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der the control of Jehovah, the creator and governor 
of all things which they beheld. 
We walked on to Pahoehoe, where we entered a 
large house, in which many workmen were employed 
in making canoes. ' About fifty people soon after 
assembled around us. We asked them if they would 
like to hear about the true God , and the way of salva¬ 
tion? They answered. Yes. I then addressed them 
for about twenty minutes on the first principles of the 
gospel. As soon as I began to speak, they all sat 
down, and observed perfect silence. Shortly after this 
service we took our leave, and proceeded along the 
shore to Kahaluu; where a smart showei of rain 
obliged us to take shelter in a house by the road 
side. While resting there, the voice of wailing reach¬ 
ed our ears. We inquired whence it came ? and were 
informed by the people of the house, that a sick per 
son in the neighbourhood had just expired. We ask¬ 
ed where the soul was gone to ? They answered, they 
knew not whither, but that it would never return. I 
spoke to them respecting the condition ot departed 
souls ; the resurrection of the body, and the general 
judgment which will follow; telling them afterwards 
of the love of Christ, who had brought life and immor¬ 
tality to light, and by his death secured eternal hap¬ 
piness to all that believe in him. They listened at¬ 
tentively, and continued the conversation till the rain' 
abated, when we pursued our journey. We passed 
another large heiau, and travelled about a mile across 
a rugged bed of lava, which had evidently been ejected 
from a volcano more recently than the vast tracts of 
the same substance by which it was surrounded. It 
also appeared to have been torn to pieces, and tossed 
