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