,illustration3 t4 #gj4 ,,john ,g4 ,,paton ,missionary to the ,new ,hebrides ,an ,autobiography ,edited by ,his ,brother ,,volume ,,iii4 ,with a ,historical ,note and an ,account of the ,progress of the ,gospel in the ,new ,hebrides ,illustrated ,illustration3 ,logo ,,new ,,york ,,chicago ,,toronto ,fleming ,h4 ,revell ,company ,publishers of ,evangelical ,literature ,copyright1 #ahih ,,by ,,fleming ,h4 ,,revell ,,company ,,editor',s ,,preface4 ,the ,autobiography of my brother1 ,dr4 ,john ,g4 ,paton has now1 at my urgent entreaty1 been continued by him1 and carried on to the present year4 ,it tells the ,story of the ,life during the twelve years that have elapsed since ,part ,first and ,part ,second were completed by the ,author1 and separately given to the world4 ,the following words from the ,preface to an early ,edition of the ,autobiography are equally applicable to present circumstances3--8,the ,public hailed it from the first with a welcome so uncommon1 and ,god has in many ways so signally owned and blessed it1 that it would be no modesty1 but sheer stupidity1 on my part1 to fail in recognizing that it has been voted a ,missionary ,classic by the great and free ,community of ,readers4 ,i have therefore spared no pains in making it as perfect as it is in my power to do1 with the help of many minute corrections from friends here and abroad1 and also happy suggestions as to matters of detail from the honored ,missionary himself40 ,in the original ,preface when the book was first published in #ahhi1 ,i said3 8,the ,manuscript of this ,volume1 put together in a rough draft amid ceaseless and exacting toils1 was placed in my hands and left absolutely to my disposal by my beloved brother1 the ,missionary4 ,it has been to me a labor of perfect love to re-write and revise the same1 pruning here and expanding there1 and1 preparing the whole for the press4 ,in the incidents of personal experience1 constituting the larger part of the book1 the reader peruses in an almost unaltered form the graphic and simple narrative as it came from my brother's pen4 ,but1 as many sections have been re-cast and largely modified1 especially in those ,chapters of whose events ,i was myself an eyewitness1 or regarding which ,i had information at first hand from the parties concerned therein1--and as circumstances make it impossible to submit these in their present shape to my brother before publication1--,i must request the ,public to lay upon me1 and not on him1 all responsibility for the final shape in which the ,autobiography appears4 ,i publish it because ,something tells me there is a blessing in it40 ,that belief was abundantly justified4 ,the book has had a great circulation1 not only in ,great ,britain1 but also in ,america1 and in the ,colonies2 and it has been translated1 in whole or in part1 into many ,modern ,languages4 ,,james ,,paton4 ,,glasgow1 ,february1 #ahih4 ,,contents4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,round ,,the ,,world ,,for ,,jesus4 ,,page ,from #ahhf to #ahib #bc ,tour ,round the ,world #bd ,fire-,arms and ,intoxicants #be ,international ,prohibition ,proposed #be ,deputies to ,america #bg ,samoan ,converts #bh ,america and ,hawaii #bi ,san ,francisco #cj ,salt ,lake ,city #ca ,chicago #cb ,niagara #cc ,pan-,presbyterian ,council at ,toronto #cd ,the ,ruthven ,imposture #ce ,sabbath ,observance #ci ,rochester #dj ,new ,york #dj ,public ,petitions #da ,washington #da ,the ,presbyterian ,assembly #db ,president ,cleveland #dc ,france's ,withdrawal #dc ,dr4 ,joseph ,cook #dd ,dr4 ,blank #de ,second ,probation #dg ,chicago ,exhibition #dg ,canadian ,presbyterian ,church #ej ,two ,months' ,rush of ,meetings #ea ,incidents of ,travel #ec ,impressions of ,canada and the ,states #ei ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,the ,,home-,,lands ,,and ,,the ,,islands4 ,arrival in ,great ,britain #fc ,requisitions #fd ,professors and ,students #fg ,dayspring ,scheme #fg ,ten ,years' ,delay #fg ,gideon's ,fleece ,experiment #gd ,two memorable ,checks #ge ,the 8,john ,g4 ,paton ,mission ,fund0 #gg ,the ,dayspring ,disaster #he ,mission ,work on all the ,islands #ia ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations4 ,,john ,g4 ,,paton1 t4 #gj ,frontispiece4 ,,williams ,,river1 ,,erromanga ,to face p4 #ad ,,members ,,of ,,the ,,new ,,hebrides ,,mission ,,synod1 #ahih #bh ,,heathen ,,natives ,,of ,,ambrim ,,memorials ,,of ,,the ,,dead1 ,,ambrim #eh ,a ,,heathen ,,chief ,,of ,,futuna ,,epeteneto #if ,for the use of all the above illustrations1 save the first1 our acknowledgments are due to 8,the ,missionary ,review of the ,world40 ,historical ,note4 ,balboa1 governor of ,santa ,maria1 discovered the ,southern ,ocean in #aeac1 named it the ,south ,sea1 and took possession in the name of the king of ,spain4 ,six years later ,magellan sailed through a large portion of it1 and called it the ,pacific ,ocean4 ,in #aefi ,mendana discovered and named the ,solomon group1 and in #aeie the ,queen ,charlotte group4 ,the ,new ,hebrides were discovered in #afjf by ,quiros1 who thought he had discovered a great southern continent1 and called it the ,land of the ,holy ,spirit4 ,he anchored in port ,philip ,santo1 and tried to establish a city 7,new ,jerusalem7 on the bank of the large river ,yor1 which runs into the bay4 ,but the ,spaniards quarrelled with the natives and left it4 ,quiros sailed to ,mexico1 but ,torres1 the senior officer in command1 sailed west1 discovered and passed through ,torres ,straits1 which bear his name1 between ,queensland and ,new ,guinea4 ,boginville discovered that it was not a continent1 but a group of islands1 that ,quiros had discovered1 and he named them the ,great ,cyclades4 ,bent on discovering new lands1 about that period many eminent navigators sailed in the ,south ,sea1 but we hear nothing more of the ,new ,hebrides till1 in #agfg1 the famous ,captain ,cook sailed on his first voyage to observe the transit of ,venus at ,tahiti4 ,in #aggc ,captain ,cook returned1 and sailed twice through the group1 spending forty-six days in exploring and describing every island and the natives with an accuracy scarcely yet surpassed4 ,believing he had discovered the most westerly group in the ,south ,sea1 he gave it its present name1 the ,new ,hebrides2 but #bjj miles southwest he afterward discovered another large island1 and called it ,new ,caledonia4 ,he took possession of it in the name of his sovereign1 ,king ,george the ,third2 but in #ahed1 when ,britain was engaged in the ,crimean war1 ,france took possession of it1 and turned it into a large convict station at the door of ,australia1 to which1 by escaped convicts1 it is a source of danger and pollution4--,j4 ,g4 ,p4 ,the ,gospel in the ,new ,hebrides4#a ,,by ,,rev4 ,,john ,g4 ,,paton1 ,d4 ,d4 ,footnote #a3 ,from 8,the ,missionary ,review of the ,world40 ,geographers have arranged the ,south ,sea islands under three divisions3 ,polynesia1 the many eastern islands between #ahj degrees and ,south ,america2 ,melanesia1 the black islands1 from the dark-brown color of their inhabitants--they include ,fiji and all the islands west1 with ,new ,guinea2 ,micronesia1 all the small islands north of the line from ,hawaii on the east to ,china on the west4 ,the ,south ,sea islands are inhabited by only two races1 the ,malay ,polynesian and the ,papuan4 ,the ,malays appear to be of ,asiatic origin1 and are the superior race1 with well-developed1 powerful persons1 yellow in color1 and with straight1 glossy1 black hair4 ,the ,papuans are so called from ,papua1 or ,new ,guinea4 ,they occupy the western islands1 and are not generally so tall and handsome in person as the ,malays4 ,they are of a dark-brown color1 with dark1 curly hair of different shades1 and appear to be allied to the negro2 but have plump1 pleasant features1 unlike the negro and the aborigines of ,australia4 ,the ,malays all speak one language1 with dialectic differences1 all musical and liquid1 like the ,italian4 ,every word ends in a vowel4 ,the ,papuans speak a different language on almost every island1 or dialects differing1 so that the natives of one island cannot understand those of another2 and on some islands two or even three dialects are spoken on the same island1 so different that the inhabitants of the one district cannot understand those of the other4 ,nearly the whole1 if not the whole1 population of the ,south ,sea islands were cannibals1 in a state of nudity1 when missionary work was begun on them1 yet even there1 by ,god's blessing1 almost every society and church engaged in the work has been used and honored in the conversion of many thousands1 and now each is working on an independent portion of ,new ,guinea for the salvation of its natives1 and with encouraging success4 ,the ,new ,hebrides consist of about thirty inhabited islands1 with many small ones adjoining4 ,the group lies south-southeast and north-northwest1 extending over #djj miles of ocean1 between #ba degrees and #ae degrees south latitude1 and #aga degrees and #aff degrees east longitude4 ,the ,solomon group1 which is the centre of the ,church of ,england's mission1 is about #bjj miles northwest from the ,new ,hebrides4 ,new ,caledonia is about #bjj miles southwest1 ,fiji about #djj miles1 ,auckland about #a1jjj1 and ,sydney1 ,australia1 #a1djj miles distant from our group4 ,in her first charter to ,new ,zealand1 ,britain included the ,new ,hebrides1 but1 apparently by some mistake1 they were afterward left out4 ,yet1 except to ,new ,zealand and ,australia1 the group is of little commercial value to any other country1 on account of the great distances of all others from it4 ,as the natives have got nearly all the blessings of ,christianity and civilization which they possess from ,british missionaries and subjects1 they unanimously plead for ,british annexation and protection1 while1 from their oppressive cruelty to the natives1 and suppression of ,protestant schools and mission work on the ,loyalty group and on other groups annexed1 they fear and hate the ,french4 ,there are other cogent reasons1 for the ,french ,senate passed a resolution 8to send #ajj1jjj of ,france's lowest criminals to the ,new ,hebrides1 as freed men and women1 to live as they could and go where they would1 on the one condition that they do not return to ,france40 ,against this ,australasia and ,britain protested so decidedly that the scheme was not carried out2 but the resolution to deport them was renewed1 and for the present the destination is kept secret4 ,the ,french have recently been sending ,roman ,catholic priests to the ,new ,hebrides1 apparently as political agents4 ,a few months ago the heathen natives of one of our islands eagerly desired a ,protestant missionary to settle among them1 and give them the teaching of ,jesus and ,his salvation1 and when they were selling our missionaries a site for the station1 two priests gave them much abuse1 and told them of all the fearful calamities which would befall them if they allowed the ,protestant missionaries to land on their island4 ,they also gave the missionaries much abuse1 and at last offered the natives three ,sniders 7rifles7 and two large1 fat hogs for the site1 if they would forbid the ,protestant missionaries to settle on the island4 ,though1 above everything else1 the heathen islanders desire ,sniders and such fat pigs1 yet they rejected the priests' offer1 and sold the station to our missionaries4 ,the highest ,french officials in these colonies have sent a man-of-war to the spot to investigate this case1 and their report proves that it was correctly stated by us4 ,in #ahci the famous ,john ,williams and ,mr4 ,j4 ,harris1 of the ,london ,missionary ,society1 sailed to try and begin mission work on the ,new ,hebrides1 but on landing on ,erromanga both were murdered by the savages1 who feasted on their bodies4 ,in #ahdc ,drs4 ,turner and ,nisbet were by the ,london ,missionary ,society settled on ,tanna1 but about six months after1 by a passing ship1 they had to escape for their lives4 ,after this ,samoan and ,raratongan native teachers were again and again placed on the group1 but they were either murdered by the savages1 or died in the damp1 unhealthy climate 7compared with their own71 or in sickness had to be taken home again4 ,so no effective mission work was done on the group till in #ahdh ,dr4 ,john ,geddie and in #aheb ,dr4 ,john ,inglis were landed on ,aneityum1 where ,god spared and used them in bringing #c1ejj cannibals on that island to serve our dear ,lord ,jesus ,christ2 and until they had translated and carried through the press the whole ,bible and other books in their language4 ,for the printing and binding of this ,bible the converted natives paid the noble ,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society #a1bjj sterling 7#f1jjj71 earned by them preparing and selling arrowroot4 ,illustration3 ,,williams ,,river1 ,,erromanga4 ,the point on the shore where natives stand is that on which ,john ,williams was murdered4 ,in #aheg the ,rev4 ,g4 ,n4 and ,mrs4 ,gordon were placed on ,erromanga1 where ,williams lost his life4 ,by them ,god brought some fourteen young men and as many young women to renounce heathenism and serve ,jesus1 but in #ahea the savages one morning tomahawked both to death4 ,their young converts wept and wailed over their loss1 laid them in the grave1 and vowed over it that they would conquer ,erromanga for ,jesus1 or die1 as their missionaries had died1 in the effort4 ,in #ahfd the ,rev4 ,j4 ,d4 ,gordon1 going to convert1 if possible1 the murderers of his brother and his wife1 was placed on ,erromanga1 and after much successful work1 the heathen there killed him also with the tomahawk in #ahgb4 ,the ,christian party laid his body in the grave1 wept and wailed over it1 and renewed their vow and wrought and prayed till they have1 indeed1 conquered the island for ,jesus ,christ4 ,now every family there daily sings the praise of ,his redeeming love1 and tries to serve ,him devotedly4 ,in #aheh the ,revs4 ,joseph ,copeland1 ,j4 ,w4 and ,mrs4 ,matheson1 ,john ,g4 and ,mrs4 ,paton1 and in #ahei ,s4 ,f4 and ,mrs4 ,johnston were all placed on ,tanna1 but soon after ,mr4 ,copeland went to ,aneityum4 ,from the first on ,tanna1 as on other islands1 the native priests gave much opposition to the missionaries' teaching4 ,this priesthood is powerful and profess to have and1 by sorcery1 to exercise all the powers of ,god4 ,after the murder of the ,gordons1 a ,tanna 8holy0 man1 prejudiced by white traders1 clubbed an ,aneityum chief1 a native teacher1 and he died soon after1 rejoicing in ,jesus ,christ4 ,also from the effects of a savage attack upon my life and his1 ,mr4 ,johnston never rallied1 but died soon after1 having been only about four months on the island4 ,in #ahfb1 after much suffering1 bereavement1 and many attempts upon our lives1 and the loss of all earthly property1 except our pocket ,bibles1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,matheson1 the teachers1 and ,i escaped by a passing ship4 ,after reaching ,aneityum ,mrs4 ,matheson died in ,march and ,mr4 ,matheson in ,june of that year4 ,i left for ,australia to get1 if possible1 more missionaries and a mission ship for our mission4 ,there the ,lord1 by ,his people1 gave me #e1jjj4 ,the new ,dayspring was bought with #c1jjj of it1 and the remaining #b1jjj sent and supported more missionaries4 ,since that time island after island has been occupied1 and the ,lord has prospered our work1 till we have now the large staff of #bf earnest1 educated missionaries1 #e of them medical men and #e lay helpers1 besides about #cjj native teachers1 all educated by our own missionaries for their work4 ,in the mission we have a teachers' training institution1 with #df students1 under the care of ,dr4 ,annand and his lay teachers1 and we have a hospital under the care of ,dr4 ,lamb and his lay helpers4 ,by our missionaries the whole ,bible has been translated into one language1 and the ,new ,testament into several4 ,the portions of ,scripture so translated1 have been printed1 and are now read by the natives in over twenty languages of the group4 ,this is a great work1 which makes our mission laborious and expensive compared with others having only one language to conquer4 ,our islanders had no written language when we began the ,lord's work among them4 ,a number of the translations have been printed by the ,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society1 but our natives try to pay it for all it does for them4 ,as results of the work1 our dear ,lord ,jesus has given our missionaries about #af1jjj converts1 and the blessed work is extending among some #dj1jjj or #ej1jjj remaining cannibals on the group4 ,in our synod year of #ahie-if1 #a1abj savages renounced idolatry and embraced the worship and service of ,christ4 ,one missionary baptized #bjj out of his communicants' class of #djj1 after a long and careful preparatory ,scripture training4 ,we never baptize and teach afterward1 but educate and wait till they give real evidence of consecration to ,jesus ,christ1 and then1 at their desire1 baptize1 and continue teaching them to observe in their life and conduct all things ,jesus has commanded4 ,hence1 we have only about #b1ejj communicants1 though #aj1jjj attend our day and ,sabbath schools4 ,all of our converts attend church regularly4 ,in #ahif they contributed about #ijj1 and last year over #a1cjj by money and arrowroot1 and a number of the islands now support their own native teachers4 ,yet they have no money but what they get by selling pigs1 fowls1 cocoanuts1 and copra to passing ships4 ,god has given four of our present missionaries each from #a1gjj to #b1jjj converts2 and at all our more recently occupied stations the work is very encouraging1 and enjoys the divine blessing4 ,our chief concern at present is how we are to get money to keep our large staff going on1 but we trust in ,jesus to provide all as it is needed4 ,never since ,jesus ,christ gave the great commission1 have so many of ,his servants been proclaiming the blessed ,gospel1 and never before in heathen lands has it shown more vitality and power in its grand results4 ,yet what large portions of the world are yet in heathen darkness6 ,oh1 for a new ,pentecostal baptism of the ,holy ,spirit to all branches of the ,church1 to lead her to try to 8preach the ,gospel to every creature10 and by the ,gospel conquer the world for ,jesus ,christ4 ,a small book1 showing the extension and glorious fruits of ,christian ,protestant missions during the last half century would do much to silence the infidel and the enemies of ,protestant missions to the heathen1 enlighten the indifferent1 and draw forth the united praise and prayers1 and increased money support1 and personal1 zealous coperation of ,christians in all lands1 so to conquer the world for ,jesus ,christ by ,his own appointed means4 ,it would show that the ,gospel is not only the power of ,god unto salvation to every one who believes1 high and low1 of every color and of every country1 but that1 wherever found1 it is the only real and lasting civilizer of man4 ,had ,britain felt her responsibility1 and improved her privileges by spending a twentieth part of what her present wars will cost her to subdue her rebellious subjects1 in giving them the ,gospel teaching of ,jesus while under her care1 it might have prevented those wars1 and saved her the loss of life and treasure and carnage in subduing her heathen revolted subjects1 and the feelings of revenge that remain and foster in the hearts of the surviving relatives and tribes of the subdued4 ,armies may conquer and sweep the oppressed into eternity1 but ,christ's teaching enlightens the mind1 influences the heart by creating it anew1 and leads all so brought under its power to feel their responsibility to our ,god1 the ,supreme ,judge of all4 ,thus it lifts them above heathen superstitions1 prejudices1 cruelties1 and discontent1 filling the heart with gratitude to ,god for ,his love and mercy in ,jesus ,christ1 and so leading them to love their benefactors1 and to do to others as they would have others do to them4 ,though our ,new ,hebridean savage cannibals1 as they all were when our work began among them1 have lost many thousands of lives1 and suffered much oppressive cruelty by the sandalwood traders and by the shocking ,kanaka labor traffic which followed1 yet because of ,british missionaries so many of them have been brought to serve ,jesus1 that now the remaining population all plead for ,british annexation and protection4 ,and lately1 on a recently occupied island1 where all under the missionaries' charge were painted savages1 after several acts of kindness by the missionary1 the war chief was led to hear the teaching of ,jesus1 and to believe in1 and serve ,him4 ,he was the first man among some #c1jjj or #d1jjj to appear at the church and to wear clothing in public4 ,for some reason his savage warriors wanted him to go to war1 but he refused4 ,his enemies sent a man to conceal himself by the path and shoot dead one of the chief's men1 being one of their usual challenges to war1 and many now urged him to fight in revenge1 but he said1 8,i will not fight and shed blood1 but leave all revenge to my ,jesus now10 and he preached the ,gospel of peace and love to them1 and prayed for them all4 ,his life was threatened1 but he also left that to ,jesus4 ,he now teaches a school among his savages1 and1 following his example1 many have begun to wear clothing and attend school and church4 ,the chief and twelve others are now candidates in a class for baptism and churchmembership1 and a real work of grace seems to have begun all around among the savages4 ,surely the ,divine blessing on the same teaching would produce like blessed results among the heathen subjects of all nations1 and make them happy1 industrious1 loyal1 loving subjects--a thing which cannot be done by conquering armies4 ,i4 ,,round ,,the ,,world ,,for ,,jesus4 ,a4 ,d4 #ahhf-ahic4 ,t4 #fb-fi4 ,,introductory ,,note4 ,the ,story of my ,life1 so unexpectedly owned and blessed of ,god to multitudes in every ,land1 closed1 when first published in #ahhi1 with what ,i then regarded and described as my 8,last0 ,visit to ,britain1 #ahhd-ahhe4 ,it did not for one moment enter my mind1 at that time1 that world-wide travels were still before me1 in the interests of our beloved ,mission2 or that ,i should ever again be called upon to lift my pen1 in the further telling of my own ,biography4 ,so much so1 that ,i then wrote something in the 8farewell0 to the reader1 hinting not dimly that the last ,chapter of all1 yet to be added1 would fall to be described by another hand than mine6 ,more than ten years have1 however1 since elapsed1 and 8by the good hand of my ,god upon me for good10 ,i am still hale and vigorous1 rejoicing to serve my ,redeemer by serving those whom ,he died to save and lives to bring to ,glory4 ,wherefore1 at the earnest and repeated entreaty of my dear brother1 ,james1 but for whom this book never could or would have been given to the world at all1 ,i resume my pen to add a brief sketch of the ,autumn of my life1 that he may set it in order1 and bring this ,autobiography up to date4 ,in many respects1 ,i can unfeignedly say that ,i would rather bury all in oblivion1 or keep it under the eye of my ,saviour alone4 ,but ,i dare not shrink from the door of ,great ,opportunity thus opened before me2 and this1 also1 ,i humbly lay on the ,altar to the glory of ,jesus my ,lord4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,round ,,the ,,world ,,for ,,jesus4 ,a4 ,d4 #ahhf-ahic4 ,t4 #fb-fi4 ,from #ahhf to #ahib4--,tour ,round the ,world4--,fire-,arms and ,intoxicants4--,international ,prohibition ,proposed4--,deputies to ,america4--,samoan ,converts4--,america and ,hawaii4--,san ,francisco4--,salt ,lake ,city4--,chicago4--,niagara4--,pan-,pres byterian ,council at ,toronto4--,the ,ruthven ,imposture4--,sabbath ,observance4--,rochester4--,new ,york4--,public ,petitions4--,washington4--,the ,presbyterian ,assembly4--,president ,cleveland4--,france's ,withdrawal4--,dr4 ,joseph ,cook4--,dr4 ,blank4--,second ,probation4--,chicago ,exhibition4--,canadian ,presbyterian ,church4--,two months' ,rush of ,meetings4--,incidents of ,travel4--,impressions of ,canada and the ,states4 ,from #ahhf till #ahib my days were occupied1 in the various ,colonies of ,australasia1 and in occasional visits to the ,new ,hebrides1 practically in the same way as set forth again and again in the preceding ,chapters4 ,colony after ,colony1 and ,congregation after ,congregation listened with ever-deepening interest to the narrative of ,god's dealings with the ,islanders1 and to the record of the effects produced by my relating these incidents wherever my steps had been led in the interests of ,missionary ,enterprise4 ,if ,i have accomplished nothing else by all these travels and toils1 this at least has been accomplished1 and ,i write it down to the praise of my blessed ,redeemer--there are ,missionaries at this day laboring in every ,heathen ,land1 who have assured me that they first gave themselves away to the glorious work1 while drinking in from my poor lips the living testimony from the ,new ,hebrides that the ,gospel is still the power of ,god and the wisdom of ,god unto ,salvation2 and there are individual ,christians1 and sometimes also ,congregations of the ,lord1 now zealously supporting ,missionaries to the ,heathen in all the great ,mission fields of the world1 who1 till they heard the story of ,cannibals won for ,christ by our noble ,missionaries on the ,new ,hebrides1 had foolishly branded the modern ,christian ,mission to the ,heathen as the greatest imposture and failure of the ,century4 ,god has filled the ear and the eye of ,christendom with the story of one of the smallest1 yet most fruitful1 ,missions in one of the hardest and darkest fields on this ,earth2 and the whisper of 8imposture0 has died for shame1 while the arm of the scoffer falls paralyzed1 and can no longer sling its stones of abuse4 8,failure0 has been blotted from the vocabulary of ,missions and their ,critics by the ,story of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,but in #ahib1 events which had been maturing through many years came to a crisis1 the issue of which was that ,i was sent a ,,tour ,,round ,,the ,,world in the ,cause of ,jesus1 and for the sake of our beloved ,islanders4 ,a broadly-drawn picture of these things1 without any attempt at details1 seems all that is called for here4 ,this ,i now set myself to give to the patient and indulgent reader of these pages1 which after all contain only brief and fragmentary scenes out of a crowded and hurried life4 ,the occasion was this3 ,the sale of ,intoxicants1 ,opium1 ,fire-,arms and ,ammunition1 by the ,traders amongst the ,new ,hebrideans1 had become a terrible and intolerable evil4 ,the lives of many ,natives1 and of not a few ,europeans1 were every year sacrificed in connection therewith1 while the general demoralization produced on all around was painfully notorious4 ,alike in the ,colonial and in the ,home ,newspapers1 we exposed and condemned the fearful consequences of allowing such degrading and destructive agencies to be used as barter in dealing with these ,islanders4 ,it is infinitely sad to see the ,european and ,american ,trader following fast in the wake of the ,missionary with opium and rum6 ,but1 blessed be ,god1 our ,christian ,natives have thus far1 with very few exceptions1 been able to keep away from the ,white ,man's ,fire-,water1 that maddens and destroys4 ,and not less cruel is it to scatter fire-arms and ammunition amongst ,savages1 who are at the same time to be primed with poisonous rum6 ,this were surely ,demons' work4 ,to her honor1 be it said1 that ,great ,britain prohibited all her own ,traders1 under heavy penalties1 from bartering those dangerous and destructive articles in trade with the ,natives4 ,she also appealed to the other trading ,nations1 in ,europe and ,america1 to combine and make the prohibition 8,international10 with regard to all the still unannexed ,islands in the ,pacific ,seas4 ,at first ,america hesitated1 owing to some notion that it was inconsistent with certain regulations for trading embraced in the ,constitution of the ,united ,states4 ,then ,france1 temporizing1 professed willingness to accept the prohibition when ,america agreed4 ,thus the ,british ,trader1 with the ,man-of-,war and the ,high ,commissioner ready to enforce the laws against him1 found himself placed at an overwhelming disadvantage1 as against the neighboring ,traders of every other ,nationality1 free to barter as they pleased4 ,more especially so1 when the things prohibited were the very articles which the masses of the ,heathen chiefly coveted in exchange for their produce2 and where keen rivals in business were ever watchful to inform and to report against him4 ,if illicit ,trading prevailed1 under such conditions1 no one that knows average ,human ,nature can feel any surprise4 ,by-and-bye1 the ,australian ,new ,hebrides ,company1 with two ,steamers plying betwixt ,sidney and the ,new ,hebrides1 took up the problem4 ,having planted ,traders and ,agents on the ,islands1 they found themselves handicapped in developing business1 and began a brisk agitation in the ,australasian and ,english ,press1 either to have the ,prohibition applied all round1 or completely rescinded4 ,we have never accepted that alternative1 but resolutely plead for an ,international ,prohibitive law1 as the only means under ,god to prevent the speedy sweeping off into ,eternity of these most interesting ,races by the tide of what is strangely styled ,civilization4 ,at length ,sir ,john ,thurston1 ,her ,majesty's ,high ,commissioner for the ,western ,pacific1 whose sympathies all through have been on our side1 advised that the controversy in the ,newspapers cease1 and that our ,missions and ,churches send a deputation to ,america to win the assent of the ,united ,states4 ,consequently1 the next ,federal ,assembly of the ,australasian ,presbyterian ,churches instructed two of its ,professors in the ,divinity ,hall of ,victoria1 who were then visiting ,britain1 to return by ,america1 and do everything in their power to secure the adhesion of the ,united ,states ,government to the ,international proposal4 ,lest1 however1 these ,deputies found themselves unable to carry out their instructions1 the same ,assembly appointed me as ,deputy1 with identical instructions1 to undertake the task during the succeeding year4 ,meanwhile1 the ,general ,assembly of ,victoria appointed the ,rev4 ,professor ,rentoul1 ,d4 ,d41 ,ormond ,college1 the ,rev4 ,jas4 ,m',gaw and myself1 to represent them at the ,pan-,presbyterian ,council to be held at ,toronto in ,september1 #ahib1 and thus was ,i altogether unexpectedly launched on what proved to be the biggest of all my ,missionary journeys4 ,i received three several ,commissions4 ,but that from my own ,church of ,victoria1 signed by the ,moderator of the ,general ,assembly and the ,convener of our ,foreign ,mission ,committee1 bears most closely on the succeeding narrative4 ,it set forth that1 besides being appointed by the ,federal ,assembly to the ,council at ,toronto1 ,i was empowered to use all legitimate influence with the ,government of the ,united ,states 8for the suppression of the trade in ,fire-,arms1 ,intoxicating ,liquors1 and ,opium1 in the ,new ,hebrides ,islands and other unannexed ,groups in the ,western ,pacific40 ,i was also 8authorized to procure two ,missionaries to serve in the ,new ,hebrides ,islands under this ,church10 and to receive1 on behalf of the ,committee1 8any contributions offered for its ,foreign ,missions40 ,so that ,i acted1 and had good right to act1 in the name and by the authority of my own ,church1 and of the ,federated ,churches of ,australasia4 ,with my ,fellow-,deputies1 and accompanied so far on the journey by my wife and our beloved daughter1 we sailed from ,sydney for ,san ,francisco per s4 s4 ,monowai1 on #hth ,august1 #ahib4 ,we had a very agreeable voyage1 ,captain ,carey and all on board striving to make others happy4 ,at ,auckland1 on the #acth1 we had the great delight of spending a few hours with our very dear friends1 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mackie1 while the ship was discharging and receiving cargo and mails2 and1 as she was leaving1 several ,ministers and other kind friends bade us ,godspeed4 ,again1 at ,samoa1 on the #ahth1 we had a few hours to spend1 and were immensely gratified with the appearance of the ,natives4 ,they had a bright and healthy look as they came amongst the passengers with shells1 operculums1 and fans1 their manner being characterized by a gentle grace1 that comes only with the coming of ,christ into a ,savage man or woman4 ,these1 and the ,raratongans1 and the people of ,savage ,islands1 were amongst the first whom the ,london ,missionary ,society saw 8flocking as the doves to their windows10 from the hordes of ,cannibalism4 ,they are tall1 vigorous and alert2 and many of them are now teachers for ,jesus1 and preachers of the ,gospel in ,new ,guinea and other ,heathen ,islands4 ,my heart overflows with love and praise whenever ,i gaze on such trophies of ,redeeming ,grace4 ,illustration3 ,,members ,,of ,,the ,,new ,,hebrides ,,mission ,,synod1 #ahih4 ,rev4 ,john ,g4 ,paton1 ,d4,d41 in the center4 ,we reached ,honolulu1 the ,hawaiian ,capital1 on the #beth1 and spent nearly a whole day on shore4 ,by a circuitous drive1 and on remarkably good roads1 we ascended a considerable hill and beheld the ,city spread before us with its ,palace1 ,government ,buildings1 ,mansions and ,villas4 ,large and beautiful trees surrounded them all4 ,two ,men-of-,war and many other ships swung at anchor in the harbor1 and the shimmering ,sea completed a charming panorama4 ,smart and diligent ,chinese were at work on every hand1 side by side with the busy representatives of almost every ,nationality1 eager to profit by the passing visitors4 ,the larger portion of the wharf seemed to be covered with ,bananas for ,san ,francisco1 the bunches carefully bound up in dry leaves for shipping4 ,i had never seen so many in all my life thus gathered together4 ,the ,queen had been deposed or deprived of power4 ,national interests were sacrificed in self-seeking and partisanship4 ,one could not but sigh for some strong and righteous ,government4 ,they are a people capable of great things4 ,everything seems to invite ,america to annex the group2 and it would be for the permanent welfare of all concerned4 ,on #b;d ,september1 we arrived at ,san ,francisco1 after a delightful voyage4 ,the society on board was most congenial4 ,we had happy daily ,religious ,services1 and ,i managed to secure about eight hours to myself out of every twenty-four for copying out translations1 finishing my ,dictionary of the ,aniwan language1 and other ,mission work on which ,i was constantly engaged4 ,san ,francisco is beautifully situated4 ,many of its streets run up and down what seemed very steep hills1 and the principal highways are well supplied with ,electric ,cars4 ,your own language is spoken1 indeed1 but you feel at every turn1 for all that1 you are in a ,foreign ,city4 ,on ,sabbath morning1 the first thing ,i marked on leaving our ,hotel was the joiners busy with saw and plane1 as on any other day6 ,the next was a multitude of people flocking to a place of ,public ,amusement1 while others were going to ,church4 ,the mass of the inhabitants were either in pursuit of pleasure1 or following their usual avocations4 ,even the ,city scavengers turned out with their carts1 and were cleaning the streets on the ,lord's ,day6 ,yet we soon learned that even there the ,lord ,jesus has many faithful servants living and working for ,his glory4 ,several ,ministers1 hearing of our arrival1 found out our ,hotel1 and had us to assist them in their ,services4 ,i delivered three ,addresses1 walking considerable distances between1 and refusing to use public conveyances1 or deprive man or beast of rest for my convenience1--to the great astonishment of my guides and friends4 ,on ,monday morning we visited the famous ,seal ,rocks1 a short distance from the city4 ,there you see them1 under protection1 safely wobbling up on the rocks and basking contentedly in the sunshine1 or tumbling delightedly into the ,sea4 ,from a considerable distance you hear the strange1 half-barking sound of their voices1 like muzzled dogs4 ,from the plateau and promenade of a lovely private ,garden near by and open to the public1 we had a magnificent view of the ,sea and all the surrounding scenery4 ,the same day1 our whole party were invited to address a meeting of ,lady ,workers1 who carry on a ,mission in the ,chinese quarter of the ,city4 ,a report was given1 and some ,converts from the ,flowery ,land sang hymns to ,jesus4 ,it was joyful to see this spiritual life2--for tokens were not awanting of a darker and sadder picture all around us1 in the dens of vice and misery4 ,guided1 but not very wisely1 by ,cook's representative1 we left ,san ,francisco on #eth ,september4 ,though now travelling night and day1 we halted a few hours at the famous ,mormon ,settlement on #gth ,september4 ,while looking at the grave of ,brigham ,young1 a well-dressed old lady approached us and volunteered much information about her departed husband4 ,he was one of the first settlers in the ,salt ,lake ,district1 and had taken an active part in the building of the city and the ,temple4 ,she herself was a ,mormon1 and mourned that their glory was departing under the influence of the ,american laws4 ,she was fervent in her defence of polygamy1 but ,i noted that1 with the ,mormons as with the ,south ,sea ,savages1 a separate house had to be provided for each wife6 ,we saw their vast ,temple1 said to accommodate #ae1jjj persons1 with tradesmen toiling busily to finish it1 for the reception of ,brigham ,young on his speedy return to this ,earth4 ,replenishing our provision basket1 as it was too expensive to take all our meals on board the train1 our next run was to ,chicago1 which we reached on #ajth ,september1 and where we rested at a ,hotel on the ,sabbath ,day4 ,it was a day of tremendous storm and rain and no one of us ventured out even to ,divine ,service1 especially as no ,place of ,worship was nigh at hand4 ,amongst our fellow-passengers from ,san ,francisco had been a very kindly ,christian man belonging to ,chicago4 ,he gave us every information1 and on ,monday showed us round the whole ,city by boat and car4 ,we saw the ,exhibition ,buildings1 lavishly expensive4 ,the ,horticultural ,gardens were extensive and most interesting4 ,in the ,zoological ,enclosure we saw a few remaining specimens of the ,buffaloes1 which once in myriads roamed the ,prairies1 but which ,civilization has swept away4 ,leaving ,chicago1 we arrived at ,buffalo on the evening of the #acth ,september1 and returned next day to ,niagara1 whence by train and steamboat we were bound for ,toronto4 ,we had already had a glimpse of the ,falls1 where the train halted for a few minutes at a convenient spot1 and the view was grand6 ,when next ,i gazed on the spectacle1 nigh at hand1 ,i am afraid almost to admit that ,i was rather disappointed4 ,too transcendent expectations beforehand1 ,i suppose6 ,i left ,mrs4 ,paton and our daughter at the ,falls for a day1 whilst ,i went on to ,toronto to arrange for accommodation4 ,what a blessing that ,i was guided to do so6 ,a great ,agricultural ,show was being held there2 and1 on arriving in the evening1 ,i found every ,hotel and ,lodging so crowded that ,i walked till midnight from one end of the ,city to the other1 seeking in vain for a bed4 ,at last one manager of a ,hotel proposed to give me a 8shake-down0 in a ,common ,room1 where twenty-two were to sleep that same night4 ,but the ,hotel-,keeper taking pity1 and protesting that he could not allow me to 8tumble into that crowded place10 gave me the address of a private family who took in lodgers1 to whom he commended me4 ,with much difficulty1 at that late hour1 ,i found the street and the number4 ,the owner1 on hearing my appeal1 said he had already 8turned away thirteen10 and that he had not a corner to receive me4 ,i offered to pay him the highest charges1 8merely to rest in the ,hall all night10 rather than to tramp the streets4 ,calling his wife1 he said3 8,i have not the heart to turn this old man away6 ,may he not sleep on the floor of our new empty ,room80 ,her answer was3 8,i have neither bed1 nor bedclothes1 nor even a pillow to give him40 ,but ,i was glad of the shelter over my head4 ,a chair was brought in and placed in the middle of the floor4 ,kneeling1 ,i thanked the ,lord1 and my hosts4 ,then1 utterly worn out1 ,i placed my travelling handbag for a pillow1 rolled my clothes tightly round me1 lay down1 and enjoyed a most refreshing sleep4 ,next morning ,i found my way to the ,presbyterian ,church ,offices1 where a cordial welcome awaited me1 and news of ample accommodation for our comfort1 all generously provided4 ,several invitations were pressed on me1 but ,i accepted that of ,mrs4 ,park1 who had in the old days been a member of my ,bible-class in the ,green ,street ,mission1 ,glasgow1 and it was a great joy to meet once more her sister and herself4 ,the attention of many other friends was also very great1 and far too devoted1 making us feel ashamed at the love lavished on us4 ,at the ,pan-,presbyterian ,council ,i met and became acquainted with representative ,ministers and ,laymen from all parts of the world1 but in specially large numbers from ,canada and the ,united ,states4 ,along with ,fellow-,deputies1 ,i addressed the ,assembly on ,foreign ,missions1 and on the urgent reasons for my present visit to ,america4 ,a ,minister from the ,united ,states at once rose and protested that there must be some mistake1 that it was 8an insult to their honor0 to insinuate that they declined to join with ,britain in such an ,international ,prohibition6 ,i repeated my statements1 showed my ,commission1 and affirmed that it was certainly as ,i had represented4 ,he telegraphed to the ,authorities at ,washington1 and next day he courageously stood up in his place and admitted that he was wrong1 and that ,i had correctly stated the facts4 ,the action of that good and brave man1 once for all1 made the issue plain and cleared my future course4 ,i was proud of our ,professor ,rentoul1 of ,ormond ,college4 ,he at once took a leading place in the ,council4 ,in wisdom1 in vast learning1 and in eloquent debate1 he was the equal of the best men from all ,presbyterian ,christendom4 ,i envied the ,students who sit at the feet of such a noble ,master in the ,school of ,christ4 ,in response to my appeals1 ,ministers from ,canada and the ,united ,states began informing me how many collections they had given 8for the ,new ,hebrides ,mission10 and subscriptions 8for building the new ,mission ,ship40 ,i had never heard of these1 and inquired to whom they had been given4 ,they replied that it was my 8alternate10 commissioned from the ,presbyterian ,church of ,victoria6 ,i assured them that my ,church appointed no alternate1 and that this person must be an impostor4 ,a ,committee was appointed to look into the matter4 ,the eloquent pleader turned out to be a ,roman ,catholic student who had joined the ,victorian ,church1 had been licensed and ordained as a ,minister1 had broken down in character1 and disappeared from the ,colony4 ,now1 under a false name and forged credentials1 representing himself as a ,minister in full and honorable standing1 and a ,missionary who had been thirteen years in the ,new ,hebrides1 he was raising large sums of money ostensibly for our ,mission1 but applying it all to his own uses4 ,his lectures were cleverly compounded out of my ,autobiography1 with wild adornments and fancies of his own4 ,he had ,collecting ,cards for children and for adults1 the minimum subscription on the latter being half-a-dollar6 ,his ,new ,ship was to be sheathed in brass1 and every subscriber of not less than #e was to have his name engraved thereon6 ,one man informed us of giving #be to have his ,family ,register completed on the sheath of brass6 ,dr4 ,rentoul1 by appointment1 officially exposed and denounced this impostor on the floor of the ,council4 ,but1 in these vast countries1 a lie is hard to overtake and to extinguish4 ,letters continued to reach me from many quarters1 and urgent appeals that ,i should sanction his arrest4 ,at one place he drank for a week1 after a series of ,mission ,meetings4 ,the ,ministers of ,buffalo at length caused him to be arrested2 and the ,public ,attorney1 founding on his so-called credentials as my assistant1 summoned me to appear before the ,grand ,jury at his trial4 ,in a 8blizzard10 ,i travelled two nights and a day--one night the severest and coldest ,i ever endured--and reached my destination in time4 ,having answered all questions by the ,attorney and the ,grand ,jury1 they asked me to see the prisoner1 and testify whether he was the ex-,priest ,riordan1 now giving his name as ,ruthven4 ,i thereon handed the ,attorney a pamphlet exposing the evils and errors of ,popery1 being three ,lectures by ,v4 ,h4 ,riordan1 with his portrait on the front page4 ,they all at once recognized him by this likeness4 ,nevertheless1 ,i was enjoined to go and see him1 and report what took place4 ,he was behind an iron-grated door1 and two ladies were conversing with him from without4 ,addressing him at once by his name1 ,i said3 8,it grieves me to see you here in these circumstances1 ,mr4 ,riordan40 ,completely off his guard1 he at once answered to his own name1 and addressed me by mine3 8,and ,i am very sorry1 ,dr4 ,paton1 to be here in such circumstances40 ,this was enough6 ,i reported what transpired1 and the ,jury took a hearty laugh at the simplicity of the interview4 ,i was dismissed for the time4 ,in answer to the ,prosecutor1 he explained that when he renounced the errors of ,popery1 he assumed his mother's name for life--,ruthven2 yet there they had his own pamphlet1 with his real name1 printed in ,philadelphia less than two years before6 ,being committed for trial before the ,supreme ,court1 he spent his time of waiting in abusing me from his cell through the pages of a ,sunday newspaper1 as 8a drunkard0 debauching my ,sacred ,office1 and 8a hireling0 living by commission on the moneys raised for the ,mission4 ,so madly did he rage1 that some suspected he was put up to do so1 in order that his agent might work up a plea of insanity1 if the case at last went against him4 ,at his trial1 which occupied the greater part of three days1 ,i was again cited to appear4 ,the ,jury found him 8guilty10 but strangely enough recommended him to mercy1 and his lawyer pled for a money fine as the penalty4 ,the ,judge sternly refused4 ,he had been found guilty in every count4 ,his sentence would be 8twelve months in prison with hard labor40 ,that was 8extreme leniency40 ,it should have been 8three years40 ,one would have thought that this should have extinguished him4 ,but no6 ,his imprisonment has expired4 ,he is again at his lecturing and lying4 ,quite lately ,i saw a report of his appearing at a place called ,dunmore4 ,the ,romanists mobbed him4 ,in reply to their eggs and snowballs he fired a pistol into the crowd4 ,the cry then rose1 8,lynch the ,renegade60 ,ruthven1 bounding through an open door1 scaling fences1 and crossing lots1 managed to escape4 ,but a warrant was at once issued for his apprehension1 and doubtless he is proving the truth of one text1 which he has listened to in vain3 8,the way of transgressors is hard40 ,during the ,pan-,presbyterian ,council1 ,i addressed many meetings in the churches of ,toronto and its suburbs1 receiving1 on one occasion1 by the kindness of ,dr4 ,parsons1 a collection of two hundred dollars for our ,mission4 ,and1 by the urgent request of many ,ministers1 ,i spent a considerable time after the ,council in visiting the chief towns of ,ontario1 where ,i was cordially received everywhere1 and had very great pleasure throughout the whole circuit4 ,never1 since ,i left the ,christian ,islands on the ,new ,hebrides1 such as ,aniwa and ,aneityum1 have ,i seen the ,sabbath ,day kept so well1 and the ,churches so largely attended1 as at ,toronto and in the chief towns of ,ontario4 ,in that ,capital1 the ,public-,houses are closed from seven o'clock on ,saturday night till eight o'clock on ,monday morning4 ,no confectioners1 tobacconists1 fruiterers1 or the like1 are open on the ,lord's ,day4 ,the street ,electric ,car1 and the ,omnibus are at rest4 ,all workmen are enjoying their ,sabbath privilege1 like other ,citizens4 ,and all this is carried through by the will of the ,people themselves1 and by the vigilance and influence of the servants of ,god4 ,surely1 men of ,christian principle1 of grit1 and of public spirit1 could1 by keeping their hand on the helm1 secure in the same way the blessed ,day of ,rest for all1 in every ,city throughout the ,christian ,world4 ,by cordial invitations from many men of the highest rank in the ,church of ,god throughout the ,states1 ,i was pressed to occupy their ,pulpits1 and tell the story of our ,mission to the ,cannibals of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,they also formed a ,committee of their own number to advise and help me in promoting the prohibition against trading with the ,natives in ,intoxicants and ,fire-,arms4 ,and the great-hearted ,dr4 ,john ,hall1 in order to give me a good start in ,new ,york1 offered me his ,pulpit for my first ,sabbath there4 ,on the way1 ,i had promised to spend an afternoon and evening at ,rochester1 with the ,rev4 ,principal ,osgood of the ,baptist ,college4 ,an extraordinary spirit of consecration seemed to rest on ,professors and ,students alike4 ,my heart was overflowing with joy1 to think of the type of ,ministers and ,missionaries certain to go forth from such a ,home of ,piety and of ,learning4 ,never can ,i express how much ,i owe to the genuine and brotherly friendship of ,dr4 ,sommerville of ,new ,york1 and his devoted lady4 ,not simply did they make their ,house my very ,home1 whensoever ,i chose to return to it1 but they heaped on me every token of consideration and of helpful sympathy4 ,amidst his many cares1 as a ,minister of the ,covenanting ,church1 and his literary labors1 as ,editor of the ,herald of ,mission ,news1 he became ,honorary ,treasurer for me in the ,states1 and according to his utmost ability opened up all my way1 and helped me at every turn4 ,they are forever my dearly beloved friends in the bonds of ,jesus ,christ4 ,after my first two ,sabbaths in ,new ,york1 one in ,dr4 ,john ,hall's ,church1 and one in ,dr4 ,sommerville's1 ,i had no difficulty in arranging for as much work1 ,sunday and ,saturday alike1 as my strength could overtake4 ,one lady1 who heard me in ,dr4 ,hall's1 sent me one thousand dollars1 as from 8,elizabeth ,jane40 ,in addressing the ,chamber of ,commerce1 the ,doctor himself announced clearly the special object of my visit to ,america1 and described the features of our ,mission4 ,this1 being fully reported in the ,public ,press1 woke a widespread interest1 and invitations poured in upon me from all branches of the ,church1 excepting only the ,romish and the ,unitarian4 ,the way to ,washington1 and to influence with the ,governing ,authorities1 was prepared for me thus4 ,being a stranger and only a poor ,missionary1 ,i asked every ,public ,meeting1 held on any day except ,sabbath1 to forward a ,petition to the ,president and the ,congress1 signed by the ,chairman1 in favor of the ,prohibition of ,intoxicants and ,fire-,arms1 as barter by ,american ,traders on the ,new ,hebrides1 or other unannexed ,islands in the ,pacific4 ,the ,daily ,press reported all these ,petitions4 ,the ,public became thoroughly interested4 ,and even the ,authorities were expecting my appeal in person4 ,nay1 ,i cannot but regard it as of the ,lord that my first ,sabbath in ,washington happened to be in the pulpit of ,dr4 ,bartlet1 where ,i1 altogether unknown to myself1 was pleading the cause before the ,chief ,secretary of the ,government4 ,he sent me fifty dollars for the ,mission1 invited me to lunch with his family1 and gave me ample opportunity1 by answers to many questions1 to state all the case1 and to deepen all round the growing interest in our ,mission4 ,on the forenoon of the following ,sabbath1 ,i occupied the pulpit of ,dr4 ,hamlin1 and the ,president of the ,united ,states heard my story and appeal4 ,many ,senators and ,members of ,congress1 having matters thus rehearsed1 were able to weigh the question carefully1 before ,i made my official statement at all4 ,the ,president declared himself quite frankly to be deeply interested1 and willing to expedite in every possible way the negotiations with ,britain4 ,it emerged that in the ,british reply there was a new clause1 empowering one of the contracting parties to license ,traders1 under certain circumstances1 to sell ,intoxicating ,drinks4 ,the ,president struck his pen through that clause1 and at once returned it1 insisting on its excision4 ,had ,britain agreed to this1 ,president ,harrison would then have signed the ,treaty4 ,but1 alas1 week after week elapsed1 and no reply came4 ,a new ,election took effect1 and ,president ,cleveland was installed at the ,white ,house4 ,my ,advisory ,committee in ,america now insisted that ,i must wait till the new ,government's arrangements were all completed1 and once more press my appeal4 ,i resumed my work of addressing ,public ,meetings every week day1 and ,congregations every ,sabbath ,day1 always sending1 from the former1 ,petitions to the ,president and ,congress regarding the proposed ,prohibition on the ,islands4 ,i had also private interviews with many leading ,politicians4 ,to all ,i pointed out that1 as ,america was now united with ,britain in the ,dual ,protectorate of ,fiji1 we only sought the extension of prohibition on that ,group to the ,group of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,constantly engaged in these ,mission interests1 ,i planned my second visit to ,washington to take place at the same time as the ,general ,assembly of the ,presbyterian ,church of the ,united ,states4 ,i had the honor to address it on ,foreign ,missions1 and to preach before a number of ,congregations during its sittings1 for a very deep interest was manifested in the wondrous workings of ,god on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,i was introduced to the new ,president1 when the ,general ,assembly went in procession to do him honor4 ,both he and ,mrs4 ,cleveland welcomed me to ,america1 and1 a few days after1 they invited me to lunch at the ,white ,house1 privately1 that they might question me freely regarding the ,islanders and our work4 ,they both seemed to me to be genuine followers of the ,saviour1 and sincerely interested in the salvation of the ,heathen ,world4 ,the ,presbyterian ,assembly thereafter appointed a large ,deputation of its leading men to accompany me in laying officially before the ,government our grievance regarding ,fire-,arms and ,intoxicants1 and pleading that the ,united ,states should unite with ,britain in the ,prohibition of all trading with ,natives in the same4 ,in order to save time1 and secure lucidity1 ,professor ,hodge carefully prepared and read our statement4 ,the ,president expressed himself as deeply interested1 and requested the document to be left with him for reference4 ,we anxiously awaited the result2 but the final reply from ,britain was still delayed4 ,our hearts grew sore with hope deferred6 ,in course of time ,i was informed at the ,british ,colonial ,office in ,london1 that as ,france and ,russia had withdrawn from the proposal1 the negotiations were for the present suspended4 ,france1 for years1 postured before the world as ready to enforce this prohibition1 if ,america would2 and now1 when ,america was ready1 ,france withdrew6 ,still1 on the highest of all moral grounds1 let us plead with ,america1 ,germany1 and ,britain1 already united in their triple ,protectorate of ,samoa1 to extend the same prohibition to the ,new ,hebrides1 and the other unannexed ,islands in the ,western ,pacific4 ,if they would do so1 the other ,powers interested could scarcely fail to agree1 and ,france would be ashamed to stand before the world as the only ,civilized ,nation1 exploiting the bodies and souls of poor ,savages by trading with them in ,fire-,arms and ,drink for mere godless greed of gold4 ,in ,boston1 the ,ministers of all the ,reformed ,churches1 having formed a representative ,committee1 organized a series of meetings1 and cordially invited me to address them4 ,dr4 ,joseph ,cook and his gifted wife gave me a public reception1 to which many of the leading ,citizens1 as well as ,professional men1 were invited1 and where ,i answered all sorts of questions regarding ,missions in general1 and the ,new ,hebrides in particular4 ,i was also twice introduced to the audiences at his famous ,monday ,lectures2 and my replies to testing problems1 there submitted1 were printed in ,our ,day1 and woke not a little interest in the work of ,god amongst the ,cannibals of the ,southern ,seas4 ,to all these generous friends at ,boston1 ,i am forever indebted1 but very specially to ,john ,gilchrist1 ,esq41 an office-bearer in the ,presbyterian ,church1 who toiled in the cause incessantly1 and whom may the ,lord ,jesus richly recompense6 ,one curious experience befell me there1 outside the range of my ordinary work4 ,a 8,temperance ,union0 of ,women engaged me to address a ,working ,folks' ,meeting on a ,sabbath afternoon1 in what they called the ,peoples' ,church4 ,when ,i arrived1 nearly half of the large ,platform was occupied with ladies scraping away and tuning their violins1 large and small6 ,a lady occupied the chair1 and introduced ,dr4 ,blank1 a ,unitarian or rather an ,infidel1 who was to speak for ten minutes1 and then leave the meeting in my hands4 ,he knew that ,i had to leave within an hour1 and drive to another meeting1 but he went on and on1 tracing a ,carpenter all through his life to exhausted old age1 manifestly stirring up class against class1 and sowing the seeds of infidelity4 ,at last1 he wound up by picturing the ,carpenter1 outworn and ready to die1 sitting with his wife and children around the table at their evening meal1 taking the bread and breaking it and saying3 8,eat ye all of it1 for this is my body broken for you2 this do in remembrance of me1 for ,i have worn out my life for your sakes40 ,whereon1 his wife poured out the tea1 and said3 8,if the bread is your body broken for us1 this tea is my blood shed for you2 drink ye all of it in remembrance of me1 as ,i have spent my life in toiling for you40 ,being able to stand it no longer1 ,i turned to the ladies behind us and said aloud3 8,who is this blasphemer that you have set up to speak to the people8 ,he is simply belching out ,infidelity1 and setting man against man4 ,this is a black disgrace to you all60 ,he paused a moment1 and then said3 8,i wish this ,congregation to understand that1 in what ,i have just said about the ,carpenter and his bread1 ,i throw no slight on the name or memory of one who thus parted from his followers long ago0--and thereon he resumed his seat1 having spoken for nearly the whole hour4 ,reply was impossible for lack of time1 and my expected ,address was crushed aside4 ,but1 ere ,i left the ,platform1 ,i uttered a few burning words1 and the whole audience seemed to go with me4 ,i denounced all setting of the poor against the rich1 as alien to the spirit of ,jesus4 ,i branded as an insult to the ,divine ,saviour of the world the blasphemer's parody of the ,lord's ,supper1 to which we had been treated4 ,i warned these ,temperance workers that1 in bringing such a teacher of ,abstinence before the people1 they were degrading the cause which they desired to promote4 ,and finally1 ,i summoned them to remember that we must all appear before the ,judgment ,seat of ,christ1 and implored them1 and ,dr4 ,blank amongst the rest1 to seek pardon and acceptance at the feet of ,jesus now1 that they might find their ,judge was also their ,saviour in the last awful day6 ,a hasty ,benediction was pronounced1 at the ,chairwoman's request4 ,i hurried from the ,church1 greatly shocked1 but encouraged by the handshake and the 8,god bless you60 of many whom ,i passed4 ,there was one small consolation which ,i unfeignedly enjoyed--the fiddling ladies had no opportunity of displaying their skill on that ,lord's ,day6 ,while ,i was in ,america many minds were being troubled with ideas regarding what is styled the 8,second ,probation40 ,at one of his famous ,monday ,lectures1 ,dr4 ,joseph ,cook put to me1 on the ,platform1 the following amongst other questions3 8,how would ,missionaries1 teaching the ,second ,probation1 succeed with the ,cannibals on your ,island80 ,my reply was3 8,how can they succeed on such terms anywhere8 ,our ,cannibals would say1--,if we have a second chance hereafter1 let us enjoy our present pleasures and risk the future60 ,again he asked3 8,how would ,missionaries holding that doctrine1 but promising not to teach it1 succeed amongst them80 ,i replied3 8,hypocrites are a poor set everywhere1 but especially in the ,mission ,field4 ,how could a man succeed in teaching what he did not believe8 ,cannibals1 like ,children1 are quick to discern insincerity2 and such a man could do no good1 but only evil amongst them40 ,joseph ,cook and his like-minded wife appeared to be noble instruments in the hand of ,god1 for the defence of truth and righteousness4 ,during this supplementary series of ,meetings ,i happened to reach ,chicago during the ,great ,exhibition4 ,dr4 ,macpherson greatly helped me1 and arranged all my work4 ,the ,city was crowded with visitors from all the ,world4 ,there were many things in the ,big ,show that one would have liked to see2 but when ,i learned how its ,directors1 in violation of their agreement with the ,government1 opened it on ,sabbath1 and turned the ,lord's ,day into a ,saturnalia of sports and amusements1 ,i positively declined to enter within its gates4 ,they made a huge noise about accommodating the working men1 but they really sought mere selfish gains4 ,they filled the streets with advertising cars1 with flags flying from each1 announcing their theatres and shows1 desecrating the ,holy ,day4 ,thank ,god such ,heaven-defying conduct was condemned from many a ,protestant ,pulpit1 and the ,congregations warned against countenancing such a sinful and shameful ,vanity ,fair6 ,the ,directors1 having secured ,president ,cleveland to open the ,exhibition1 desired him to go from ,washington by special train on the ,sabbath ,day4 ,their plan was to utilize the occasion by enormous ,excursions from all quarters on the ,day of ,rest4 ,but the ,god-fearing ,presbyterian ,president went with a usual train on ,saturday1 took up his residence at a ,private ,hotel1 and showed his disapproval of their tactics by declining their projected ovation4 ,on ,sabbath morning he attended worship at ,dr4 ,macpherson's ,church4 ,a ,baptismal ,service was intimated for the afternoon4 ,the ,president again attended4 ,he opened the ,exhibition officially1 but left the ,city as privately as he had come to it1 and this rebuke was not misunderstood by the ,community1 and was greatly appreciated by decided ,christians1 to whom the rest of the ,day of ,god is a ,heavenly heritage for all the creatures of ,earth1 which no man may lawfully alienate or impair4 ,to a man like myself1 the results brought a certain retributive joy4 ,the rush of ,foreigners1 after the first two or three ,sabbaths1 was soon over4 ,then it was discovered that the masses of the ,working ,people of ,chicago absented themselves on the ,lord's ,day1 knowing well that it was not for their benefit that this thing was done1 but merely to coin money out of them4 ,finding that1 instead of a gain1 the opening on the ,sabbath was a deadly loss1 the ,managers proposed to close it1 but found themselves tied hand and foot by their own past action at law4 ,conspicuously1 the ,city suffered through the vices and crimes thereby fostered2 and will continue to suffer2 for such evil cannot be swept away with the temporary buildings of the ,exhibition4 ,doom seemed to overtake the authors speedily4 ,one of the leaders was cruelly shot2 and the gates were at last closed in silence1 and apparently in shame6 ,very varied were the means adopted1 by interested friends1 to arrest attention on the ,new ,hebrides1 and create enthusiasm in their cause4 ,one very memorable occasion was at ,pittsburg1 where ,j4 ,i4 ,buchanan1 ,esq41 gave a great dinner1 to which he invited the ,owners and ,editors of all the local ,newspapers1 to meet the ,new ,hebrides ,missionary4 ,after ,i had addressed them1 they tackled me with questions regarding the ,islanders1 and on all conceivable aspects of work for ,christ amongst ,cannibals4 ,most of them got deeply interested2 and1 next day1 the whole ,press of the ,city was full of the ,mission1 and of the reasons for our seeking the ,prohibition of ,fire-,arms and ,intoxicants as articles of trade amongst the ,natives4 ,i had now visited the leading ,towns in all the ,northern ,states1 and not a few on the borders of some of the ,southern ,states1 being everywhere received by ,ministers and ,people with exceeding kindness and exceptional liberality4 ,my next anxiety was to be present at the ,assembly of the ,canadian ,presbyterian ,church1 and ,i therefore decided to leave the work undone1 which was daily being pressed upon me throughout the ,states1 and to hasten thither4 ,this was surely of ,god's guidance2 at least ,i reverently think so2 for ,i reached the ,assembly ,hall1 all unknown to myself1 on the night of their ,foreign ,mission ,report2 and the first thing ,i heard was an 8,overture0 from ,nova ,scotia1 urging the ,assembly to hand over their three ,missionaries on the ,new ,hebrides to the ,australian ,churches1 which were now 8both able and willing to support them06 ,the ,assembly received me very cordially4 ,the ,moderator invited me to speak immediately after the ,overture had been presented4 ,i conveyed to them the greetings of our ,church1 and of our ,synod on the ,islands1 and reported in general terms on the ,home and ,foreign ,missions in ,australasia4 ,then ,i turned to the ,moderator1 and asked on whose authority it was declared that the ,australian ,churches were both able and willing to take over the ,nova ,scotian ,mission on the ,new ,hebrides1 with its annual cost of about #acjj4 ,the question was put to the ,assembly4 ,there was a significant silence for several moments1 and then some one feebly replied3 8,on ,dr4 ,geddie's40 ,i retorted1 that surely the author of the ,overture was ashamed of it1 when he sought to palm it on the honored father of our ,mission1 now many years resting in his grave6 ,i demonstrated1 by irrefragable facts and figures1 that the ,australian ,churches were in no position to undertake this additional expense2 and1 further1 ,i insisted that to give up this specially-honored ,mission would be one of the greatest losses to the spiritual life of their own ,congregations and ,sabbath ,schools4 ,it was the ,mother of all their ,missions6 ,it was the ,mission which had awakened in them all the ,missionary spirit they now possessed6 ,the ,moderator emphatically protested1 from the ,chair1 that he hoped the ,general ,assembly 8would hear no more of such a proposal40 ,yet the agitation is carried on1 from what creditable motive it is very hard to see4 ,the ,editor of their ,mission ,record1 with a few men of similar spirit at his back1 seems to have determined to cut the connection betwixt ,nova ,scotia and the ,new ,hebrides1 and to close by violence one of the noblest chapters in that ,church's history4 ,they have written to the ,australian ,churches on the matter1 and ,i venture to predict that their answers will be more emphatic than even my instantaneous protest4 ,the nobler spirits in ,nova ,scotia ought to squelch out this miserable agitation1 which is killing the ,missionary enthusiasm and curtailing the liberality of their ,church4 ,surrounded by a multitude of devoted ,ministers and ,elders1 ,i agreed to remain two months in ,canada1 and address as many ,meetings every day of the week as could possibly be crowded into time and space4 ,to relieve the pressure on ,mission ,funds in ,nova ,scotia1 ,i offered to give up twenty days entirely to them1 with all the proceeds from every ,meeting4 ,they received1 ,i understand1 above #ejj2 and ,i trust that by my ,addresses1 one at least every day and four or five every ,sabbath1 all the ,funds of all these ,congregations prospered and continue to prosper2 for ,i humbly and gratefully recognize the fact that ,god has used me not for one ,mission but for all ,missions1 and not through one ,church but through all ,his ,churches4 ,the series of ,meetings1 up to ,quebec1 was mapped out at the ,assembly1 and the whole of the arrangements were entrusted to the ,rev4 ,j4 ,w4 ,mitchell of ,thorold1 a man of deep devotion and of untiring zeal4 ,our ,treasurer was ,a4 ,k4 ,macdonald1 ,esq41 ,toronto1 to whose kindness also we were profoundly indebted4 ,countless applications poured in upon us4 ,it was no uncommon thing to address two or even three ,meetings daily1 and to travel long distances between them by conveyance and rail4 ,on ,sunday we delivered never less than three ,addresses1 but more frequently five1 and sometimes even seven1 including the ,bible ,classes and ,sabbath ,schools4 ,it was dreadfully exhausting work4 ,sometimes ,i hesitated1 fearing every day would be my last4 ,but again my vigor returned1 and my heart hungered to overtake all that ,i possibly could1 knowing that the time was short4 ,besides1 in this tour as always1 the getting of ,collections1 however anxiously desired for our ,mission1 was never my primary aim2 but always the saving of souls1 by the story of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,for that cause ,i would gladly die4 ,but ,i did not die2 and there was given a new illustration of the meaning of that inspired saying--8,the joy of the ,lord is your strength0--the work1 which is our joy1 uplifts rather than oppresses us6 ,the incidents of these journeys would fill a goodly volume4 ,but ,i had neither the leisure nor the inclination to record them day by day4 ,one or two specially impressed themselves on my memory1 however1 and may here be glanced at4 ,on one occasion1 after a long ,railway ride1 ,i found myself set down on the wrong side of a flooded ,river1 the bridge having been swept away4 ,the ,station-,master pointed us to a boat1 kept by a farmer1 which1 if we reached1 might ferry us over4 ,but two huge fields betwixt us and the spot were flooded with the overflow1 and these had to be crossed4 ,a young lady1 a gentleman1 and ,i1 all equally eager to get to the other side1 resolved to try4 ,we waded to the ,boat-,landing1 and reached it in a very bedraggled state4 ,there the boat had been left1 awaiting some one's return1 but the farmer was across the ,river4 ,none of us felt very brave about the experiment of rowing across the racing current6 ,our fellow traveller1 nevertheless1 resolved to try4 ,minimizing my warning about rowing a long way up in the quieter water1 and then slanting across with the sweep of the current1 he went up only a little1 and quickly plunged in4 ,his boat was whirled away like a cork4 ,we held our breath1 while the young farmer on the opposite bank kept shouting and gesticulating1 running down the ,river1 and guiding the rower as best he could4 ,it was with a sigh of thankful relief that we saw the traveller stand up at last on the farther side1 safe but badly shaken4 ,the farmer now took the oars in hand1 and with his great strength and greater skill ferried first one and then the other across in safety1 but not without peril4 ,in a high light cart he mounted us and bore us securely across another field1 through three feet of water if not more1 and planted us gladly at his fireside4 ,there the lady waited1 that her dripping clothes might be dried1 and the other traveller found his way to his desired haven4 ,but1 the hour of my ,meeting having already arrived1 ,i hastened to address them1 with clothes soaked through and through1 and was immediately thereafter driven to another town at a distance of several miles4 ,without any opportunity of proper refreshment1 or of getting clothes dried or changed1 ,i spoke for an hour and a half to a large ,public ,meeting there1 and then retired for the night4 ,my clothes were hung up to dry4 ,i had to start by train very early next morning4 ,when ,i dressed1 the damp of yesterday's drenching still hung about them1 and made me shiver4 ,for two days my bones and muscles felt very sore1 and the dread of severe rheumatic fever hung over me4 ,but ,i sustained myself with the assurance that the ,great ,physician would take care of me1 since none of this had been brought on by selfish pleasure1 or self-willed obstinacy1 but in devotion to ,his ,will and in doing ,his work4 ,i suffered no further harm1 and carried through all the ,meetings1 praising ,jesus my ,saviour4 ,on another occasion ,i was for a time seriously perplexed4 ,a kind ,minister drove me1 after conducting several ,meetings under his charge1 to join the ,night ,train at a lonely crossing4 ,arrangements had been made at ,headquarters to set me down1 pick me up1 and set me down again at such places1 in order to reach certain ,meetings1 and thence go on my way to others1 with the least possible loss of time4 ,being duly despatched by my friend1 ,i was set down1 in the darkness1 at such a crossing1 where was neither sight of any house1 nor sound of any human being4 ,the ,guard1 in manifest pity1 exclaimed1 8,i don't know1 sir1 what you can do here6 ,i am extremely sorry to leave you4 ,but1 for ,god's sake1 keep off the line4 ,the ,express follows4 ,the rails are wet1 and you might never hear her6 ,some one will surely meet you4 ,goodbye60 ,his ,train soon disappeared into the darkness4 ,i tried to rest1 sitting on my travelling bag1 but it was too cold1 and rain began to fall4 ,marching about to keep up the circulation1 ,i kept hallooing as loudly as ,i could every few moments1 but no sound came in reply4 ,worn out and greatly disheartened1 ,i at last put both hands to my mouth and began the ,australian ,koo-ee6 ,koo-ee6 and sustained it with all the breath and strength ,i possessed4 ,by-and-bye1 in the pauses1 ,i heard a faint and far reply1 like the echo of my own voice4 ,it drew nearer and nearer in response to my cry1 and at last grew into the salutation of a glad human voice4 ,it was the ,minister1 appointed to meet me1 who now emerged out of the darkness4 ,there were two crossings in the district1 and they had left me at the wrong one6 ,he had tied his horse to the fence1 and followed my cries through the night4 ,we stumbled our way back1 and were ere long welcomed to his cozy ,manse2 and ,i tucked myself into a warm bed as soon as possible4 ,not without praising our ,heavenly ,guide1 ,i soon fell into a deep and sweet sleep1 and felt able next ,sabbath morning for any amount of ,meetings4 ,the ,holy ,day proved to be exceptionally busy1 and exceptionally happy2 for ,i was with a good and true ,minister of ,jesus ,christ1 and that transforms all work into joyful fellowship4 ,once the shaft of our engine broke1 and the train stood still4 ,the ,guard advised all the passengers to leave and take to the fields across the fence4 ,i decided to stick by the train4 ,a messenger started on the rails behind and another in front1 and each ran with all his might1 waving the red flag and shouting4 ,but the ,engineers never lost their heads for a moment4 ,they screwed and hammered and chiselled2 they unloosed one part and pitched it up among the coals2 they fixed and adjusted another1 in the most mysterious ways1 as it seemed to me4 ,and in a very short time1 to the delight and amazement of all1 that train began to move slowly ahead1 and crept on steadily to the nearest ,station1 one side of the engine only being in working order4 ,the alarm of all was very great1 as an ,express was due behind us and might any moment have crashed upon the scene4 8,our ,father knoweth40 ,at another time ,i was travelling1 by rail1 a great distance to address a ,mid-,day ,meeting4 ,only one hour was free1 and then ,i must join another train4 ,two or three ,stations before reaching the former destination1 a gentleman surprised me1 exclaiming1 8,dr4 ,paton1 here is your ,lunch6 ,you will not have a minute for food either before or after the ,meeting4 ,leave the jug and plates at any ,station1 and they will be returned4 ,goodbye and ,god bless you60 ,i looked on this excellent meal with very curious sensations1 as if it had dropped to me out of the ,hand that feeds the ravens2 and ,i prayed my ,saviour to bless the good-hearted giver4 ,i may here record that this period of my life was fuller of constant stir and excitement1 rushing from ,meeting to ,meeting1 and from ,town to ,town1 than any other through which1 heretofore1 ,i had ever passed1 without one single day of rest1 or almost an hour of breathing space4 ,i do not think it is exaggeration to say that1 on an average1 during these months1 ,i must have addressed ten ,meetings on the ordinary days of the week and five every ,sunday4 ,i certainly know that1 during many special weeks1 the numbers far exceeded these4 ,blessed be ,god1 who so marvellously sustained me through it all4 ,when my throat got a little husky1 my only medicine was a sip of pure ,glycerine1 a little bottle of which ,i always carried with me4 ,my daily diet was always1 by choice1 the simplest and homeliest food which ,i could obtain--a plate of porridge with milk1 a cup of tea with bread and butter1 and a very moderate amount of flesh meat of any kind1 often for days together none at all4 ,and my only stimulant was--the ever-springing fountain of pure joy in the work of my ,lord and ,saviour ,jesus ,christ6 ,one thing was at first a great worry to me1 but at length solved itself very happily4 ,i cannot1 with any conscience1 use cars1 cabs1 trains1 or steamboats on the ,lord's ,day1 except under such an emergency of 8necessity or mercy10 that my ,lord1 if ,he met me on the way1 would declare me 8blameless40 ,on beginning in ,america1 it was enforced on me from every quarter that ,i must use these conveyances on the ,sabbath1 owing to enormous distances1 or find my mission an utter failure4 ,my one answer was3 8,no working man or woman shall ever accuse me at the ,bar of ,god for needlessly depriving them of their ,day of ,rest1 and imperilling or destroying their highest welfare40 ,shoulders were shrugged knowingly1 heads shaken rather pityingly1 and gentle appeals made to yield for the sake of the higher interests of the ,mission4 ,but ,i held my ground unfalteringly4 ,it became known that ,i would not use such conveyances1 and that ,i sturdily trudged from ,meeting to ,meeting on foot1 all through the ,lord's day4 ,immediately the private carriages of friends of ,jesus and ,his ,mission were placed largely at our disposal2 and1 in all cases1 ,i pled for such arrangements as gave the horse its rest1 and the man his opportunity of worship4 ,whensoever ,i was necessitated to hire for the ,lord's ,day1 it was invariably so planned that not only was proper food duly provided for man and beast1 but the driver was invited and encouraged to join the ,service of the ,house of ,god4 ,i pray my ,lord to accept my lifelong testimony and practice on this supremely important matter1 and to use it for the preservation of the blessed ,day of ,rest as the inalienable heritage of all ,his toiling creatures1--next to the gift of ,his own ,son1 one of the most priceless of all ,his boons to the ,human ,race6 ,illustration3 ,,heathen ,,natives ,,of ,,ambrim4 ,heads and faces of women are covered with lime as sign of mourning4 ,illustration3 ,,memorials ,,of ,,the ,,dead1 ,,ambrim4 ,stone ,altar in front is one on which pigs are killed4 ,the time had come that ,i must say farewell to ,canada and the ,states4 ,it was the first time ,i had ever seen these new and marvellous ,lands4 ,my soul was not unaware of their beauties1 nor unresponsive to their grandeur of scenery4 ,but my whole time and strength were otherwise required2 and ,i turned not aside from the call of my ,lord4 ,he knows that my heart rejoices in all the wonders of ,his ,power1 not the less that ,i spend myself in proclaiming the greater wonders of ,his ,grace4 ,all my recollections of intercourse with the ,ministers and the ,people of the ,new ,world are abidingly sweet1 and move me to bless the ,lord for the ,god-fearing1 ,bible-loving1 and ,sabbath-keeping ,nations that have sprung from our ,british ,race4 ,from the highest to the humblest they received me with royal welcome1 and heard me with loyal sympathy4 ,their help was generous1 and was gladly given4 ,their interest in the work of ,god was genuine1 and was frankly displayed4 ,and their delight in listening to the story of the salvation of the ,south ,sea ,cannibals1 made me firm in the assurance that they themselves already know within their own souls the unspeakable worth of ,jesus6 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,the ,,home-,,lands ,,and ,,the ,,islands4 ,a4,d4 #ahid-ahig4 ,t4 #gj-gc4 ,arrival in ,great ,britain4--,requisitions4--,professors and ,students4--,dayspring ,scheme4--,ten ,years' ,delay4--,gideon's ,fleece ,experiment4--,two ,memorable ,checks4--,the 8,john ,g4 ,paton ,mission ,fund40--,the ,dayspring ,disaster4--,mission ,work on all the ,islands4 ,i embarked from ,new ,york for ,liverpool1 per the new and magnificent s4 s4 ,campania4 ,the vibrations of that vessel were more fearful than anything ,i had ever experienced in all my travels4 ,there was some defect1 which ,i hear has since been remedied4 ,i was scarcely conscious of ever sleeping at all1 and the ship seemed to be constantly on the eve of shaking herself into fragments6 ,on the voyage ,i made the acquaintance of very dear friends1 bearing my own name2 whose ,home at ,liverpool by-and-bye received me lovingly2 and where also ,i met the learned and honored ,principal ,paton of ,nottingham4 ,my arrival in ,britain revealed to me1 immediately and amazingly1 how times had changed since my previous visit1 only ten years before4 ,then ,i had many difficulties to face in arranging for public meetings1 especially in ,england1 as set forth in a previous ,chapter4 ,many a weary day's tramping ,i had1 even in ,scotland where something was known about the ,mission to the ,new ,hebrides1 passing from ,minister to ,minister1 and pleading1 frequently all in vain1 for the use of their ,pulpits and for access to their ,congregations4 ,but since then1 by my brother's insistence1 the story of my life had gone through the ,land in my ,autobiography4 ,i was no longer treated as a stranger1 but as the dearly beloved friend of every one who had read my book4 ,blessed be ,god1 who used it for ,his glory1 and gave our ,mission appeal everywhere an open door1 such as never in my most hopeful hours had my faith even dreamed6 ,now1 hundreds of invitations poured in on my ,british ,committee1 all ,honorary ,helpers who grudged no amount of labor and pains4 ,i found a ,series of ,meetings already arranged for me1 covering the principal towns and cities of the ,united ,kingdom1--,mr4 ,watson of ,belfast taking charge in ,ireland1 ,mr4 ,langridge in ,england1 and my brother ,james1 with his ,honorary ,secretary1 arranging for ,scotland1 and acting as ,general ,director of the ,mission4 ,when those had been fairly overtaken1 the additional applications had risen to several hundreds more than could possibly be faced1 unless ,i prolonged my stay for years4 ,my ,committee at one time found themselves dealing with a mass of #ejj invitations6 ,a selection had to be made of the more important and populous centres for the ,services on the ,lord's ,day1 and one or two ,meetings each day during the week in the smaller surrounding towns2 but even then the disappointments were many and grievous2 and not more so to them than to me2 for ,i did passionately desire to tell every human being the story of the ,gospel on the ,new ,hebrides1 that other and still other souls might be won thereby for ,jesus my ,lord4 ,one very precious feature of my tour was this3--the manner in which ,ministers and ,christian workers of all the ,churches united to welcome me1 and gave very practical support to this ,presbyterian ,mission4 ,frequently1 the invitation was signed by all the ,ministers of the district1 excepting only the ,roman ,catholic2 and my prayers rose daily to my ,lord that my humble presence might be one of the means in ,his loving hand of paving the way for a closer union amongst the ,members of ,his ,redeemed ,flock4 ,i was much touched by the requisition that came to me from my well-beloved ,dumfries1 with the names of all the ,ministers1 and full of tender references to my early associations with the ,queen of the ,south1 as in our boyhood we loved to call her6 ,the ,congregations1 on week days not less than on ,sabbaths1 filled the largest ,public ,halls and ,churches in each locality2 with frequent overflow ,meetings at which ,i had to speak for fifteen minutes or so1 and then leave them in the hands of others1 whilst ,i drove or ran to the principal ,meeting1 now opened and awaiting my ,address4 ,during the two years of my ,tour1 ,i addressed very nearly #adjj audiences1 ranging from a few hundreds to five and six thousand each1 and in doing so ,i travelled over many thousands of miles1 on foot and in every kind of conveyance that is used in the ,english-speaking world4 ,the ,chairmen at my various ,meetings represented every type of ,christian worker1 and all social grades1 from the godly ,tradesman1 evangelizing in his quiet ,mission ,hall1 up through ,ministers and ,mayors1 ,provosts and ,members of ,parliament1 ,bishops and ,archbishops1 to ,lords and ,dukes and other ,peers of the ,realm4 ,under this rush of the ,missionary ,spirit1 many conventional barriers were broken down1 so that ,i was1 even on ,sunday1 invited to give my ,address from the very ,pulpit in ,episcopal ,churches1 as for example in the ,pro-,cathedral at ,manchester4 ,on week days1 this was a not infrequent experience4 ,these things1 and all my opportunities of usefulness1 thus unexpectedly thrust upon me1 at the close of a long life of toil and self-denial and sacrifice for ,jesus1 ,i devoutly laid at ,his feet1 and implored ,him to use me only for ,his glory4 ,and ,i can truly say that ,i never felt more deeply humbled1 all my days1 than at the close of some of those almost unparalleled ,missionary ,meetings1 when ,i was alone with my ,saviour after all was over1 and thinking of my lowly ,home and all the way by which the ,god of my father had led me1 from these hours of hardship to this day of triumph4 ,fame and influence laid me lower and lower yet1 at the feet of ,jesus1 to whose grace alone everything was due4 ,never were these feelings more present with me than when ,i was called upon to tell the story of our ,mission before the learned ,professors and eager ,students1 at so many ,universities1 ,colleges1 ,theological ,halls1 and similar ,institutes4 ,i have a note of at least sixty-three ,seats of ,learning1 including ,princeton and the most famous ,colleges in ,america1 as well as ,oxford and ,edinburgh1 ,cambridge and ,glasgow at ,home1 where some of the greatest living ,masters in every department1 such as my own world-famous ,professor1 the now venerable ,lord ,kelvin1 listened to my testimony as to the power of the ,gospel to make new ,creatures of the ,south ,sea ,cannibals and build them up into the likeness of ,jesus ,christ4 ,i trespassed not into their spheres1 where ,i would have been a child and an ignoramus compared with them2 and they1 on the other hand1 treated me with profound respect1 and even occasionally with demonstrative appreciation1 in that sphere of the moral and spiritual1 the work of the ,christ-,spirit and its influence on the lowest and most degraded of human beings1 wherein ,i had some right to speak with authority4 ,this was my 8one0 talent1 in the presence of such men2 and ,i 8traded0 with it1 that the ,name of my ,saviour might be honored more and more1 in the ,halls of ,letters1 and in the ,temples of ,art and ,science4 ,by the general desire of my fellow ,missionaries on the ,new ,hebrides1 ,i had visited ,britain ten years before1 for the express purpose of raising if possible #e1jjj for a new ,dayspring1 larger than the old1 and with ,steam ,auxiliary ,power4 ,by the blessing of ,god on my humble pleading1 and very largely in direct answer to prayer1 for ,i called on no one privately for donations1 there came to us in twelve months the large sum of #aj1jjj1 of which more than one half reached us by post4 ,my ,church in ,victoria1 to whom ,i rendered an account of all1 set apart #f1jjj for the new ,mission ,vessel1 the interest to be added to capital till such time as she might be built2 while the remaining #d1jjj were devoted to the obtaining and supporting of additional ,missionaries for the ,new ,hebrides4 ,but a new difficulty had emerged1 and created not only delay all these years1 but no small measure of regrettable dissension2 and that was how to maintain the ,ship1 and keep her floating in the service of the ,mission2 for the ,dayspring1 not being allowed to trade1 had been wholly maintained by the ,sabbath ,schools of the ,churches having ,missionaries on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,the sum which they had raised annually1 each ,church in its allotted proportion1 amounted to #a1ejj1 or rather more2 and it was manifest that the ,steam ,auxiliary would cost at least #a1jjj extra per annum4 ,unfriendly critics doubled that charge1 and some prophesied even treble2 but level-minded experts limited it to #a1jjj1 and the actual facts of experience1 as to cost of maintaining the ,morning ,star and the ,southern ,cross1 in these same ,pacific ,seas1 tallied with their estimates4 ,the burning question1 therefore1 had been how to raise this extra sum for ,dayspring ,maintenance4 ,our ,victorian ,church proposed to increase her quota from #ejj to #gej1 and issued appeals to the other coperating ,churches to make a similar advance4 ,it did not seem too much to expect1 in the interests of the ,mission1 all whose operations had trebled since the original responsibility was allocated2 but they pled inability to comply1 and so the project hung fire for ten years and more1 experiments being meanwhile made in other arrangements for the ,maritime ,service of the ,mission1 and new interests of various kinds being thereby created1 which have not tended to unity and peace in the management of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,there is peril also incurred to the highest spiritual interests of the ,mission1 which ,i daily pray ,god1 in ,his loving kindness and mercy1 to be pleased to avert6 ,without ascribing anything but the most ordinary motives in the world to those who opposed the getting of a new ,dayspring1 the situation that thus grew up is perfectly transparent4 ,the ,australian ,new ,hebrides ,company was employed to do the work of our ,mission by their ,trading ,ships4 ,in #ahje--;e4g41 we paid to them the large sum of #b1dea1 #hs4 #a;d42 all found money1 for1 without us1 these ,ships in their outgoing trip to the ,islands would have sailed comparatively empty4 ,to secure a ,ship of our own would be1 therefore1 to deprive the ,company of this handsome subsidy2 and it is but ,human ,nature1 and implies no necessary dishonor1 that the shareholders and their ,ministerial and ,missionary friends should have become the keenest and even bitterest opponents of the new ,dayspring4 ,further1 the headquarters of the ,company being at ,sydney1 and the subsidy for our ,mission1 as well as the money for the upkeep of our ,missionaries and their families1 being consequently expended almost exclusively there1 it is1 from the world's point of view1 equally natural to anticipate that the very heart and centre of the opposition has been in ,new ,south ,wales1 and has concentrated itself in the ,advisory ,committee which sits at ,sydney and is known as ,the ,dayspring ,board4 ,all this1 ,i say1 was only to be expected1 if the whole transaction is to be weighed and measured by the standards of men of the ,world1 instead of being put into the balances of ,jesus ,christ1 and estimated in the light of the spiritual and eternal interests of the ,islanders whom ,he has committed to our care4 ,with great plausibility1 this selfish opposition sought to commend itself to a wilder circle by a ,patriotic plea4 ,if we did not support the ,trading ,company1 it would fail1 and the ,french might come on the scene and annex the ,new ,hebrides6 ,the facts of history were forgotten or ignored1 with their ominous lesson1 that other influences than trade must be brought into action to save these ,islands from ,france4 ,did the tide of ,british trade1 on the ,loyalty ,islands1 on ,madagascar1 and the like1 prevent their annexation by ,france8 ,certainly not6 ,true1 it will be a terrible calamity1 not only to our ,mission but to ,australasia1 if ,france is permitted to annex the ,new ,hebrides2 but while she is openly preparing the way for that fatal step1 ,britain and her ,colonies mock at all our warnings1 and treat the whole matter with indifference1 if not contempt4 ,new ,south ,wales and ,victoria have even withdrawn those modest subsidies from ,colonial ,trading ,ships1 whereby their ,governments might have continued to manifest some little desire to save the ,new ,hebrides from the maw of ,popish ,france6 ,even if the horror of ,french ,annexation were to overtake us1 it might be rationally contended that our ,mission1 instead of being implicated with the existence of a rival ,trading ,company1 would receive more favorable consideration1 if we had a ,steam ,auxiliary ,ship devoted entirely to spiritual services1 ministering to1 say1 twenty-four ,mission ,families1 with their ,lay ,assistants and all belongings and dependents4 ,but1 after all1 such reasonings do not even touch the very heart of the matter2 and men who never go deeper than these cannot understand our aims1 and are in no position to criticise them1 however loudly they may abuse or oppose us4 ,it is the spiritual and eternal welfare of our poor ,islanders that is at stake1 in the question of ,dayspring or no ,dayspring2 at least that is my immovable conviction1 and1 apart from that1 no argument on the other side has or can have much consideration at my hands4 ,with a ,mission ,ship of our own1 for the ,new ,hebrides1 as for every other ,mission in these ,pacific seas1 we can visit our ,stations1 as the interests of ,god's work may require2 we can visit and cheer the ,native ,teachers at their lonely outposts amongst ,heathen ,villages2 we can deliberately visit and open up ,pioneer ,stations1 where ,heathenism still reigns1 and plant there our young ,missionaries and their ,helpers2 we can dissociate our ,ship and her crew from the drunkenness1 profligacy1 and profanity of the ordinary crews of ,trading ,vessels2 we can prevent the sale of ,fire-,arms and ,intoxicants1 in barter with the ,natives2 and1 in a single word1 we can make the ,mission ,ship1 in all her ways and surroundings1 an adjunct to the work of the ,missionary1 and a herald of the ,kingdom of ,god among the ,islanders1 alike on ,god's ,day of ,rest1 and on every day of the week--and all this in a manner and to a degree1 that is not within human possibility if we be deprived of our own ,dayspring1 and thrown back upon ordinary ,trading ,ships4 ,this1 and this alone1 goes to the bottom of the whole controversy4 ,consequently1 the men who opposed us never seriously denied what we here affirm1 or attempted to answer our arguments4 ,on the contrary1 they practically gave away the whole case by perilling everything on the question of expense4 ,all we urged might be unassailably true1 but the cost was prohibitory6 ,the money could not be raised1 or1 if it could1 it would be positively sinful to spend so much on such a ,mission6 ,my blood often tingled to my finger tips1 to hear this urged by self-indulgent and purse-proud men1 who spent every year1 on the pleasures of this perishing life1 more than all that was required for the ,dayspring and the four and twenty ,mission ,families1 and the hundred thousand ,new ,hebrideans1 to whom she was to minister as the white-winged ,servant of the ,gospel of ,jesus4 ,nor was my mood much calmer when this same thing was urged by ,ministers and ,office-,bearers of the ,church1 at ,home and in the ,colonies1 who carry on their labors amidst the inspiring surroundings and associations of their happier lot2 who criticise ,missions and their management from the safe and cozy retreat of their libraries and armchairs2 who by post and telegraph are in touch with those most dear to them every day1 yea1 every hour2 and many of whom never denied themselves one of the necessities of life1 nor one of their own perhaps foolish luxuries1 for the sake of the ,lord ,jesus and ,his cause1--never allowed themselves to suffer1 even to the extent of one poor pennyworth1 even for the length of one passing day1 for the love they bore to ,god or to their fellows4 ,i fear that ,i am an impatient reasoner1 when creatures of this type cross my path4 ,alas1 they too much abound1 to the shame of the ,church1 and for the scorn of the ,world6 ,coming back1 therefore1 to ,britain1 with these ten years of delay to be accounted for1 ,i did in all my ,addresses frankly avow1 that1 in my judgment the main obstacle1 if not the only one1 was the lack of this extra #a1jjj per annum for ,maintenance4 ,friends on every side started up1 and thrust upon me the proposal1 that those who had subscribed the money to build the ship were quite willing to subscribe yearly to assist in maintaining her4 ,i took the whole matter to my ,lord in special prayer4 ,it was borne in upon me to let the proposal be fully known1 and ,i felt myself bound to conclude that if1 in a spontaneous way1 the sum of #a1jjj were provided1 with any hope of permanent interest1 to renew it from year to year1 that would be to me at least the demonstration of the ,gideon's ,fleece1 that ,god1 who had through ,his people presented the ,ship to our ,mission1 was opening up a way for her yearly ,maintenance4 ,a ,circular ,letter on the ,dayspring ,maintenance ,fund was accordingly drawn up1 and issued to all correspondents and supporters by my ,british ,committee4 ,certificates for ,three-,penny ,shares in the ,dayspring1 to be renewed annually1 were widely circulated in ,sabbath ,schools4 ,and1 without further organization or appeal1 the answer to our prayers was almost instantaneously forthcoming4 ,my ,honorary ,treasurer had the needed #a1jjj already paid1 and sufficient promises for the immediate future4 ,we were empowered to promise this for ,maintenance1 if the ,dayspring were duly placed on the scene4 ,if not1 the money was to be returned to the donors1 or by them allocated to other departments of the ,mission enterprise4 ,if1 in all this1 we had not the guidance of ,god1 ,i know not how to trace ,his hand6 ,other ,providential signs were not awanting4 ,i called one day1 at ,liverpool1 on a generous ,christian gentleman1 to thank him personally for a sum of #ej sent to the ,mission4 ,the thought or purpose of seeking more money from him had never once entered my brain6 ,he questioned me carefully about the needs of the ,mission1 the accommodation of the proposed ,ship1 and all our plans4 ,then he closed our interview thus3 8,i am convinced that you cannot buy or build a sufficient ,mission ,vessel for #f1jjj1 and ,i wish you to add this in order to secure a larger and a better ,ship40 ,he handed me his check for #a1jjj6 ,in tears of joy1 ,i thanked ,god and ,his dear servant1 but hinted something about preferring it rather for the first year's ,maintenance ,fund1 but he repeated that this was to secure a larger and better ,ship1 adding3 8,receive this as from ,god1 and the other will come also40 ,again1 my dear friend ,lord ,overtoun1 who had presided over two ,meetings that were addressed by me1 entered one morning into a ,railway ,car by which ,i was travelling1 and sat down beside me4 ,at the close of a happy and very friendly conversation1 he added3 8,lady ,overtoun and ,i gave you #bjj toward the building of the ,mission ,ship2 and now1 after talking the matter over1 we have resolved to give you #ajj per annum for five years to help to pay for her ,maintenance40 ,my soul overflowed with praise to ,god1 and with thanks to those whose hearts were thus in ,his keeping4 ,to me1 and to all my fellow ,helpers1 it seemed to be plainly the will of the ,lord4 ,we reverently believed that this was ,god's doing1 and no mere plan of ours4 ,he had given the ,dayspring in a present to the ,new ,hebrides2 and now ,he had provided for her ,maintenance4 ,we were convinced at that time1 and1 despite all that has happened since1 we are still convinced1 that the ,divine voice was infallibly saying1 ,go forward6 ,i returned to ,victoria in the autumn of #ahid4 ,to the ,assembly of the ,presbyterian ,church at ,melbourne ,i gave my first public account of my ,tour ,round the ,world as their ,missionary and ,representative4 ,at the close of my address1 ,i handed to the ,moderator a check for #ab1ebg1 #ds4 #b;d41 as the fruit of the ,collections and ,donations at my ,public ,meetings--the offerings of the people of ,god from all these lands1 to be used for completing the evangelization of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,to this ,i added a deposit of #a1jjj1--part of the profits of my book1 but for the time locked up in our ,australian ,banks4 ,as this money all came to me through those ,congregations and ,assemblies which ,i addressed as ,missionary ,representative of the ,church in ,victoria1 ,i regarded it as belonging to my ,church and as placed entirely under their control4 ,i had no right to exercise any further authority over it1 save only thus far1 that it could not honorably be spent in any other way than on the ,new ,hebrides ,mission4 ,the donors had again and again protested that they wanted to hear me on that ,mission and on nothing else--that they had many other opportunities of giving to the other great ,missions in ,india1 ,china1 and ,africa1 and that what they gave through me was for the ,new ,hebrides4 ,i handed over the money2 ,i delivered their message2 and there1 so far1 my responsibility ceased4 ,but that sum1 vast as it may seem1 represented only half the generosity of the ,churches of ,britain and ,america during these three fruitful years4 ,side by side with ,public ,collections and the like1 another stream of liberality had been constantly flowing4 ,the readers of my ,autobiography responded liberally to the appeal of my ,british ,committee1 and poured donations into their hands or mine1 almost entirely by post1 till1 from readers of my book alone1 ,the ,john ,g4 ,paton ,mission ,fund1 gave me on leaving a check for #ab1jjj4 ,these donations were placed entirely at my personal disposal1 under one condition only--that ,i must use them for the extension of ,mission work on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,for the management of this sum1 ,i obtained the sanction of the ,general ,assembly to the preparation of a legal ,deed4 ,it is held by the ,finance ,committee of the ,victorian ,church1 under those conditions1--that ,i only can operate on it for the extension of the work of ,god on the ,new ,hebrides1 while ,i live2 and that after my decease they can use it1 but only for these same purposes2 thus fulfilling1 as faithfully as may be1 the wishes of those ,christian souls who sent this money to me from all corners of the world4 ,in addition to these two large branches of our ,general ,fund1 there had come to myself or to my ,british ,committee very considerable sums for ,special ,funds4 ,notably these two3--the ,native ,teachers' ,fund1 designed to pay a small yearly salary1 formerly of #f1 but now beginning at that figure and after two years' faithful service rising to #h1 to each of those ,converts to whom ,god had given the capacity and the call to become ,helpers to the ,missionary in ,school and ,church1 and in many cases ,pioneers of the ,cross where no white ,missionary had ever gone3 and also1 the ,dayspring ,maintenance ,fund1 already referred to and described4 ,the latter of these two was1 of course1 retained in the hands of the ,british ,committee at my call1 till such time as the ,churches and the ,mission ,synod decided for or against a ,mission ,vessel4 ,the former they continue to administer1 at my direction and under my sanction1 through one of the ,missionaries on the ,islands1 who acts as their treasurer and agent4 ,so far as the annual donations will allow1 we freely grant to every ,missionary all the assistance in our power for the training and maintaining of these ,native ,evangelists1 many of whom are destined to become the future ,pastors of the people4 ,up till now our difficulty has been to find enough of suitable and reliable ,native ,teachers to be allocated to the ,churches1 ,bible ,classes1 ,sunday ,schools1 and individual ,christians1 willing to support them4 ,but we hope for great things from the ,,training ,,college recently opened on ,tangoa under ,dr4 ,annand1 one of our ablest and most devoted ,missionaries2 and my ,british ,committee have undertaken to pay the salary of his ,assistant1 #aej per annum1 with my cordial approval4 ,many prayers are uplifted daily for this ,missionary ,institute on the ,new ,hebrides1 at the very heart and centre of these ,cannibal ,isles1 that the ,lord ,god would own it and send forth thence trained and consecrated ,evangelists to build up and to rule the ,new ,hebridean ,church of ,christ in the days that are to be1--no longer under ,european tutelage1 but under ,native ,pastors4 ,we would glory to lead on to that consummation1 and then to pass to other fields of labor6 ,it is but right for me to mention1 though most readers are already aware of it1 that all my ,helpers and ,fellow ,workers at ,home and in ,america give their time and strength freely and gladly1 without thought of any reward except the joy of the service4 ,all actual outlays incurred in the on-carrying of the various schemes are1 of course1 met out of what we call the ,general ,fund2 but every other penny1 that comes to them or to me1 goes directly to the extension of the ,gospel on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,each donation or subscription is acknowledged in our little quarterly magazine known as ,jottings1 a copy of which is posted to all our correspondents and supporters1 and which is now the bond whereby ,god keeps us together and sustains our interest in this work--another development1 not so much of our seeking1 as rather thrust upon us by the necessities of the work of the ,lord1 which so increased that my ,helpers could in no other way overtake the correspondence1 or circulate the ,mission news so eagerly desired4 ,it is thus that those who unfeignedly seek to serve are led on by the ,master ,himself4 ,the ,pillar of ,cloud and ,fire still marches before us2 but1 alas1 how many have lost the power to behold it6 ,i praise ,god every day of my life for all these dear supporters and correspondents1 far scattered in every ,land1 but one in heart for the salvation of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,through their generosity1 my ,british ,committee with my joyful approval have undertaken1 in addition to the support of ,native ,teachers and the subsidy for ,maintenance of ,dayspring1 to defray the entire cost of two ,missionaries and their wives1 and also two ,lay ,european ,assistants4 ,nay1 if the generosity of friends should continue1 they are at the moment of my writing hopefully contemplating the support of a third ,missionary1 with1 if possible1 a ,lay ,assistant also4 ,these are surely ,god-honoring fruits from the planting of my humble book in hearts that love the ,lord1 and from the zeal and devotion and extraordinary gifts of our ,honorary ,organizing ,secretary--with whom1 and with all our ,helpers everywhere1 we reverently say1 ,glory to ,god and not unto us6 ,our loving ,god orders everything well4 ,but for that ,fund handed over by me to the ,victorian ,church1 ,i know not what would have become of the ,new ,hebrides ,mission during the intervening years1 since the crash of our ,australian ,banks and the consequent terrible financial depression4 ,thousands and tens of thousands of our people were literally ruined4 ,money could not be obtained1 even for the ordinary and inevitable expenses of our ,congregations4 ,ministers' stipends were1 on almost every hand1 temporarily reduced4 ,the ,foreign ,mission ,committee's income fell so terribly1 that nearly everything was consumed in meeting the claims of the ,mission to the ,aborigines and to the ,chinese4 ,in #ahie the contributions to the ,dayspring ,fund fell in ,victoria from #ejj to #bjj1 and even that was raised with difficulty4 ,in fact1 but for our ,fund1 the salaries of several of the ,missionaries and ,native ,teachers would of necessity have been cancelled1 and our forces withdrawn from the field4 ,god be praised1 that calamity was averted6 ,all our ,army for ,jesus have been maintained at their posts2 nay1 additional ,pioneers have actually1 despite these depressions1 gone forth and pierced the ,kingdom of ,darkness here and there with shafts of ,gospel light4 ,on my return to ,victoria all these schemes1 and particularly the new proposals as to the ,dayspring1 were fully laid before the ,general ,assembly of the ,presbyterian ,church at ,melbourne4 ,though the ,ship was offered as a free gift to the ,mission1 and the additional #a1jjj per annum was now provided1 without laying one farthing of financial burden on them or on any of the ,churches concerned1 yet our ,victorian ,church resolved to proceed with great deliberation1 and to carry1 if possible1 the approval of all parties concerned4 ,they entered into correspondence with each of the seven other ,churches coperating in the ,new ,hebrides1 and with each of the ,missionaries on the ,islands1 and agreed to instruct the building of the ,ship only if all1 or a clear majority1 cordially approved4 ,more than ten years ago1 all had sanctioned the raising of the money for a new and larger ,steam ,auxiliary ,ship1 and that sanction had never been withdrawn4 ,but many things had happened since then2 and it was at least brotherly and considerate1 if not absolutely obligatory1 to confer with them all ere proceeding further4 ,the vast majority of the ,missionaries at once reaffirmed their approval of the scheme4 ,all the ,churches concerned1 except one1 either cordially approved or left the matter to the free decision of the ,australasian ,churches and the ,missionaries on the field1 in which decision they intimated that they would heartily concur4 ,the one exception was the ,church of ,new ,south ,wales1 influenced1 as already indicated1 by its close association with the ,trading ,company1 though doubtless from motives entirely honorable1 so far as individuals were concerned4 ,what is known as ,the ,dayspring ,board1 with its headquarters at ,sydney1 was also strongly opposed1 and for similar reasons1 too manifest to need specification here4 ,but ,i cannot regard the opposition of that ,board as either defensible or requiring to be taken into account at all4 ,it is simply an ,advisory ,committee4 ,it neither raises any money for the ,ship nor for the ,mission4 ,it is the ,executive1 at most1 of the ,mission ,synod and the ,churches concerned2 and its proper and only function is to carry out1 in a helpful and business-like way1 the instructions received from the ,missionaries4 ,it is absurd1 therefore1 that such a ,board should have any vote on the question of a ,dayspring or no ,dayspring1 any more than would a paid ,agent executing the orders of the ,missionaries for articles of merchandise4 ,a delicate sense of honor should have made them feel this1 and act accordingly1 instead of becoming1 as they did1 not only avowed opponents of the scheme1 but1 in some cases1 even bitter partisans and unscrupulous antagonists4 ,for myself1 ,i frankly say that the opposition of a ,board so constituted should not only be discounted1 but should be wholly ignored4 ,the ,victorian ,church1 therefore1 through its ,foreign ,mission ,committee1 ordered the ,dayspring4 ,she was built by ,messrs4 ,mackie ,thomson on the ,clyde1 under the instructions and the personal supervision of ,john ,stephen1 ,esquire1 of ,linthouse4 ,better1 more skilled1 more reliable advice could not be obtained in ,britain4 ,it was all gratuitously and ungrudgingly given for the sake of the ,mission1 and we felt deeply indebted for the same4 ,the new ,steam ,auxiliary ,dayspring1 on her completion1 was exhibited to friends1 subscribers1 and ,sabbath ,scholars1 at ,glasgow1 at ,ayr1 at ,belfast1 at ,douglas1 and at ,liverpool4 ,thousands upon thousands of people flocked to see the little ,missionary ,ship1 and to wish her ,godspeed4 ,she was universally admired4 ,the ,public ,press commented on her trim appearance1 substantial workmanship1 and perfect adaptation to the service for which she was destined4 ,she had been built and equipped within the #g1jjj set apart for her construction4 ,she had every necessary accommodation for ,officers and ,crew1 for ,missionaries and their ,families1 and for ,native ,teachers2 and when she sailed away from ,liverpool1 the representatives of my ,british ,committee1 upon whom had lain the heavy burden of all the details1 praised ,god that the plans and toils of so many years had at last been brought to so auspicious an issue4 ,it marked the beginning of a new era1 it was hoped1 in the ,conversion of the ,new ,hebrides1 and the little ,ship was borne away on the wings of prayer and praise6 ,she performed the ,ocean voyage to the highest satisfaction of all her ,officers4 ,at ,melbourne she was welcomed with much enthusiasm4 ,on her first trip to the ,islands1 the hearts of our ,natives thrilled with great joy at the sight of their own ,gospel ,ship4 ,on her second visit1 her powers and capacities were most severely tested1 and her adaptability to the needs of the ,mission4 ,she had to call at all our ,stations1 and carry up to ,aneityum all the members of the ,mission for the ,annual ,synod in the month of ,may4 ,she had on board fifty passengers1 forty adults1 and ten children1 exclusive of the ,native ,teachers and their families1 and1 after the ,synod1 she had to carry all these back again to their several scattered ,stations4 ,it was the unanimous and decided opinion of all concerned1 that1 during no previous ,synod ,trip under any service1 had we ever enjoyed the same comfort and the same happiness4 ,there was thanksgiving1 on every hand4 ,the dissensions of the past were buried4 ,the ,mission ,synod had now their own ,ship2 and they unitedly resolved to turn her to the best possible account in the ,cause of ,jesus and for the speedy ,evangelizing of the ,new ,hebrides4 ,our hearts were at rest4 ,we turned aside to other labors1 thanking ,god that in all this many prayers had been answered1 many tears had borne precious fruit4 ,the ,dayspring was the crown and complement of our ,missionary ,enterprise for the salvation of these ,islands--,god bless her6 ,our dear little ,mission ,ship performed her third trip also with perfect safety1 and with much satisfaction to all the ,missionaries4 ,her new ,captain1 who had formerly been her first ,officer1 and who in his earlier days had sailed these same ,seas in the ,southern ,cross1 was a great favorite alike amongst the ,missionaries and the ,natives2 thoroughly capable1 firm yet gentle1 deserving and commanding universal respect4 ,the ,ship had1 as the result of experience1 been in some matters overhauled and readjusted1 to meet special requirements2 and her fourth ,voyage was entered upon with hope and joy4 ,she was loaded with provisions for the ,missionaries and their ,families1 with wood for the building of their ,houses and ,schools1 and with whatsoever was most urgently required by them for three months to come4 ,so that at every ,station1 on every ,island1 the eyes of our beloved ,missionaries and their ,converts were eagerly looking out across the ,seas for the flag of the dear little ,dayspring4 ,alas1 they looked in vain6 ,she struck on an uncharted reef1 not far from ,new ,caledonia1--a disaster against which no skill and no experience could guard1 in those not yet thoroughly explored and ever-changeful ,seas4 ,her ,officers and ,crew did everything that men could do to save her1 and struggled on till all hope had perished4 ,with sore hearts1 they at last provisioned and manned the two boats1 and committed themselves to the deep--agreeing on certain general lines of action1 that1 please ,god1 they might again come together and be rescued4 ,in a very short time1 after they had withdrawn1 a high wind and a heavy sea working together completed her destruction1 and they beheld the dear little ,dayspring plunging head-foremost from the reef into the ,sea1 and disappearing1 masts and all1 within the hungry ,ocean4 ,the ,captain's boat ran to an island for safety1 and was1 ere long1 picked up1 and he and all his men safely returned to ,australia4 ,the other boat had a dreadful voyage4 ,more than once she was overturned1 and left them all struggling in the ,sea4 ,for fourteen days and nights1 without almost any food1 without any possibility of rest1 bareheaded in a broiling sun1 the poor fellows endured suffering and untold distress2 till1 at length1 by a well-nigh miraculous ,providence1 they ran ashore on the coast of ,queensland1 and were saved4 ,blessed be ,god1 though our dear little ,dayspring1 with all her belongings1 her ,library1 her ,mission ,harmonium1 ,lord ,kelvin's magnificent ,compass1 and the books1 the furnishings1 and the food of our beloved ,missionaries1 lay sleeping in the ,ocean's bed--no father's or mother's heart was wrung with the memory of some precious ,son buried with her there4 ,we were all spared that agony1 and we continue to praise ,god that the wreck of the ,dayspring cost not a single human life4 ,it does not need that ,i should inform the ,reader of the preceding pages that this wreck was1 in all the circumstances1 one of the bitterest sorrows of my life4 ,i am not ashamed1 considering my views of its spiritual value as the ,handmaid of the ,gospel in completing ,christ's ,mission on the ,new ,hebrides1 to confess that ,i showed as much emotion1 though in a different way1 when ,i heard the sorrowful news1 as did the ,christian ,natives at ,lenukel1 when they rolled themselves in anguish on the sands1 and set up a deathwail as if they had lost their dearest friend4 ,it requires very little imagination to realize the scene1 as the news was borne from ,isle to ,isle1 and to hear one long1 deep1 and heart-breaking cry resounding throughout the ,new ,hebrides--8,alas for the ,gospel ,ship6 ,alas for our dear little ,dayspring6 ,alas for the white-winged ,herald of the ,cross60 ,for one1 though firmly believing that her loss was a great blow to all the higher interests of our ,mission1 ,i was able to say3 8,the ,lord gave and the ,lord hath taken away30--but yet1 ,god forgive me1 it was very hard to add3 8,blessed be the ,name of the ,lord40 ,but never1 in my deepest soul1 did ,i for a moment doubt that in ,his hands all must be well4 ,whatever trials have befallen me in my ,earthly ,pilgrimage1 ,i have never had the trial of doubting that perhaps1 after all1 ,jesus had made some mistake4 ,no6 my blessed ,lord ,jesus makes no mistakes6 ,when we see all ,his meaning1 we shall then understand1 what now we can only trustfully believe1 that all is well--best for us1 best for the cause most dear to us1 best for the good of others and the glory of ,god4 ,still1 my tears would flow when ,i thought of the dear little ,dayspring1 the fruit of ten years of prayers and toils1 the gift of ,god's people throughout the world to our beloved ,mission1 tumbled from that reef and lying at the bottom of the ,sea4 ,and ,i felt comforted to think that ,he1 who wept with the mourning ,sisters at the grave of ,lazarus1 did not rebuke their tears1 but soothed them by weeping with them--8,jesus wept40 ,wisely or otherwise1 all parties seemed to embrace at once the conclusion that this ,shipwreck should furnish the occasion for reconsidering the whole question of a ,mission ,vessel or no ,mission ,vessel for the ,new ,hebrides4 ,for the time1 arrangements had again to be resumed for the services of the ,trading ,company2 and the interval was to be utilized in consulting the ,mission ,synod on the ,islands1 and the ,churches concerned1 in the light of the experience gained1 whether another ,dayspring should be built or not4 ,i must openly affirm that this policy never commended itself to my judgment1 nor even yet can ,i see its wisdom4 ,with the ,insurance1 though limited to the inadequate sum of #b1jjj much against my will by the ,committee at ,melbourne1 and with the other ,funds for the ,dayspring still on hand1 besides the ,free-,will ,offerings that poured in on us from friends everywhere1 we could have ordered and paid for a ,new ,ship without one hour's delay4 ,we had the assent of the ,churches and the approval of the ,missionaries1 and should have gone forward1 as if the wreck had never happened4 ,god seemed ,himself to be clearly pointing the way4 ,within a few hours1 after the disaster was cabled to ,britain1 a lady in ,london sent a check for #a1jjj to my ,home ,committee1 8to build or buy a new and larger ship60 ,other generous offers were also pressed upon us2 and the money is at this moment lying in the ,bank awaiting a decision4 ,we could then1 and can now1 present to the ,mission another ,dayspring1 as a free gift from those throughout the world to whom ,god has endeared the ,mission on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,but ,i was powerless to resist the policy of delay1 the consequences of which ,i cannot but fear1 whatever the ultimate decision may be1 as highly disastrous to our ,mission4 ,should the vote be in favor of another ,ship1 the delay will have so damped the interest of supporters1 that my ,british ,committee may find it extremely difficult to revive subscriptions and secure the promised #a1jjj per annum towards the ,maintenance ,fund4 ,should the vote be unfavorable1 the dissension amongst the ,missionaries and the ,churches1 and the seesaw policy in the ,management of the ,mission1 will so shake the confidence of the ,christian ,public1 that all our funds are bound to suffer1 and the welfare of the ,mission be seriously crippled4 ,i do1 therefore1 most earnestly pray and hope that there may be unity1 at whatever cost to my personal predilections2 for the spectacle of a disloyal ,minority1 undermining and destroying the work of the ,majority1 is enough to bring on our cause the contempt of men1 if not also the curse of ,god4 ,and at the same time1 ,i cannot but fervently desire that the mind of the ,synod on the ,islands and of the ,churches in the ,colonies1 at ,home1 and in ,nova ,scotia1 may be clear and decided in favor of a ,mission ,ship1 for the highest welfare of the ,church of ,god on the ,new ,hebrides4#b ,footnote #b3 ,the ,synod on the ,islands 7,may1 #ahig7 have voted for a ,new ,mission ,ship by a majority of #ac against #b4--;,,editor4 ,experience has demonstrated that a perfectly suitable ,vessel can be constructed for1 say #h1jjj1 that is1 fifty tons larger than the ,ship we have lost4 ,experience has further demonstrated that she can be maintained for #b1ejj per annum1 or even less4 ,our opponents must therefore lay aside their speculative figures1 and cease to say that her building may cost #aj1jjj1 and her yearly maintenance not less than #e1jjj4 ,the ,dayspring lived long enough to slay these two wild fabrications4 ,now then1 let them be buried with her in the ,sea6 ,it is purely and simply a question of whether1 in the interests of the ,kingdom of ,god on the ,new ,hebrides1 and in order to cut off our work there from all degrading association with ,sabbath-breaking and grog-selling ,trading ,ships1 we should or should not accept the free-will offerings of the ,people at ,home to build for us1 and to help us to maintain1 a ,mission ,ship of our own4 ,i never can believe it possible to imagine any other answer but one--if that issue were clearly contemplated1 and judgment pronounced1 apart from all other considerations1 whether personal1 self-interested1 or merely worldly4 ,thus far1 as part of my ,life-,story1 and that every reader may comprehend my aims1 it seemed necessary to explain1 to argue1 and even to criticise4 ,but all further reference here is needless4 ,ere this page is published1 the final decision will probably have been announced4 ,i can truly say that my ,lord knows how sincerely ,i desire a clear and final decision1 whether for or against another#c ,dayspring2 and that1 such having been given1 ,i pledged myself beforehand to accept it as ,his will1 and1 under it1 to do all that in me lies to promote during my remaining days1 the true welfare of the ,mission of ,christ to the ,new ,hebrides4 ,dayspring1 or no ,dayspring1 these souls must be won for ,jesus6 ,footnote #c3 ,the ,general ,assembly at ,melbourne 7,november1 #ahig7 resolved by a majority of one to delay for twelve months before deciding either for or against a new ,dayspring4--,,editor4 ,and now1 since this in all human probability is the closing ,chapter of my humble ,life1 so far as it shall ever be written by me1 therefore ere ,i lay down my pen1 let me dwell with unalloyed delight on a few pictures of facts that rise before me1 illustrative of the work of ,god at large throughout the ,new ,hebrides4 ,in all my journeyings1 and in all my talks and writings1 though of necessity personal experiences bulked somewhat largely1 yet every candid hearer or reader will bear witness that ,i was eager and careful to pay unstinted honor to all my fellow laborers on these ,islands2 many of whom1 men and women too1 ,i truly regard before ,god as amongst the noblest ,servants of the ,lord ,jesus that ,i have ever known1 or expect to know1 on this ,earth4 ,god be with them1 one and all2 and though1 on questions of policy and management1 some of them may differ from me1 ,i would gladly spend my last ounce of strength in promoting the spiritual interests of their work at every ,station1 and contributing to their personal happiness and prosperity1 if it be in my power in any way to do so4 ,all this1 on both sides1 we thoroughly know and understand1 as becometh the ,ambassadors of ,christ to the ,heathen ,world4 ,i am never happier than when1 as now1 ,i try to picture the work of ,god on all the ,isles of the ,new ,hebrides1 and show our friends and supporters in every ,land some of the fruits of their money and their prayers4 ,at ,north ,santo1 we see ,mr4 ,noble ,mackenzie and his wife with hope and faith unfurling the ,banner of the ,cross2 and ,dr4 and ,mrs4 ,sandilands at ,port ,philip1 ,big ,bay1 on the same great ,island1 by healing and by teaching1 pioneering for ,jesus4 ,mr4 ,bowie and his wife1 from the ,free ,church of ,scotland1 are taking possession of ,south ,santo in the name of ,christ2 and if the ,mission ,synod agrees to plant his brother1 ,dr4 ,bowie1 along with his wife1 sent out this year by my ,british ,committee1 on ,east ,santo1 as seems desired--this1 the largest and most northerly island of the ,group1 with its many languages and its unknown thousands of inhabitants1 will at last be ringed round with fire1--the fire of love to ,jesus and to the souls of the ,heathen4 ,another great ,island1 with several languages1 has in recent years been surrounded by the soldiers of the ,cross1 and claimed for ,christ--,mr4 ,watt ,leggatt and his devoted wife at ,aulua1 ,mr4 ,frederick ,j4 ,paton at ,pangkumu1 and ,mr4 ,boyd at ,south ,west ,bay--uniting their threefold forces to bring vast and populous ,malekula to the feet of ,jesus4 ,already most hopeful beginnings have been made4 ,christian ,churches1 with a few ,converts1 have been planted at these three ,stations--the nucleus1 we trust1 of living branches on ,earth of the ,living ,body of our ,living ,lord in the ,heavenly ,world4 ,tanna1 also1 has been afresh assaulted1 in the name of ,god4 ,mr4 ,gillies and his wife are on their way to assist and to succeed ,mr4 ,watt at ,kwamera and ,port ,resolution2 ,mr4 ,thomson ,macmillan has entered upon the field at ,wiasisi1 from which ,mr4 ,gray had to retire2 and ,mr4 ,frank ,h4 ,l4 ,paton and his devoted wife1 along with their ,lay ,assistant1 ,mr4 ,hume1 have opened a ,pioneering ,mission at ,lenukel1 on the ,western coast1 entirely supported by the funds of my ,british ,committee4 ,and our hopes beat high that ,tanna1 often described as the hardest ,mission field in the ,heathen ,world1 is on the eve of surrendering to the ,gospel of ,jesus1 which the fierce ,tannese have so long and so savagely resisted4 ,to join the noble band of younger ,missionaries1 ,dr4 ,agnew has also gone to the ,new ,hebrides1 an experienced and gifted and most attractive ,missionary at ,home1 and destined1 we believe1 to be a fruitful worker for ,jesus in the ,foreign field4 ,the preliminary expenses connected with several of these1 such as ,medical and other outfit1 passage money to ,australia1 and the like1 have been gladly borne by my ,british ,committee1 thereby relieving the ,churches of all initial outlays1 and encouraging them to undertake their permanent support4 ,we press forward still1 never thinking we can lawfully rest till every ,tribe on the ,new ,hebrides shall have heard1 each in their own language1 in their ,mother ,tongue1 the old and ever new and deathless story of ,redeeming ,love4 ,these1 however1 are but beginnings4 ,our older ,stations showed1 in #ahie1 a record of work done and sufferings borne for ,jesus that might well make all ,christians thrill with praise4 ,take a few examples only4 ,during the year1 ,mr4 ,michelsen of ,tongoa1 one of the most successful ,missionaries in the field1 baptized and admitted to the ,lord's ,table #bjj ,converts2 while #bjj more under his tuition and that of ,mrs4 ,michelsen were being prepared for the same holy privileges4 ,god has given them in all nearly #b1jjj ,converts from amongst these ,cannibals1 who are being built up into the faith and service of ,jesus ,christ4 ,alas1 since the ,queensland ,government1 in defiance of the solemn ,protest of the ,chiefs1 opened this ,island to the ,labor-recruiting ,ships1 hundreds of their best and most hopeful ,native ,helpers have been seduced as ,kanakas to the ,sugar ,plantations--and the ,missionary and the ,islanders alike regard them as virtually dead2 so very few will ever return6 ,mr4 ,michelsen has thirty ,native ,teachers or ,evangelists1 with #a1hej pupils attending the ,mission ,schools4 ,during the same year1 the ,converts collected from amongst themselves #be1 and handed it over for the promotion of the ,gospel of ,christ2 so that the labors of this devoted servant of ,god1 for sixteen years1 are being crowned with many tokens of blessing4 ,it is believed amongst us that few ,missions in the ,world show more interesting fruits of ,evangelistic enterprise than ,nguna and its ,islets1 under the fostering pastorate of ,mr4 ,milne and his most devoted and gifted wife4 ,there are #gej ,communicants on the ,church's ,roll1 #a1gjj regularly attending the ,worship of ,god1 and at least #b1jjj in all who have turned from ,heathenism and adopted the habits of ,christian ,civilization4 ,there are thirty ,native ,teachers1 for whose support the ,native ,church raised #aee1 #hs4 #aa;d4 in #ahie1 besides giving ,arrowroot for ,mission purposes valued at #abj4 ,they had thirty-seven ,christian ,marriages during the year1 and #ajj ,candidates for ,membership in the ,communicants' ,class4 ,nay1 most marvellous of all1 the ,church of ,nguna has thirty-eight of its married couples who have gone forth as ,native ,teachers and ,mission ,helpers to other ,islands--a ,missionary ,church called out of ,heathenism1 thus joyfully and instinctively sending forth from its own bosom ,missionaries into the ,heathenism beyond4 ,surely ,i am warranted in saying1 to the praise of ,jesus and of ,his servants1 that this is a glorious record for five and twenty years6 ,on ,epi1 ,mr4 ,fraser1 having labored fourteen years1 had #acg ,members on his ,communion ,roll1 and #abh ,candidates in his ,communicants' ,class2 #bg ,native ,teachers1 with #a1jjj at the ,day ,schools1 and #a1bej at the ,sabbath ,schools2 and his people collected amongst themselves #cd for ,mission purposes4 ,since then1 and every day1 the tide of prosperity is rising on the side of ,christianity1 and all these figures are steadily increasing4 ,mr4 ,smail is on the other side of the same ,island1 and has1 as the result of six years' devotion to his work1 #cf ,communicants in his ,church1 #ac ,candidates for ,membership1 #ad ,native ,teachers1 and #ejj daily attending their ,schools4 ,they gave #g for the work of the ,mission4 ,erromanga1 where five ,missionaries were murdered1 and two of them devoured by the ,cannibals1 is now a ,christian ,island4 ,there are #cjj ,communicants1 #ab ,elders1 #dj ,native ,teachers1 and #a1gej attending the ,schools--practically the whole population4 ,mr4 ,robertson and his devoted wife have been honored of ,god1 in completing this grand work1 during the last four and twenty years4 ,and so on all round the ,group1 ,island after ,island being brought by patient1 devoted1 and rational expenditure of time1 and affection1 and all ,gospel influences1 to the knowledge of the ,christian life1 and thereby to ,civilization4 ,there are still four or five great ,centres of ,heathenism untouched4 ,when ,god sends us ,missionaries for these1 it will then only be a question of time coupled with pains and prayer1 till all the ,new ,hebrides in all their ,babel tongues1 shall be heard singing the praises of ,redeeming ,love4 ,may my blessed ,saviour spare me to see the full ,dawn1 if not the perfect ,noon1 of that happy ,day6 ,illustration3 ,a ,,heathen ,,chief ,,of ,,futuna4 ,showing the hair divided in many locks1 tortoise-shell earrings1 bead and shell necklace4 ,illustration3 ,,epeteneto1 ,the first native pastor in the ,new ,hebrides ,it is easy to raise the shallow cry that the ,new ,hebrides ,mission is overmanned1 as compared with ,india1 ,china and ,africa1 as some1 and very specially the same men who most keenly oppose the ,dayspring1 are persistently doing4 ,we might answer by retort1--,your own ,towns and ,villages are overmanned2 why not resign your charges1 and go to the millions of ,heathendom8 ,but we leave that retort to others1 and reply3 ,there are differences in all these fields of enterprise1 which demand specific adaptation of means to ends1 and we fearlessly declare1 in the face of all ,christendom1 that ,god ,himself has approved of our system by the almost unparalleled results4 ,we plant down our ,european ,missionary with his staff at a given ,station4 ,we surround him with ,native ,teachers1 who pioneer amongst all the ,villages within reach4 ,his life-work is to win that ,island1 or that ,people1 for ,god and ,civilization4 ,he masters their ,language1 and reduces it to writing4 ,he translates and prints portions of the ,bible4 ,he opens ,schools1 and begins teaching the whole population4 ,he opens a ,communicants' ,class1 and trains his most hopeful ,converts for full membership in the ,church4 ,and there he holds the fort1 and toils1 and prays1 till the ,gospel of ,jesus has not only been preached to every creature whom he can reach1 but also reduced to practice in the new habits and the new religious and social life of the ,community4 ,in this way has ,aneityum been won for ,christ1 and thoroughly ,christianized2 and ,aniwa1 and ,erromanga1 and ,efat1 and ,nguna1 and ,tongoa1 and several adjoining ,isles4 ,and1 humanly speaking1 there is no other way in which these ,tribes and ,peoples can be evangelized4 ,the next stage will be that of the ,native ,pastorate1 with a very few superintending ,european ,missionaries--a stage on which1 for instance1 my own ,aniwa has long since practically entered1 the ,elders carrying on all the work of the ,church1 with an occasional visit from a neighboring ,missionary4 ,but the foundations of ,civilization and of ,christianity must either be laid and solidly built up by a ,missionary for each of these ,peoples1 or they will never be laid at all4 ,let our ,churches then go forward on the lines which ,god the ,lord hath blessed4 ,complete the pioneering work on the ,new ,hebrides1 bring the ,gospel within reach of every creature there1 and then set free your money and your men to do the same elsewhere4 ,but even in ,india and in ,china and in ,africa1 with their countless millions1 learn a lesson from the work on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,plant down your forces in the heart of one ,tribe or ,race1 where the same ,language is spoken4 ,work solidly from that centre1 building up with patient teaching and lifelong care a ,church that will endure4 ,rest not till every ,people and ,language and ,nation has such a ,christ-centre throbbing in its midst1 with the pulses of the ,new ,life at full play4 ,rush not from ,land to ,land1 from ,people to ,people1 in a breathless and fruitless ,mission4 ,kindle not your lights so far apart1 amid the millions and the wastes of ,heathendom1 that every lamp may be extinguished without any of the others knowing1 and so leave the blackness of their ,night blacker than ever4 ,the consecrated ,common-sense that builds for ,eternity will receive the fullest approval of ,god in ,time4 ,oh that ,i had my life to begin again6 ,i would consecrate it anew to ,jesus in seeking the conversion of the remaining ,cannibals on the ,new ,hebrides4 ,but since that may not be1 may ,he help me to use every moment and every power still left to me to carry forward to the uttermost that beloved work4 ,doubtless these poor degraded ,savages are a part of the ,redeemer's inheritance1 given to ,him in the ,father's ,eternal ,covenant1 and thousands of them are destined through us to sing ,his praise in the glory and the joy of the ,heavenly ,world6 ,and should the record of my poor and broken life lead any one to consecrate himself to ,mission work at ,home or ,abroad that he may win souls for ,jesus1 or should it even deepen the ,missionary spirit in those who already know and serve the ,redeemer of us all--for this also1 and for all through which ,he has led me by ,his loving and gracious guidance1 ,i shall1 unto the endless ages of ,eternity1 bless and adore my beloved ,master and ,saviour and ,lord1 to whom be glory forever and ever4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,selections from ,fleming ,h4 ,revell ,company's ,missionary ,lists ,new ,york3 #aeh ,fifth ,avenue ,chicago3 #fc ,washington ,street ,toronto3 #aed ,yonge ,street ,,missions1 ,,africa4 ,the ,personal ,life of ,david ,livingstone4 ,chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family4 ,by ,w4 ,,garden ,,blaikie1 ,d4,d41 ,,ll4,d4 ,with ,portrait and ,map4 ,new1 cheap edition4 #ejh pages1 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 8,there is throughout the narrative that glow of interest which is realized while events are comparatively recent1 with that also which is still fresh and tender40--,the ,standard4 ,david ,livingstone4 ,his ,labors and ,his ,legacy4 ,by ,a4 ,,montefiore1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #afj pages1 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,david ,livingstone4 ,by ,mrs4 ,j4 ,h4 ,,worcester1 ,jr41 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,reality vs4 ,romance in ,south ,central ,africa4 ,being an ,account of a ,journey across the ,african ,continent1 from ,benguella on the ,west ,coast to the mouth of the ,zambesi4 ,by ,,james ,,johnston1 ,m4,d4 ,with #ea full-page photogravure reproductions of photographs by the author1 and a map4 ,royal #hvo1 cloth1 boxed1 #d4jj4 ,the ,story of ,uganda ,and of the ,victoria ,nyanza ,mission4 ,by ,s4 ,g4 ,,stock4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4be4 8,to be commended as a good1 brief1 general survey of the ,protestant missionary work in ,uganda40--,the ,literary ,world4 ,robert ,moffat1 ,the ,missionary ,hero of ,kuruman4 ,by ,,david ,j4 ,,deane4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #beth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,robert ,moffat4 ,by ,m4 ,l4 ,,wilder4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,the ,congo for ,christ4 ,the ,story of the ,congo ,mission4 ,by ,rev4 ,,john ,b4 ,,myers4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,tenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,on the ,congo4 ,edited from ,notes and ,conversations of ,missionaries1 by ,mrs4 ,h4 ,,grattan ,,guinness4 #abmo1 paper1 #ej;c4 ,samuel ,crowther1 the ,slave ,boy ,who became ,bishop of the ,niger4 ,by ,,jesse ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,eighteenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 8,we cannot conceive of anything better calculated to inspire in the hearts of young people an enthusiasm for the cause40--,the ,christian4 ,thomas ,birch ,freeman4 ,missionary ,pioneer to ,ashanti1 ,dahomey and ,egba4 ,by ,,john ,,milum1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 8,well written and well worth reading40--,the ,faithful ,witness4 ,seven ,years in ,sierra ,leone4 ,the ,story of the ,missionary ,work of ,wm4 ,a4 ,b4 ,johnson4 ,by ,rev4 ,,arthur ,t4 ,,pierson1 ,d4,d4 #afmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 ,johnson was a missionary of the ,church ,missionary ,society in ,regent's ,town1 ,sierra ,leone1 ,africa1 from #ahaf to #ahbc4 ,among the ,matabele4 ,by ,rev4 ,d4 ,,carnegie1 for ten years resident at ,hope ,fountain1 twelve miles from ,bulawayo4 ,with portraits1 maps and other illustrations4 ,second edition4 #abmo1 cloth1 #fj;c4 ,peril and ,adventure in ,central ,africa4 ,illustrated ,letter to the ,youngsters at ,home4 ,by ,,bishop ,,hammington4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ej;c4 ,madagascar of ,to-,day4 ,a ,sketch of the ,island4 ,with ,chapters on its ,history and ,prospects4 ,by ,rev4 ,w4 ,e4 ,,cousins1 ,missionary of the ,london ,missionary ,society since #ahfb4 ,map and ,illustrations4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 ,madagascar4 ,its ,missionaries and ,martyrs4 ,by ,rev4 ,w4 ,j4 ,,townsend1 ,d4,d4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,tenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,madagascar4 ,by ,,belle ,,mcpherson ,,campbell4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,madagascar4 ,country1 ,people1 ,missions4 ,by ,rev4 ,,james ,,sibree1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4 ,outline ,missionary ,series4 #afmo1 paper1 #bj;c4 ,,missions1 ,,china4 ,chinese ,characteristics4 ,by ,rev4 ,,arthur ,h4 ,,smith1 ,d4,d41 for #be years a ,missionary in ,china4 ,with #af full-page original ,illustrations1 and index4 ,sixth thousand4 ,popular edition4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4be4 8,the best book on the ,chinese people40--,the ,examiner4 ,a ,cycle of ,cathay2 ,or1 ,china1 ,south and ,north4 ,with personal reminiscences4 ,by ,w4 ,a4 ,p4 ,,martin1 ,d4,d41 ,,ll4,d41 ,president ,emeritus of the ,imperial ,tungwen ,college1 ,peking4 ,with #gj ,illustrations from photographs and native drawings1 a ,map and an index4 ,second edition4 #hvo1 cloth decorated1 #b4jj4 8,no student of ,eastern affairs can afford to neglect this work1 which will take its place with ,dr4 ,william's #8,middle ,kingdom1' as an authoritative work on ,china40--,the ,outlook4 ,glances at ,china4 ,by ,rev4 ,,gilbert ,,reid1 ,m4,a41 ,founder of the ,mission to the ,higher ,classes4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #hj;c4 ,pictures of ,southern ,china4 ,by ,rev4 ,,james ,,macgowan4 ,with #hj ,illustrations4 #hvo1 cloth1 #d4bj4 ,a ,winter in ,north ,china4 ,by ,rev4 ,t4 ,m4 ,,morris4 ,with an ,introduction by ,rev4 ,,richard ,,glover1 ,d4,d41 and a ,map4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 ,john ,livingston ,nevius1 ,for ,forty ,years a ,missionary in ,shantung4 ,by his wife1 ,,helen ,s4 ,c4 ,,nevius4 ,with an ,introduction by the ,rev4 ,w4 ,a4 ,p4 ,,martin1 ,d4,d4 ,illustrated4 #hvo1 cloth1 #b4jj4 ,the ,sister ,martyrs of ,ku ,cheng4 ,letters and a ,memoir of ,,eleanor and ,,elizabeth ,,saunders1 ,massacred ,august #ast1 #ahie4 ,illustrated1 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 ,china4 ,by ,rev4 ,j4 ,t4 ,,gracey1 ,d4,d4 ,seventh edition1 revised4 #afmo1 paper1 #ae;c4 ,protestant ,missions in ,china4 ,by ,d4 ,,willard ,,lyon1 a ,secretary of the ,student ,volunteer ,movement4 #afmo1 paper1 #ae;c4 ,,missions1 ,,china ,,and ,,formosa4 ,james ,gilmour1 of ,mongolia4 ,his ,diaries1 ,letters and ,reports4 ,edited and arranged by ,,richard ,,lovett1 ,m4,a4 ,with three photogravure ,portraits and ,illustrations4 #hvo1 cloth1 gilt top1 #a4ge4 8,it is a vivid picture of twenty years of devoted and heroic service in a field as hard as often falls to the lot of a worker in foreign lands40--,the ,congregationalist4 ,among the ,mongols4 ,by ,rev4 ,,james ,,gilmour4 ,illustrated1 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4be4 ,james ,gilmour and ,his ,boys4 ,being ,letters to his ,sons in ,england4 ,with facsimiles of ,letters1 a ,map and other ,illustrations4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4be4 ,griffith ,john1 ,founder of the ,hankow ,mission1 ,central ,china4 ,by ,,william ,,robson4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,john ,kenneth ,mackenzie1 ,medical ,missionary to ,china4 ,with the ,story of the first ,chinese ,hospital4 ,by ,mrs4 ,,mary ,i4 ,,bryson4 ,with portrait4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 ,the ,story of the ,china ,inland ,mission4 ,by ,m4 ,,geraldine ,,guinness4 ,introduction by ,j4 ,,hudson ,,taylor1 ,f4,r4,g4,s4 ,illustrated1 #b volumes1 #hvo1 cloth1 each1 #a4ej4 ,from ,far ,formosa3 ,the ,island1 its ,people and ,missions4 ,by ,rev4 ,g4 ,l4 ,,mackay1 ,d4,d41 #bc years a missionary on the island4 ,well indexed4 ,with many ,illustrations from photographs by the author1 and several ,maps4 ,fifth thousand4 ,popular edition4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4be4 ,china and ,formosa4 ,the ,story of the ,mission of the ,presbyterian ,church of ,england4 ,by ,rev4 ,,james ,,johnson1 editor of 8,missionary ,conference ,report1 #ahhh40 ,with #d ,maps and many illustrations1 prepared for this work4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4ge4 ,,missions1 ,,india4 ,in the ,tiger ,jungle4 ,and ,other ,stories of ,missionary ,work among the ,telugus4 ,by ,rev4 ,,jacob ,,chamberlain1 ,m4,d41 ,d4,d41 for #cg years a ,missionary in ,india4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 8,if this is the kind of missionary who mans the foreign stations1 they will never fail for lack of enterprise4444 ,the book is withal a vivid and serious portrayal of the mission work1 and as such leaves a deep impression on the reader40--,the ,independent4 ,the ,child of the ,ganges4 ,a ,tale of the ,judson ,mission4 ,by ,prof4 ,r4 ,n4 ,,barrett1 ,d4,d4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4be4 ,adoniram ,judson4 ,by ,,julia ,h4 ,,johnston4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,once ,hindu1 now ,christian4 ,the ,early ,life of ,baba ,padmanji4 ,an ,autobiography1 translated4 ,edited by ,j4 ,,murray ,,mitchell1 ,m4,a4 #afmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,william ,carey4 ,the ,shoemaker who became 8the ,father and ,founder of ,foreign ,missions40 ,by ,rev4 ,,john ,b4 ,,myers4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,twenty-second thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,william ,carey4 ,by ,,mary ,e4 ,,farwell4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,alexander ,duff4 ,by ,,elizabeth ,b4 ,,vermilye4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,reginald ,heber1 ,bishop of ,calcutta1 ,scholar and ,evangelist4 ,by ,,arthur ,,montefiore4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,heavenly ,pearls ,set in a ,life4 ,a ,record of ,experiences and ,labors in ,america1 ,india1 and ,australia4 ,by ,mrs4 ,,lucy ,d4 ,,osborn4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 ,,missions1 ,,persia ,,and ,,india4 ,persian ,life and ,customs4 ,with ,incidents of ,residence and ,travel in the ,land of the ,lion and the ,sun4 ,by ,rev4 ,s4 ,g4 ,,wilson1 ,m4,a41 for #ae years a missionary in ,persia4 ,with ,map1 and other ,illustrations1 and ,index4 ,second edition1 reduced in price4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4be4 ,justin ,perkins1 ,pioneer ,missionary to ,persia4 ,by his son1 ,rev4 ,h4 ,m4 ,,perkins4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,women and the ,gospel in ,persia4 ,by ,rev4 ,,thomas ,,laurie1 ,d4,d4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,henry ,martyn1 ,saint and ,scholar4 ,first ,modern ,missionary to the ,mohammedans4 #agha-ahab4 ,by ,,george ,,smith1 author of 8,life of ,william ,carey10 8,the ,conversion of ,india10 etc4 ,with ,portrait1 ,map1 and ,illustrations4 ,large #hvo1 cloth1 gilt top1 #c4jj4 8,this excellent biography1 so accurately written1 so full of interest and contagious enthusiasm1 so well arranged1 illustrated1 and indexed1 is worthy of the subject40--,the ,critic4 ,henry ,martyn4 ,his ,life and ,labors3 ,cambridge--,india--,persia4 ,by ,,jesse ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,eleventh thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,henry ,martyn4 ,missionary to ,india and ,persia4 #agha-ahab4 ,abridged from the ,memoir by ,mrs4 ,,sarah ,j4 ,,rhea4 ,missionary ,annals ,series4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #ae;c42 flexible cloth1 net1 #cj;c4 ,the ,conversion of ,india4 ,from ,pantnus to the ,present ,time1 ,a4 ,d4 #aic-ahic4 ,by ,,george ,,smith1 ,c4,i4,e41 author of 8,henry ,martyn40 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 ,the ,cross in the ,land of the ,trident4 ,by ,rev4 ,,harlan ,p4 ,,beach1 ,educational ,secretary of the ,student ,volunteer ,movement4 #eth thousand4 #abmo1 paper1 net1 #be;c42 cloth1 #ej;c4 ,,missions1 ,,japan4 ,rambles in ,japan1 ,the ,land of the ,rising ,sun4 ,by ,rev4 ,canon ,h4 ,b4 ,,tristram1 ,d4,d41 ,f4,r4,s4 ,with forty-six illustrations by ,,edward ,,whymper1 a ,map1 and an index4 #hvo1 cloth1 #b4jj4 8,a delightful book by a competent author1 who1 as a naturalist1 writes well of the country1 while as a ,christian and a humanitarian he writes with sympathy of the new institutions of new ,japan40--,the ,independent4 ,the ,gist of ,japan3 ,the ,islands1 their ,people1 and ,missions4 ,by ,rev4 ,r4 ,b4 ,,peery1 ,a4,m41 ,ph4,d41 of the ,lutheran ,mission1 ,saga4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth decorated1 #a4be4 ,this book does not pretend to be an exhaustive treatise of an exhaustless topic2 it does pretend to cover the subject2 and whosoever is eager to know the 8gist0 of those matters ,japanese in which ,westerners are most interested--the land1 the people1 the coming of ,christianity1 the difficulties and prospects of her missions1 the condition of the native ,church--will find it set down in ,dr4 ,peery's book in a very interesting1 reliable1 instructive1 and condensed form4 ,the ,ainu of ,japan4 ,the ,religion1 ,superstitions1 and ,general ,history of the ,hairy ,aborigines of ,japan4 ,by ,rev4 ,,john ,,batchelor4 ,with #hj ,illustrations4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 8,mr4 ,batchelor's book1 besides its eighty trustworthy illustrations1 its careful editing1 and its excellent index1 is replete with information of all sorts about the ,ainu men1 women1 and children4 ,almost every phase of their physical and metaphysical life has been studied1 and carefully noted40--,the ,nation4 ,the ,diary of a ,japanese ,convert4 ,by ,,kanzo ,,uchimura4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 8,this book is far more than the name indicates4 ,it is the only book of its kind published in the ,english language1 if not in any language4 ,it is something new under the sun1 and is as original as it is new4 ,it has the earmarks of a strong and striking individuality1 is clear in diction1 forceful in style1 and fearless in criticism40--,the ,interior4 ,a ,maker of the ,new ,japan4 ,joseph ,hardy ,neesima1 the ,founder of ,doshisha ,university4 ,by ,rev4 ,j4 ,d4 ,,davis1 ,d4,d41 ,professor in ,doshisha4 ,illustrated4 ,second edition4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 8,the life is admirably and spiritedly written1 and its hero stands forth as one of the most romantic and inspiring figures of modern times1 a benefactor to his own country and an object of tender regard on our part2 for it was to the ,united ,states that ,mr4 ,neesima turned for light and help in his educational plans40--,the ,examiner4 ,,missions1 ,,pacific ,,islands4 ,john ,g4 ,paton1 ,missionary to the ,new ,hebrides4 ,an ,autobiography1 edited by his brother4 ,with an ,introductory ,note by ,rev4 ,a4 ,t4 ,,pierson1 ,d4,d4 ,illustrated4 ,tenth thousand4 #b vols41 #abmo1 cloth1 gilt top1 boxed1 net1 #b4jj2 cheaper edition1 #a vol41 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 8,we commend to all who would advance the cause of ,foreign ,missions this remarkable autobiography4 ,it stands with such books as those ,dr4 ,livingstone gave the world1 and shows to men that the heroes of the cross are not merely to be sought in past ages40--,the ,christian ,intelligencer4 ,bishop ,patterson1 ,the ,martyr of ,melanesia4 ,by ,,jessie ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,thirteenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,james ,calvert2 ,or1 ,from ,dark to ,dawn in ,fiji4 ,by ,r4 ,,vernon4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,tenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,from ,darkness to ,light in ,polynesia4 ,with ,illustrative ,clan ,songs4 ,by ,rev4 ,,william ,,wyatt ,,gill1 ,,ll4,d4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #b4dj4 ,john ,williams1 ,the ,martyr ,missionary of ,polynesia4 ,by ,rev4 ,,james ,j4 ,,ellis4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,thirteenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,among the ,maoris2 ,or1 ,daybreak in ,new ,zealand4 ,a ,record of the ,labors of ,marsden1 ,selwyn1 and others4 ,by ,,jessie ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,pioneering in ,new ,guinea1 #ahgg-ahid4 ,by ,,james ,,chalmers4 ,with a ,map and #dc ,illustrations from ,original ,sketches and ,photographs4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 8,it reveals a splendid character1 and records a noble apostolic work4 ,it is a notable addition to our missionary literature of the high class40--,the ,standard4 ,james ,chalmers1 ,missionary and ,explorer of ,rarotonga and ,new ,guinea4 ,by ,,william ,,robson4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,fourteenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,,missions1 ,,america4 ,on the ,indian ,trail1 ,and ,other ,stories of ,missionary ,work among the ,cree and ,saulteaux ,indians4 ,by ,,egerton ,r4 ,,young4 ,illustrated by ,j4 ,e4 ,,laughlin4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 ,mr4 ,young is well known to readers of all ages as the author of 8,by ,canoe and ,dog ,train10 8,three ,boys in the ,wild ,north ,land10 and other very popular books describing life and adventure in the great ,northwest4 ,the stories in this new book tell of some very exciting incidents in his career1 and describe phases of life among the ,american ,indians which are fast becoming things of the past4 ,forty-two ,years ,among the ,indians and ,eskimos4 ,pictures from the ,life of the ,rt4 ,rev4 ,john ,horden1 first ,bishop of ,moosonee4 ,by ,,beatrice ,,batty4 ,illustrated4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4jj4 ,vikings of ,to-,day2 ,or1 ,life and ,medical ,work among the ,fishermen of ,labrador4 ,by ,,wilfred ,t4 ,,grenfel1 ,m4,d41 of the ,deep ,sea ,mission4 ,illustrated from ,original ,photographs4 ,second edition4 #abmo1 cloth1 #a4be4 8,the author has been in charge of the work since its inception1 and writes1 accordingly1 with special authority and wealth of detail1 both as to the methods of work and as to the people--the fearless1 patient ,vikings--to whom he has dedicated his life40--,the ,examiner4 ,amid ,greenland ,snows2 ,or1 ,the ,early ,history of ,arctic ,missions4 ,by ,,jesse ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,tenth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,kin-da-,shon's ,wife4 ,an ,alaskan ,story4 ,by ,mrs4 ,,eugene ,s4 ,,willard4 ,illustrated4 ,third edition4 #hvo1 cloth1 #a4ej4 8,from beginning to end the book holds the attention4 ,mrs4 ,willard has shown herself peculiarly well qualified to write such a book40--,public ,opinion4 ,david ,brainerd1 ,the ,apostle to the ,north ,american ,indians4 ,by ,,jesse ,,page4 ,missionary ,biography ,series4 ,illustrated4 ,twelfth thousand4 #abmo1 cloth1 #ge;c4 ,south ,america1 the ,neglected ,continent4 ,by ,,lucy ,e4 ,,guinness and ,e4 ,c4 ,,millard4 ,with a ,map in colors and many other ,illustrations4 ,small #dto1 paper1 #ej;c42 cloth1 #ge;c4 ---------------------------------------- -------------------------------- ,,transcriber',s ,,notes ,typos fixed2 non-standard spelling and dialect retained4 ,enclosed italics font in underscores4