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came up from Huahine to Pomare’s assistance in 1811; 
early in the year ISIS, he had made a profession of 
Christianity, and was among the first whose names were 
written down at Eimeo. He was not only a priest, but an 
areoi, and a warrior of no ordinary prowess. When his 
canoe approached the shore of Eimeo, the teachers and 
their pupils hastened to the beach, under the conflicting 
emotions of hope and fear. The warrior was seen stand¬ 
ing on the prow of his light skiff, that seemed impatiently 
dashing through the spray, and rushing along the tops of 
the waves towards the shore, which its keel scarcely 
touched, when, with his light mat around his loins, his 
scarf hanging loosely over his shoulder, and his spear in 
his hand, he leaped upon the sandy beach. Before they 
had time to ask a single question, he exclaimed, Ua 
pau ! Ua pau ! i te hure anaeVanquished ! vanquished ! 
by prayer alone ! His words at first seemed but as words 
of irony or jest; but the earnestness of his manner, the 
details he gave, and the intelligence he brought from 
the king and some of the chiefs, confirmed the declara¬ 
tion. 
The Missionaries were almost overcome with surprise, 
and hastened to render their acknowledgments of 
grateful praise to the Most High, under feelings 
that it would be impossible to describe. It was, indeed, 
a joy unspeakable, the joy of harvest. In that one year 
they reaped the harvest of sixteen laborious seed-times, 
sixteen dreary and anxious winters, and sixteen unpro¬ 
ductive summers. They now enjoyed the unexpected 
hut exhilarating satisfaction resulting from the pleasure 
of the Lord prospering in their hands, in a degree 
and under circumstances that few are privileged to 
experience. 
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