ful
Creator."

Intended Memorial

It is proposed to inscribe a record of Kalli, and of other deceased
students of St. Augustine's College, on a tablet in the crypt under
the College Chapel. A memorial stone will be erected over Kalli's
grave in St. John's, Newfoundland.

With reference to the recent decease of some hopeful students of St.
Augustine's, who, after giving promise of much usefulness in the cause
of missions, had been removed from this earthly scene, Mr. Phelps
observed in a letter lately printed at the St. Augustine's College
Press:--

"The whole College is again reminded, that 'all flesh is grass,' and
that our life 'is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and
then vanisheth away.' Poor Kalli is no longer with us. He has been
made fit for the Master's use, and has been taken back by Him who lent
him to us."

Practical Reflections

The writer in the "Newfoundland Express" made the following practical
reflections on Kalli's early death, which suggest serious though
cheering thoughts:--

"It may seem to some persons but folly, and to others but mere
boasting, to point to this young man, as any fruit of, or recompense
for, the costly and calamitous Arctic expeditions. But others may not
think it all in vain, if thereby one soul has been saved, and an
example left to a few young men, of thankfulness and kindness to men,
duty and devotion towards God. Such was Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua,
once a poor benighted Esquimaux, but brought out of darkness into the
marvellous light of the Gospel, to be a pattern to some, who, with
much greater advantages, are far inferior in the best graces of the
Christian."

Conclusion

All that has been written will tend to show that Kallihirua was held
in much esteem and affection by those who knew him, and that some
tribute, (such as even this little memoir,) is due to the memory of
one who was well called "Erasmus," or "beloved."

This, however, is not the chief end which the author had in view in
presenting an account of Kalli's short career among his adopted
countrymen. He would fain convey, amidst other wholesome lessons, that
of the uncertainty of life, and the necessity of working while it is
day. When we reflect on the departure of one, whose face and figure
still dwell in the minds of many of us, it would be wise to remember,
that we ourselves are making for the same point of our journey, the
concluding scene of this short