with
Daniel to our next Class-meeting, and joined heartily in our devotions.
In a day or two he came to my house again, and gave me the idol which he
and his family had worshipped for many years." He then went home, and
told his wife what he had done with the idol, and that he had made up
his mind to become a Christian. His wife on hearing this began to beat
her breast and cry bitterly. She threatened to go to the mission-house,
pull out her tongue and die there. The heathen people in Singonahully,
hearing that the priest had given Mr Walker the idol which he and his
family had worshipped, became alarmed, and secured the keys of a temple
inside the village, where the priest officiated daily, lest the idol in
it should also be taken and given to the Missionary. After a few days
the priest's wife ceased her opposition, and began herself to converse
with Daniel's wife and others about the truths of Christianity. The
villagers annoyed the priest in every possible way. As he could not
remain peaceably in his own house, he left the village, and the
Missionary gave him a room on the mission premises. Sunday, December
20th, 1846, was the day fixed on for the baptism. The place was the
chapel in which Daniel had been baptised about three years previously.
The congregation was unusually large, and a solemn awe rested upon the
people. The interest increased as the service proceeded. _Vysha Runga_
was the priest's heathen name. After he had answered all the questions
proposed to him in the presence of the congregation, he was baptised in
the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and was henceforth
known by the name of Abraham. On the same day he voluntarily took food
with the other Christians, as a public announcement that he had broken
his caste. The Missionaries considered that Daniel was the chief
instrument, in the hands of God, of this man's conversion.

CHAPTER TWENTY.

DANIEL "MADE A MARRIAGE FOR HIS SON."

In the year 1848 Daniel "made a marriage for his son," and the
Missionaries fearing that he might go to some excess either in
expenditure or in some worldly conformity, gave him special warning, and
watched over the preparations with anxious care. On the wedding day a
great number of the friends of both families assembled, and amongst them
were many heathens. There were present some who at one time had
manifested the greatest hostility to Daniel on account of his baptism.
They had refused