Some of the scholars were withdrawn, one of the teachers was compelled to leave, and the school-books were denounced as heretical.

Through the whole commotion Mr.King held on his way with characteristic calmness, teaching and praying in the school as aforetime, and freely expounding the Scriptures, every Lord's day, to more than fifty of his pupils and a number of their friends.

Two of the most prominent inhabitants espoused his cause; and, just in the crisis of the difficulty, he received a box of ancient Greek books from the government, as a present to the school.

Soon after, there appeared in the government gazette a commendation of the school and of its course of instruction.

From that time, opposition from members of the Greek Church seems to have ceased.