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sea, and our obstinacy has been very great, and without 
parallel. Turn thou us to thyself, and enable us to cast 
off every evil way. Lead us to Jesus Christ, and let 
our sins be cleansed in his blood. Grant us thy good 
Spirit to be our sanctifier. Save us from hypocrisy. 
Suffer us not to come to thine house with carelessness, 
and return to our own houses and commit sin. Unless 
thou have mercy upon us, we perish. Unless thou save 
us, unless we are prepared and made meet for thy 
habitation in heaven, we are banished to the fire, we 
die ; but let us not be banished to that unknown world 
of fire. Save thou us through Jesus Christ, thy Son, the 
prince of life ; yea, let us obtain salvation through him. 
Bless all the inhabitants of these islands, all the families 
thereof; let every one stretch out his hands unto God, and 
say. Lord save me. Lord save me. Let all these islands, 
Tahiti with all the people of Moorea, and of Huahine, 
and of Raiatea, and of the little islands around, partake 
of thy salvation. Bless Britain, and every country in the 
world. Let thy word grow with speed in the world, 
so as to exceed the progress of evil. Be merciful to us 
and bless us, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.” 
While these delightful changes were advancing in Tahiti, 
the king and his friends were not unmindful of those who 
had been left behind in a state of painful uncertainty at 
Eimeo. As soon as possible after the battle, a canoe was 
despatched by Mahine, king of Eimeo and Huahine, with 
the tidings of its result. Matapuupuu, or, as he is now 
called, Taua, was the bearer of the gladdening intelli¬ 
gence, and was a very suitable person to be sent on 
such an errand. He was a native of Huahine, where 
he had been chief priest since the death of his elder 
brother, who had sustained that office before him. He 
