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Christ in suffering death for the redemption of the 
world, and recommended him to pray to the Son 
of God, who was able to save to the uttermost. 
He said that, until now, he knew nothing of these 
things, and was glad he had lived to hear of them. 
We requested one of his friends to come to our 
house for some medicine; and having endeavoured 
to comfort the mourners, bade them farewell. 
The Ainoa was seen approaching from the south¬ 
ward, on the morning of the 6th. About two p. m. 
she came to anchor, having been becalmed off 
Ranai four days. 
This day being the Sabbath, at half-past ten 
the Mission family walked down to the beach to 
public worship. Most of the chiefs, and about 
three hundred people, assembled under the plea¬ 
sant shade of a beautiful clump of kou-trees, in 
front of Keopuolani’s house. After singing and 
prayer, I preached from Luke x. 23, 24. “Blessed 
are the eyes which see the things which ye see : 
for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have 
desired to see those things which ye see, and have 
not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye 
hear, and have not heard them.” After service, 
when we went to present our salutations to Keopuo- 
lani, we found her, Kaikioeva, and several chiefs, 
conversing about Tamehameha, and others of their 
ancestors, who had died idolaters, and expressing 
their regret that the gospel had not been brought 
to the Sandwich Islands in their day. “ But per¬ 
haps,” said Keopuolani, “ they will have less 
punishment in the other world for w T orshipping 
idols, than those who, though they do not worship 
wooden gods, yet see these days, and hear these 
good things, and still disregard them.” As we 
returned, I visited the sick man, found him better 
