NOTICES OF THE PRIESS.

church bell was tolled; but the whistling wind sounded through the woods. I have often knelt down, at the head of her grave, and wished that the time would soon arrive when it might please God to relieve me from my troubles and cares, and conduct me to the abode of my beloved parent. My sister Sarah, too, who has since died, is doubtless with my mother. 0, how glorious the thought, I/ml‘ bof/L are now in heaven! There is one spot where none will sigh for home. The flowers that blossom there will never fade; the crystal waters that wind along those verdant Vales, will never cease to send up their heavenly music; the clusters hanging from the trees overshadowing its banks, will be immortal clusters; and the friends that meet, will meet for ever.

“ Little then did I thinkthat I should have to pass through so many afflictions, and so many hardships. O my mother, I am still in a cold, zmc/zrzritable, 7nz'.9erable worid! But the thought that thou art happy and blessed, is truly sweet and encouraging. It is this fact,and my own hopes of future bliss, that buoys me up, and sustains me in the hours of conflict and despondency. Although many years have elapsed since her death, still I often weep with mingled joy and grief when I think of my dear mother. ‘ Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.’ ‘I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salva- tion to every one that believeth.’ The gospel is the only remedy for the miseries and sins of the world.

“My mother and sister’s cases are not the only ones that I could relate concerning the happy lives and deaths of those once degraded and benighted Indians. Many have already reached heaven ; and many more are now rejoicing on their road thither. Who will now say that the poor Indians cannot be converted? The least that Christians could have done, was to send the gospel among them, after having dispossessed them of their lands; thus preparing them for usefulness here, and happiness hereafter. Let no one say that I am ungrateful in speaking thus. It was the duty of Christians to send us missionaries, and it is now their duty to send more of them. There are still