worker in the Church. He was a Class Leader and Local Preacher of great
power and acceptability.

He was pre-eminently a happy Christian. His face seemed full of
sunshine. There was a genial sweetness about him that caused his very
presence to act as a charm. His coming into our Mission home was like
the sunshine, in which even our little ones basked with great delight.
He was an every-day Christian. Although I was often in his company, and
was thrown in contact with him on some occasions calculated to severely
test him, yet I never heard from him an improper word, or heard of his
having in any way gone contrary to his Christian profession during the
thirty years that he had professed to be a follower of the Lord Jesus.

His greatest aim in life seemed to be to get to heaven; and next to that
he strove to induce others to follow in the same course.

When some of the Indians were getting excited about their lands, and the
treaties which were soon to be made with the Government, William, in
writing to a friend, said: "I care for none of these things; they will
all come right. My only desire is to love Jesus more and more, so as to
see Him by-and-by."

He was a useful Christian, possessing a good knowledge of the roots and
herbs of his native forests, and also having had some instruction given
him in reference to some of the simpler medicines of the whites, he was
often styled our "village doctor." Although seldom remunerated for his
services, he was always ready to listen to the calls of the afflicted,
and, with Heaven's blessing, was instrumental in accomplishing some
marvellous cures. He believed in using a good deal of prayer with his
medicines. His skill in dressing and curing gun-shot wounds could not
be excelled.

Yet, while doing all he could to cure others, his own health was very
poor for several years. He suffered frequently from violent headaches
that caused intense pain. Yet he was never heard to murmur or complain,
but would say to us, when we tried to sympathise with him, "Never mind,
by-and-by I shall get home, and when I see Jesus I shall have no more
pain." About nine days before his departure he caught a severe cold
that settled upon his lungs, which seemed to have been diseased for a
long time. He had from the beginning a presentiment that his sickness
was "unto death," and never did a weary toiler welcome his bed of rest
with greater delight than did William the grave. The prospect of