Letters and sketches from the New Hebrides. . .-i »JI*iIi(^!fn!-« *-. THE FIRST DAYSPRING. It is about your beautiful Mission Vessel, calledthe Day spring, that I am to say something; andI will do with you, as our friends in the civilizedworld do with us. They do not fill the Dayspringwith letters of wise advice, telling us how diligent weought to be, and how little we are doing comparedwith what we might do; else, we might turn round **A LITTLE SHIP 99 indignantly, and want to know what business it isof theirs to preach to us, from their safe and com-fortable homes! But they take a fa
Letters and sketches from the New Hebrides. . .-i »JI*iIi(^!fn!-« *-. THE FIRST DAYSPRING. It is about your beautiful Mission Vessel, calledthe Day spring, that I am to say something; andI will do with you, as our friends in the civilizedworld do with us. They do not fill the Dayspringwith letters of wise advice, telling us how diligent weought to be, and how little we are doing comparedwith what we might do; else, we might turn round **A LITTLE SHIP 99 indignantly, and want to know what business it isof theirs to preach to us, from their safe and com-fortable homes! But they take a far more effectualplan to make us feel how diligent we ought to be ;for the little Vessel comes to us every year, full ofprecious and loving messages from kind friends whodo all they can to help us, and tell us how much theysympathize with us and pray for us ; till we reallyfeel humbled, and begin to think. What have we beendoing to deserve all this; and how have we beenattending to onr share in this labour of love ? Now, if I tell you how really grateful all theMissionaries
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