d be asked to make up the
deficiency. This was done, and the chapel was built. Four pounds may,
to some persons, seem a small sum, but He who "searches the heart," and
Who approved of the widow's two mites, rightly estimated the value of
old Daniel's gift; and the Missionary Society would have a larger income
than it now has, if all Christians would give the same proportion of
their income as Daniel gave on this occasion.

CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.

DANIEL'S SICKNESS AND HAPPY DEATH.

When Daniel was over seventy years of age, he said to a friend, "It has
pleased God to take my wife to himself, and I am _now_ an aged pilgrim
near my journey's end. I have been spared to see my children's
children, even to the third generation. I have five sons, twelve
grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. I commit them all to the
hand of the great God whom I serve. I pray that He will bless them,
keep them all in the way to Heaven, and that I may meet them all in
glory. May He help me to wait patiently here until He shall call me
into Heaven through the merit of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. God
bless the Missionaries and the Mission work abundantly."

About twelve months before his death, Daniel caused the following
testimony to be written, "I was born in sin, and I lived in the practice
of all kinds of iniquity. I performed the ceremonies and followed the
customs of our people for many years, but I found no peace in them.
Then I began to think about worshipping the _one_ God, of whom I had
heard something, but I was very ignorant and knew not how to worship
Him. While I was thinking much on this subject, the Missionaries came
and preached the Gospel. I heard the truth; and by their teaching I was
made to understand the way of salvation. I believed on the Lord Jesus
Christ with my whole heart, and then I felt that God, for the sake of
Christ's merit, had pardoned all my sins. Peace and joy sprung up in my
heart: and I now pray for His help to keep me from sin as long as I
live. I am nearly eighty years old; my days are uncertain; I do not
know when I may die. I have no delight in this world, and I hope to
enter the world of glory, through the merit of the death of Christ."

He became gradually more and more feeble, and for many weeks before he
died was blind and nearly deaf. Mr Haigh, who was then at Goobbe,
gives the following account: "On Saturday evening I went with Mr and
Mrs Hocken to see Daniel. We