I I ■FIRST MISSIONARY’ W ^ G E p
»0v- , NAMES. ,,.AGE. , OCCUPATIONS.
. Mr, • gCa^gnte^.^ j ï
20 — William Puckey .i^agpenter.
21 i- Linen-draper.- -
jg g ^W ilfêmT SMfly° ‘ glgggP Cabinet-maker. '
1 1 ----- - George Veéïpn ^Bricklayer.
3Ó ——James Wilkinfon
r <Jw6men:*,! ■
'jx }% Carpenter
9 Mrs. Mary Cover u n Wife of J. F.
m ——' Elixabedi Ejge •>.70fa :- Wife Q^jOhn By*gi,,p|
- I f .Haflejl^ u 29 'Wife of Rowland HafTell.
■ ■ Ms------ Sarah Heipw^ a3. , Wife of Wm,rHSAryVr
35 ——. Marj^Hodges . w& . . cWife qf Pn
------- Iludden
C SÏÈ'if'R E-K;.':" *■
j'Wife o ^ ^ Hudden^
37 '-Son of J. F.
3§; Thomas HafTell - --vj 1 'Son of RóWlSrid Hiflell 7
39, Samuel Otoo HafTell ’ 1116 weeks. :Do.
We wifhed our feleéHÖö öf mariniers fhouM^öèNcpal^cWlSej* airld'
laboured to pröctftïfl rulhpahcr were dot a -Iitdè^Tft^^ur TiTihis“
behalf. Captain. Wdfon and1 the firfl: mate, • hli nepnéw.’ ^tere^el-
fons in every view equal to the undertaking^ and as'hearty in the
work as the miffionaries- themfelves. M an y of the 'fallÖrS ' were' men
of a lik emind ; about half were communicants; and every man was
eager to beg admittance with us, under the proféfïïófl ó f Wifhing to
be initrumental in fo bleffed a fervice, and the hope that hedhould
gain bengfit and edification to his own foul. £
During the firfl: fix weeks that they were detained in harbour, one
of our body, who continued with them daily, and often miniflered'
unto them, declares he never heard the name of-God blafphémed, a
TO THE SOUTH-SEA- ISLANDS. 7
paffionate word fpp%avfoEfaw s nunhcr giaction' imariy one o f the
mariners, m^ny!!^&hflin jqinedrin the exercifes,qfpray er and praife
with thejrjiofl: cordial, dpvofJbn^S3id’ciiMl who .were not- on fduty ever
abfentedrit&mf^iyes fgjfn the fluted hours1 o f worfhip. Surrotinded as
we.-were\by’hing’&fl^jLS.in die-jharb,oUf, andv o^teDu.inereafed on the
quarter-deck by numerous vifitants, this excited no fmall meafure of
furprife^ndrfondel-^itsfipyelty. Thefon ^ p jE .^ ^w e re .d a ily heai;d-
6Ver the"deep'.— The Ffeal CHriflian in every5fibrauqn, of IfS pbflteffes pe-
c.uliaf' excellence: His rejugionwill never m?erru]^J me niffcnatle of his'
duties'in fpdety J node'will;be' found foVofifcieptJlbuny dihgeiit; ‘divine
principle' will ’do ‘ fhofe ’tHanfathe ^ o l f TOiS wfeipnM. We appeal to
thalvthufl:r c ir r j cbnyf&inn j |S fry candid afid unprejudiced*
m in d :1' 1
ri The'ptdpsirations being camplefed ana all the'ftores on born 1, a m-r
lemfidefignatiOfi of the miflionaries' to their (mice Was made, and the
€Venih'g preceding1 the1 embarkation the alretTors^merthfe narfflbnaries,
and- celebrtitech tneir' Ikfl: hajbpy communion t^ ^ g iw ih - the'Tullefl:-
•confidence' of^qraY\rSbting again'in Tnb ptefeheb of Gocf and o'f ‘ the*
Lamb, add ^eternal1 fellowmip^with Jems'!tne meaiatof,*
and the fp'irits BFHll ‘jtift meni‘mtaderp1eife'(X?‘ "
The'profecuti'dir'of oiSrhfayage fom^g^Mirolifliment of the benevolent
ahd^eyahgefical pfirpofes'{OT o u rT ^ e ^ J^ ili ’ be found tq'Joh-'
fairtva variety d f cv&flik, iriterefhngJ to the1 naVi^htor| theuiEttiiralifl,
and the politician; but above all, will engage the peculiar attention
of thofe who1 glory in the name of Chriftian, and long to fee, .what
they fully expedt, the coming of the kingdom of the Lord, and of
his Ghrift, when “ the mountain of the Lord's hoti lb flrall be efta-
“ blifhed- in'the top 'of the' .mountains, and! the -nations fhall flow'
“ unto it.”—-The cry of the univerfal church is, that “ the Lord
“ would hafien it in his time !” ‘