"286 OBITUARY OF AOIIEKE, 
of tlie dying Christian, whose redeemed and 
sanctified spirit was borne through the portals of 
death, ‘‘ on angels' wings, to heaven;" and who 
rejoiced in tlie prospect of eternal glory, which 
was, in a manner, revealed to him, even before 
he had done for ever with time ! Aoheke was a 
youth who had been taken, in the days of his in- 
fancy, and made a prisoner of war, by the Bay-of- 
Islanders. He was permitted by his master to 
reside in the Mission Settlement at Paihia, where 
his conduct recommended him as one whom 
the Society might with advantage redeem from 
slavery. The tyrant to whom he formerly be- 
longed soon came to terms ; and the price of his 
redemption was paid. There was nothing in his 
conduct at this period, nor for some years after- 
wards, that would justify the opinion that he was 
under any serious religious impressions. His 
general conduct, as a native lad, was good; he 
was attentive to tlie school; and was easily taught 
the art of carpentry, in which capacity he was par- 
ticularly useful to Mr. Davis. A few months after 
tlie battle of Kororareka, Aoheke first began to 
manifest a serious feeling towards the things 
which belong to his peace. The religious know- 
ledge which he possessed he began to put into 
practice, and a general change for the better was 
observable in his whole conduct. He became a 
candidate for baptism ; and at the Waimate, on 
Sunday, November 13 , 1831 , he, together with 
six other adult natives, was admitted into fellow- 
