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(ueinatcd with tbe-m, as mu.:h so a~ our
children wonld be witb It fre~h imporUlIioll
o( London dolls. n::,l,imoku, II grent Wllrwho put down tbe rell('lIion in (1I"or of
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of the nalion, and Wlli called the
C:abJc, pa.<>'sed by edufatcU men and
little Daniel Chnmberlnin. fi ..e ,'ears
lie his teacher ill Jellrning Ihe EOgli-h
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10 church with bt'r flunily, by tbe lime
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the bl.'8t IIl/llily in a heawen IllDd. 008
di ... ine among us who hod IL regn rd to lbe
sacrcdn063 of the famil), institution, thoughl
that Ibese human clippings went 10 make
fs.mily 10011: liko a cocoanut tree, Another,
fourte(ln ycaf"; alter the commcncemenc o~
the Mission, with",11 the IIrdency of his na~
ture hoped. tha.t DO daughter would erer
remaio in this land up to trle age of her 6f·
Iet'nth year. But the good hMd of our God
W8" upon us.
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bloa our land. It worked togetber for good
tbot 6om« of otU children were there MUk.awel, that l\Qrne were M'nllo America, "ud
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1-., ' " III,. ..ke, _<14 U. I(IOIpel",
IkIt lie obaU ~ve aQ hall4rtd ~)'I "("~ In til .. 111M.
b _ , u4 brtthfl!2l., .aMI ~, .DII "OIl1fr. and ~1I11d_.
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I have selected theee word, in memoriam of
lJn. Lucy Goodale thurston, beca.u~e Iho, "crc
much in her mind in Ihe hut weeb of her hfo,
and becaUI5C aile reali~ lhllt tbcy had been remarkably fullillod 10 her. The vRried e:tperiCDCCI, in vicw of whioh IIhel1pp roprlAted 10 heradC these worde of her Saviour, were vivid in
her memory_ lIer Ihougbta wont bnck ovor tbe
put a good deal. She thought (i f tbe old h()Qle
in Mntlborough, MMI&chusetUl, where @ile W1UI
bom on tbe 20th 0' thia U1onth, Ii!),). Sbc
thought of too Inrgo circlo of f'rloods: of ne
rLltber, aod of the eight or oino I.irotbcl1I .111.1
aisler!, and of thn Ilumeroua relJlCCllble aod
godly unelee and aUIlUlRlld COU~,"8 thnt 6be lind
leR, Rlld of 0.11 tbe plClL!l1llt nlllOCintiOIlS that eho
hOld ronnkon; alld t hen her thoughtl would
tlwell on tho porlion thnt ,hI,) hnd received on
lboeo fnr-off ialandtr. nnd the grdeful feelill.ll:
would tHiliC Ihnt it had bocn rUr better lor her
thnt Ibo Lad left nil. For eomo monlLe, and 1
mi&lie
ycan, ehe hnd boon Il'iugquitC:largcly
in her relDioilSOeucetl. Ucr»tn had been buey
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before her mind dnily. Sbe !ired o,er agalo the
ezpcrieocos tlu"Ough wbieh ahc hnd [IIlI!«\ 10 0.0
uDu8uII. I degree i 80 thll.t it wne with more thnn
no ordinary 6ignifiClinco that Ihe with eienr re.
IDcmbrnncc, nod in direct re lcrcnoo to nil that
~hll hRd 1000t lIud gained, tiuftcred nud enjoyed,
opencd her Bible I\. few wccln! 0.&0, nnd pnintlllg
with her finger to t bi. pIlMUge, Mid to me,
" 'rhie bit.! all been trlle in my cue:'
Let UIIICC how true it hal becn.
I ~ wu io 1\ litern l IICnso that alie left hOuse6
aod fdende and country ror Chrilt', "'ke. She,
at the lime·, had no thoul.ht of Ihe mild and
hC4ltbful pn:-ezca of II IlWllii, tlul.t DOIV invite
110 many 'l"rom the colder eiimllte of the Stntee.
She hlld no thought of Iho grand mountains and
vol.:auOCll that uow "urnet tho touri~t, nnd BIe
countod nmong the wuodere of the cnrth. '(here
W!UlUO Mticiplltion 61 tho delightful homel lind
genial 80eiety thllL in IIlle yen" bafe gh·eu 10
tboad iai.:t.nda It. charm. Sho left a Innd nnd Ilome
to which Ibo was greatly eudeared, to go by loog
IlDd dangerOlls YOye.ge, to ollo'Qr tho ~t remote
and le:t.8t known plute of tho oarth, to Il {lCOple
in Ihe rcD.telt t)f ilmtIM:uioh darknta. n people
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human 15Ilt.:rifiCCfl, aDd bad rcarrnll'egulationt of
tabu, nud lVere IUl.ked 8Ilwgea. ~lIe alld all on
board tbe brig ThaJUIlI, lUi Or. Audel'lOD "
",a, " Espected l!. protracted and perilou~ con8iet
with pogon rites, hU1tIIl1i e.c.rifiCCl! and hloody
q,ltare; for no intimfltioD hnd t.tto reetlnd tbat
be :dol~ aDd ... Itan of ~uperetitiou had heeD over·
lrown."
Wo caD 0.150 readily illUlgioe w:lh
hat .. grave 'BJlPl'CC.IatioD and colIlCiou&Jlelll of
he magnitude of thc eacred miNioo, ahe gave
neraclf to be a. wi.ionary. 1 doubt if ever a
mi.iunary enrrendercd homo and friellda, 10 tab
up 10 gfCllt alld c:ritical a worlt for Vhrilt, with
l!. deeper llenlle of wblt we wight call the ideal
proprieties of 50 high Q, cAlling.
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ref from all levity, and in Ivhieh human JoYe8
had but a 8000nd piRro while (.'hri~t luul :I~' fire!,
:btI, 8he waa no~ di8(lbedicnt IilllO tlte l'l'f\lcoly
<'all. It wes in !~ seriOU8nl!6ll Rud n LCI'"iallt that
ta'kcw 0110'S life III bis hands :but abo left. the 1Xl1U_
torli of .l plct1lJPnt home, upe.etiog n rude hut to
be her hnbitntion, and thllt what hD.d been IlCceIl'
~ariGII of lifQ were henceforth to bo her IIlJ:u,
riO!!. in place 01 Iho refinements 01' ltOCiely, ahe
WIlS to come in contac:t wilh gro'l! iguOrtluC(!,
diaguacing yieca, brDti~h druDkcn~ and nIL
ulilUlmcal.rle immoralitlef!. ThUll !hc loreook all .
•\.wong othcr tbing' iu lcaving aU for Chfl~t
and tho GOIIpei'a eake, ahc at Ibot time gave up
tI:c thought of a 10llg lifo. ITer atroDger brotbera
pond sistera were arouDd her. :She 'l'l'U thought
to be. the frailest of tbem aU. She had already
had premoDilioD of early di!(lUe in the JUDge,
with attaen of bemonha.ce. Uer doubt WM,
wbeUlQr ~ho could IODg endurc the lropical hMllI
and cSfIOlIurl'8 to wbieh ahc cspcctod to be sub·
Jected. it wlIa thought tbllt !ltIlid the horo.biPt
alld prh'8.tioDe Ihere abo would flod an early
grafe. When speakiog of thi' ~ge of wip.tllro and illt futfWmcnt 10 ber, she IJIlid too me,
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lint to dit." She heraelf tbought 10. Tlloy aU
bad no other thought, Ullm tbat in thllt hea.thco
I:md I'or life would go fll'll!. They bade ]11:1'
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bile \l"ould be ill beaven long
'./CrlllC the r(!@toftbem. "Dut," r.l.ill ahc," hero
I am .till, £p!I~ tbe looge.st of 11K-Ill all. All
Ilgtliu on cortlt.
thoee hrothel'll and BilJlcl'K htlro gooe Wore Ille.
Not onc 01 them i, left.' Thu. IIhe gue her
life to Chmt e:rpectiDg that tbe gi,ing 01 it
\'1"0111<\ 8OOrleo it, and he baB given her
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hcr hfe. She round the 1I'onb of {'hrist true,
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thai" he that loteth bill life for my !!!Ike.LIIII find
.t.' She thouglil {,If thi. lengthening of 11er dayB
as one of Iho wily' in which Iho hundred fold
!lad lil'tlo gifon to her. She felt confident tbat
long Qgo abc ""ould hntQ bc<'n in her gran had
Ibe 'Iaid in the old No,! England howe. Unt ..
it i~,8!.e I'n~ heeD ,p:u'ed to olltlire by II. dny thc
371b IIo'Ulivel'li'HY of her marriage, (lod to BlwOtl'
coluplele hcr ffl.t ,1'111'. .~nd iUllelld of netcr
lookiog upon the rReet of the hQ1U1I rrlend., ill
the ordering of Providencc Ihe haM '~n roenn.t.
ted twite 10 fiah the land of her birth. ~he h..
dwbled Cnpe U011l 6,e time!, bnl traveled o.er
tlO,OOO miles by kll, h1!.l Leeu through peril. aDd
~jekDta.,c" nod pren.iliDg dfttce, alld yd God
hae suft'ered her 10 be the ..hm 10 dio on tbe.
iailiode, or all that worthy pion~r bud who
.iled in the brig: Thaddew.f on Ihe 23d
October, ISHI, aod landed in the f"Uowing AI,r!!
(It KailuQ.
Agaio, amon,lt tbe tbiDgS tlia
c fOl'eook for
Cbri.!!t lind the Gospel', SDke, "81 any eheribhttl
ambition tbnt fibe might ha,o h3.d, uny thought
of being known, 06teemcd and hooort'd amODI
her nequnint.neca, or of having n nllIDO lind "
plllcc in the world. 'l'hOlle Inre first da.y. in tho
millllionllry work. Honor had not come upon
thoee wbo had gone to COtry the lamp of me
10to the legions or darkneae. 1'ho milllliollar~
crOBa tUld 1I0t yet been gnrialldcd ill tho ropulnr
teteem. The work hnd not 'yot taken to illetr
otber IISpects than that of ~lr-artcrI6ec fOi' 111
eake of th06(l perishing in igllorallCoC nnd bin. '1'0
como at thltt timo to theee dark ialnnda WDII tb
eoneciou8 gi'in~ up of ~l'8ODal culture, Rnd
pia~ in !OCiety, and of iOOucnce ill tho pfO~
live defciopelllent of one', own country. It waa
going out to unknown ends of tbe CIIrth, 10lpend
one's lfuj'~ in humblest work of tcachinl a i n .
and degraded people; to IIavc 000" faith and
patience [ried, nnd to lay one', body at lilt
amon/; IrcntheD OOn(3. iOBtend of in the old vii.
luge church'Jard, But how true it il thu God
b", gheo her more thlUl nil that ,be pfO up in
this reapeet. lIer name is 4 fuwiliar nllwe to a
Inrge pnrt 01 the bon reorle in America. ~he
IS known ami held in bonor ol'l!r a luge raft or
the Christian wodd. She IIQI n place in tbe
Jleart, of thousaoo& wbo probably would Dever
bMe heard ber name, had sbe not lert aoeict,
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And i~ there any lame better, or UlQ~
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"ueh heroes or the CNeb. l)ott Ilot I . . . llIi..
~iollar, rceeirc a ,,!dtl' rtpI'd IIml a ....
plate in Ihe Ihoogbbl aDd Ion) of the ebfia(u'Q
world than would bave been hi. ir be had Itllrcd
in bb native land 1 There may be lUll tlDQlO
WilD think it a pity Ihat any Doe of cultON In~
of proml.ec ahould tbrow himlcl( nW4,. byaNIItitoDiog rrObpective pCIIIltiooll of inftlWlCIIllt
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to bo a bumble mi.-ionar, In out-of.the-way
pogno landt. Dut (;00 gjY(~t in bonor and
eetecrn, tc! hie faithful OIJtP m:ullfoW more tban
aU the, lurrcndor
M.... 'fhuretoo thought Dot ofthi. nt the lime.
nor did Bhe IJlC!lk oj' it ill eouQCtllion with tho
pneeo.ge
eeripture, but we way ~pealr: it ilr
or
her.
~btl did howeyer think aod speak 01 tho
many friend" tbe chri'~ hrolhel'land eletel'l,
that God llnd given her in Iler lIIi_lenar, lifo.
She tbOUf;ht gratefully of tllo intemlt that bad
bue laken in her, ef lbe fa,'Our. thnt had ~
dooe te her, of the kindocaea aDd aalltloCfl tbnt
had been geoerou.!I, giVCD, IlDd of nil lbot God
bad put ioto tbe bmrt of oillen 10 do for Iler.
!:ibe felt IhAt Ibe had OCt been left fricodl., bat
that tbe pn)mifO in tbis rerpeet had been fulfilled,
tlilt tbe hundred fold had been gIVtu, .... lDore
hands had miniatcred 10 ,*r in her Jut .Iotao.,
than lile could bate Clpeelt:d. had tile 00ftI' left
all for bctIt~ .
Sut in Il 19: hfper re!pect baa it been bet....
for Mn. '!hllllMon thu .he left bollIe aod fritaltij
for Cbriu. I meDO in her nacfulnee!!. God
:;Ive til rel\' great bleuiagl thllt will D.dd eQI!l
hnprinm 10 me tlmn to put it in our power t\t
be reWly useful. That which adds to our u. .
fulneea addd to tho good of our lire. Mudl hili
been added to loin. 1'hUI'8100 il'l thill' rCllJlC1.1t. 10
Ihe days of 11Cr strcngth sbe wu a faithl'lIlworkflr,
and the good that sho hne beeu pc1'mitted to ~
hnl douhtlCllli been a hundred fold. OIore than
\"I'ould h:l.fc done in 1-.'e\, £ogland. Among hel'
firat pupils were JOngs lind QUC<!nB, "hOle io_
fluence I!IOOn led (lJO people genemlly to des;
g~pel illlltl'liction. Sho lill!l the Cldlleator
IOWlr oru106raf minds in thCl nntion. Judgo li,
III/Hoi l>cenlllCl t;UClh nn hooor 10 hie Mee, "1M ClUl,
"[('cled by Ihe King Ir.\ ho inbtfuClro by )Ir. qd
~Ir~. Thur&ton, and be IT\UI Jong their diliS-C
.bolar. roeeil'iog muCh of hiB IOlid worth aid
Jll1i~b rrom Ihcm. She endured hanlDCM a • •
good IOldi~r in Ihal mrm.'II1 6ght 10 leeure a bolll
(or the goepool on Un\TD.ii. She Blood firm \Tblle
olliefl failed. Sho ~ufl'ered. palllled througb OJ:eeediDg great Iflals, pen;e1'e:red. nod waa bravo,
al IOmo olhers \1'cro not. Sbe hnd II full ahare
In thOle triala, 11.0<.1 bunlml aDd blnllhit» and
dangera through which Ibo miaion 'i1'U broughL
to II auetetl, and a henthen poople ehriltilloi&ed.
lIow mUCb grealer is th(' work thnt .bo b\l.ll bo!!n
permitted to do, tillln ir ~hc "ad Itllled In her
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!\nd lIonneiS. IMJ were dcliglaU'd-lbt'Y U"\;re
(ueinatcd with tbe-m, as mu.:h so a~ our
children wonld be witb It fre~h imporUlIioll
o( London dolls. n::,l,imoku, II grent Wllrwho put down tbe rell('lIion in (1I"or of
: !"i",;~',,'IIho sustained the position of prime
of the nalion, and Wlli called the
C:abJc, pa.<>'sed by edufatcU men and
little Daniel Chnmberlnin. fi ..e ,'ears
lie his teacher ill Jellrning Ihe EOgli-h
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10 church with bt'r flunily, by tbe lime
there, she W8~ llS dC'mitu[(> of chil·
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the bl.'8t IIl/llily in a heawen IllDd. 008
di ... ine among us who hod IL regn rd to lbe
sacrcdn063 of the famil), institution, thoughl
that Ibese human clippings went 10 make
fs.mily 10011: liko a cocoanut tree, Another,
fourte(ln ycaf"; alter the commcncemenc o~
the Mission, with",11 the IIrdency of his na~
ture hoped. tha.t DO daughter would erer
remaio in this land up to trle age of her 6f·
Iet'nth year. But the good hMd of our God
W8" upon us.
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tbot 6om« of otU children were there MUk.awel, that l\Qrne were M'nllo America, "ud
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1-., ' " III,. ..ke, _<14 U. I(IOIpel",
IkIt lie obaU ~ve aQ hall4rtd ~)'I "("~ In til .. 111M.
b _ , u4 brtthfl!2l., .aMI ~, .DII "OIl1fr. and ~1I11d_.
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lJn. Lucy Goodale thurston, beca.u~e Iho, "crc
much in her mind in Ihe hut weeb of her hfo,
and becaUI5C aile reali~ lhllt tbcy had been remarkably fullillod 10 her. The vRried e:tperiCDCCI, in vicw of whioh IIhel1pp roprlAted 10 heradC these worde of her Saviour, were vivid in
her memory_ lIer Ihougbta wont bnck ovor tbe
put a good deal. She thought (i f tbe old h()Qle
in Mntlborough, MMI&chusetUl, where @ile W1UI
bom on tbe 20th 0' thia U1onth, Ii!),). Sbc
thought of too Inrgo circlo of f'rloods: of ne
rLltber, aod of the eight or oino I.irotbcl1I .111.1
aisler!, and of thn Ilumeroua relJlCCllble aod
godly unelee and aUIlUlRlld COU~,"8 thnt 6be lind
leR, Rlld of 0.11 tbe plClL!l1llt nlllOCintiOIlS that eho
hOld ronnkon; alld t hen her thoughtl would
tlwell on tho porlion thnt ,hI,) hnd received on
lboeo fnr-off ialandtr. nnd the grdeful feelill.ll:
would tHiliC Ihnt it had bocn rUr better lor her
thnt Ibo Lad left nil. For eomo monlLe, and 1
mi&lie
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in her relDioilSOeucetl. Ucr»tn had been buey
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before her mind dnily. Sbe !ired o,er agalo the
ezpcrieocos tlu"Ough wbieh ahc hnd [IIlI!«\ 10 0.0
uDu8uII. I degree i 80 thll.t it wne with more thnn
no ordinary 6ignifiClinco that Ihe with eienr re.
IDcmbrnncc, nod in direct re lcrcnoo to nil that
~hll hRd 1000t lIud gained, tiuftcred nud enjoyed,
opencd her Bible I\. few wccln! 0.&0, nnd pnintlllg
with her finger to t bi. pIlMUge, Mid to me,
" 'rhie bit.! all been trlle in my cue:'
Let UIIICC how true it hal becn.
I ~ wu io 1\ litern l IICnso that alie left hOuse6
aod fdende and country ror Chrilt', "'ke. She,
at the lime·, had no thoul.ht of Ihe mild and
hC4ltbful pn:-ezca of II IlWllii, tlul.t DOIV invite
110 many 'l"rom the colder eiimllte of the Stntee.
She hlld no thought of Iho grand mountains and
vol.:auOCll that uow "urnet tho touri~t, nnd BIe
countod nmong the wuodere of the cnrth. '(here
W!UlUO Mticiplltion 61 tho delightful homel lind
genial 80eiety thllL in IIlle yen" bafe gh·eu 10
tboad iai.:t.nda It. charm. Sho left a Innd nnd Ilome
to which Ibo was greatly eudeared, to go by loog
IlDd dangerOlls YOye.ge, to ollo'Qr tho ~t remote
and le:t.8t known plute of tho oarth, to Il {lCOple
in Ihe rcD.telt t)f ilmtIM:uioh darknta. n people
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human 15Ilt.:rifiCCfl, aDd bad rcarrnll'egulationt of
tabu, nud lVere IUl.ked 8Ilwgea. ~lIe alld all on
board tbe brig ThaJUIlI, lUi Or. Audel'lOD "
",a, " Espected l!. protracted and perilou~ con8iet
with pogon rites, hU1tIIl1i e.c.rifiCCl! and hloody
q,ltare; for no intimfltioD hnd t.tto reetlnd tbat
be :dol~ aDd ... Itan of ~uperetitiou had heeD over·
lrown."
Wo caD 0.150 readily illUlgioe w:lh
hat .. grave 'BJlPl'CC.IatioD and colIlCiou&Jlelll of
he magnitude of thc eacred miNioo, ahe gave
neraclf to be a. wi.ionary. 1 doubt if ever a
mi.iunary enrrendercd homo and friellda, 10 tab
up 10 gfCllt alld c:ritical a worlt for Vhrilt, with
l!. deeper llenlle of wblt we wight call the ideal
proprieties of 50 high Q, cAlling.
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ref from all levity, and in Ivhieh human JoYe8
had but a 8000nd piRro while (.'hri~t luul :I~' fire!,
:btI, 8he waa no~ di8(lbedicnt IilllO tlte l'l'f\lcoly
<'all. It wes in !~ seriOU8nl!6ll Rud n LCI'"iallt that
ta'kcw 0110'S life III bis hands :but abo left. the 1Xl1U_
torli of .l plct1lJPnt home, upe.etiog n rude hut to
be her hnbitntion, and thllt what hD.d been IlCceIl'
~ariGII of lifQ were henceforth to bo her IIlJ:u,
riO!!. in place 01 Iho refinements 01' ltOCiely, ahe
WIlS to come in contac:t wilh gro'l! iguOrtluC(!,
diaguacing yieca, brDti~h druDkcn~ and nIL
ulilUlmcal.rle immoralitlef!. ThUll !hc loreook all .
•\.wong othcr tbing' iu lcaving aU for Chfl~t
and tho GOIIpei'a eake, ahc at Ibot time gave up
tI:c thought of a 10llg lifo. ITer atroDger brotbera
pond sistera were arouDd her. :She 'l'l'U thought
to be. the frailest of tbem aU. She had already
had premoDilioD of early di!(lUe in the JUDge,
with attaen of bemonha.ce. Uer doubt WM,
wbeUlQr ~ho could IODg endurc the lropical hMllI
and cSfIOlIurl'8 to wbieh ahc cspcctod to be sub·
Jected. it wlIa thought tbllt !ltIlid the horo.biPt
alld prh'8.tioDe Ihere abo would flod an early
grafe. When speakiog of thi' ~ge of wip.tllro and illt futfWmcnt 10 ber, she IJIlid too me,
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lint to dit." She heraelf tbought 10. Tlloy aU
bad no other thought, Ullm tbat in thllt hea.thco
I:md I'or life would go fll'll!. They bade ]11:1'
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bile \l"ould be ill beaven long
'./CrlllC the r(!@toftbem. "Dut," r.l.ill ahc," hero
I am .till, £p!I~ tbe looge.st of 11K-Ill all. All
Ilgtliu on cortlt.
thoee hrothel'll and BilJlcl'K htlro gooe Wore Ille.
Not onc 01 them i, left.' Thu. IIhe gue her
life to Chmt e:rpectiDg that tbe gi,ing 01 it
\'1"0111<\ 8OOrleo it, and he baB given her
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hcr hfe. She round the 1I'onb of {'hrist true,
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thai" he that loteth bill life for my !!!Ike.LIIII find
.t.' She thouglil {,If thi. lengthening of 11er dayB
as one of Iho wily' in which Iho hundred fold
!lad lil'tlo gifon to her. She felt confident tbat
long Qgo abc ""ould hntQ bc<'n in her gran had
Ibe 'Iaid in the old No,! England howe. Unt ..
it i~,8!.e I'n~ heeD ,p:u'ed to olltlire by II. dny thc
371b IIo'Ulivel'li'HY of her marriage, (lod to BlwOtl'
coluplele hcr ffl.t ,1'111'. .~nd iUllelld of netcr
lookiog upon the rReet of the hQ1U1I rrlend., ill
the ordering of Providencc Ihe haM '~n roenn.t.
ted twite 10 fiah the land of her birth. ~he h..
dwbled Cnpe U011l 6,e time!, bnl traveled o.er
tlO,OOO miles by kll, h1!.l Leeu through peril. aDd
~jekDta.,c" nod pren.iliDg dfttce, alld yd God
hae suft'ered her 10 be the ..hm 10 dio on tbe.
iailiode, or all that worthy pion~r bud who
.iled in the brig: Thaddew.f on Ihe 23d
October, ISHI, aod landed in the f"Uowing AI,r!!
(It KailuQ.
Agaio, amon,lt tbe tbiDgS tlia
c fOl'eook for
Cbri.!!t lind the Gospel', SDke, "81 any eheribhttl
ambition tbnt fibe might ha,o h3.d, uny thought
of being known, 06teemcd and hooort'd amODI
her nequnint.neca, or of having n nllIDO lind "
plllcc in the world. 'l'hOlle Inre first da.y. in tho
millllionllry work. Honor had not come upon
thoee wbo had gone to COtry the lamp of me
10to the legions or darkneae. 1'ho milllliollar~
crOBa tUld 1I0t yet been gnrialldcd ill tho ropulnr
teteem. The work hnd not 'yot taken to illetr
otber IISpects than that of ~lr-artcrI6ec fOi' 111
eake of th06(l perishing in igllorallCoC nnd bin. '1'0
como at thltt timo to theee dark ialnnda WDII tb
eoneciou8 gi'in~ up of ~l'8ODal culture, Rnd
pia~ in !OCiety, and of iOOucnce ill tho pfO~
live defciopelllent of one', own country. It waa
going out to unknown ends of tbe CIIrth, 10lpend
one's lfuj'~ in humblest work of tcachinl a i n .
and degraded people; to IIavc 000" faith and
patience [ried, nnd to lay one', body at lilt
amon/; IrcntheD OOn(3. iOBtend of in the old vii.
luge church'Jard, But how true it il thu God
b", gheo her more thlUl nil that ,be pfO up in
this reapeet. lIer name is 4 fuwiliar nllwe to a
Inrge pnrt 01 the bon reorle in America. ~he
IS known ami held in bonor ol'l!r a luge raft or
the Christian wodd. She IIQI n place in tbe
Jleart, of thousaoo& wbo probably would Dever
bMe heard ber name, had sbe not lert aoeict,
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And i~ there any lame better, or UlQ~
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aired OU CIlrth, tlUln that which now beltme' 10
"ueh heroes or the CNeb. l)ott Ilot I . . . llIi..
~iollar, rceeirc a ,,!dtl' rtpI'd IIml a ....
plate in Ihe Ihoogbbl aDd Ion) of the ebfia(u'Q
world than would bave been hi. ir be had Itllrcd
in bb native land 1 There may be lUll tlDQlO
WilD think it a pity Ihat any Doe of cultON In~
of proml.ec ahould tbrow himlcl( nW4,. byaNIItitoDiog rrObpective pCIIIltiooll of inftlWlCIIllt
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to bo a bumble mi.-ionar, In out-of.the-way
pogno landt. Dut (;00 gjY(~t in bonor and
eetecrn, tc! hie faithful OIJtP m:ullfoW more tban
aU the, lurrcndor
M.... 'fhuretoo thought Dot ofthi. nt the lime.
nor did Bhe IJlC!lk oj' it ill eouQCtllion with tho
pneeo.ge
eeripture, but we way ~pealr: it ilr
or
her.
~btl did howeyer think aod speak 01 tho
many friend" tbe chri'~ hrolhel'land eletel'l,
that God llnd given her in Iler lIIi_lenar, lifo.
She tbOUf;ht gratefully of tllo intemlt that bad
bue laken in her, ef lbe fa,'Our. thnt had ~
dooe te her, of the kindocaea aDd aalltloCfl tbnt
had been geoerou.!I, giVCD, IlDd of nil lbot God
bad put ioto tbe bmrt of oillen 10 do for Iler.
!:ibe felt IhAt Ibe had OCt been left fricodl., bat
that tbe pn)mifO in tbis rerpeet had been fulfilled,
tlilt tbe hundred fold had been gIVtu, .... lDore
hands had miniatcred 10 ,*r in her Jut .Iotao.,
than lile could bate Clpeelt:d. had tile 00ftI' left
all for bctIt~ .
Sut in Il 19: hfper re!pect baa it been bet....
for Mn. '!hllllMon thu .he left bollIe aod fritaltij
for Cbriu. I meDO in her nacfulnee!!. God
:;Ive til rel\' great bleuiagl thllt will D.dd eQI!l
hnprinm 10 me tlmn to put it in our power t\t
be reWly useful. That which adds to our u. .
fulneea addd to tho good of our lire. Mudl hili
been added to loin. 1'hUI'8100 il'l thill' rCllJlC1.1t. 10
Ihe days of 11Cr strcngth sbe wu a faithl'lIlworkflr,
and the good that sho hne beeu pc1'mitted to ~
hnl douhtlCllli been a hundred fold. OIore than
\"I'ould h:l.fc done in 1-.'e\, £ogland. Among hel'
firat pupils were JOngs lind QUC<!nB, "hOle io_
fluence I!IOOn led (lJO people genemlly to des;
g~pel illlltl'liction. Sho lill!l the Cldlleator
IOWlr oru106raf minds in thCl nntion. Judgo li,
III/Hoi l>cenlllCl t;UClh nn hooor 10 hie Mee, "1M ClUl,
"[('cled by Ihe King Ir.\ ho inbtfuClro by )Ir. qd
~Ir~. Thur&ton, and be IT\UI Jong their diliS-C
.bolar. roeeil'iog muCh of hiB IOlid worth aid
Jll1i~b rrom Ihcm. She endured hanlDCM a • •
good IOldi~r in Ihal mrm.'II1 6ght 10 leeure a bolll
(or the goepool on Un\TD.ii. She Blood firm \Tblle
olliefl failed. Sho ~ufl'ered. palllled througb OJ:eeediDg great Iflals, pen;e1'e:red. nod waa bravo,
al IOmo olhers \1'cro not. Sbe hnd II full ahare
In thOle triala, 11.0<.1 bunlml aDd blnllhit» and
dangera through which Ibo miaion 'i1'U broughL
to II auetetl, and a henthen poople ehriltilloi&ed.
lIow mUCb grealer is th(' work thnt .bo b\l.ll bo!!n
permitted to do, tillln ir ~hc "ad Itllled In her
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