SERMON PEEACHED ON THE ISLAND. 305 
"To God the Father, the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the blessed Spirit, three Persons, 
and one eternal God, be ascribed all honour, 
power, glory, might, majesty, and dominion, 
now, henceforth, and for ever. Amen." 
As a suitable conclusion of this work, a few 
little poems, from the Pastor's pen, are in- 
serted, by his permission, not at his request. 
These, being considered as simple strains of 
the Harp of Pitcairn, will not be subjected 
to severe criticism. On the contrary, the 
piety, loyalty, and evident desire for the 
happiness of others, which are manifested in 
the following lines, will commend them to 
the candid Christian reader. They may even 
tend, as an addition to what has appeared of 
their author in the foregoing pages, to excite 
a feeling of thankfulness that, in the course 
of God's providence, such a man should have 
been called to such a post, at the very time 
that a teacher and friend was most urgently 
needed by the islanders. 
