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blessedness of those who worship and obey Jehovah. 
They all said it was good, and that if the king were to 
come or send them word, they would build a house for 
a missionary, a school-house, and chapel, and also 
observe the Sabbath-day., 
In the afternoon Mr. Thurston preached at the iame 
place to an attentive congregation. In company with 
Mr. Bishop, I walked over to Ponahawai, where Makoa 
collected upwards of one hundred people at the head 
man’s house, to whom I preached from Rom. x. 13. 
“ Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 
shall be saved.” The whole assembly gave good atten¬ 
tion, frequently interrupting me while speaking, by their 
exclamations. A gray-headed old man, who sat near 
the door, listened with apparent interest during the 
whole service, and when, towards the close, it was 
stated that those who in faith called on the Lord, 
would in another world obtain everlasting life, he ex¬ 
claimed, “ My days are almost ended, that cannot be 
for me,—can an old man live for ever?” He was told 
that Jesus was willing to save the souls of all who with 
humility and sincerity come to him, both old and young; 
that he would reanimate their bodies in the resurrec¬ 
tion ; and that he would give eternal life to as many as 
believed on his name. 
We have more than once had occasion to notice with 
peculiar interest the impression made on an adult 
heathen, when some of the sublime and important 
doctrines of religion are for the first time presented to 
his mind. Accustomed to contemplate the gods of his 
ancestors*as the patrons of every vice, and superna¬ 
tural monsters of cruelty, deriving satisfaction from 
the struggles and expiring agonies of the victim offered 
