boy, you will not know to-morrow what you have lost to-day.' A deep
pang rent my bosom at the recollection of this, and a still deeper
one succeeded when the thought struck me, that though my little boy
may not know to-morrow what he has lost to-day, yet when years have
rolled by, and he shall have felt the unkindness of a deceitful,
selfish world, _he will know_.

"Mr. Mason wept, and the sorrowing Karens knelt down in prayer to
God--that God, of whom their expiring teacher had taught them--that
God, into whose presence the emancipated spirit was just
entering--that God, with whom they hope and expect to be happy
forever. My own feelings I will not attempt to describe. You may
have some faint idea of them, when you recollect what he was to me,
how tenderly I loved him, and, at the same time, bear in mind the
precious promises to the afflicted.

"We came in silence down the river, and landed about three miles
from our house. The Karens placed his precious remains on his
little bed, and with feelings which you can better imagine than I
describe, we proceeded homewards. The mournful intelligence had
reached town before us, and we were soon met by Moung Ing, the
Burman preacher. At the sight of us he burst into a flood of
tears. Next, we met the two native Christian sisters, who lived
with us. But the moment of most bitter anguish was yet to come on
our arrival at the house. They took him into the sleeping-room, and
when I uncovered his face, for a few moments, nothing was heard but
reiterated sobs. He had not altered--the same sweet smile, with
which he was wont to welcome me, sat on his countenance. His eyes
had opened in bringing him, and all present seemed expecting to
hear his voice; when the thought, that it was silent forever,
rushed upon us, and filled us with anguish sudden and unutterable.
There were the Burman Christians, who had listened so long, with
edification and delight, to his preaching--there were the Karens,
who looked to him as their guide, their earthly all--there were the
scholars whom he had taught the way to heaven, and the Christian
sisters, whose privilege it had been to wash, as it were, his feet.

"Early next morning, his funeral was attended, and all the
Europeans in the place, with many natives, were present. It m