OF RELIGION AND MORALITY. Ill 
which he had undertaken to perform. By 
a steadfast adherence to the line of duty 
which he had marked out for his conduct, 
he could not but perceive that the blessing 
of God was upon his labours. The fruits of 
good became apparent in a place where in- 
difference to religion, and looseness of morals 
had prevailed; and when we consider the 
latter part of his pilgrimage, and the filial 
reverence with which he was regarded by his 
juniors, we may conclude that this island- 
patriarch had much to cheer and encourage 
him, amidst the trials and sorrows which had 
come upon him. Among the most comfort- 
able feelings of his heart, as the end of his 
existence drew on, was probably the well- 
grounded hope that the rising generation 
would fear God, and keep His command- 
ments. Looking at the improved condition 
of the people, just previously to his death, 
which happened in March 1829, when he 
was sixty-five years of age, he might well 
have been gladdened by the prospect of the 
continuance among them of those firm and 
solid principles of true religion which had 
been fixed upon a sure foundation, and which 
