The story of the Lifu Mission / by the Rev. S. M'Farlane

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Macfarlane, S
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London [England] : James Nisbet, 1873
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STORY OF THE LIEU MISSION. 5
STORY OF THE LIEU MISSION 7
PREFACE. 9
CONTENTS. 11
STORY OF THE LIEU MISSION. I. SITUATION AND DISCOVERY OF LIFU—GEOLOGICAL FEATURES-PHYSICAL FEATIRES-WELLS-BARRENNESS OF THE ISLAND-DIVISION OF THE ISLAND-DEPOPULATION, CAUSES OF-MODE OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS LANGUAGE-MANNERS AND CUSTOMS-NATIVE WARS-FEASTING AND DANCING—SIWELEWEL-SINGERS-MEN SINGERS-PREACHING CHRIST TO THEM. 13
II. SORCERY-CURSING-INDIFFERENCE ABOUT DEATH-MEDICINES-HOUSESCANOES—RELIGION-TRADITIONS-THE ORIGIN OF YAMS-LABOUR AND DEATH-THE FLOOD-THE "IJA” OR SCAFFOLDING-THE ORIGIN OF NEW CALEDONIA, MARE, AND UVEA-ULAULETI AND HIS BRETHREN —GOVERNMENT. 25
III. THE STATE OF LIEU WHEN CHRISTIONITY WAS ABOUT TO BE INTRODUCEDPAO THE APOSTLE OF LIFU-HE LEAVES MARE IN A CANOE FOR LIFU —“ENEMUS”—BECOMES THE KING'S FREIEND-THE KING'S ENGLISH “ENEMU”—WHY BULA PROTECTED PAO—PAO AT THE WAR-BULA AND HIS MINISTERS BECOME “NOMINAL” CHRISTIANS—PAO IN DANGERARRIVAL OF OTHER TEACHERS-FIRST CONVERTS-IMPOETANCE OF LIFU—STRUGGLE BETWEEN DARKNESS AND LIGHT—PAO'S ESCAPEEXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF THE DEPUTATION. 36
IV. CIVEL WAR-PAO RETURNS TO LIEU-SPREAD OF THE GOSPEL-THE TEACHERS REQUESTED TO RETURN-THEIR RECEPTION-THEIR WORK-PAO A MIDEL TEACHER-INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL TO WET AN INFLUENTIAL PRIEST EMBRACES CHRISTIANITY-PAO VISITS WET-HIS VISOT TP THE KING-HANEKA BECOMES A CENTRE OF LIGHT AND INFLUENCE—CHURCH BUILDING-EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE DEPUTATION-THE TIME FOR MISSIONARIES TO STEP IN-THE OPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH-WANT OF TEACHERS-MAL-TREATMENT OF PAO BY THE HEATHEN-ARRIVAL OF TEACHERS-PAO SETTLES AT WET. 47
V. INFLUENCE OF THE GOSPEL UPON THEIR MODE OF LIFE—WAINYA AND HIS PEOPLE JOIN THE CHRISTIAN PARTY—THE HEATHEN IN COUNCIL—THE HEATHEN ORATOR SILENCED—EXTRACT FROM THE REPORT OF DEPUTATION—WANT OF MISSIONARIES—MISSION OF THE CHURCH—BISHOPS SELWYN AND PATTESON—ARRIVAL OF ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTSTEACHERS’ FEARS AT THE ARRIVAL OF THE PRIESTS—MOTIVES WHICH LEAD THE ISLANDERS TO EMBRACE THE GOSPEL—UKENEZO ASSEMBLES THE CHIEFS—EFFORTS OF THE PRIESTS TO PROSELYTISE—PRIEST SETTLES AT GAICA. 60
VI HOME INDEAS OF MISSIONARY LEFE- LAST NIGHT IN LONDON-ON BOARDTHHITI-SAMOA-NEW HEBRIDES-ERROMANGA- LOYALTY GROUPRETURN OF THE FOUR KIDNAPPED NATIVES-OUR HOME-TRUE AND FALSE MERIT-BARTER-LANGUAGE-MANUAL LABOUR- MEDICINE CHEST-WHAT A MISSIONARY MUST BE. 75
YII. THE CHIEF’S ENCLOSURES—THE TEMPORARY CHAPEL—THE CONGREGATION —THE NEW CHURCH— TOUR ROUND THE ISLAND—WHAT WAS DONE AND YET TO BE DONE—SHOEING THE HORSE—NATIVE REMARKS ABOUT THE HORSE—TEACHERS—PAO’S WILL AND DEATH—MAY MEETINGSDIVIDING THE FOOD, AND AMUSEMENTS. 88
VIII. FORMING A CHURCH—TERMS OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP—STRONG DESIRE OF THE NATIVES TO JOIN THE CHURCH—OUR SUPPOSITIONS NOT THE STANDARD—EIGHT CHURCHES FORMED—THE ELEMENTS USED—EXPECTING THE “JOHN WILLIAMS ”—CHANGES WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE —ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP—EXCITEMENT AND CONFUSION—BUILDING OUR DWELLING-HOUSE—MAKING THE LIME—SITE OF HOUSE—MODE OF BUILDING—PAPER-HANGING—FIRE PLACE—SEMINARY COMMENCED —STUPIDITY OF THE NATIVES—WHAT A PIONEER TEACHER SHOULD BE. 100
IX. OBJECTIONS AGAINST CHRISTIAN MISSIONS—A MISSIONARY’S OBJECT—A WRITER’S TESTIMONY—WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN EASTERN POLYNESIA—SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS—INCENTIVES TO PROGRESS—ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE THEIR CANOES—BOAT-BUILDING—EXPORTS—THE PRIESTS AS TRADERS—TRADING PROHIBITED BY THE DIRECTORS OF THE L. M. S.—IMITATING EUROPEANS—NATIVE LOVE OF DRESS—REMARKS OF A TANNESE—THEIR FEELINGS RESPECTING CHRISTIANITY—OUR LIVES IN DANGER—MISSIONARY TRIALS AND DIFFICULTIES—DANGEROUS VOYAGE IN AN OPEN BOAT. 112
X. ESTABLISHMENT OF LAWS—UKENIZO OBJECTS—THE PRIEST’S CODE—POLICY OF THE PRIESTS—HARBOUR DUES—ERRORS NATURAL AT THE COMMENCEMENT—LAWS OPPOSED BY WHITE MEN—CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LED TO ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH SOLDIERS—THE CAUSE THAT LED THE FRENCH TO TAHITI THE SAME AS THAT WHICH LED THEM TO LIFU THE IMPORTANCE OF MISSIONARIES OF DIFFERENT CREEDS HAVING DISTINCT FIELDS OF LABOUR—TACTICS OF THE PRIESTS—THREATS -THE PRIESTS ADOPT ANOTHER PLAN—PROTESTANTS’ LOVE FOR THE SCRIPTURES—CHAPEL-BUILDING BY THE PRIESTS—REASONING OF THE PRIESTS. 126
XI THE MORNING ON WHICH THE STEAMER ARRIVED—TROUBLES SELDOM COME SINGLY—LANDING OF THE SOLDIERS—RECEPTION OF THE NATIVES BY THE COMMANDER—OUR VISIT TO THE CAMP—JOY OF THE PAPISTS AT THE ARRIVAL OF THE SOLDIERS—JACK’S APPOINTMENT—HOW HE BECOMES A FAVOURITE—THE FIRST INTERFERENCE WITH OUR WORK SCHOOLS CLOSED AND CIRCULATION OF BOOKS PROHIBITED—FIRING UPON AN ENGLISH VESSEL—EXCITEMENT OF THE NATIVES INDEPENDENCE OF THE COMMANDER—COMMANDER PREPARES TO BE ATTACKED—HIS LETTER AND OUR INTERVIEW—THE COMMANDER A DUPE OF THE PRIESTS—THE PRIESTS THE CAUSE OF THE DISTURBANCES —CONSPIRACY—THE PLOT—CLAIMING THE LOYALTY GROUP AS DEPENDENCIES ON NEW CALEDONIA—COPY OF LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR. 138
XII. UNWORTHINESS OF THE OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION—INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR LETTER TO THE COMMANDER ASKING FOR A PERMIT OF RESIDENCE TRANSLATION OF A LETTER FROM THE GOVERNMENT AT NEW CALEDONIA DEFINING OUR POSITION—VILLAGE INSPECTED BY THE COLONIAL SECRETARY—THREATENS A NATIVE TEACHER—LNTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEF, WAINYA.—REPORT CIRCULATED THAT THE VILLAGE OF CHEPENEHE WAS TO BE BURNT—ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SOLDIERS LANDED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ISLAND—THE GOVERNOR AND SOLDIERS AT CHEPENEHE—THE VILLAGE PLUNDEREDUNTIMELY REJOICING OP THE NATIVES—MORE RUMOURS. 155
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XIII. THE ATTACK ON THE VILLAGE BY THE FRENCH—CHURCH DOORS BURST OPEN DURING SERVICE BY THE SOLDIERS—CONGREGATION MADE PRISONERSNATIVES FIRED UPON BY THE SOLDIERS—A SOLDIER SHOT BY A NATIVECOLLISION OF THE NATIVES AND SOLDIERS INLAND—WORK OF DEVASTATION CARRIED ON—TEACHERS PUT IN IRONS—NATIVES PUT TO THE BAYONET IN CHURCH—THE PRESENCE OF ENGLISH MISSIONARIES MERELY TOLERATED AS ENGLISH RESIDENTS—LIFU PLACED IN A STATE OF SIEGE —OUR HOUSE SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS AND SEARCHED—SERVANTS PUT IN IRONS—PROPERTY OP THE L. M. S. BURNED—VILLAGE BURNEDCHURCH TURNED INTO A BARRACK—BURNING OF INLAND VILLAGESSICK MANCLUBBED TO DEATH BY THE R. C. NATIVES—TEACHERS’ WIVES AND FEMALE SERVANTS TAKEN ON BOARD THE STEAMER—THE MISSIONHOUSE TO BE TURNED INTO A FORT—DREARY NIGHTS, DEATH AND DESOLATION—THE WORK ARRESTED—MISUNDERSTANDING—LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR—LNTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR—A JESUITICAL TRANSLATION OF A LETTER—THE OLD QUESTION OF ENGLISH INFLUENCETHE PRIEST’S INTERVIEW WITH THE TEACHERS—THE PROTESTANT CHIEF DEPOSED AND A R. C. SET UP IN HIS PLACE. 167
XIV. A SABBATH IN THE BUSH—THE NIGHT MESSENGER—UKENIZO’S MISTAKEN IDEAS ABOUT THE OBJECT OF THE FRENCH—CONSULTATION OF THE NATIVES—CONSOLATION—WARM HEARTS IN COLD BODIESTHE SECOND MESSENGER—LNTERVIEW WITH THE COMMANDER—THE ALTERED APPEARANCE OF THE CHURCH—COMMANDER’S FAVOURABLE REPLT—RETURN OF THE NATIVES TO THEIR VILLAGES—ARRIVAL OF THE “DAY SPRING”—COMMUNICATION PROHIBITED—THE CAPTAIN ORDERED NOT TO LEAVE THE MISSIONARY FOR UVEA—THE “DAY SPRING” AMONGST THE BREAKERS—PRAYER AND EFFORT—THE COMMANDER’S INTERVIEW WITH THE CHIEFS—NEW COMMANDER—EFFORTS OF THE PRIESTS TO PROSELYTISE—HOW THE SPIRITUAL WANTS OF THE NATIVES WERE PROVIDED FOR—TEACHERS SELECTED BY THE PEOPLE TO CARRY ON THE WORK—THE SHIP TRIMMED TO SUIT THE GALE. 184
XV. MAKING ROMAN CATHOLICS—HOW TO RENDER THE “BLACKS” OBEDIENT AND LOVING—THE COMMANDER BAFFLED BY THE APPLICATION OF CONGREGATIONAL PRINCIPLES—STATE CONTROL WITHOUT STATE PAY—A ROMAN CATHOLIC SUBJECT OP BULA’S MADE AN INDEPENDENT CHIEF—POLICY OF THE COMMANDERWENEGENT’S CASE—ALARM! THE SOLDIERS IN ARMS—TREATMENT OF THE EASTERN TEACHERS—AWAITING THE ANSWER OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT—NATIVES PUNISHED FOR TEACHING EACH OTHER TO WRITE—APPROPRIATION OF THE CHURCH BELL AND INTERFERENCE WITH PERSONAL LIBERTY. 196
XVI. INDIGNATION WHEN THE NEWS REACHED THE COLONIES AND ENGLANDMEMORIAL TO THE EMPEROR—THE EMPEROR’S REPLY—THE PUBLIC PACIFIED—LETTER FROM THE GOVERNOR—MY REPLY—DELIGHT OF THE NATIVES UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE EMPEROR’S DECISION—COPY OF OATH TO BE TAKEN BY THE PROTESTANT MINISTERS AT LIFU AND MARE—MY REPLY—LETTERS ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE SEMINARY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS—DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ABOUT LIBERTY OF WORSHIP—INVITATION TO VISIT THE GOVERNOR—CONCILIATORY MEASURES—DELAY IN RESTORING THE CHURCH AND BELLTHE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL—LETTER ABOUT THE REOPENING OF THE SEMINARY AND THE FREE CIRCULATION OF THE BIBLE. 211
XVII. A GLANCE AT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THE FRENCH OCCUPATION OF THE GROUP—WHAT HAVE THE INSTIGATORS GAINED?—THE OBJECT OF THE PRIESTS—THE NATIVES CONFIRMED IN THE TRUTH AND POWER OF THE GOSPEL—OTHER INSTIGATORS—WHAT THE GOVERNMENT GAINEDTHE RESULT TO THE NATIVES—WHAT BECAME OF UKENIZO—RELIGION ENFORCED, RESULT—SUICIDAL POLICY—PROTESTANTISM STRENGTHENED. 225
XVIII. OPPOSITION WHERE THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMMENDATION—SHOULD DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE NATION AND THE INDIVIDUAL—NATIONALITY —DISITERESTED MOTIVES—CAUSE OF THE NATIVE DISLIKE TO THE FRENCH—ANTI-FRENCH FEELING ON NEW CALEDONIA—SUSPICIONS AND SEVERITY—PERSONAL ANNOYANCES—NATIVE TEACHERS AND OFFICEBEARERS MARKED MEN—THE GREAT MISTAKE OF THE FRENCH IN THE LOYALTY GROUP FROM THE COMMENCEMENT—THE TREATMENT OF PROTESTANT CHIEFS—BULA’S CASE—ENTERS THE SEMINARY—ORDERED TO LEAVE—FREQUENTLY CALLED TO THE CAMP—COMMANDANT SENDS FOR THE PEOPLE OUT OF CHURCH—BULA IMPRISONED—PRIEST’S CHARGE AGAINST BULA—BULA SENT TO NEW CALEDONIA IN IRONS—TREATED KINDLY BY THE RESIDENTS—BULA’S VISIT TO THE ISLE OF PINESRUMOURS UPON HIS RETURN—GREAT CHANGE IN THE COMMANDANT'S CONDUCT TO BULA—CONSULTATION—FURTHER HINTS—CRUELTY TO PRISONERS—ATTEMPTS TO COME INTO COLLISION WITH THE NATIVESTHE SKIRMISH AT NAEU. 236
XIX. MISTAKEN IDEAS OF THE FRENCH—GOVERNOR’S DECISIONS—EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO THE REV. J. JEFFRIES OF ADELAIDE—OPPOSITION TO ENGLISH DISSENTERS—GOVERNOR’S DECISIONS—PERSECUTIONS AT UVEA—SUICIDAL POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT—VISIT TO NUMEAINTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR—COPY OF LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR ABOUT OUR GENERAL WORK—SOLICITING PERMISSION TO SEND PIONEER TEACHERS—ASKING PERMISSION TO ERECT CHURCHES—THE TEACHER TEPESO’S REMOVAL FROM HIS STATION BY THE COMMANDANT—LAWSUIT PROSECUTED BY THE COMMANDANT—LETTER OF EXPLANATION TO THE GOVERNMENT. 252
XX. EVENTS WHICH LED TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE IMPERIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY—PHYSICAL FEATURES OF UVEA—INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL—DIVISION OF THE ISLAND BY THE PRIESTS AND TEACHERSDESIRE FOR ENGLISH MISSIONARIES—APOLO’S APPOINTMENT TO UVEA—MY FIRST VISIT TO UVEA—SEIZURE OF THE “PATE”—A PROTESTANT CHURCH CLOSED BY THE PRIEST—MAL-TREATMENT OF TEACHERS—INTERVIEW WITH THE PRIEST—ARRIVAL OF THE “BONITE," AND LIBERALITY OF THE CAPTAIN—VISIT OF THE REV. J. JONES TO UVEA—APPOINTMENT OF A MISSIONARY FOR UVEA—ORDERED OFF BY THE FRENCH—CONDUCT OF THE PRIESTS UPON NEWS OF THE ARRIVAL OF SOLDIERS AT LIFU. 266
XXI. MR ELLA OBTAINS PERMISSION TO OFFICIATE AS MISSIONARY—OUR INTERVIEW WITH THE PEOPLE—ATTEMPT TO RECOVER THE CHURCHES THE PROTESTANTS ATTACKED WHILE AT WORSHIP— MR ELLA APPEALS TO THE COMMANDANT—NO REDRESS—GOVERNOR’S VISIT TO UVEA—PLACES THE ISLAND UNDER CATHOLIC CHIEFS—CONFIRMS THE SEIZURE OF THE CHURCHES—OWA’S CASE—OWA GOES TO OCCUPY HIS LAND—IS MURDEROUSLY ATTACKED—OWA IS CALLED TO A CONFERENCE WITH THE PRIESTS—PERSECUTION OF NATIVE TEACHERS—LIFU TEACHERS LOCATED AND ATTACKED—THE BRUTAL TREATMENT OF KERISIANOCASES OF INDIVIDUAL PERSECUTION—MR ELLA ATTACKED—THE COMMUNION SERVICE INTERRUPTED—MR ELLA’S FRUITLESS APPEALS TO THE AUTHORITIES—WABALU’S VISIT TO LIFU, AND RECEPTION BY THE COMMANDANT—THE LESSON WHICH THE COMMANDANT’S CONDUCT WAS CALCULATED TO TEACH. 279
XXII. ARRIVAL OF THE COMMISSION—BULA’S CASE—MAL-ADMINISTRATION—PROHIBITION TO ERECT CHAPELS—LETTER TO THE COMMISSION—PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES—BULA AND THE COMMISSION—INJUSTICE OF THE COMMANDANT BEING ON THE COMMISSION—THE COMMISSION AT UVEARESULS. 293
XXIII. PHYSICAL FEATURES—CANNIBALISM—MASSACRES—SANDAL-WOOD DISCOVERED—FORCE OF CHARACTER OF THE NATIVES—A CANOE DRIFTED TO MARE FROM THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS—MR MURRAY’S VISIT TO MAREREPORT OF THE LANDING OF TEACHERS—GREAT REFORMATIONS FROM LITTLE EVENTS—THE EPIDEMIC AND ITS RESULTS—DEATH OF JIEUE —BRIGHTER PROSPECTS OF THE MISSION—EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF DEPUTATION—WANT OF MISSIONARIES—APPOINTMENT OF MESSRS CREAGH AND JONES—THE SETTLEMENT OF THE MISSIONARIES—HOUSES GIVEN UP FOR THEM—STATE OP THE MISSION—MR JONES SETTLES AT LOTA—DETERMINED OPPOSITION OF THE HEATHEN—HEATHEN CHIEF VISITS THE ISLE OF PINES—THE RESULT—FRUITLESS ATTEMPTS TO RECOMMENCE OUR MISSION ON NEW CALEDONIA—INCONSISTENCY OF THE GOVERNMENT. 301
XXIV. AKRIVAL OF THE PRIESTS AT MARE—ENTERING INTO OTHER MEN’S LABOURSTHE OCCASION OF QUARREL WITH THE PROTESTANTS—COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BY THE ROMAN CATHOLICS—THE AGGRESSORS ENCOURAGED BY THE CONNIVANCE OF THE AUTHORITIES—MR CREAGH’S LETTER TO THE COMMANDANT—MR CREAGH’S VISIT TO THE PRIESTS AND THE HEATHEN—POLICY OF THE PRIESTS—THE FISHING EXPEDITION DECIDED UPON—ATTACK BY HEATHEN—WANAKAM SENDS FOR RELIEFTHE GUAHMAITES ATTACKED—THE ASSAILANTS REINFORCED—THE RETREAT—THE BATTLE WITH “ BAPTISED” WEAPONS—HEATHEN ABANDON THE ROMAN CATHOLICS—CHAGRIN OF THE PRIESTS AT THE FAILURE OF THEIR SCHEMES—THEY PLAY THEIR LAST CARD—THE COMMANDANT ATTEMPTS TO CROSS TO MARE—THE PRIEST FIRES UPON NAISILIN—THE SURRENDER—NAISILIN VISITS LIEU—HIS IMPRISONMENT. 315
XXV. THE COMMANDANT VISITS MAKE—CHIEFS SENT OVER TO LIFU—UNJUST AND CRUEL DIVISION OF THE ISLAND—SEIZURE OF NAISILIN’S LETTERSINTERVIEW WITH MR CREAGH—EXTRACT FROM MR CREAGH’S LETTEE, THE STATE IN WHICH THE COMMANDANT LEAVES MARETHE COMMANDANT’S INTERVIEW WITH THE CAPTIVES AT LIFU—TREATMENT OF NAISILIN’S SON AND HEIR—" THE REIGN OF TERROR AN ATTACK UPON THE PEACEFUL NATIVES—A NATIVE STABBED BY THE CORPORAL—NATIVES ATTACKED WHILST AT WORSHIP IN THE VILLAGE CHAPEL—THE NATIVES IN A BAD CASE—THE APPOINTMENT OF A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY—DELIGHT OF THE PROTESTANTS AT THE ARRIVAL OF THE COMMISSION—HOW TO GAIN THE ESTEEM OF THE NATIVESTHE CHARGES OF THE PRIEST AGAINST MR CREAGH—M. RAT SUCCEEDED BY THE LIEUTENANT PROM LIFU—THE EYES OF THE NATIVES ARE OPENED—THEY LEAVE THE PRIESTS’ PARTY TO JOIN THE PROTESTANTS—STRATAGEM OF THE PRIESTS TO GAIN CONVERTS. 328
XXVI. RESULT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY—THE COMMANDANT RECALLEDTHE NEW GOVERNOR—CAPTAIN VOLLET’S VISIT TO THE GROUPOPENING OF THE NEW CHURCH—CAPTAIN YOLLET’S SPEECH—EVENING PARTY—OPENING SERVICES—DEPARTURE OF THE SOLDIERS—THE OCCUPATION OF THE LOYALTY GROUP A MISTAKE—EFFECT OF THE DEPARTURE OF THE SOLDIERS UPON THE ROMAN CATHOLICS—THE PAPISTS CONFOUNDED AND ASHAMED—USEFUL LESSONS LEARNT FROM THE FRENCH—PROGRESS OF THE NATIVES—BOOKS TRANSLATEDNATIVE AGENCY ; ITS EFFICIENCY—A YOUNG MISSIONARY APT TO MAKE MISTAKES—NATIVE AGENCY MORE EASILY OBTAINED, AND MORE ECONOMICAL—DIFFICULTY OF GETTING AT THE HEATHEN—POETICAL IDEAS OF MISSIONARY WORK—MISTAKEN MODE OF PROCEDURE—WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF THE ISLANDS—WHAT A MISSIONARY SHOULD BE—MISSIONARIES SHOULD ONLY DO WHAT NATIVES CAN’T DO—AN EDUCATED NATIVE MINISTRY THE WANT OF THE SOUTH SEA MISSION—A COLLEGE FOR THE SOCIETY’S SOUTH SEA MISSIONS—OBJECTIONS. 344
XXVII. EXTENSION OF THE MISSION CONSIDERED—DECISION OF THE DIRECTORSSEEKING INFORMATION ABOUT NEW GUINEA—DARNLEY ISLAND—THE “JOHN KNOX ”—SYMPATHY AND SELF-SACRIFICE OF THE NATIVES FOR THE NEW GUINEA MISSION—PROSPECT OF LOSING THEIR MISSIONARY —ARRIVAL OF MR MURRAY FROM SAMOA—ENLARGEMENT OF THE PLANS—WRECK OF THE “EMMA PATERSON”—THE SCHOONER “SURPRISE ”—VALEDICTORY SERVICES—NATIVE ORATORY—EKOT’S SPEECH —THE CONTRAST—EETURN VOYAGE—THE INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY TO NEW GUINEA AN IMPORTANT EPOCH IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY—SHOULD LOOK THE DIFFICULTIES FAIRLY IN THE FACEDIFFICULTY IN GETTING AT THE NATIVES—DANGEROUS NAVIGATIONSICKLY CLIMATE—SAVAGE PEOPLE—NUMEROUS SMALL TRIBES—MUST ADOPT A NEW PLAN—A SMALL MISSION INDISPENSABLE—DECISION OF THE DIRECTORS ABOUT THE KIND OF VESSEL—HOW WE SHOULD COMMENCE—CAPE YORK. 363
JOURNAL OF A MISSIONARY VOYAGE TO NEW GUINEA. 375

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