The native helpers felt that he
was moving heavenward faster than themselves. In April, it was found
that as many as nine persons in Hakkie, the village of Deacon
Guwergis, gave evidence of regeneration, five of them members of his
own family; and the whole village listened to the truth which the
zealous deacon constantly taught.
He always remembered the school as his spiritual birthplace, and
ever loved to pray for it. Once, when rising from his knees in the
Male Seminary, where he had been leading in evening devotion, he
exclaimed, "O God, forgive me. I forgot to pray for Miss Fiske's
school." So he knelt again and prayed for it. And Mr. Stoddard said
he did not think there was a smile on a single face, it was done
with such manifest simplicity and godly sincerity.
In June, 1846, Miss Fiske visited Hakkie with Mr. and Mrs. Stocking.
It was the first time ladies had been in the mountains, and the good
deacon was greatly delighted. Labors were then commenced for females
there that have been continued ever since. The annexed sketch will
give a more vivid idea of the nature of such labors than the most
accurate description.
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