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maintained an arduous post among the poineers 
of the little army of Christian Missionaries, who, 
“‘ unarmed with bow and sword,” had ventured to 
attack idolatry in its strongest holds among these 
distant islands ; and, 
*¢ High on the pagan hills, where Satan sat 
Encamped, and o’er the subject kingdoms threw 
Perpetual night, to plant Immanuel’s cross, 
The ensign of the gospel, blazing round 
Immortal truth.” 
And, though he fell upon the field before he heard 
or uttered the shout of victory, his end was peace- 
ful, and his hopes were firm. On a visit to 
Matavai, in the early part of 1821, conducted by 
Mr. Nott, I made a pilgrimage to his grave. I 
stood beside the rustic hillock on which the tall 
grass waved in the breeze, and gazed upon the 
plain stone that marks the spot where his head 
reposes, with feelings of veneration for his cha- 
racter. I felt, also, in connexion with the change 
that has since taken place, that he had indeed desired | 
to see the things that I beheld, but he had died, 
without witnessing, on earth, the gladdening sight; 
and that, in reference to his unremitted exertions, 
I and my junior companions had entered into his 
labours, and were reaping the harvest for which he 
had toiled. 
Shortly after Mr. Jefierson’s death, Mr. Nott, 
accompanied by Mr. Hayward, visited the islands 
of Huahine, Raiatea, and Borabora; travelled 
round each, preaching and teaching the people ; 
and thus, for the first time, published among their 
inhabitants the great truths of Christianity. Many 
of the natives listened with attention and apparent 
interest. The illness of the king terminated, for a 
time, the war which he had commenced against the 
