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414 DIARY OF JASON LEE

it is too deeply engraven on the tablet of my heart to be easily erased.

A short time before I left she presented me the following:

Must my dear companion leave me,

Sad and lonely here to dwell ? If 'tis duty thus that calls thee,

Shall I keep thee? No, farewell; Though my heart aches

While I bid thee thus farewell.

Go thou loved one, God go with thee

To protect and save from harm ; Though thou dost remove far from me Thou art safe beneath that arm; Go in peace then, Let thy soul feel no alarm.

Go, thy Saviour will go with thee.

All thy footsteps to attend; Though you may feel anxious for me,

Thine and mine he will defend ; Fear not, husband,

God thy Father is, and friend.

Rocks and mountains may divide us,

Streams of water too will flow ; Time to me will seem most tedious,

And the hours will move too slow, Thus divided,

Oh, what cares my breast will know.

Go and seek for fellow labourers,

Tell them that the field is white : God will show them many favours,

While they teach the sons of night ; Bid them hasten,

Here to bring the Gospel light.