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in sacrifice, he is surprised to hear of the holy nature 
of God, and the condescending love of Christ; but the 
idea of the resurrection of the body, the general judg¬ 
ment, and the eternal happiness or misery of all man¬ 
kind, affects him with a degree of astonishment never 
witnessed in countries where the Christian religion 
prevails, and in which, notwithstanding the lament¬ 
able ignorance existing in different portions of the 
community, there are few who have not some moral 
perceptions, which have enlarged with the growth of 
intellect, and the more extended observations of riper 
years. But the heathen, whose mental powers have 
reached maturity before the truth has been presented, 
experiences very different sensations ; and we have 
seen the effects produced at these times exhibited in 
various ways : sometimes by most significant gestures, 
at other times by involuntary exclamations, or pene¬ 
trating looks fixed on the speaker; and occasionally, 
as was the case this afternoon, by their actually inter¬ 
rupting us to inquire, “ How can these things be?” or 
declaring in their own beautiful and figurative lan¬ 
guage, that the tidings they had heard “ broke in upon 
their minds like the light of the morning.” 
When the exercises were ended, they congratulated 
each other on the news they had heard; said it was good, 
and added, “ Let us all attend to it; who is there that 
does not desire eternal life in the other world ?” They 
afterwards made many inquiries about the Sabbath-day, 
prayer, &c. and asked if they should not be visited again. 
We told them it was probable that, before long, teachers 
would come and reside permanently among them. 
On our way home, we called on Maaro, whom we 
found very ill. One of his children was also sick, and 
