ing held at Tokshish. He says, "As we have no church edifice we assemble in the woods beneath an arbor. We had a plain pulpit, and seats to accommodate nearly a thousand. A large number of people assembled, some of whom had come from the distance of sixty miles. Several missionaries from the Choctaw nation, and two Choctaw converts were present, and assisted in the exercises. Tahoka, one of these converts, exhorted and prayed with great fervency, and his labors were evidently attended with the blessing. Seven persons were received into the church, four of whom were Chickasaws. On Sabbath day the memorials of Christ's sufferings were spread out in the view of the poor, perishing heathen, and nearly one hundred of his professed followers were permitted to celebrate his dying love. In the afternoon all who were in an anxious state of mind were asked to come forward and occupy seats in front of the pulpit. About thirty presented themselves, the majority of whom were colored people. The next morning a considerable number more came forward to the anxious seats; among them were fifteen Chickasaws." "We continued together," he says, "for two hours, during which the Spirit of the Lord appeared especially near. The anxious then arose and arranged themselves in a line; opposite to them and about five yards distant, our church, now consisting of about seventy, took their stand. The whole was concluded with prayer. This religious awakening continued to the end of the year, and other meetings were held, of equal interest."

In the winter of 1829, Mr. Stewart was compelled on account of ill health to retire from the mission. He had been a faithful laborer for eight years. On account of the continued illness of Mr. Stewart in 1830, the missionary operations at Monroe were transferred to Tokshish. Rev. Wm. C. Blair, after laboring with commendable fidelity eight years, was released from his engagements with the Board in 1830. In October of this year, after a temporary absence, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes returned to their station. They were cordially welcomed by the Indians. Mr. H. thus writes of their return: "We arrived at this beloved place on the 16th, where we were welcomed with tears of joy, by a band of Christian converts who had assembled, as they have long. been wont to do on Saturday evenings, for social prayer and converse. An old Indian woman who is a neighbor, has been ill for some time, but was so far recovered that she ventured out yesterday to enjoy the worship of the sanctuary, after which her soul had thirsted, but to-day she is in bed, in a burning fever, evidently brought on by sitting two hours in the cold, with her feet on the ground which had been saturated with rains." He goes on to say, "Before their own laws were abrogated, and a Christian code given in their place, there was a heavy penalty for vending a drop of whiskey in the nation; and in consequence of this salutary law they were the most temperate people I have known." Mr. Stewart was able to return to his labors in the latter

part of 1830. He remarks, "Many whom I left in the darkness of heathenism, are now rejoicing in hope of the glory of God. This is the Lord's doings, and to his holy name be all the praise." Mr. Holmes writes on the 1st of July, 1831. "Before public services commence on the Sabbath, an hour and a half is devoted to the instruction of the youth, and others in the neighborhood, who are formed into a Sabbath school. In the afternoon we met together in the capacity of a Bible class, using the system prepared by Mr. Bush." In this exercise, the people were much interested. This was a year of gloom, despondency and decline. Their government was prostrated, their hopes were crushed. They were unable to defend their country from the inroads of whiskey dealers, and intemperance came in like a flood. The members of the church generally stood firm, but some of them were borne down by temptation, and fell. In March, 1832, an old African man was admitted to the communion. They formed a temperance society of eighty or ninety members. In July the prospects of the church brightened a little. There were also a few cases of hopeful conversion, one of which was that of a native woman, the daughter of one of the principal chiefs. "Within three months more than 300 gallons of whiskey have been brought into our neighborhood (writes Mr. Stewart) by white traders. These boast the protection of the Mississippi laws." The effect of this state of things on the minds of Christians seemed to be, to mak

them more watchful, more united, and more prayerful. The school at Martyn was removed to Tipton county, Tennessee.

"In 1833 the evils which oppressed them continued to produce the same disastrous results. The piety of the church seemed to give way before temptation, and early in the winter seven were removed from its fellowship by excommunication. The pious became more prayerful and exemplary. Many were awakened, and some gave evidence of conversion.

"In 1834, the remaining schools of the Chickasaw mission were closed, the missionaries were honorably discharged, and the property sold."

Here we have for our contemplation, another instance of God's mysterious dealing with his people. Led on by his hand, this amiable young Christian, the writer of this series of articles, left the home of her youth, and went far away to labor for Christ; but instead of this, her valuable life was taken from her, and her spirit ascended to the God who gave it. When just about to become a useful laborer, the winds and waves conspired, and her hour came. In the arms of her husband she went up on high and now stands among the ransomed, and in this little volume are recorded the mementoes of her worth and virtue.

XII.

MARY E. VAN LENNEP.

OF TURKEY.

THE maiden name of Mrs. Van Lennep was Mary Elizabeth Hawes. She was born in the beautiful city of Hartford, Conn., April 16th, 1821. She was the daughter of Rev. Dr. Hawes, who has so long and so honorably filled one of the pulpits of that place, and who, with all his contributions for human good, has given no richer treasure to a fallen world, than the one he resigned in the person of his lovely and accomplished child.

Born of gifted parents, Mary Elizabeth inherited much of her father's penetration and judgment, and much of the virtue and excellence of her mother, under whose training hand she grew up to womanhood.

In the memoir prepared by that mother, something like justice is done the virtues and labors of her child, while the part she performed in the early culture of the mind and heart, is modestly omitted.