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canopy of heaven, his grateful adoration to the Most 
High, under all the melting of soul, and the excite¬ 
ment of spirit, which the unprecedented, unexpected, 
though long-desired events of the morning had inspired. 
When the Missionaries met at the house in which they 
had lodged, the good tidings were communicated; the 
individual was sought out; and they were cheered with 
the simple yet affecting account he gave of what God 
had done for his own soul, and of the pleasing state of 
the minds of several of his countrymen. 
His name was then 0^7o, though it is now Petero; he 
had formerly been an inmate of the Mission family at 
Matavai, and had received instructions there. Pie has 
since been a useful member of the community, and is still 
a consistent member of a Christian society; in which he 
has for some years sustained, with credit to himself 
and advantage to the church, the office of deacon. 
He had occasionally been with the king since his return 
to Tahiti, and some remarks from Pomare had awakened 
convictions of sin in his conscience. Anxious to obtain 
direction and relief, yet having no one to whom he could 
unburden his mind with hopes of suitable guidance, 
he applied to Tuahine, who had for a long time lived 
with the Missionaries; hence Oito inferred he would 
be able to direct his mind aright. Tuahine has since 
rendered the most important services to the Mission, 
in aiding Mr. Nott with the translations. When the 
Gospel by John, and the Acts of the Apostles, were 
finished, and Mr. Nott left Huahine, in July 1819, he 
removed to Raiatea, his native island, and has since been 
not only a useful member of society, and an ornament to 
the religion he professes, but an officer in the Christian 
church in Raiatea. 
