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Michigan Abel Bingham
I felt much uneasiness and concern. Took my Bible and read the 41st, 42d and 43d Psalms, which were the first that presented themselves. The word both reproved and comforted me. Spent the Sabbath here and held divine service, preaching to an audience of one, his pilot, Iyabas, through my interpreter. 'Monday retraced our steps, descended a ledge of rocks into a deep ravine, and made two or three unsuccessful attempts to climb, the opposite bank. If we could not find a pass up this precipice we must return without visiting the island, which, would be very unfortunate, as we were now limited to one meal a day. My interpreter cast off his pack and snow-shoes, commenced climbing, and in a few minutes sung out, " Here is a place I think we can pass." This was a small protuberance somewhat resembling a man's nose, with .perpendicular rocks on both sides of great height. Here we descended the ledge by letting ourselves down from bush to bush, and found ourselves on Lake Superior again within three miles of the lodges.
Early Michigan Preachers
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