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and less rapid stream. Perhaps the body of lava that 
had tilled Kirauea up to the black ledge which we 
saw, between three and four hundred feet above the 
liquid lava, at the time we visited it, had been drawn 
off by this subterranean channel, though the distance 
between the great crater and the land overflowed by it, 
was not less than thirty or thirty-five miles. 
When the day began to close, and we wished the 
natives to retire, we told them that to-morrow was the 
sacred day of Jehovah, the true God, and directed 
them to come together early in the morning, to hear his 
word, and unite with us in his worship. We then 
spread our mats upon some poles that lay at one end 
of the house, and, as we had no lamp, and could pro¬ 
cure no candle-nuts, we laid ourselves down as soon 
as it became dark, and, notwithstanding our uncom¬ 
fortable lodging place, slept very soundly till day¬ 
break. 
“Welcome, sweet day of rest/’ was the language of 
our hearts, as on the morning of the 3d we beheld the 
Sabbath’s early light dawn on the desolate shores of 
Puna, and saw the bright luminary of day, emblem of 
the Sabbath’s Lord, rise from the eastern wave of the 
extended Pacific. After the fatiguing journey, and 
unusual excitement, of the past week, a day’s rest was 
necessary, and we were happy to spend it in the popu¬ 
lous, though desolate-looking village of Kearakomo, 
as it afforded us an opportunity of unfolding the 
Saviour’s love to many of its inhabitants, and inviting 
them to seek that everlasting rest and happiness 
reserved for his followers in the heavenly world. 
Between six and seven o’clock, about two hundred 
of the people collected in front of our house. We 
