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Chapter 31

           "Nay,further,"headded,"ifsuchbeyourunhappycase,youare,inthesightofGod,muchworsethanthesesavages—forgiveme,myyoungfriends,forsayingso—fortheyhavenoknowledge,nolight,anddonotprofesstobelieve;whileyou,onthecontrary,havebeenbroughtupinthelightoftheblessedGospelandcallyourselvesChristians.ThesepoorsavagesareindeedtheenemiesofourLord;butyou,ifyebenottruebelievers,aretraitors!"

           Imustconfessthatmyheartcondemnedmewhiletheteacherspokeinthisearnestmanner,andIknewnotwhattoreply.Peterkin,too,didnotseemtolikeit,and,Ithought,wouldwillinglyhaveescaped.ButJackseemeddeeplyimpressed,andworeananxiousexpressiononhisnaturallygravecountenance,whileheassentedtotheteacher’sremarks,andputtohimmanyearnestquestions.Meanwhilethenativeswhocomposedourcrew,havingnothingparticulartodo,hadsquatteddownonthedeckandtakenouttheirlittlebookscontainingthetranslatedportionsoftheNewTestament,alongwithhymnsandspelling-books,andwerenowbusilyengaged—somevociferatingthealphabet,otherslearningprayersoffbyheart,whileafewsanghymns—allofthembeingutterlyunmindfulofourpresence.Theteachersoonjoinedthem,andsoonafterwardstheyallengagedinaprayer,whichwasafterwardstranslatedtous,andprovedtobeapetitionforthesuccessofourundertakingandfortheconversionoftheheathen.

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