ANXIETY FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. 1 65 
merits 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 unproductive summers. They 
now enjoyed the unexpected but exhilarating 
satisfaction resuiting from the pleasure of the Lord 
prospering in their hands, in a degree and under 
circumstances that few are privileged to expe¬ 
rience. 
As soon as possible, Mr. Nott was despatched 
by his companions to Tahiti. On reaching the 
shores of this island, from which five years before 
he had been obliged to flee for his life, he found it 
was all true that had been told them, that the peo¬ 
ple were in that interesting state described by the 
prophet, when, enraptured by the visions of Messiah's 
future glories, he exclaimed, “ The isles shall wait 
for his law." In this delightful situation, as he 
travelled round the islands, he literally found them 
not merely willing to be instructed, but anxious to 
hear; meeting together of their own accord, and 
often spending the hours of night in conversation 
and inquiry on the important matters connected 
with the religion of Jesus Christ. When he re¬ 
turned, Mr. Bicknell went over on the same 
errand; and observed every where the most en¬ 
couraging attention, on the part of the people, 
to the instructions he communicated. The school 
at Papetoai was greatly increased ; and hun¬ 
dreds, who had been early scholars there, were 
now stationed as teachers among the adjacent 
islands, imparting to others the knowledge they 
had received. 
Not fewer than three thousand persons at this 
