OBITUARY OF WAKAIHI, 
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and liad in other respects a very injurious ef- 
feet on him. Those, liowever, wliom the Lord 
hath once loved, he loves unto the end ; and not 
one of the sheep whom the Father liath given to 
the Son does lie allow to be plucked out of His 
hands. Poor James was one of these; and, hav- 
ing strayed for a season, still, that he might 
not be lost for ever, a bed of sickness was pre- 
pared for liim. Many months was he stretched 
upon it, racked and agonized with pain, before he 
was prepared, by the grace of the Saviour and 
the sanctifying influences of the Spirit, to meet 
his God. He clung for a long time, with much 
eagerness, to his own poor and imperfect righte- 
ousness; but at length he cast off all hope of 
being saved by any thing he could do himself, 
and rested entirely on the goodness and mercy of 
Christ. His faith was simple, his professions sin- 
cere. He was not a youth who indulged in many 
words ; and it was but seldom that any of us could 
engage him in a conversation of any length, till 
near the closing scenes of his earthly career: then 
it was that he began to speak of wdiat the Lord 
had done for his soul, and of the many mercies 
w liich he had received at his hands. Redeeming 
love w’as his theme ; and, much time as he had 
upon his hands, he seemed to find no time for 
other thoughts — no space for other words. I 
visited liim, almost daily, for many weeks pre- 
vious to his death ; and though his cough w^as 
exceedingly troublesome, and his pain great, I 
