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on• •not siatve to deaih-^apd wan soon oytun the broad expanse of the ocean. Again he heard the warning voice,, urging him to seek Ult;d» and lie did seek, and fiml’diiln, In the midst of the wilderness of waters he found 4*ihe.High Spirit,” as he expressed it. From thatlime ihe word of God was expounded lo him more perfectly, till his intellect began to comprehend the truths pf the Gospel, and his heart was satisfied and refreshed with their living power. His enmity to the Palefaces was exchanged for friendship and love, and the ruling,passion of his soul now is, to convey these glad tidings to his own tribe in their Western, home. He has received a partial education at Philadelphia, and has been appointed by the Government a teacher a-mong liis tribe, with a suitable stipend. It is a curious, though not a singular fact* (for I have observed it in other instances,) that in addressing the Deity, ^11 that hesitation arid siammering whicji marked addresses .to men, disappeared. When he prayed to God, be did not \van,t words. And J must confess that when I beard this seminole, whose first lesson in childhood was, Vengeance on his enemies^ and whose tribe lias been hunted into deep and deadly hatred against our own country, praying with all his heart for the American people, I received a fresh and fervent impression of the power and beneficence of that CHristiArsfltYt which descends from heaven to earth .that.it may raise men—even savage men^from earth to heaven.J. N. D.Mrsofher'Octobesired tlt; term,,; dies siA cl as fu! pro be con the pu of the nuncia paid, mar atalso ta varienft tends times tHueAt a sociati Jiesi fieersIness bi on MoPro in the Tribune.A *
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Hudson Columbia Washingtonian
Hudson, New York, US
Thu, Oct 19, 1843
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