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428 FIJI AXD THE FIJIAJS'S. doubts and condenmation. But I have full faith in Him. I have peace and pardon through Him. I have no disturbance at alV Mr. Calvert thus describes the last moments of his beloved brother : — " His whole soul was engaged with the Lord. He cried aloud, * O Lord, my Saviour ! Jesus ! ' More than usual earnestness marked his countenance. Shortly after this wrestling with the God of all grace and consolation, his complacent smile bespoke gratitude and joy. Then he aj^peared to be engaged in meditation. Again he spoke : * I want strength to praise Him abundantly ! I am very happy.' About eight o'clock in the morning, after being informed of the approach of death? he said to Mrs. Hunt, ' for one more baptism ! ' She now asked him, ' Have you had a fresh manifestation, my dear ? ' * Yes ! Hallelu- jah ! Praise Jesus ! ' Then he added, * I don't depend on this ' (signi- ficantly shaking his head). 'I bless the Lord, I trust in Jesus.* Soon after he exclaimed, ' JS^oio He is my Joy. I thought I should have entered Heaven singing, " Jesus and salvation ! " Now I shall go, sing- ing, " Jesus, salvation and glory — eternal glory." ' He then settled down, saying very many times, ' Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! ' He delivered messages to the Chiefs, people, his brethren and sisters : prayed for his children, desiring them to obey and imitate their mother ; affectionately commended his much-beloved partner to the guidance of Divine Providence ; prayed for God's blessing on a faithful servant who had been with him ever since his arrival in Fiji ; and then desired me to pray. About three o'clock p. m., he grasped me, and turned on his side ; and, after breathing with difficulty for about twenty mmutes, his spirit departed to eternal blessedness." So finished the short but glorious course of Jolm Hunt, the Fijian Missionary, on October 4th, 1848. The natives came to look on the face of the revered dead, and the great Chief of Mbau came over to see the remains of the man before whose faithftil warnings he had often quailed, and whose tender appeals had softened even his strong heart. On hearmg the Missionary's dying message, Thakombau was e'idently much moved. At three o'clock the next day, some native students bore to the grave a plain cofiin mscribed — REV. JOHN HUNT Slept in Jesus Oct. 4th, 1848, Aged 36 years.