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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 with evident feelings 
of the deepest distress. From these it was his 
mercy to find relief, through faith in the atone¬ 
ment of Christ. This was his only ground of hope 
for pardon from the Most High; and when, by thus 
looking 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 great¬ 
est circumspection and moral purity in his whole 
conduct, with a high and increasing degree of spi¬ 
rituality 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 mem¬ 
bers 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 of purity and 
happiness. He died suddenly on the oth of March, 
1823 ; and, to use the language of the Missionary 
who watched his progress and his end with the 
deepest interest, we doubt not that he is gone to 
be with that Saviour, “ whom he loved with all his 
heart.” 
Soon after the abolition of idolatry by the inhabit¬ 
ants of Huahine, Ttaiatea, and the adjacent islands, 
several of the chiefs and the people of Borabora 
and Raiatea visited Maurua, the most westerly of 
