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 THE MICMAC MISSION. 
 
 (N. I'. — I was on the point of drawinf^ uj) a history of the Micmac 
 Mission, in which I have been engaged fur tlie last thirty years .ml 
 more, having been urged by several friends to do so, when the article 
 in the Christian Messmiger, alluded to, seemed to for])id any further 
 diilay. This accounts for the conununication being atidressed to the 
 Editor of that pa])er. It is proper to add that on being shown the 
 mistakes into which he iiad fallen, he genei..usly and at once corrected 
 them. As there are, however, multitudes of our friends who need 
 information on the subject, it has b«en thought best to allow it tu 
 stand as at first, but not to be published in a newspaper.) 
 
 S. T. 11. 
 
 To the Editor of the Christian Messenger : 
 
 Dkau Sirt, — 
 
 Your reference to the Micmac Mission in your last number seems 
 to require a few remarks from me by way of explanation and correction. 
 
 MISTAKES COKKKCTi:n. 
 
 The only statements really calling for remark, are, nowever, first, 
 that the valuable property situated near }Iantsport, and hold in trust 
 for the Micmac Mission, cost ahouf three thousand dollars/ Is it 
 possible, thought I, when I read that st:>ternent, that I luul to collect 
 that huge sum for about four hnndreil acres of wild lands ? I had 
 foigotten what the exact sum was, but I well remembered that when 
 Mr. G. Morton and 1 walked up to Mr. .Sutherland's office to " tender ' 
 
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 111.' i.;iyiii''iit, w Iri'l i< 'if^ '» il'>^'K (livitlod in ."lUil p'^rtioiis in tlic 
 tun cikIs of a 1)M;^'. uud tliat as it was tngL;.'(] ulon;^', sliiftcil occasionally 
 fivni one liau'l to tin- otli.T, it ili>l seem a pivtly licavv \>m\. lUit 
 my inipp'ssioii was that tin-re was a little over one Iniinh-xl snn'rf't';/ui>' 
 in each cn.l. iWit. dear, tloar. I scenu'd to e\« aim to niys.-lf, had 
 tin IV hci'n ■<'■!•>, I liinidml, \V(> would surely have had to string,' the bag 
 across a I'olc, as tin- Spi,-.-, did their hunch of L;rapes from Ivsheol, or to 
 have taken a wheelbarrow, or something of the kind.' So I turned to 
 til.' " l>eed" for liglit, and surff eiiougii, there I foun.l tliat "all men 
 ar.' l^ound to know" that it " was for aad in considt.'rati(.n of the sum 
 .tf tin> hundred and spvf.nfy-lin' jinnudfi, lawful money of Nova Scotia, 
 to us in hand paid," that the said valuable property was purchasi'd. 
 Evidently, theref.)re, the editor of the C/in'sfiau M"m'n<j<>i' has fallen 
 in this matter into a pretty largo error. The statement tuiglit be said 
 to t).'. like the picture of liarnum's giant, .sV/y////// ex ((/(jeraff'd ,—(n(!T- 
 •stated l)y u'nietecn Inutdvtd dnlhirs ! ^•. ould thai all our bluu.ieia in 
 liguring up our uwn atfairs, or tiiose of the i)ul)lic, vironld lead to so 
 little trouble, and be so easily correcteil ! 
 
 1 am n.it so sure about another of your statements. I hope, you 
 are riglit,— it woii M give me great joy to know that you arc so. 15ut I 
 liave not th.' m.'ans of deciding, so \ can only wisii ami hope that your 
 statem.'iiL may be somewhat nearer the truth than your figures. You 
 .say : " Hut ciunpared with other missions, instituted about the' saino 
 time, <his (me has had a very di.sconraging history." Tliis from the 
 editt.r's .standpoint. "Were I to make tlie comparison from the present 
 a.si)ect of affairs, which, of c.nirse, witiiout all the facts of the case 
 before me, woul.l be ra.sh, and most probably unjust, I should have to 
 exactly reverse the above decision, and say : *' Hut tliis (the Micmac) 
 mis.ii.m, c.jmi)ared with soiiu' others, instituted about the .same time, 
 lias had a very ntcouri('j!ng history." I'ut then, as just hinted, I may 
 not be. and certainly am not, in a po.sition to make a careful and can- 
 di.l comparison. I might judge as rashly an.l as falsely concerning 
 those oflici' missions, from not knowing any better, and not much 
 caring to know any better, as a certain learned doctor of Ilalifa.K, in 
 an article pul»li.shed in a scientilic journal a few years ago, wrote and 
 decided respecting the Micmac Mission. Thus he wrote : " A few 
 years ago many most sincere ptu'sons gave large sums of money to 
 civili/e them. Their m.mey and work were all wasted, if not injuring 
 the race they .sinc,erely sought to benefit, liy a mo.st fatal mistake in 
 nattn-al laws, and by teaching them their own language, by printing 
 
'^vhat NvcTj' railed, Lut maily were nut, Miciiiac luxtks and j^o.sptls, 
 they mcdtllt'il with thtir faith, aixl smi-hl to cany tlnnn back to 
 their old worn-out lih) and lanfiuaf^'c, now sadly disjointed from tlie 
 jiresent times." " V/o can ualy lament so much tnoncy atid so much 
 lianl work sinc-rcly wnsted, in haiTassing their untutored minds with 
 another lant^uaj^e and another faith, before they had taught them to 
 wi'ar shoes an<l st.ickin^'s, or to eat from tables." "Indians of 
 Nova Scotia. iiy d. r,i:u^AUi) CliLriN, 11. A., M.P., M.L'.CS." 
 (Ifead 12th March, 1877. Transactions of the Xiitural History 
 Society, pa^'o 200.) Terhaps it was this able (!) (hnnnnent that my 
 worthy friend, the editor of the C'Am7/Voi .Vc.v.svv/'/''^, had before him 
 when he deemed our history so dolorous as " compaivd with some 
 others, instituted about the same time." Why I)r. ('.. would have 
 told you the history was sufliciently discoura»,dn^' without in.stituting 
 p.ny comparisons. Only think of it. A lew weakdieaded visionaries, 
 such as the late Dr. Twining', Dr. Forrester, and Dr. (.'rawley, Dr. 
 r. Cr. McGregor, and uwra or less of the otlicr leading ministers, mer- 
 chants and lawyers of Halifax at the time, actu;'lly undertaking to 
 cinilize the Indians by such a huge mistake in nafnral hiicf as they 
 made, like trying to make water run \ip hill, and hy HeehliKj to carnj 
 tltoii hack to their ohl Wiirii-oiit I If'- and laixjuage, now sadly disjointed 
 from the present times. Surely that ivaa ime. way to try to cii'di::e 
 them ! And to add to the absurdity, they 'dna'd to trarlt tlann tliolr 
 own lam/iinge ! — sending pour l!aud round amnng the alders and 
 bramble bushes to toatdi the Indians their own old worn-out and all- 
 but-forgotten Micmac!! And worse than all,— but what will not 
 such simpletons do 1 They actually i-rinted and taught the Indians 
 to read \\\\i\i iirre cal/ed, hut real/// urrr imt, Mimnar IhhiIs and 
 gaspeh ! ! The books really, of courst;, wer<' in Sanscrit, Chinese, 
 C' jek, or some other language, but they were unf, as pretended, m 
 Micmac!! Why really, like the little boy wdio broke his father'.s 
 axe, I must exclaim, " I did not know I was so strong." Not much 
 credit can accrue Irom the monditij of the transaction, certainly, luit 
 what marvellous powers of inteJIirf must have been required to make 
 such men as the gcntlemeii really were, whose names I have men- 
 tioned, believe, and to make the Indians everywhere believe, that the 
 books referred to really were [)rinled in hona fide Micmac, when all 
 the time this was not so ! 
 
 Well, doctor, no wonder such a mission as you have so graphically 
 described in your paper, liad it ever existed, came so speedily to 
 
t,'ri«'f. It is suiiw rt'li«'f, cprtiiiiily, to bf ahli' to reply in the wonU of 
 Neli«miiili to Sni.lallat : "Tlit'ie ur.; no such thin<,'s doiio lus thou 
 aav«;.st, Imt th"U f.-ij^ix^st tluMn out ol' thintj uvvii heart." — Neh. (> : S 
 
 An. I yet thiit is ahoiit as n.-ar the trnlh as many jH'ople seem to 
 have attained, re.spcetin^' tljc Mienme ^^ission. It has in their esti- 
 niidicn a(:c,oni|ilished notliinj,' All the money -that thret thnnsHwi 
 r/>//r/r*- lor land, the la r;,'e SIMMS for publishing the Scriptures,— all 
 lust, thrown a\»ay, and the ytars oI'lalMir and toil and' vexation in mas- 
 tering the hmi^uage, translating and preaching and teaching, all wasted ' 
 
 .Said one of the meivhants of Truro to mu lately : " A ge.ntlemati 
 was in hero Just now, and lie saiil how singular it is that after all Mr. 
 IJaiul's labors for su many years, he has never aucc;«eded in juaking 
 hut (>//(' convert, and ht is one of the greatest scoinulreh out." Ho 
 did n<.t trll me the gentleman's name. I'.ut I hi>d beon invited to 
 addre.ss a pubHc meeting the next day,, and had been t(dd that scune 
 remarks in connection with th« Miemac Missiim would be api)ropriate. 
 .So 1 io«»k the above piece of information for my text, ami some 
 gentleman had the candor to tell me the f«jllowing day that he thought 
 he was the individual referred ii>, and freely owneii that the charge I 
 had brought against him, and all others, who should make such a 
 .statement, of disgraceful ignorance, was just, and richly deserved. 
 
 MLSSiON TUOUBLE.S. 
 
 To use a slang phri\s^\ T WA no (Kwposition to hlnn- on myself or 
 on the Micmac Mitssifti. 1 wiil institute no disj)araging compo.risons 
 with other missionaries oi' (tlier missions. Troubles enoagli and trials 
 enough we have hail all of us in our work, no doubt, both from friend.^ 
 and foes, rerhajis 1 can sympathise with our foreign missionaries in 
 their toils and sorrows, aye, and in their joys too, as few who have 
 never left their native land can do. Yes, our history, more especially 
 when written liv those who know little or nothing about it, and who 
 judge from a few unfavorable snrfin'c specimens, is di.scouraging 
 enough. .Vnd without l:a\ing attended the latest ''Conventions," ami 
 only having listened at a safe distance to the thunder that has been 
 rumbling in siniw religious paptis uf late years, and merely having 
 wateheii a portentious cloud just now looming up in the wkstkux 
 /or/;'^//, T cannot lie][i seeing tliiii "some other missions" have had, 
 and still have, some very discouraging and trying "portion.-" of 
 *• history," from which the Micmac jNlission has been happily free. 
 And there are facts fur all to mourn over still more discouraging, from 
 (jiu- one-sided view. " AVhat has your Christianity ever done for tliti 
 
7.'(irl(l ?" th'^ infi'lol and skcittic ask with an air of triiiiuph. " Yniir 
 I'Miristians are th»! worst (•!' pcoitle, iinlgiii;^ i'r.ini tiif spjriimMis wo skv 
 avouml us." In Tiiscarora, Oiitarin, wlifn: thiTe are a ft'W excellent 
 ^Christians, ami many proftissors, and many Pagans, it was treelr 
 adtnittcil liy the former that tlr latft-r are tlif hest people taken 
 aa a whole. And after all the lahurs of mis'^ionaried in 
 I»nrniah and India, hy the candid ac'knouled^Mnent of tlmse best 
 'jnalilied to jndpe, heathenism and not Christianity is propnrtioiiahly 
 on the increase, so that at tho pre.s<'nt day the former is much further 
 in advanci^ of tin.' hitter than it was when r'avey and .Imlsnu rejoicetl 
 over their Hrst converts. And whit tlji-n I Will the son,'s of the, 
 thousands who have been saved be le>s loud ami sweet, or Ki-'s/tno'i 
 Pol's hymn (Xo. 844 in the Psalmist) less cheerin:,' t.. the hearts of 
 thousands? No indeed, (hir elforts have been amply rewardeil. 
 
 Put to retvtrn. I am not in a position to coiRjiare the two cases. 
 I have not all the facts of the of/itr sid«,'. 'I'liwn 1 may be carried 
 away by my feelinj^s and wishes to j\i.lnre the one side too favorably, 
 and not to })e sulP.ciently candid and careful in hearini; the otln'r sitle. 
 I might be somewhat like the merchant whi- umlert .')k to exidian^e 
 commodititis, as the story goes, with his Indian customer, by using Ir.s 
 Mst for a i;)ovind weight. Coi'dd the heavy tist have been dissevered 
 from the muscles and mind to which it was attached, a fair trade coidd 
 have been made. Put it was clear to tin; untutitred Indian that the 
 <ist weighed much heavier when the feathers and furs were in the 
 scale than when tlte powder and shot and toljacco, Sc<\, were put in. 
 To measure or weigh correctly, wiiether ftntthers, or shot, or mi.-sions, 
 we must, to begin with, harf n cDrrirf .--tuivhir'! as a guide, anil then 
 this .standard must be imjtartially applied. Nuw I ibt not know what 
 <it(Uid<iril Mr. Selden used when he cauie to the fctregoing conclusion. 
 Was it one duly " authorized " s.'Tjfl *' stamped I" or was it something 
 like the variable pound weight of the dealer in Indian commodities 
 ■referred to? And to be fair, I would have to ask utyself the same 
 question. For myself I would much jirefer acting on Paul's advice in 
 1 Corinthians- " Therefore judge nothing bfftue the time, until tiie 
 Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness 
 and will maka manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then .<h<jll 
 •every man huce praise of if'ad" The " standard " in that day will be 
 a just one. For each and every one of us then there will be no 
 comparisons with others, — cw reference to what ethers did, but what 
 «ach individual / did. 
 

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 Lot tli«! n-adcr tli.'H watch inc n.s I loa.l tin- sralfs. F,<t liiin jmplon 
 luf if my f«'«'liiit,'s will n'M seincsvlnt [m tlip w.i-lit ..f tliu .vi-l.-nce 
 I mi ubout t < pr...lu.r ; hut <lu nnt fliut vour i-ycs to tlie uviik-iice. 
 
 OKNKIiM. IMI'1{mV|;M1:NT «»r Tin; MR MACS. 
 
 Take iieconiit ilifii <'t tlu. i'(.ii.liti..n of tli- Mi.;iiiar Inaiins^ 
 "fnerally. as it is today, and coini'un; it witli what it w;i.s thirty yiar-s 
 a"«., "when th<;s»; iiii.-iHiiiiKs cniiuiu'iu-ud." Then th<'y w.tc, so far as 
 civilization waj ((Miccnied, ah«>ui in tht- saiiu- mndilinn that they wi-iv 
 in n.r th.- i.rivi.)Urt oin- Imiidi.d yars. Dr. ( ;il|.in tdls us as iiinch in tlie 
 iirticK- n'ti-rrt'd to, in wliidi, 1 am happy l> >ay, uhih- tlure are si»ino 
 •MTioUA mistakes, thm; is mndi tliat is true, and h r whidi he deserve 
 mndi rrfdit IV.r hi.s industry in culUitiii;,' and n-oording. I'.ut hr 
 tiiitiifully till.- \is \\v h.-an "ur 'A<uk ' before they had Leon taught to 
 wear sIlh-s and stockings or to .at from tahk-s," (pige L'70.) Well, ico 
 hn>'c tnK'jht ll<-nt. to w.'ar di-'^a and stockings, and to eat from tables, 
 and to dre>s like tic ir white bruthers ami sister?. I cannot vemember 
 
 when I luive seen ll Id pcakt d cap oil an Indian woman's head, oi 
 
 the old blanket ai<.uiid tlirii- shoulders. And wi-: Imv Innght them 
 to live in houses, and to ^ciid tlcir children to .school, and in a goodly 
 number of cases, to be steady, sober, industrious and cnifortablc I 
 hay WE have taught tluMu this, fur no credit can be ti\ithlully giren 
 to the IJoman Catholic Churdi for any of those improvements, which 
 have been so marked among the Micmacs^ of late years. The Indians 
 know well, and there are others wlm know well, that all the power 
 and iidhunce of tlieir bishops and priests have been exerted to keep 
 them as they v/eiv, in ignorance ;uid d.avkuess and dependence. Then 
 those " terrible gosprl.-," printed in ' suppositioiia ' Micmac, accord 
 in" to fri-'iul (r.'s theorv, and wbirh it was fraied would shake their 
 
 fiith have iiidr.'d, in a goodly i.umU-r of instances done so, have 
 
 produced under < b'd wonders. Name aft-r name cumes up before 
 me, as T wriip, and run uiy eye batdc over the past, of those whose 
 days ended in liiiglitness, a bright Christian walk aiul life, and whoso 
 .-uii went down without a cloud, as they iteaccfully rested on the 
 f-reat Atonement, without needing or wanting any help from man. 
 
 I'A^RTU'l.r. VH ''ASE-S OF IU.K««SIN0. 
 
 Yes, indeed, I mind m- of do Ihooks, ujy fir.-t Indian teacher, for 
 whose conversion 1 long wailed and prayed, and the tears aid sob.-i 
 come \\ell iiigh choking me with joy, not grief, as 1 remember I found 
 
Iiitii on(!(' in tli<3 iH'i;^lilH)nrli(ioil i4' W'l'UMili', ill in Itmly, aiid »tili 
 tiion; 8u in iiiiiid, uiulcr u <k'i'i) sciiso of tlio uci^'lit and 1iiii'il<ii oi' liis 
 sins. And iIhmi li«»\v las vyva sparkled wlaMi, iilinut ii I'l'i'tni^lit alttT, 
 ho tnjd nn' he had I'miiid |n kt livini,' i<<r iihdut ii Vfai iilicr, a 
 I'unsistcnt, ih'Voti'd life, ai I dviii:^' full of j-y and pciict', in tin- 
 iH'ij,dih(iMrh(Mid of St. ddlin, N. II. And littlr Mn.sr^ hi.s sun, wi'iif 
 ahniit tin; .sann; time in pcaci'. Tlun I think hI' j.i'wic JliMoks, 
 anothtT son, with whom 1 often took .sweet eoun.sel, and who assured 
 me tlio.se precious hooks, those gospels and psalms sustained him 
 throu;^!] tlie hcturs of aj^'on y he had oltiii to tudnn' frum lliit tenihle 
 disease, the asthma, and IVom whom the priest lahoured in vairi to 
 wrest and hurn the hooks he so hi,^lily prized. In relating,' the story 
 he said : " I'hey cannot j^et the hooks away from us." .Vml tln-n 
 follows iiis daughter, Mis. Paul, who dietl liere at ilantsport, s.iiiic 
 years later, who give us the most satisfactory evichuie*; that living and 
 dying she was the Lord's. Then I think of Newton (Mode, (Clmnh) 
 and his l)rolher tlo, two of the hnest vnung uu'U 1 over knew, residing 
 fornu'rly in Annapolis County, hut living at the end of their earthly 
 career in Cornwallis, who for industry, hniicsty, and everything good, 
 would have a<lorned any rank or condition of lifi'. \Vhat j"yl'ul 
 times wt! liad together over the Word, and w<re not the ("hristi an 
 friends who often visited tliem in their last sickness, d( lighted to tell 
 me of the proofs they gave of their lirm, unshaken trust in the I.'irij 
 Jesus. And tlien I think of litth- Harri(;t < 'hristnias, (daughter of pom 
 lien, and his excellent, aniiahhi (.'hristian wife,) whose rv!mark;'hle death 
 and angelic faith Kev. Mr. l)imo(k of Truro, her minister, de.scrilied so 
 Ijeautifuily in the Christiati Mvs^ifiKjn' -.ii \.\\(' iiww. And \»;wel also, 
 lier eldest hrother, who lingered in peace and hope for mouths, and diril 
 in Yarmouth some years ago, of wIkuu from his mnther and others I 
 heard a sati.->factory account. And F must not pa>s ovi'r anotlur Jn 
 Ghxh', who clo.sed his career at Kt-ntvflle a year or two ago. Yes, a dear, 
 afflicted sister, Matilda Condon of (.'ornwallis, so many years tortund 
 with acute rheumatism, was interested in poor do, years hdnre he had 
 learned to put letters togetlier into words, or understood as h:; after- 
 words did understand, and rejoice in, the gn-at Salvation. Urotln r 
 O. K. Tuft.s, then preaching at Kentville, now in tlie States, will U"! 
 soon forget the visit lu; and I maih) together to do's hut a few months 
 iK'foro he died ; nor will eomt; of his friends he likely to forget how 
 earnestly ami thaidcfully hrothor Tufts descrihed the scene at the 
 prayer-meeting in the Uaptist Yestry a night or two afterwards, what 
 
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 fic liail m'U atxl lioar.l tli.il 'lay. "Tlio pile nf Ix.dks tlmt lay \>y thn 
 Iniliiiii's «i«l<', nii<l wli.-n Mr iJanil iiuMiti'tiu'd ft j)arli(Miliir cliaiitrr 
 wliirli he wisliffl to ri'iid to till tlyin;,' tatlKtr who lay i>n otic fiido of 
 ;lit! room, ami the tlyiii;; dau^'htfr who l.iy on tlif other, Jo caufrht 
 ip thn (!o.s|h1 of .Fohn and found thf diaptiT, naid Mr. T., nioro 
 i[ui(klv tliuii I CHiild have fonrid it." Ve.-i, ami there had hecn 
 anolluT .lo, .lo Michatj, who will l.c reincnihcrrd port.sihly, nn having,' 
 been sick all on»' winter near Ipp^r l)ykc Villa;,'e, who, with very 
 little htl|., had h'.irned to read those wonderfid hoiiks, ho dn ided hy 
 the aj^'ents of IJotnanisni, and the eontents of whicli hail cheered jiini 
 a* he walked thron;,di the dark valley, .some twenty years nff<>. 
 Nor may I forget to mention my friend ddhn Paul, who.se happy 
 death inspired me at the time not only to contii\ne in my work, hut 
 to write the versesi on the, *' Dyiri^' Indi.m's Dream," Just repulilished 
 with revision, for which I have received .so many thanks. I read 
 those verses the other day to the .son-in law of dohn I'uul, and a 
 cheery lookin-; little ;:roup of his j^rand-childreu, in ;i very respectable 
 looking' house of their own, with a cnnfortahle ham attached. A 
 ciiristian lady wrote nie lately from Halifax, " I hojie tin will 
 be introduced into thtf Sunday Schools," and intimated that she read 
 them every Sunday to her own little tlock, with great .satijifactiou to 
 herself ami to them. 
 
 Jo Micliael had breathed liis la.^t in the wigwam of tlip la.st men- 
 fioned Jo (llo(h',and had left his))ook8 to liis frientl,and this it w.is that 
 had inspired the latter to attempt to master the my.«;tery of readiiiL', 
 which he aci'onij)lished in a few weeks, and with very little assistance. 
 
 OTHKR CA.SES. 
 
 These, and they are not all, of those who have ffone, and who in 
 life anvl in death have cheered tht; heart of the writer, amidst all the 
 " di.scoui-aj^ing history" of the Miemac Mi.ssion. And perhap.s I 
 <;ould name as niany or more anum^' the living were it proper to 
 do so, of whom T have good ho[)e. The Lord Ih; prai.se<l I 
 
 Anil names and numbers aside, can we doui-t that the Word of 
 (lod may have Iteen !)le,ssed to many souls, of wlioni we know nothing. 
 It was (jnly hy an apparent accident that I learned Jo Michael couM 
 read the Scriptures. " Ifow did you learn V I imiuired of him. " Ben 
 Ih'ooks ta\ight me the sound.s of the letters, and I drilled out the rest by 
 myself," he replied. I .saw him but a few times. One day I passed 
 the encampment, and all the rest were away, and he was alone. As I 
 
xNcnt np to Ills wi;,'\Viim I stood unil listfiied with ^jnsit iutM-cK* for a 
 while 1)1 tore F went ill. Ill' Will iviiiliii;; thi' Scriiitiut's ill Mifiiiu', 
 uinl thti intiTvicw that fulhiwfil 1 cannot mion t'cr^'ft. Ainl I ht-arl 
 of II rii«! lit Shulu'iiiiciulic \vhor»! !i pii'-st ui-nt to see u yuim^' Iiiili.m 
 Mho was dyiii;,' of cnn«iiiinitioii. lit- f 'MihI him n-adiiiu' fhf (iospfl. 
 Hf siiatchf'l thu hook out lit the p'lur I'lll-iw',-. haiuls .in I I'liiMiiiiftt d 
 it to the; I! lines, lint h** soon fMiind .'Ut, and hid to (■<<iitt"'M to th*' 
 ^joy, that he had hern ra«h, and dilhriilt was it to Mht.iin a heariii;^ 
 fV(ii:i the indignant and oiitra;;«'d **niitutnrcd Indian." A little 
 wisdt n was, wt- may hope, Ifaiind. It wciiiM hf a ilan^'iTons cxpfii- 
 ment for thom to repeat very often. And I have heeii will inf..rini'd 
 of a sufliejcMt nnmher of ^.l^es heaiinj,' upnii ihis puint to iill'onl uw. 
 nud others miiidi sati f'l'tioii. hut they need ii^i h,- n-pcated heir. 
 Hut sei! Isaiah it^) : H \ 1 
 
 I ninst mention 'uiother incident. A white man oiie#» eonM-nfed 
 to cany ine t(» an indian's hn', which we reached m a lioat. We 
 wtrt! kindly received. '1 ne Indian had a lint, a ;,'ai'deii, had raised 
 ve<^otal)lc«, and as it \va^ fall, he hud an ahnndant supply d" veiiiM>u. 
 We were ahnndaiiLly supp'ied with food, and I was listened to as I 
 rend Micmac, and praye<l, and ..m;,', with glistenin;^' eyes hy tiie 
 Indians. 1 never learned what the etfect was on fh<-ni, hut the 
 ^^entleman wdio was with me, to my >urpri-e and ^iiat plea.sure, 
 assun.'d me afterwards that it was the means ot his own cijuversion. 
 
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 ADVANT.VGKS WK HAVP. DKKI VKI) KlloM T!fK M(>iS|i»S. 
 
 And 1 might nieution the great comfort I l.ave had IVmim time to 
 time, np to the present, in prodaiminjf the unsearehalle lich -s ot 
 Christ to the Indians in tluir own tongue, in which ;.l<iH' > an thev 
 understand a sermon, or make any sense of it. whatever, -that "old 
 worn-ont tonuue " of theirs has great freshness and life mi it still. For 
 '' know all men hy tln.'se presents" that tiie Micmac Mission i.s neither 
 dead nor dying, hut going on still with increasing encouragment and 
 success. Nt)r will it he out of place to mention some of the henetits 
 that have hy the grace of (rod resulted, as is always the case when 
 we attempt to do good to others, to ourselves. 1 mean to the white 
 people of these Provinces, fnjiii the Micmac Mission. A heavy and 
 •inpleasant hurden U[>on our (charity and jnitience has heen in some 
 measure lesseneil hy their improvement, if not yet wli(dly removed. 
 And we have gotten some li'jl<( too as well as some Uhertij. Fur 
 •instance, instead of heing a (question to be gravely debated in these 
 
 
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 lays, wliether llie In.Uiuis as the Aborigines of tlie country, had any 
 ri<rlit. *)r any claim to tlic lands thoy had inherited from their fote- 
 fidhors, as" it \vas alHrnu-.l thirty years ag.) hy grave liwyins and 
 l.oliticians, no one now tiiinks of questioning so manifest a fact, 
 rhribtian people, too, are not now afraid to visit clean and well-dressed 
 Indians in their own dwellings, and do not raise a storm if [ndian 
 idiihlren attend the same schools with their own, sit with then, on the 
 same seats, and romp and play together with them at 'Muxaitime" 
 and "re.ess." This state of things was not reached at a bound, but 
 by slow degrees. Kven not many years ago, not far from my own 
 dwelling, and taught by a dear daughter, a Sunday-School was kept 
 (luring the summer by the roadside, and as autumn came on, in an 
 unoccupied building, vhere some of the more poorly clad white 
 (diildren were gathered, among whom were three little Indians, all 
 orderly and quiet, and not the least so the L.dian children, and 
 apparently greatly interested in their less.ms. The President of 
 Acadia College w..uld not in these days hesitate to allow me the use 
 (if an uiirinished iiu'\ /nn^^-'-itpi^'d room in the ('(allege building, were 
 such to be found, for the use ot the Miemac Mission a few days, to 
 }m occupie<l by myself and a decent Indian, in pre[)aring the Word of 
 (iod fa- the Indians. Ihit "about the time these missions coui- 
 menced," such were the prejudices of Oiftc among the white people, 
 that when I ai)i)lied to him for a like privilege, poor, dear, excellent 
 Prof. Isaac Chipman, after gravtiy weighing the matter, concluded, 
 reluctiUitly I doubt not, that such an imheard-of transaction would 
 operate to the prejudice of the Institution upon whose prosperity his 
 heart was set, and in whose interests he lived and suffered and died— 
 all honor to liim [ And so Paul and I had to part company, and I 
 was deprived (»f his services, for 1 cuuld (djtain a room no where else 
 tlien in thai enlightened, elnistia)i land. Purthermore, no leading 
 magistrate and commercial man at Rentville would in these days face 
 me down and persist in maintaining that an Indian can never be 
 persuaded to oroip// >; house — as was done at fhdt time, then and tlieir. 
 And it has been many years since I overheanl tw(» Indian women 
 arguing upon that same matter, one insisting that she was alway.s 
 nervous and irighteued, and could never sleep, when conqielled to 
 abide under the covert <»f a (>ottage, roof tor a Jiight, and the other 
 telling her that it was once so with herself, l)ut that a little use had 
 overcome the ditliculty, and how much more healthy and pleasant 
 every way it was to have a tloor under them, than to be lying on the 
 
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 (lamp ground. And so I ruij^lit go on to show tlmt llio iiitenst whicli 
 was awakened in behalt of those long-neglected people, led tu a more 
 kind and friendly intercourse with tlieni, and that it has awakened ;» 
 generous and cojninendable ambition to cleaidiness and comfort on 
 the part ot the Indian women, so that instead of being able id 
 distingiiish them by their garb as far otf as you can see them, you 
 now have to look them in the face pretty carefully before you 
 address them in Micmac, both the men and tiie women, lest you 
 fall into the error which has caused me ami others no little embarrass- 
 ment, by mistaking a ratlier dark-complexioned young gentleman or 
 ladv, for Heemoo Paul or Mollv Catlin. 
 
 ]5ut I must draw in the reins. This dolorous business, this sad 
 waste of money and energy, this sorrowful and mournful failure, this 
 Very "• diHcoitr'Vjing lilstonj, in comparison with other missions 
 instituted about the same time," has for one at least, and one too who 
 is as much interested in the matter as any other can be personally, 
 6>on>e redeeming traits — it has not l)een all gloom -bright corruscations 
 of glory have ever and anon tlashetl forth from the dark clouil, 
 growing more and more frequent and more and more ])rilliant and 
 beautiful as the "dohtrous" (;ortege has moved un — and never were 
 the prospects more encouraging thau at the present time. 
 
 AID AND OPrOSITlON. 
 
 The friends of the Micmac ^Mission nuiy well rejoice in all thf 
 agencies the}' have been the means of calling into operation. Despite 
 the deadly hostility we have had to encounter from the first, desi>ite 
 all the discouragements, disap[)ointment3 an '. failures, both in 
 ourselves and others, which we i.re free to conless and mourn over, 
 we are enabled to rejoice in the Lord and praise him for all Inn 
 goodness. i'ndy " there is no might nor coujisel nor wisilom against 
 the Lord." " Who is he that saith and it cometii to jiass, when the 
 Loril commandeth it not"? Can any caiulid christian man wlm 
 contrasts the condition of the Indians thirtv years a<:o with their con- 
 diiion to-day, doubt for a moment that some wonderful movement in 
 the right direction must have taken place? Ifow happene<l this 
 movement to begin shortly after " this mission was institvited," 
 whose history has been so "discouraging" ? For two hundvt*! year*:. 
 the Koman Catholics had had them under tiu'ir undisturbeii control. 
 What have they done for theiu ? They were ready to do the long,. 
 heavy penances imposed on them, as Lewie lirooks \sv\\ remembered 
 
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 in the case of liis oM pMiid-fatlicr ami others. They would never have 
 (Irt.'finieil oi" (lisnlM-yin^' tlieir "ghostly" guides. Why then did the 
 hisliop not tell tht!ni ''to wear slioes and stockings, to eat from tables," 
 to sf'ttlt! in villages, send their childre?> to school, till the ground, and 
 live like their white neighbours? » > ask them why? Ask the 
 Indians why Ihcy lived >o lung in terror of adopting the white nian'.-^ 
 costume and customs, ami cling to the dress, the (Uistoms ami 
 manners of thi'if forefatln .i>.— to that " old, worn-out life and language," 
 back to whi'-li, according to the learned Dr. (I., it was the foolish 
 design of the sinii>lt?-niinded foundf-rs of tl)e Micmac Mission " to /fid 
 fjn'iii.'' Why did they cling to all this misery and folly as though 
 their eternal salvation depended upon it? They will soon give you 
 the reason why. They were taught to l)elieve that their eternal 
 s:ilvati(.>n (fid de|iotid on it. " D'ni't c/taitije ijmir chsIoidk" was the 
 solemn charge from a liishop to the Indians of Fredericton, in a letter 
 1 was asked some years ago to read and interpret to them. As to the 
 I^iible the Indians knew not that there was such a book. Not one in 
 five bundled, I am bold to affirm, could read an Knglish book 
 intelligibly, and there were none in their own tongue, except their 
 prayer-book, in Hieroglyphics or something similar, which they could 
 learn to re[)eat, but which was of no use whatever in promoting tlu'ir 
 civilization. It gavo them some truth, mingled with deadly ern^r, 
 and was well adapted to keep them in ignorance and ilarkness and 
 dependence upon the priest. Nor is there the slightest ground for 
 supposing that this self-styled, infallible church, »vhose boast it is that 
 she never changes, ever would have changed her tactics in her 
 dealing with these her children up to the present iime, if (to refer 
 again to the curious record in the scientific work referred to several 
 times already, liut slightly changing the expressions to bring them 
 .somewhat nearer to the facts of the case,) a lew years ago many most 
 sincere, beneyolent and wise persons had not given not very large sums 
 of money to civilize tliem. Tht-ir money and work were not expended 
 in vain, but have proved an inestimable boon to the race they 
 sincerely sought to benetit. I'.y following the dictates of Scripture, 
 sound sense and the "natur.d laws," and by teaching them in their 
 own language, instead of the idle attempt to teach them through the 
 medium of a language which thej' could not comprehend, and by giving 
 them books anil precious gospels translated into Micmac, they hav© 
 induced many of them to learn to road, and hundreds of them to hear the 
 words of truth and Ivve, and not a fyw of them to see the errors irj 
 
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 wliidi lliej had been trained, and to hnow the Trutli. ami Iho Truth 
 lias set them free,— -wluit lioine did nnt do for two liundred years, 
 He.>jerve5< of excellent land the Indians hud in didrrent places. The 
 Ttgislature built them honses, and they had tahles in them, from 
 which 1 used in those days to which ])r. G. refers, often to eat with 
 Ihe men, while the women and children, without shoes and stufkin^'s. 
 took their nieals on the Hoor. And dnipel-n too they had, at 8t. 
 Pet'-r's, at Shubenacadie, at l>ear Kiver, and other places, where they 
 were taught to assemble with great regularity, zeal and ilevotion, to 
 mumble their prayers, count their beads, bow down to stocks ami 
 atones, and "adore" litf/c piecc'i of drtud dougli ! But where were 
 the schools and scJioolhoii.ies at that time / The Legislature of P. K. 
 Island once voted a sum sufticient to pay a school-teacher among the 
 Indians, and sent a committee to ])reak the iovful tidiuiis to their 
 bi.shop. Put his lordship coolly informed them they had siiui)ly 
 made a mistake — that the Indians were already educated, with ih>^ 
 '•i^vij Ite.d education, ami needed none of their interference. And 
 afterwards, after they had foun<I out that Indians could learn to read 
 very easily, and that there were ''wonderful things" in the book.^ 
 they had read and heard read, poor old Paul of Shubenacadii' waited 
 'i !'. the bishop at Halifax and reijuested that they might have a school 
 us well as a chapel, that their children might learn to read and write 
 and cipher,&c. " Uh," said the bishop — I simply state what the InJIirs 
 told me — " you don't need school ^ Why, you have got no ploughs, 
 no cattle, no donkeys, no shovels, &c. Wait till you get all these, 
 and then it will be time en»ugh to think about schools." Put, " lo ! 
 the poor Indian " — took it as an insult. " If we had learning," he 
 argued, '' like the white people, this would aid us, may-hap, some- 
 what in rising to the dignity of ploughs and shovels, cows and 
 horses, and other conveniences possessed by our white neighbours." 
 People have often wondered how it has happened that, surrounded 
 so long by all the advantages of civilization, the Indians remained for 
 so many generations without adopting any of them. Here is the 
 reason. All the light they have recei\ed, and liberty too, during the 
 few past years, has been, not by the efforts of their priests, but in 
 spite of them, as some of us well know. Xominal Roman Catholics, 
 multitudes of them still are no doubt — a matter which gives me 
 comparatively very little concern — but I could give many striking 
 facts did I choose to do so, to prove that thc^y cannot noio be 
 controlled and befooled and domineered over, as they were '* when 
 these raissions commenced." We bless the Lord for that. 
 
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 Tni: i.Aitoia.s of the last two years. 
 
 l>i)iiiiL; tlio pist \\Yo yours I have, soon hundreds of Tndinns in 
 Novii Si'dtia. N'l'W r.iiniswick, ;iiid Princo Kdward Isl.uid. T s;iw on 
 OIK' oi'iMsioii list sMtniiif'r, about four lunidred assembled at one jilaof, 
 and met it the time many an nld friend, and warm and earnest were 
 till- grt'otiiiLjs that passed l)ct\veeu us. T have aihlrosseil many of 
 tlirtiii, and n-ail tin- Scriiitiires to them, and lioard thom read, and laid 
 hitor" tli'"n the Scviiiturc si'lietne of Redemption, in private inter- 
 views with iiulividnals. tu ai^st-mhled comjiauies, in their wigwams, in 
 their fini/si's. in their h'if.<, in the houses of the white people, and in 
 the open air, in my own study, in I)ii:hy, in Annapolis, in Cornwallis, 
 in Hants ('ounty. in Ifilitax. liedfoid, Dartmouth, Truro, Andierst, 
 Sussex, St. .hihn. Fredericton, Summerside, Charlottetown, by the 
 v.'ayside, riiliiig in the cars, ;,nd in other j)laces. I have distributed 
 among thiMn mmy copies of those wondrous books and gospels, »o/ 
 written iji an "i.lil, wurn-onl. forgotten tongue," but in rsdi llfiwj 
 Af''i')H'i\ so f'otn|irehenRive. so expressive, so musical, so sweet, that 
 wiiile listening to the wondrous story of the Cross, all hostility and 
 jirejuiliee goes down b(ifore it, and after reading and praying and 
 singing sweet hymns to listening groups, I have been covered with 
 tlianks and kimlness, and have, during the past two years, scarcely 
 Mw\ witii any thing that deserved the name of opposition from any 
 o,uarter. 
 
 On niie occa.-ion on arriving at an Indian settlement, I not only 
 had Collected quite a hut-full of interested hearers, bui; one of the 
 women left iinmeiliately and went live miles on foot to tell her father 
 I was there ; and he dn>pped everything and came with his family to 
 lueet nie. On another occasion 1 met with a poor fellow dying of 
 consumption whom 1 had known from a boy, but had not seen him 
 f-r a l'»ng tiiu". H^w delighted he seemed to see me! What com- 
 fort I ha<l in leading the gospel and telling him of the marvellous love 
 '>f Christ to sinners. How intensely he listened! Great freedom I 
 had in prayer by his side, and comfort. I felt sure the Lord was 
 tiiere. Next day I started to see him again, but he had passed away. 
 
 1 have to think at such times how it was "when these missions 
 (•'•mmenced." Now whenever 1 meet an Indian I seem to have found 
 a friend. They smile upon me, they listen with deep attention to 
 what 1 have to say, they thank nie for my vi.sits, and they invite me 
 to come again and come oftencr. Then it was not so. Then I was 
 
ndians iii 
 r saw oil 
 one place, 
 nest were 
 many of 
 , and laid 
 ate inter- 
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 !p, and in 
 )rnwallis, 
 AmluTst, 
 , Ijy the 
 strihutiHl 
 ipels, not 
 al lu'inij 
 eet, that 
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 red with 
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 lot only 
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 ar father 
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 nissions 
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 often mot with angry frowns and tierce denunciations, th. l.r.nulishin- 
 oi clubs and //..5aud axes. The chil.lren at th,.ir play .shunted the 
 alarm when they .saw me coming, — '« i/'o.7oo' ,rfrh.hnne-et"—-'[W 
 devil i.s cuming." The woman stood in the door-way hrandishing h.r 
 axe, or hohhng back the growling dogs, ami threatening to let thm. 
 loose upon me if I dared to come any nearer. 
 
 A ."i.VTANR' INCIDKNT. 
 
 Once I an.l Kev. J. Spenser, now of St. dohn, \. I;., n-.lknl out f:o,n 
 Sydney, (J. H., about seven miles to see the Indians. We were kimlly 
 received and had a very interesting vi.sit. We ha-l ..tarted earlv. had had 
 a long walk, a. d when about three or lour oVlo.,-k, the e..]-pi. that was 
 stewing over the lire and .stimulating our appetites by it.s hissing and 
 sputtering and savory perfume, came to be divided rouml, we cheer- 
 fully shared the meal and made a bountiful dinner, and ivturned 
 home well pleased with our missionary exnuMon. l!ut .das tor n.y 
 next visit! The priest had heard ,»f the mcroachinent. and had 
 madeanelfortby one crushing blow from !>,/., inhlllt,/ to put a .stop 
 to it forever. He had made them a vi.sit. Hr had a.ssund then, tliat 
 I was " the devil." .Not one of his i,ni,.< n,erely, nor one of his 
 servants, but the great I5eelzebub, the real old Satan himself. " Imrns 
 and hoof, and tail and all," (allowing a little play to the uuagination). 
 n dear, didn't my second visit produce a comnioti,>n ! They gathered 
 roun.l and stared wildly at me for a few moments, and wlu turn, d 
 and ran like a her<l of frightened cariboo. ( )i,e .,hi man stood hi.s 
 ground and exi.lained to me the cause of the change in their comluct 
 and of the su<lden exodus. He very civilly reqneste.l m- to take 
 my.self away, and I did so, of cour.se, after a little remonstrance. That, 
 was about^ thirty years ago, "about the tin.e the.se missions were 
 instituted." And those and similar scenes were nothing to what 1 
 liad to endure sometimes from Indians and white peopl.-."froni pri.-sts 
 and their adherents, from some Protestants, iV.uu friends and fn.n 
 foes, but out of them all the Lord deliveretl me. 
 
 C.\.^E OF ,J0 UIIOCJKS. 
 
 And when in that " i)lea.sant valley" to the west of Wojfvillo, I sat by 
 the .side of the poor old Frenchman, a de.^cendant of the per.srcutcd 
 Huguenots,* whohad lived nearly all his life anting the In-lians, wlio \. „i 
 
 ♦ 1 am on reflection, not quite sure of this. 
 
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 tnrnf'tl Catliolir win n lif tunud I iHlian,aii(l wlmscoms to liave been r;v.>o I 
 up in rruvi'lciK'c fur the siiecial bciicHt oftliis Mi,ssini>,- -f(jr witlnuit 
 liitii I cniild iK.t have inastercd the lan;^ni;ijff',- ainl whmi he UM inc.- 
 with ♦;yi's hriiniiiin^ nvcr M'itli .)i)y, Iidw he liail found tho T.crd, and 
 ]\U SDul was ri'stiu^' in jieace on Christ as liis Saviour, and thatd<ci 
 me so feelingly f'r all the interest Iliad taken in him, and all the 
 kindness 1 hail shdun him, an<! all the truth I had taught him, 1 was, 
 I can assure you, mme than rejtaid fuv all the toil and lal»or, i)ersecu- 
 tion and trial, I hid endured in the work. " I owe it all to you," he 
 said, " others despised us atnl jiassi'd us by ; you came amojig us and 
 taught us." pour. I"! lie hid been by his own account a sad dog 
 ill his youthful days, and had sorely sulFered lor his sins. He had 
 run away from his mabter in Annapolis ('ounty, and gone to sea. 'riien. 
 a wild, drinkinu', thoughtless sailor, of about twenty years of age, he 
 }iad changed his name and taken up liis abode among the Indians. ( »f 
 course his relatives disowninl hiuj, and the white peojjle despised him 
 mor« than they iiid the real Indians. If it was bad enough, and 
 disgraceful, to b" an Indian, evt^u when ';he jioor fellows were not to 
 blame for it. but 'vere exactly whore (Jod made them and put them, 
 if that itself was deemed " a erime to be punished by the judges." 
 how much greater was the disgrace and sin when it had been his own 
 voluntary act. *' The priest and the Levite had passed poor do by on 
 the other side," as a iiopeless case. Hut the blessed fA.rd had in 
 grace made me to act the part of the " good Samaritan, " to bind up his 
 Wounds, pouring in o\\ and wine, and take him to the Inn where he 
 wou'il lie cared for ; and by and by up there in the glory, standing 
 }>y hi- sid«, n r liis alone, I expect to hear from the once despised 
 and crucitied, now exalte<I Lord and liedeemer, " Inasmuch as ye did 
 it unto one of ihe least of these my brethren ye did it unto me." 
 I have refern.'d to stn-eral of his ilescendante. Another of his sons 
 has been my most ettieient assistant in learning the language, f(.irmiiig 
 a grammar and dictiiui.uy, and in translating the Scriptures. 
 ^\nd there and then tiicre will ))e no disparaging cwmparisons among 
 us, no jealousies, ami no taunts. And, be assured, flien the rewards 
 will not be dealt out according to the popularity enjoyed on earth, 
 and tln^ number of sermons we preached, auil the number of converts 
 we made and " liapti/'-d into the fellowsliij) of the Church," but 
 according to our faithfulness ami diligence in His service in the 
 station where the blaster had apjiointed. No doubt it is encouraging 
 to be .^v^.Yr^>;/■'//, but it is more blessed iohi.\fa'fhfaL (Sec 1 Cor., 4:"_*.) 
 
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 Ami it may he fumul at last tli,\t N'unli, ami Klijuli, ami .TrTciDiali; 
 iuul others, who hail tho grace ami the oourage to iiiaiiitain their stainl 
 " tipun the burning deck, whence all but themselves had fled," and 
 who were left to toil on and to labor with no encouragement but thr 
 Kverlasting Arms under tiiem, whilr the llames crackled and roared 
 and ruslierl over them, till came the " thunderburst," and they wenl- 
 up in a chariot of tire by a whirlwind into heaven, may have alter all 
 more sparkling gems in the " crowns of their rejoicing" than sonus uf 
 your Spurgeons, Whittields, Te.'sleys^ Moody.s anil Haidveys, your 
 -ludsona, Careys, I'eters and Pauls, without instituting any dis[)araging 
 comparisons, or wishing for a monn'iit to di'traet one iota from all the 
 glory tho latter worthies, and others more wondLTfully blest in tht ir 
 labors than they, will have achieved. 
 
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 Passing over many incidents of great inti'vest. I have o?ic point 
 more to touch upon, or my task would not seem to be fully arcom- 
 jtlished. How have the missionaries succeeded so fir a.n s)/j)porf, ami 
 their own personal comforts, their temporal wants are concerned ' 
 It may be all well to talk of the havdslii[t.'} and trials and labors we 
 have gone through, and of our wonderful success, fostering not a little 
 pride and vanity all the time, and hardly suppressing our expectation 
 to be applauded for our wonderful firmnev-n and forbearance a:;d 
 perseverance, i^'c, &c. ]>ut we ought to have a little sunshine a3 wc 
 go along. We are human beings ; we have 1)odily necessities and 
 family necessities, children to care for, <S:c., (I'c. , and the Lord never 
 meant that we should be so entirely absorbed, eveji in his work, a.-> to 
 forget that " we have this treasure in earthen vessels," and must take 
 care that these are not unnecessarily broken oi injured. If we cannot 
 get bread to eat, and water to drink, and .sou'ciiiing to shelter us froni 
 cold, we must be poor "labourers" even in the be.*t of "vineyards." 
 " He that provides not for his own, and especially for those of iii.M 
 own house, would make but a sorry christian minister or missionary, 
 for he would have ' denied ' the faith and W(ndd be worse than an 
 infidel." Isow I hope those missions to which reference has been 
 made, have not been left to sutler unduly in these respects. Their 
 work has doubtless too, been congenial, and in additiiui to the good 
 they have done, be it less or be it more, — (a matter about which we 
 poor, erring mortals are happily neither competent to judge nor called 
 to judge — the blessed Lord will take all that business and responsi- 
 
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 Ijility n|ion liiiiisulf,) — l»at in aiMilion to this wo iiiiiy trust tlu-y liavo 
 liiul in tliL'ir work a lai'L;i' iui;.isiir(! nl" r,';il solid comfort. I am happy 
 to suy that this hivs bct-n L'mpliatit;ally true of niyst It', If I occasioually 
 i;ontriisl my privih.';,'L's witli thnsc who an- toiling' among the heiithuu 
 on " ( Irctmhimrs icy niiuintains, and on India's burning [»lains," or 
 even in lioiuun Catholic countries, and thiidc v( the hardshijjs they 
 have to endure, I must say I am glad my lot was not cast there, and 
 I sometimes utter the words of the J'.-almist, even with resi)ect to 
 this: " Truly the linos have fallen to me at i)Im-^ant j^Iaccn, yea, I 
 have a gooilly heritage." No hot seasons, no blasting winds or 
 burning sands, no rainy seasons, no lions, tigers, panthers, crocodiles, 
 serpents, scorpions, nor men more cruel and fierce than thoy, to 
 encounter. I\ind friends wherever I go, houses and hearts open to 
 receive me, and glorious opportunities for proclaiming the unsearchable 
 riches of (.'hrist to crowdcil audiences of white peojde from time to 
 time, and of enjoying christiui fellowshii> and converse with the 
 Lord's ])eo[ile. The literary ^\ork, too, of the Mission, has had 
 surpassing charms for me, (Jur Heavenly Father knows how to fit the 
 instruments for the pfculiar w^.rk to which he calls them. He gives 
 a passion Un- the work itself, an intense interest in it, that makes the 
 labour its own bles.sed reward, aside and apart from all other consider- 
 ations. The farmer, the mechanic, the preacher, tlio teacher, the 
 historian, ti.'e poet, tlu; musician, the geologist, as well as the minister 
 or the missionary, or the follovvcrs of any other calling, who should 
 he merely driven on by a st^Uae uf duty or interest, or driven by the 
 lash of necessity, like a galley-slave, and who should bo always 
 asking the (question, " C'li. bunn" " what good is it," would make 
 soiry uphill work in his j'urney across this waste howling wilderness. 
 But labour itself is a blessing, and a rich reward to him who can 
 follow the calling he loves. Tity indeed it would bo Avore it not so. 
 If the musician couhl not enjoy his own sweet melotlies, nor the poet 
 the rich creations of his own fancy, but must be like the mill-stone 
 that prepares pabulum for others, but cannot eat thereof itself. Xay, 
 verily, the poet scaling the heights of Parnassus, on the " winged 
 horse," and soaring beyond the chnids and the stars, and along the 
 Milky Way, enjoys the ride, ami watches with unbounded delight 
 the blaze of braided rainbows, and showers of shining pearls, and living 
 sap[)hire.>, that go streamiu*; down behind hirn, to comfort and cheer 
 "ye dwellers in ye vahs below." Foreign languages, ancient and 
 modern, have always had special charms for mo, and I always, from 
 
 
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 Then, as just stated, I liave always had ahundant opimrtunities of 
 preaching to the wiiite immijiIc hs w<>11 as to the Indians, and I do hivc 
 to sound the gospel trumpet. And I liavo enjoyed niucli spiritual 
 consolalion, not only in the society of the godly wherever I have heen, 
 hut (jlten alono with my IWhle and my fJod. Two special seasons nf 
 njoymcnt 1 cannot soon fcjrget. I spent ahout a nioidh once at 
 Indian Town, New P.runswick, translating the gctspel of .Iclin into 
 Maliscet. 1 enjoyed the kind hi)S[(itality of a christian family in lie 
 neighliourhood, and went every day t(j my work, where a wuiiuiled 
 Indian, compelled to He upon a couch of i»lank, in his ^wn hut, with 
 a broken thigh, assisted me in the woik. What a month of refreshing 
 enjoyment was that I Ono night at ]\Ir. Mstabrook's during that time, 
 and the following day, seated at a table by the side of my wounded 
 brother, I had such an over[)uwering sense of the presence' of Clirist, 
 and seemed to be so pervaded with his love, that occasionally 1 had 
 to lay down my pen and cease fr(tm my work, and tell j)our Jon.-, 
 how happy I was, and that I could hardly go on Avith my writing. 
 And I often think, too, of an afternoon I once spent in the woods at 
 the mouth of Pictou Harbor. It was not many vears ago. T had lieen 
 looking after the " wandering sheep," till wearied and overcona* by 
 the heat of tlie day, I wandered away from the wigwams and went 
 into the woods. I found a place where the spruces and tir.s had been 
 recently cut down and trimmed, and there Mere piles of the fresh 
 boughs strewed around. I heaped them u[) in the shade, thr(;w 
 myself down upon the elastic aromatic couch and rested my wt;ary 
 limbs. I was soon in a sound, peaceful sleep. I awoke refreshed in 
 body and mind, and then I knelt and prayed. Oh, how near heaven 
 seemed ! How my poor heart was stirred with a sense of the everlasting 
 love of CJod ! I coidd never iorgetthat season of enjoyment. I could 
 not help longing, during the following winter, for the season to come 
 round, that some bright summer's day I might go up again to that 
 little "IJethel" where "1 had anointed the pillar," and where I had 
 " vowed the vow." lUit 1 couM never, strange to say, lind the spot 
 again, though I have searched for it more than a little. 
 
 I may not ondt to say that I have enjoyed remarkable health all 
 my life long. I am now within a month or so of being 72 years old. 
 I have no remembrance of ever having been conlined to my bed a 
 whole day with sickness in my life. True, I have been ill sometimes, 
 
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 Mill (lanpeTonsly r.n, an.l tvi-ioe within llio ln\t seven years, from tVic 
 frt'ects of \vhi(!li I ^liill pntlKilily nevi'i wholly n'oover. r>ut I (li<l not 
 sMth.T iMudi piiin after all, and these sca.sftns were j,'roatly Mc^scil to 
 THf, antl T trust wcit- niado a >){<'s«in;^ al.-o to others, in niuoh. si»iritniil 
 consolation — '* j<>y "'H tiie Lord." 
 
 riiCUNlARV SL'PrORT. 
 
 Nor have I ever "heen allowed toRnfferninch inconvenience for lack 
 of teinpor.il supplies. I have experienced many remarkable answer?! 
 to prayer dutin|.^ the last seventeen years, which I desire to aeknow- 
 hd^'e to the <,dory o!' His f;.race " who <,nveth \i.s richly all things 
 to eiijoy." In the year \>'M'^ 1 «a.s led t^ lay aside ail reliiince 
 upon subscriptions, anuiiai ilonations, Sir., and to discard the advice 
 or assistance of all " Committees " or " I'.oard':."' I saw no authority 
 for such in the Word. I have ha<l no formal fixed «alary since then, 
 and it is only just to ^ay that I hail no guarantee for my salary hnfore 
 tliat. Had this been the case I .should probably have been contented 
 therewith. Hut at the time referred to, I was led to adopt what I 
 believnd then, and believe^ mori' tinr.ly now, wa.s the original apostolic 
 pl.m, of taking just what the Lord shouM be pleased <o put it into 
 "he hearts of the people to give, when they should be dispo.sed to do 
 so, and in their own way, saying nothing to any one of n»y want.*, 
 however pressing, and never asking aid of man, but in " everything 
 by prayer and s*,q»pli<:ation" making my requests to " o'U* Fathar who 
 is in heaven." I see no pre'^ept <n' example for rerusin:g aid from any 
 ]>er«on, whetlier saint or sinner, when voluntarily protfi-red. Tn no 
 Instance on reconl did our Lord or his in.'ii)ircd .servants when they 
 were in want ever refuse assistance on any ground, when offered. They 
 were ready to waive their claim to a support even from christians and 
 ••-•hristian churches, wl'.en the exaction would be misccuistrued. Seo 
 1 <:or., chap, ix., and -J (\n\, xi. ; 12 : Acts 20 : .13-35.) In 3 John 
 V.I- read, " for his name sake they went forth taking nothing of the 
 gentiles. But in none of these Scriptures, nor any other that T have 
 ever .seen, is there anv liint that we are under obligation to refuse 
 assistance when we have Vjeen praying for it in onr necessities, when 
 • reply tendered by any person. " The earth is the Lord's and the 
 tulness thereof, — the trorhf and f/H'i/ fliat '.hcell in if" and all hearts 
 aie in his hands, and the gold and silver are his. This is a reason why 
 we should never have recourse to any questionable methods of 
 replenishing His treasury, and at the same time if He chooses to send 
 
US )i little of //m j^'oM or .silver, nr impart t>> us in nnr tk'hI a littlo of 
 tlie " fullness " which ii His, wts aiv not surely c lilcl tu dictito to Him 
 how He shall do it, un<l so refiHo a dran^jht of cold water when 
 sMir»rin<,' from thirst, i>r a pieoo of bread when hiiuyry, hecaiise the 
 party who protl'ers it may neither he uf our jntrft/, nor even a christian 
 at all, Tl»ere is such a thlni,' as liaviufj a zeal even for f Jod which ia 
 not accordih}^ to knowhdgu. (iJom. x, ;L'.) 15ut .s<'e!ilso KoUi. xtv. .1-10. 
 
 I hare k«pt for the la.st seventeen years a list of ;dl donation* 
 received to assist me in this work, and after deiluctin;.; wliat was paid 
 for i)rintiny and Lindin;^^ Micniiio houks, anil j)aid to uiy Indian 
 assistant, leaving' out all paid for this pnrpo.se by the IJ. <S: V. ]\\hk 
 Society, I Hnd on sumn)in<^ up the whole, that for our own personal 
 e.xpen.ses, I have received on an avera^'e, over seven hundred (ji.llars |»er 
 year. This will not be deemed, on coinparison, to have lie.ii an exrra 
 vaj,' intly lavj^'e amount, nor an extrava^'antly sh,Hf/ one. ft is about what 
 1 actually obtained before that, but I have received it with very mucb 
 less ann(»yance and trouble to my.self and to others. I v^-ry mud. 
 tear that were si)iiif' of the nnssions " institiite<l about the same time 
 with this," to be compared in this respect, it woidil be found that 
 those, not this, would exhibit a "discouraging history." 
 
 CONCLUDINS ttKMAKKS. 
 
 Eut enoiig]) of this. (lod alone be ))rai.'ed for all the j^'ood that 
 has been done either bi/ us, or in spite of us. I have never ret^retted 
 that I wa? led to enga;>c in this blessed work. I look for'.vahl with 
 no forebodings and 510 fears. T see ali failure on the put of mav, 
 myself and others, all faitfi/uhic^s on the part of the lUessrd ()ne "who 
 is O'/er all, God blessed forevermore." I am admonished that my 
 active labours must soon cease. lUit (^od can [Ami and execute his 
 own business mucli better than we. Here is an ample tield for 
 labourers, all " wliite to the harvest." "Why may not some of those 
 who have gained experience in liui'mah, and have been tlriven from 
 that inhospitable clime by imjjaired health, when they have recruited, 
 go into this field and reap. Some of them began their missionary 
 career in the wilds and wigwams of Xova Scotia, Let others take 
 their places in th«t distant land, if God calls, as these come trooping 
 home, and these when rested and recruited may find fresli strength, 
 physically and spiritually, in going forth in answer to the Macedonian 
 cry that comes iioni hill and daJe. fi-om forest and iilaiJi. in NoVGi 
 
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 Siiotiii, N't \v IJruiiswifk, Tipo Urntim aiitl I'riiu'o Ivlwiir.l Nlaiitl, 
 " ('(Mill! uvcr lutd luilp U.S." The coast in all clour to what it was 
 whdii thcso iiuMsions coinmcnotttl. 
 
 "Now lliudtxlof ptMi'tt, tli.it l>ioii;,'hi again iVoiii tlie dead our 
 Lord .Ii-'Hiis, that great .Sht.'[)hi.'rd of tho sluM'p, throii^^li the bhiod of 
 the (^verhustii)^,' liovoiiant, make VH pci'f(!ct in t;vory ^'ood work to do 
 llis will, working; in vh that whi(;h is wrll j>lt'a.sinif in His sij^ht 
 through Jesud Christ ; to wiiom bo glory forever and ovor. Anion.'' 
 
 ilnntqmi, N. S., April 2oih, ISS'2. 
 
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