Having done so, she declared her firm trust that God her Saviour would wash away all her sins and remember them no more; after which she exclaimed, “Now I am ready, and will go to Jesus.  He will receive me in mercy just as I am, for he has died for me.”  She now lay still in the joyful hope of being soon released.  Both the missionaries’ wives and Esquimaux sisters visited her frequently, to whom she declared the happiness of her soul; and on the night previous to her departure, conversed in a most edifying manner with those that watched with her of the near prospect she had of seeing her Saviour face to face.  She requested her husband to bring her clean white dress, which she always wore at the Lord’s supper, and to dress her in it after her decease.  Her two youngest children she earnestly recommended to his care, and that they might be instructed in the ways of the Lord; and sent a message as her last will, to the two eldest who live at Nain, that they should remain with the congregation, and devote their whole hearts to Jesus.  When the sisters took leave of her with a kiss, she exclaimed with joy in her countenance, “I shall now go to Jesus and kiss his feet, adoring him for all his love to me, and that he has redeemed me also, a vile sinner, and called me to eternal life.”

Joanna, who died in child-bed, was another example of the faithfulness and rich mercy of the Redeemer; in the autumn, a wild ignorant savage, she came to the settlement with her husband Aulak, and when asked what was her intention in coming—­if she wished to be converted? answered, “That’s more than I know.  I follow my husband, and as he chooses to live here, I will live here too!” But soon after she learned to know what true conversion of heart means, and would not be satisfied with any thing of a superficial nature.  “She cried to the Lord for mercy, and obtained,” says the diary, “real saving faith; it was surprising to observe how well she comprehended the meaning of the gospel, and in how clear a light the mystery of the cross of Christ was revealed to her soul, insomuch that she could apply to herself the sufferings of Jesus, as meritorious and allsufficient for the remission of sin, and the sanctification of soul and body.  She adored the crucified Jesus in truth, as her Redeemer, and nothing was so delightful to her, as to hear of him, and all he had done and suffered, to save her from sin and destruction.  She sought him with earnestness, and found rest for her soul in his sufferings and death.  Her whole walk and conversation, from the time she joined the church, testified of the new birth which had taken place within her, and of a total change of heart and sentiment.  Immediately after her delivery, there appeared symptoms of inward inflammation.  She lay still and resigned to the will of the Lord, and seemed to take no more notice of any thing that was said; but towards morning, raising herself up in the bed, she exclaimed, ’Jesus is coming, and I am ready to meet him; a very short time will