signed by all the members. It is a beautiful record of the appreciation of the help and cheer the visit of the Gospel messenger had afforded, but is too long to quote entire. The concluding sentences may however be given: "We bid you God speed, while you proclaim to perishing men the glad tidings of salvation through a crucified and exalted Saviour; while with self-sacrifice and devotedness to Christ, you labour 'to turn men from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God.' "Pray for us that we may be found faithful in this work, and that the Gospel may have free course and be glorified. And now, as you are convinced that our Master calls you to leave us to prosecute the service you have to perform for Him in other isles and coasts, we bid you and your son an affectionate farewell; and part with you as with value friends, whom we hope to meet in peace, when the sacrifices and toils and trials of a missionary life are ended. 'The Lord bless thee and keep thee. The Lord make His face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee. The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee and give thee peace.' Not unto us, but unto God be the glory. "Your affectionate friends." (Signed by twenty-seven of the missionaries.) To this loving farewell Daniel Wheeler returned a grateful reply dated from the "Henry Freeling, in the road of Waimea, Isle of Tauai, 27th of Sixth Month, 1836." An extract from a letter written at this time to an intimate friend in England, re-traces the providential care experienced in their various perils:- "Time would fail me to tell of the everlasting mercy and compassion that have been extended to us-ward, in that love which hath compassed us about as with a shield, during our recent operations in dangerous bays and roadsteads, lying open, within a very few points of the compass, to the whole beat of the Pacific. most of these places we have had to land amidst a breaking surf, sometimes in our own boat and at others in canoes, which, when managed by the natives, are by far the safer, although subject to frequent drenchings from the sea. I brought In with me from London, as recommended by a dear friend, a patent waterproof belt; but I have been ashamed to make use of it on any one occasion, and when we have been going to land I have uniformly left it on board the vessel. How could I now begin to doubt the loving-kindness of Him whose goodness hath followed me all my life long? and dare to distrust that never-failing arm of strength that hath been so often and eminently stretched forth for my preservation, by night and by day, by sea and land, amongst strangers and foreigners, where no man cared for my soul-in cold and heat-in hunger, thirst, and wearinessamid the din of arms, the noisome pestilence, and the destruction that wasteth at noon-day; how often from boyhood to the present day have I been sheltered from the rage of the angry tempest; and how was I supported in the iron grasp of affliction, when week after week tidings of family distress assailed me, without the power to lend a hand of help the parent stock smitten and removed, and the branches withering. And after all this, shall I now, when old and grey headed, begin to doubt the heavenly source of help that still strengthens me to proclaim the unsearchable riches of His love to the tribes which inhabit His possessions in these uttermost parts of the earth; when the feelings of decaying nature are lost sight of, and the inner man strengthened by the might of the Lord's glorious power and sensible presence to my humble admiration. 'To whom shall we go,' when He only hath the words of eternal life; to whom all power in Heaven and earth is given. ' If the brightest diadem Whose rays of living lustre burn May we not think of thee as wearing Thanksgiving, love and praise for ever! WHITTIER on Daniel Wheeler. O the Hervey Islands, of which Rarotonga is то the largest, lying in 21° 31' South latitude and 160° West longitude, the little Henry Freeling next directed its course. Charles Wheeler writes: "We re-crossed the Equator and entered once more the Southern Hemisphere. The sinking |