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 we had a general prayer meeting; afterwards we retired to our tents, where prayer, praise, and singing, were continued. Whilst listening to them, my soul was filled with joy and gratitude to God for what he has done for this people, who not long since were chanting their war songs, and offering up their petitions to Muhjemunedoo and to dumb idols, and were wallowing in all manner of iniquity. But now mark the change! They now know the true God and Jesus Christ whom he has sent; they are clothed and in their right mind; they pray; they sing his praises; they shout and give glory to God! To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, be ascribed everlasting praises, world without end. Amen.

Saturday 6th. — In the morning, prayer meetings were held in all the tents. Some of our young men went out hunting deer this morning, and by breakfast time brought in a fat buck, which made a fine feast for us. At 11, we assembled for worship. Explained the rules of the meeting, after which all the Indians repeated the Ten Commandments standing. We then sang and prayed, and Brother J. Sawyer gave a word of exhortation on the goodness of God in saving poor Indians, and on the necessity of being faithful in the service of God. Brother John Sunday then addressed the meeting, and said "he was happy to meet his Indian brothers and sisters in this wilderness, to worship the Great Spirit of all the earth, He then compared the work of God amongst the Indians to a grain of wheat sown on good ground, which brought forth much. He delivered the salutations of his brethren at Grape Island, and said that they all prayed for them in their hearts. He stated that previous to his leaving Grape Inland, his brethren spent one day in praying for a blessing to rest on his labours amongst the Indians whom he was about to visit. Thus you see my brethren at Grape Island made up my pack and sent me off in the name of the Lord to this place." He