LIFE-WORK 11 tried, and I am willing to be disappointed in my expectations, pro¬ vided this disappointment be sent to teach me wisdom, and show me a more excellent way." Perhaps it is the greatest grief that can come to an earnest, enthusiastic soul to be so grossly misunderstood by his co-labourers; and it is a melancholy case when worldly men and women take it upon themselves to explain the difference between being filled with the Holy Spirit , and being a prey to the vagaries of a crazed imag¬ ination. And now we turn eagerly to that section of the Diary where he speaks of the beginning of the Mission. " January 6th, 1849.—For the last two and a half years my Journal has been pretty much neglected. It is now resumed. Since July, 1846, I, with my family have been residing in Charlottetown , Prince Edward Island . The church here is small. I have been labouring chiefly at Charlottetown .... The principal thing which has absorbed my attention during the past two years and a half is the learning of the Micmac language. I have made some progress. I can converse with them to some extent, read the Scrip¬ tures to them,—having translated about a dozen chapters—and am compiling quite a full vocabulary of their words. I have met with some assistance, especially in the officers of H. M. Brig " Gulnare," employed in surveying the coast. Feb. 3rd. . . . Last evening I spent an hour with Captain Orlebar , at his house. He is interested in the Indians. He has contributed towards assisting me during the last three years the sum of about twenty pounds. I have made a good deal of progress in their language. I am compiling a Dictionary and a Grammar, and have brought the former down to P. I had an interesting excursion among the Indians of Nova Scotia when I attended the Association at Liverpool. I found them friendly and interested. I visitsd the Indian settlement at Shubenacadie and spent all night in a camp. I am now attending a poor sick fellow named Jacob Mitchell . He is going with the Consumption. Sometimes I hope light is beaming upon his darkened mind, at others I am discouraged. One thing is