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present, and left an impression on each mind, that 
great attention must have been paid by Mr. and 
Mrs. Orsmond to the pupils, during the short 
period they had been in the school. Subsequent 
examinations have been equally satisfactory. 
The institution is under the management of a 
committee, and its primary design was to furnish a 
suitable, and, so far as circumstances would admit, 
a liberal education to the children of the Mission¬ 
aries, “ such an education as is calculated to pre¬ 
pare them to fill useful situations in future life.” 
Native children of piety and talent have access to 
its advantages, and it is designed as preparatory to 
a seminary, for training native pastors to fill dif¬ 
ferent stations in the South Sea Islands. It is an 
important institution, and will, it is hoped, exert no 
ordinary influence on the future character of the 
nation at large, as well as prove highly advan¬ 
tageous to the individuals who become its inmates. 
It merits the countenance of the friends of Mis¬ 
sions. Several individuals have kindly enriched 
its library with suitable elementary books, philo¬ 
sophical apparatus, &c. but these are still very in¬ 
adequate to the accomplishment of the design con¬ 
templated. 
But while the establishment of this institution is 
a just occasion of gratitude to the Missionaries, 
it does not remove anxiety from their minds 
with regard to .the future prospects of their 
families. The nature of their station, and the 
spirit and principles of their office as ministers of 
Christ, prevent the parents from making any pro¬ 
vision for their families. The proper settlement 
of their children is an object of most anxious soli¬ 
citude to Christian parents at home—to foreign 
Missionaries it is peculiarly so. Their remote and 
