THE AGED MISSIONARIES' HYMN. LORD, hear thine aged servants raise, A parting song to thee; These coral rocks would speak thy praise, If we should silent be. Our failing eyes can ne'er forget The wonders thou hast shown, How sweet the memory of that morn, Across the sea, in vessel frail, We did our way pursue; When first we placed our stranger feet Upon the coral strand, And heard the natives warmly greet O then we thought, they soon will love And sing his praises in each grove 426 AGED MISSIONARIES' HYMN. But when they had our message heard, And parents still beneath the sod We climb'd the crag with bleeding feet, The blessed tidings to repeat But when our hopes were almost fled, O then our God his powerful hand His touch snapp'd Satan's iron band, See-like a cloud of doves they soar; Their wings with silver cover'd o'er, * Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, Aha, our eye hath seen it. Psalm xxxv. 21. + O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme for ever? Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? Pluck it out of thy bosom. Ps. lxxiv. 10, 11. Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? Isaiah lx. 8. Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove, covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. Ps. lxviii. 13. What am I, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? And is this the manner of man, O Lord God? 2 Sam. vii. THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE MISSION TO TAHITI. The Duff set sail. Arrived at Tahiti. The Duff left Tahiti for a time. Returned there. Set sail for England. Eleven Missionaries left Tahiti. Mr. Lewis was disowned by his brethren. Mane-mane died. Mr. Lewis died. Mr. Henry returned to Tahiti. Mr. Broomhall became an apostate. Eight missionaries arrived in the Royal Ad Six missionaries, with their wives and chil dren, left Tahiti for Huahine. All the missionaries (except two) left Huahine for Port Jackson. One missionary returned to Eimeo. 1796. August 10. 1797. March 6. 1797. March. 1797. July. 1797. August. 1798. March. 1798. August. 1798. September. 1798. December. 1799. November. 1799. December. 1800. June. 1801. July. 1801. July. 1802. June. 1803. Sept. 1808. November. 1809. October. 1810. October. 1811. christian and heathen natives was fought, 1815. Nov. 12. 1817. Mr. Ellis, Mr. Williams, and six other new The Missionaries in Eimeo dispersed, and settled in different islands. Pomare II. was baptized. Pomare III. was born. Pomare II. died. 1818. 1818. May. 1818. 1819. May. 1821. December. 1822. December. 1824. February. 1824. April. 1827. January. 1832. December. 1833. Temperance Societies were first established. 1833. August. A revival of religion took place in several stations in Tahiti, and a reformation in all. 1835. The whole Bible was printed in the |