CHAPTER XII. 
SERMONS PREACHED BY MR. NOBBS ON PITCAIRN S ISLAND — 
THE HARP OP PITCAIRN — EVENINQ HYMN — " THE ANGELS' 
LAMENT" — I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE — FENOA MAITAI — 
NATIONAL SONG — SONG OF THE PITCAIRN ISLANDERS — 
BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES — LIST OF SHIPS — SIGNALS 
— PITCAIRN A WILDERNESS. 
The reader will be glad of the opportunity of 
seeing some specimens of discourses preached in 
the distant Island of Pitcairn to the descendants 
of the mutineers of the Bounty. It is pleasing 
to observe, from the faithful and affectionate tone 
of address adopted by the Preacher of Pitcairn 
towards the little flock assembled in the church 
of that place, that they have the blessed means 
of learning what is the faith and duty of a Chris- 
tian. It will also be seen that these extracts, 
as well as some poetical ones which follow, 
possess a certain degree of literary merit. 
The following sermon was preached by Mr. 
Nobbs in the church at Pitcairn : 
Rev. xxii. 17. — The Spirit and the Bride say, Come: And 
let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst 
come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life 
freely. 
" There is in the Holy Scriptures such an 
adaptation to the wants of man, as a mortal and 
a sinner, that independently of the command to 
1 search ' them, we ought to make the Bible ' the 
