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retained. Buaiti was his native name, but, when 
he was baptized, he wished to be called Bartimeus ; 
and, in order to preserve the sense of his loss in 
the death of the queen, he requested that Lalana , 
London, the place of her death, might be added to 
his name. When he was admitted a member of 
the Christian church at Lahaina, he was asked by 
the Missionary, Why do you request to be received 
into the church ? He replied— 
Because I love Jesus Christ, I love you, and I 
desire to dwell with you in the fold of Christ, and 
to join with you in eating the holy bread, and 
drinking the holy wine. 
What is the holy bread ? 
It is the body of Christ, which he gave to save 
sinners. 
Do we then eat the body of Christ ? 
No; but we eat the bread which means his 
body : and, as we eat bread that our bodies may 
not die, so our souls love Jesus Christ, and receive 
him for their Saviour, that they may not die. 
What is the holy wine ? 
It is the blood of Christ, which he poured out 
on Calvary, in Jerusalem in Judea, to save us 
sinners. 
Do we, then, drink the blood of Christ ? 
No ; but the wine signifies his blood, just as the 
holy bread signifies his body: and all those who 
go to Christ, and lean on him, will have their sins 
washed away by his blood, and their souls saved 
for ever in heaven. 
Why do you think it more suitable that you 
should join tjje church than others ? 
Perhaps it is not, (hesitating.) If it is not pro¬ 
per, you must tell me. But I do greatly desire to 
dwell with you in the fold of Christ. 
