the support of their 
members. We timst, that as education increases, a class 
of men better fitted, intellectually and morally, may rise 
up to instruct and guide this hardy, industrious pea- 
santry. Organization and discipline are much wanted^ 
and these can only be introduced and maintained where 
the people are willing to hear and obey the A'oice of 
their pastors. The best organization and the purest dis- 
cipline,^are valueless where the pastors command little or 
11(3 respect, and where they exert little or no infiuence. 
Some four years ago, I succeeded in getting a school- 
house erected in this village. Tliere Avas some opj)o- 
sition to the outlay, but in the end the money was 
granted ; and the building of the school-house entrusted 
to me. A large and commodious building of cedar and 
country Avood, standing upoq jiillar-trees, and covered 
Avith the leaves of the carat-palm, Avas put up, Avhich 
serves for the double purpose of a house for the school- 
master and his family, and a school-room for the chil- 
dren. The books, maps, &c., and the salary of the 
