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shall certainly, in time, be obliged to build a 
Hospital. 
Again, in a ten days'* excursion, in various re- 
mote parts of the island, from the 5th to the 14th 
November, 1833, the following was the manner 
in which 'tlie natives willingly attended to the 
preaching of the Gospel. — On Sunday, the 10th, 
held service twice with the inhabitants of the vil- 
lage where my tent stood. In the afternoon, I held 
school for three hours, and catechized the people, 
both old and young. Ever since my last visit, 
the peoi)le here have observed the Sabbath regu- 
larly, and have made some improvement in the 
knowledge of tlie Scriptures. In the evening, I 
held a tliird service ; and, seated at the door of my 
tent, was surrounded by almost all, both old and 
young, witliin two miles of tlie place. The old chief 
thought he must say something at the conclusion. 
Come, friends,**’ he cried, let us all believe : it 
^vill do us no harm. Believing, what will it do ? it 
will not kill us, for the white people do not die : it 
will not make us ill, for the white people are not 
ill : it will not make us ashamed, for the white 
people are not ashamed ; therefore, let us all, all, 
all, believe ; and perhaps it will make the white 
people’s God gracious to us ; and our souls will 
not be any longer devilified, but will be Christi- 
fied ; and we shall all, all, all go to heaven.” * 
• The night following that day was rendered memorable to 
me, by my witnessing a most subline scene — a forest on fire — 
raging 
