CHAP. IY. 
ANNIVERSARY AT PLAINES WILHELMS. 
89 
distance a comfortable house, comprising five or six rooms, 
has been built for the residence of a missionary, and in the 
yard attached to the house is a stone kitchen. I looked over 
the residence, which for its small size is well arranged. M. 
Cheron had written to England for a missionary to be sent 
to this station, and expressed himself ready to contribute 
liberally towards his support. 
Soon after we had assembled in the chapel, the scholars, 
most of them coloured children, but dressed in white, were 
marched from the school to the chapel. The master stood 
behind a table, on which a number of books very tastefully 
bound were placed. The parents of the children and the 
visitors sat around. A number of little girls and boys re¬ 
cited pieces of poetry, or dialogue, in French. The venerable 
pastor, M. Le Brun, offered up prayer on their behalf, and 
gave a short address. The master read a paper on the ad¬ 
vantages and responsibilities of education, after which the 
most successful and well-behaved scholars were called one by 
one to the table to receive their prizes. When the master 
had announced the ground of the award, one of the visitors 
gave the book appropriated to the successful scholar, at the 
same time placing a garland of flowers, consisting chiefly of 
roses, upon the head of the delighted child. By this arrange^ 
ment it sometimes happened that a father, mother, or grand¬ 
mother rewarded and crowned their own little child. It was 
the first time I had witnessed anything of the kind, and I 
could not but regard this simple and graceful performance as 
an agreeable means of enhancing the gratification of both 
parties. 
At the close of the examination, the anniversary service in 
the chapel commenced, and M. Le Brun preached a plain, 
instructive, and useful sermon to an attentive congregation. 
The chapel was full, a number of friends having come from 
a distance. At the conclusion of the service the children 
