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large portions of the scriptures^ which were regularly- 
read by the pupils. From meditation on these, he 
derived the highest consolation and support. He 
was an early convert to Christianity; his deport¬ 
ment was uniformly upright; his character respected 
by all who knew him; and for several years before his 
death, he was a member of the Christian church at 
Burder’s Point. The recollection of the abominations 
and iniquity of which he had been guilty while a mem¬ 
ber of the Areoi institution, though not greater than 
those of his companions in crime, often filled his mind 
with horror and dismay. Whenever he alluded to that 
society, or to the crimes committed by its members, it 
was always wdth evident feelings of the deepest distress. 
From these it was his mercy to find relief, through faith 
in the atonement of Christ. This was his only ground 
of hope for pardon from God; and when, by thus look¬ 
ing to the great means of purity and peace, he was 
enabled to rest in hope, and his mind became calm, and 
peaceful, tears of contrition were often seen, while 
he gratefully remembered the amazing love of God. 
Towards the latter part of his life, his pastor had the 
pleasure of observing the greatest circumspection and 
moral purity in his whole conduct, with a high and 
increasing degree of spirituality of mind and tranquil joy. 
How striking the contrast which the evening of his days 
must have presented, to the early part of his life, spent 
among the impure, degraded, and wretched members of 
that infamous association to which he belonged! It is 
not surprising that his own mind should have been so 
deeply affected; but from all the moral pollution and 
guilt then contracted, he was washed and renewed, 
and prepared for the society of the blessed in the abode 
