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do i( better life hereafter.” After this euloeium lie expired. During the life of Frederick, Egede had all the assistance he could wish; but, when that monarch died, and his son Christian the Sixth ascended the throne, the latter immediately sent ships to Greenland to remove every thing thence, and break up the trade. Egede, who at first exulted in the arrival of these vessels, little suspecting the purport of their voyage, now understood there were orders to reimbark all the different families of the set­ tlement, unless Egede, and some others, wished to remain ; in which case, they were to have provisions for one year, and never to expect any further help. These orders came like a sudden clap of thunder on Egede. For ten years he had struggled to put his plan in practice ; for ten others he had watched, toiled and labored in the propagation of the glory of the Most High. He had just began to reap the fruits of his unwearied industry. Trade was becoming brisk, and flourishing, and religion began to perceive