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of the Deity, and adapted to enlarge our views of His 
compassion, without affecting His other attributes. We 
could, therefore, adopt the language and sentiments of 
the poet, in the belief that, 
“ The harp of heaven 
Had lacked its least, but not its meanest stringy 
Had children not been taught to play upon it, 
And sing, from feelings all their own, what men 
Nor angels can conceive of creatures, born 
Under the curse, yet from the curse redeemM, 
And placed at once beyond the power to fall,— 
Safely, which men nor angels ever knew, 
Till ranks of these, and all of those, had fallen.’” 
The meeting of the females was closed with prayer 
by one of the natives, who, if a mother, would give the 
child, she had perhaps been nursing in her lap, to some 
one sitting by. Their prayers were marked by deep 
spirituality and strong feeling; and, I believe, these 
meetings were some of the most affecting seasons of 
intense and painful, or joyous and hallowed emotion, ever 
experienced. The individual engaging in the devotional 
exercise has sometimes, from the strength of feeling, 
been unable to proceed, and tears alone have afforded 
relief. 
Early in the year 1821, in order to cultivate the most 
affectionate and profitable intercourse with our people, 
we proposed, in addition to visits in times of sickness, 
to pay to each family a pastoral visit, for part of an 
evening, once a month, or at least once in the course of 
two months. Mr. Barff and myself, dividing the families 
between us, were enabled to accomplish this. We were 
received with kindness by the parties, and it was our 
