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and my soul saved, through Jesus Christ! May 
Jehovah regard me before I die, and then I shall 
rejoice, because I have obtained favour of Je¬ 
hovah” 
In another letter, written about a fortnight after¬ 
wards, he observes, “ I continue to pray to God 
without ceasing. Regardless of other things, I am 
concerned only that my soul may be saved by 
Jesus Christ! It is my earnest desire, that I may 
become one of Jehovah’s people; and that God 
may turn away his anger from me, which I 
deserve, for my wickedness, my ignorance of him, 
and my accumulated crimes!” In February, 
1813, he wrote to the following effect. “ The 
Almighty can (or will) make me good. I venture 
with my guilt (or evil deeds) to Jesus Christ, 
though I am not equalled in wickedness, not 
equalled in guilt, not equalled in obstinate dis¬ 
obedience, and rejection of the truth, hoping that 
this very wicked man may be saved by Jehovah 
Jesus Christ.” 
Such was the interesting state of Pomare’s mind, 
at the close of the year 1812, and the commence¬ 
ment of 1813. At the same time that this event 
shed such light upon the prospects of the Mission¬ 
aries, other circumstances concurred, to confirm 
them in the conviction, that God was about to 
favour in a signal manner their enterprise, to 
follow their labours with his blessing, and with 
still greater success. Of one or two other natives 
they had every reason to hope most favourably, 
while one, who died about this time, left a pleasing 
testimony behind, of repentance, and reliance on 
the pardoning mercy of God. 
The king’s visit to Tahiti did not succeed so 
well as the messengers had promised, or his friends 
