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Chapter 30

           Whenweconsider,"addedthemissionary,"thesmallnessofthearchitectsusedbyourheavenlyFatherinordertoformthoselovelyandinnumerableislands,wearefilledwithmuchofthatfeelingwhichinducedtheancientkingtoexclaim,‘Howmanifold,OLord,areThyworks!inwisdomhastThoumadethemall.’"

           Weallheartilyagreedwiththemissionaryinthissentiment,andfeltnotalittlegratifiedtofindthattheopinionswhichJackandIhadbeenledtoform,frompersonalobservationonourCoralIsland,werethustoagreatextentcorroborated.

           ThemissionaryalsogaveusanaccountofthemannerinwhichChristianityhadbeenintroducedamongthem.Hesaid:"Whenmissionarieswerefirstsenthere,threeyearsago,asmallvesselbroughtthem;andthechief,whoisnowdead,promisedtotreatwellthetwonativeteacherswhowereleftwiththeirwivesontheisland.Butscarcelyhadtheboatwhichlandedthemreturnedtotheshipthanthenativesbegantomaltreattheirguests,takingawayalltheypossessed,andofferingthemfurtherviolence,sothatwhentheboatwassentinhastetofetchthemaway,theclothesofbothmenandwomenweretornnearlyofftheirbacks.

           "Twoyearsafterthisthevesselvisitedthemagain,andI,beinginher,volunteeredtolandalone,withoutanygoodswhatever,beggingthatmywifemightbebroughttomethefollowingyearthatis,thisyear;and,asyousee,sheiswithme.

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