The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-01-23

1t becomes my duty at this time, to give
you the painful Intelligence of he death OF
our beloved sister and fellow laborer, M ISIS
Harnden. She died on The 9Th inst, Of iu>
ftanmalon Of the stomach did not con-
slider her case Immediately dangerous till
few days before she died. | need not
say, that by her death, we have met with
very grea! loss. She was whole souled
Christian, and seemed remarkably fitted
for the place, which she was called to fill.
Why our Father has SO soon called her 10
her reward is known onyto HlmselE-
OF this we are sure, however, that He do
eth all things well. BY this Providence
our hearts are made to bleed at every pore;
5u we fad there is Balm in Gllead, and
a Physician there
THIS will be heavy stroke TO her poor
mo.Aer. Write to her and pour into her
wounded heart the oil and wine OF the
Gospel.
Ann never heard from her friends
Two letters came for her the next day af-
ter she was buried. She felt to the last
the witness that God had called her 10 this
work. She was always cheerful aud hap.
| py. Her whole soul was in the work.
! Her only inquiry was, how can do some
! thing for Got aud these poor heahen
about M? If ever she had responding
thought 1t was because she did so lule
for her blessed Master. need not say
she WAS a faithful Idborer and fellow help.
eI. Perhaps my faith is weak on this
point, but l fear her place will not be soon
! filled,
Yours Of May 9Th, came to hand on
The l0:h inst. The letters of VIII ich you
speak, and which you wrote me, were all
tnly received, together with draft oftwo
hundred dollars on Capt. Howard. which
J was promptly paid on being presented to
! him. will Try Tor the future to send my
accounts once quarter. |. is going 10 be
extremely difficult Tor me to keep my ac-
counts, lnasmuch as there is 10 currency
here. But will do the best | can.
In respect to the present Stale of my
family, would say That my own health
is good, though | was qulle unweII Tor
several days after sister Harnden's funer-
al. If any body ought TO praise God for
good health, surely ought. Had l been
sick also, what would have become of US
the Lord only knows. am sorry to say
my dear wife is very low. She seems
Frustrated both ia mind and body, She
grows weaker and weaker every day,
aud unless there is an alteration for the
better soon, it will, TO all human appear,
auce, be impossible for her to live long.-
leave her 10 the hands Of my Father and
can say. 'YHy will be done.'
In respect to dlscouragements, they
seem to be growing less aud less, while
tine encouEagements seem to brighten ev,
cry day. never lett such an assura nee
that his mission was emphaticaly Gods
mis- ion, and that it is located in the verv
p ACE where il will effect the greatest good.
The " trade is now carried on quite
brisk. Y all about me. There is however
one singular aud Interesting fact connect
d Wi h It, aud that is, that all engac Cd in
1t agree, that lis days are numbered, and
thai his mission is going to destroy IT,
kThis Is then own Inference drawn from
what they see of he natYre and charuc-
ter o! the mission. The free
dom and frankness with which the native
traders converse on this subject. and the
readiness with which they acknowledge il
is wrong, has surprised ne. Although |
have talked thus plainly with every one
that has come in my way, never have
had one man get vtxed or angry with me.
They lake it all III good part and fra ky
say am right. Would that American
s,veho ders would do as much.
Ia respec! to my present need of mon
ey, | would say, thai now owe Mr. Dove
two hundred dollars, and Mr. Raston
about sixty-live. shall have to send for
more at this time. My mems wages
must be paid. think that one thousand
dollars Is the leas! sum we ought 10 think
Of expanding the coming dry season. The
mission house is 10 a very unfinished con-
dhion, and have necessarily got great
deal OF bulldog TO Go, before commence
operations al all. The bush has to be
cleared away, &c. SC, ! spoke in my
last Of our need of large canoe. The
canoe we have is very small, and when it
is fixed over, it will be still smaller. 1t
will DOT then carry more than one ton,
and will take about as many hands to maa.
! age it as one of three or four tons would
require. The WAITS Of the mission de-
f mand that we should have canoe ofthree
: or four tons; or boat OF that size. am
A inclined to think a boat will be cheapest
, IN the end. A canoe is forever wanting
/ rqpairs-much more so than boat, and
is very short lived compared with boat
= A boat would be much more comfortable
- for conveying missionaries back and forth
c from Sierra Leone, especially the women
: Dor boat, though just such an one as we
y. need, is far too small to be comfortable fol-
+ the women. Think of women making q
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