Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ...
Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ...
William F Gill
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Most of the deacons and teachers and mission- aries from the surrounding islands had come to us for the occasion. The captain and crew of the missionary ship were there ; Eev. C. Hardie, representative of the distant Samoan churches, was there; the honoured fathers ^d founders of the mission. Rev. Messrs. Pitman and Buzacott, who had wrought labours abundant, and had endured trials unre- corded, were there; the venerable "Tinomana" and "Pa,*' chiefs who had lived thirty years of heathen life be...fore the gospel was taken to the land, were there ; the noble chief- tainess, " Makea," the worthy successor of her sainted parent, was there ; ** Papehia," the aged andtjie himourable, who, thirty years before, had landed in the mi^st of the heathen nopulation, at the peril of his life, to preach to 2 1 Digitized by VjOOQIC 114 GEMS PBOM THE COBAL ISLAin)S. them the word of salvation — ^he was there ; and to complete the hallowed chain, " Tapaeru,*' the native woman who was taken awaj from her island home a heathen captive, and re- turned a Christian pioneer — a heroine who fought for the life of " Papehia," when her savage countrymen had de- signed his murder — she was there.
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