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the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right 
hand and on the left, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and 
good report; as deceivers, and yet true ; as unknown, and yet well 
known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and not 
killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing ; as poor, yet making 
many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” 
“We are all well; those who are just added to us rejoice at the 
mercy of God. Those who had forgotten are able to return. We 
are impressed and delighted when we read the ‘ Pilgrim’s Progress.’ 
I have redeemed my mother from slavery, but her husband (my 
father in law) is yet a slave. I intend to redeem him, if possible, 
for I would rather myself remain awhile in slavery, than that lie 
should, for his servitude is hard, and I remember the words of 
Paul, that ‘ we who are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the 
weak.’ I exhort and instruct them often. With regard to my 
master, he still speaks angrily to me on account of my adherence 
to the word of God. But I see the words written by Paul, Rom. 
viii. 35—39. ‘ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or naked¬ 
ness, or peril, or sword ? (As it is written, 1 For thy sake we 
are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the 
slaughter.’) Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors, 
through Him that hath loved us. For I am persuaded that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor 
things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor 
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of 
God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Thanks to God who has 
caused us to see words of life such as these.” 
On reaching Mauritius, the Missionaries were cordially 
welcomed by the Christian friends residing there, and com¬ 
menced, as soon as practicable, their labours among the 
inhabitants, directing their attention more especially to the 
natives of Madagascar, numbers of whom they found in the 
island. 
The vindictive persecution of the Christians was only 
one of the calamities which the erroneous and iniquitous 
