made it myself." While I had yet my eyes fixed upon him with astonishment, he took the violin out of my hand and played, very correctly, some of our hymn-tunes. When I expressed to him my pleasure and suprise, he complained of having no more hair for his bow; for, said he, my wife wont part with any more, and, indeed, I have deprived her of so much, that she is determined to keep the little that is left. Thus his wife had furnished him with hair for his bow, and the seals with strings for his violin.

In reference to the colonisation of Greenland by the Northmen, we present the following statements of br. Kleinschmidt, of NewHerrnhut.

"The opinion that the inhabitants of the Eastern coast of Greenland are the descendants of the ancient Northmen, or rather Icelanders, is very general, though scarcely correct. At any rate, the supposition that the chief settlements of the Icelanders were on the eastern shore, is manifestly erroneous. It is more likely that some of the crews of whalers, whose vessels had been lost in the ice of the eastern coast,* escaped to the mainland, and that the European features which the natives of the eastern shore are said to have, are the result of their intercourse with the Greenlanders.

"It is not known, whether the eastern coast of Greenland ever had any Icelandic colony; for the monastery, which is mentioned in Zeno's travels (about A. D. 1400), if it ever did exist, and it has never been discovered, must have been situated far to the north of the eastern coast (so called); indeed, it is doubtful whether any Europeans ever inhabited the same, except perhaps some outlaws or exiles from the colony. History tells us only of one, a certain Rolf, who was banished to these parts; and then next, in the year 1002, a noble Icelander, Korgils, who had suffered shipwreck (see also "Crantz's History of Greenland," book iv., sect. 1, p. 86), at whose intercession he was permitted to return to the colony.

"On the contrary, in addition to the above mentioned, there are several traces, from which it is evident, that the east coast of Greenland to the farthest north was well known to the Icelandic colonists, and frequently visited by them. But the settlements themselves were on the western coast, viz. the eastern colony (Eystribygd) in the district of Julianeshaab,-from Fredericksthal, or a little to the east, as far as Cape Desolation, and the western colony (Vestribygd) from the iceblink near Fredericksthal as far as Sukkertoppen. Of the latter, the principal remains are here in Baals-revier. The voyage between these two could be performed in six days in a boat rowed by six men, and this agrees with the situation of the last or most western ruins in the district of Julianeshaab and the most southern of our own district, or distant

*In 1777 some whalers, who had suffered shipwreck near Spitzbergen, reached the Western coast over the ice.

from 160 to 200 geographical miles from each other. At a later date, some fiordes of this intermediate coast seem to have been colonised; for not only is the distance between the eastern and western colony stated to be much shorter in later accounts (twelve Icelandie sea-miles or seventy-two geographical miles), but a church in the 'Middle fiorde' (Midfirdi) is mentioned, and ancient ruins at the exact distance (near Atrsuk, seventy-two miles from the most ancient ruins in the district of Julianeshaab) confirms the statement. And it is not to be wondered at, that the description of the ancient colonies in Greenland, and their history, should have been but imperfectly given by Crantz in his History of Greenland, as the ancient documents, which have been brought to light in our days and undergone critical examination, were then only known by name. To mention only one instance, he states (book iv., sect. 1, p. 88) that the present inhabitants (Skrellings or Esquimaux) did not arrive in that part of the country, which was occupied by the Icelanders, until the fourteenth century. But it has been proved, that the first Icelandic settlers met them here and there on the coast. It is probable, that they at first retired on the arrival of the colonists, and they seem never to have been very numerous; but they are twice mentioned in the description of Thorgil's voyage along the eastern coast, fifteen years after the arrival of the first Icelanders. He also built a boat after the manner of the present Greenland women's boats, because he had lost his own vessel, and it was taken and afterwards returned to him by the Greenlanders. At a later period (A. D. 1089) a man went from Greenland to Iceland in a boat, which, as far as we can learn, was built after the Greenland fashion. And one of the fiordes or firths, next to the eastern coast, had already then a Greenland name, derived from a place which still bears that name, viz. Idiodlik. In 1445, i. e. sixty-six years after the first (the only one known) invasion of the western colony by the Greenlanders, some Icelanders (according to a chronieler who wrote a century later), having suffered shipwreck on the coast of Greenland, were taken by the Greenlanders to the eastern colony and wintered there. In short, the Greenlanders appear to have inhabited the country before and along with the Icelanders, though, at first, they may have retired before them; indeed, we are obliged to come to the conclusion, that, for a long time, they lived together in peace, and at last became a mixed race.* This does not militate against the probability of their being sometimes engaged in hostilities. The former is evident from the European features of the southern Greenlanders,† and from several Icelandic

*In this respect some of the Greenlanders,-not the Eastlanders, but the Southlanders, i. e. the inhabitants of the Western coast from Staatenhuk as far as our own neighborhood, and further North,-are the descendants of the ancient Icelanders.

+But the color of the skin, hair, and eyes is that of the Esquimaux race.

words which have passed over into the Greenland language, the latter, from certain names of places, e. g. Pisigsarsik, i. e. where they shot with bows, Arpatsivik, i. e. where they stormed, and ancient traditions relating to them."

ADVICE

CONCERNING A RELIGIOUS COURSE OF CONDUCT.

1. Go where duty calls, but seek not to mix with worldly company and avoid idle talk.

2. Learn to be abused without becoming angry.

3. Be not ashamed of piety-in any company.

4. Avoid all affectation of love to Religion before men.

5. Be more anxious for truth and the gospel than for thy own reputation.

6. Be much with God in secret, so shall God direct thy steps in public.

7. Learn daily more of Christ, and more of thyself, so wilt thou be humble and thankful.

8. Whatever thou readest-read a double portion in the scriptures of truth.

9. Let thy affections be on things above, so shall spiritual things be thy delight, and not thy burden.

10. Study to please all men in the truth, but wound not the truth to please any.

11. Whatsoever thou doest, strive by the grace of God to do all to the glory of God.

12. Have a fellow feeling for the sick and afflicted, and consider the preciousness of souls, and embrace every opportunity of doing good to thy fellow sinner as thou hast ability. Thus walk in the good old way, and God shall direct thy steps.

NOTICE.

On the 2nd of April, br. Hiram Myers was ordained a Deacon of the United Brethren's Church at Gnadenhuetten, Ohio, by br. Peter Wolle, Ep., previous to his departure for Iowa, Washington county, where he is appointed to labor in the Home mission field.

WEEKLY ACCOUNTS

from the Unity's Elders' Conference, Feb. 26th to March 24th, 1854.

1. Br. J. L. Richard Voullaire, was ordained a deacon of the Brethren's church by br. J. Martin Nitschman, at Herrnhut, February 28th.

2. Sr. Magdalen Sophia Jacky, co-laboress of the single sisters'

choir at Herrnhut, has been called to the service of the Labrador mission.

3. The single br. Julius Barthels, teacher in the school at Neuwied, sr. Eva R. H. Hafa, co-laboress of the single sisters' choir at Neudietendorf, and sr. Sophia Meyer, teacher in the school at Neuwied, have been called to the service of the mission in the Danish West Indies.

4. List of the names of brethren and sisters, employed in the service of the Church of the United Brethren, who departed this life since Easter, 1853, according to the information received by the Unity's Elders' Conference :

Brethren.-S. Christlieb Reichel, C. Andrew Wuergatsch, Berthelsdorf; Jacob Levin Reichel, Mark Jeremy Voullaire, Samuel Brunner, Theodor Daniel Roemer, John Juergen Frederick Stein, George Alexander Henningsen, Charles Frederick Geisler, Jacob Wilhelm Verbeek, in Herrnhut; Samuel Kleint, John Nicolas von Dalman, in Niesky; Johannes Merk, Hans Peter Wied, in Gnadenfeld; Werner Vogel, in Ebersdorf; Charles Peter Hellstrom, in Christiansfeld; John Gottlob Krause, in Stettin; Johannes Linder, in Basle; George Alexander Weiss, Andrew Kremser, Niesky, St. Thomas; Herman Edward Martin, St. John's, Antigua.

Sisters.-Pauline Roederer, Anna C. Mohne, Minna Henrietta Gorlitz in Herrnhut; Anna Dorothy Hopf, in Niesky; Anna Dorothy Jahr, in Neusalz; Johanna Christiana Henrietta Albe, in Ebersdorf; Johanna Elisabeth Mortimer, in Neuwied; Dorothy Rebecca Croeger, in Zeyst; Cecillia Grillich, in Christianfeld; Elizabeth Smith, in Ockbrook; Mary Eliza Maud, in Bristol; Elizabeth Brownlee, in Gracehill, Ireland; Marie Theresa Wolle, Emma Cornelia Bechler, in Litiz, Pennsylvania; Catharine Strohle, in Salem, Wachovia; Hannah Weiss, St. Thomas; Johanna Constantine Koester, Emmaus, St. Jan; Sophia Henrietta Dohrmann, Mary Hartmann, in Paramaribo.

5. The single br. Alexander Rea, teacher in the boys school at Fulneck, has passed his examination as candidate for the ministry.

Subscriptions received by br. C. F. Seidel.

Gnadenhuetten.-David Gram, '54. Hope.-Thom. Claus, '54. Lancaster.-Revd. H. A. Shultz, '54. Rudolph Rauch, '53 & '54. Jacob Albright, '51 to '54, $4. D. E. Carpenter, from '50 to '54, $5. J. T. Youngman, '51 to '54, $4. Hen. Reed, '53 to '57, $5. J. F. Steinman, '51 to '54, $4. George Steinman, '51 to '54, $4. Staten Island.-Mrs. E. Vanderbilt, '54. Mrs. Sarah Burbank, '54. Misses Susan & Hannah Simonson, '54. Mrs. Goldsmith, '53. Mrs. Catharine Bartow, '54. Mrs. Sarah Vanduzer, '54. John Wood, '54. Mr. Verhoff, '54. G. Catlin, '53 & '54. Bethlehem-Mrs. Wetherill, '54.-Philadelphia.-George Esler, '54. Cincinnati.-Revd. O. H. Harrison.

One day, I happened to be the last to leave the place, having been detained by the locking of the doors. Just as I was about starting, a drunken savage approached me, and vociferously ordered me to stand still, until he had come up with me. As soon as he came up, he commanded me in a furious tone, to turn back with him, and give him something to eat. I replied, that the doors were all locked, and that there were no provisions at hand, except a little sour milk in the anteroom. He was apparently satisfied with this declaration, and I retraced my steps and handed him the milk. After having tasted it, he insisted on my accompanying him to their camp to drink whiskey there, which I however refused to do. He then declared, that if I would not go freely, he would compel me to go. Having wrestled together for some time, and finding he could not overpower me, he grew still more enraged, and seizing a hatchet which was lying there, he brandished it over my head, declaring he would dask out my brains with it. Finally I yielded to the im pending danger and went forward, while he, still swinging the hatchet, fol lowed me, bawling out aloud, that he had got a white prisoner. An Indian squaw, who saw us approaching from a distance, ran up, in order to wrest the hatchet out of his hand, which he only grasped the tighter, still shout ing, that I was his prisoner. On reaching his party, consisting of about 8 Delawares, who were lying around a keg of whiskey, and among whom I recognized one Thomas White Eyes, who also knew me well, the drunken savage once more cried aloud: "Here I bring a white prisoner!" Eying him sternly, White Eyes thus addressed him: "That's my friend! If you do him the least harm, you will get into trouble with me!" Then turning to me, he bid me quietly take a seat. Wresting the hatchet out of the other's hand, and presenting it to me, he said to the Indian: "We love to drink whiskey, but he don't; and I will not suffer you to compel my friend to do a thing that goes against him!" Then turning to me again, he bid me go home in peace. Filled with gratitude to the Lord for providing me with such a guardian angel, I now went into the woods to a little rising ground, from whence I watched their movements awhile unperceived, and heard their shouts and yells which made the welkin ring, while I pitied the poor horses, which they had either brought along or caught for the purpose in our settlement, whom they rode about most unmercifully. On such occasions two will sometimes mount one horse, compelling him to go at a full gallop, till one or both drop down and are either killed on the spot or maimed for life. I now repaired to our sugar-camp in the woods, and informed br. and sr. Kluge of the proceedings related above. On learning about dusk that the savages had left our premises, we returned home, when we were surprized to find every thing just as we had left it, whence we concluded that their sole object in this manouvre had been to teaze and frighten us."

Having received permission from conference to return to Bethlehem, the missionaries left their settlement with great regret on the 16th of Sept. taking along with them 7 horses, 4 of which were laden with their goods, and 3 were for the 3 adults to ride on, each of whom had one of br. and sr. Kluge's children before him on the saddle, the oldest child being but 5 years of age. They traveled along the main road leading through Ohio and Pensylvania and reached Bethlehem in safety on the 12th of November.

Here our late brother, reviewing the 5 years spent in the Indian country, has inserted the following account in his narrative, concerning his spiritual experience during that period.

"I was greatly annoyed and tormented by doubts in my solitary musings and wanderings, particularly about the divine origin of the Scriptures. All my efforts to remove them by rational inductions failed, until the Spirit of God pointed out the source of them to be in my proud and presumptuous

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