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"
I
now
remembered
having
heard
that
it
is
a
custom
among
the
Feejee
Islanders
that
when
the
reigning
chief
grows
old
and
infirm
,
the
heir
to
the
chieftainship
has
a
right
to
depose
his
father
,
in
which
case
he
is
considered
as
dead
,
and
is
buried
alive
.
The
young
chief
was
now
about
to
follow
this
custom
,
and
despite
my
earnest
entreaties
and
pleadings
,
the
old
chief
was
buried
that
day
before
my
eyes
in
the
same
grave
with
his
four
strangled
wives
!
Oh
,
my
heart
groaned
when
I
saw
this
!
and
I
prayed
to
God
to
open
the
hearts
of
these
poor
creatures
,
as
He
had
already
opened
mine
,
and
pour
into
them
the
light
and
the
love
of
the
Gospel
of
Jesus
.
My
prayer
was
answered
very
soon
.
A
week
afterwards
the
son
,
who
was
now
chief
of
the
tribe
,
came
to
me
,
bearing
his
god
on
his
shoulders
,
and
groaning
beneath
its
weight
.
Flinging
it
down
at
my
feet
,
he
desired
me
to
burn
it
!
"
You
may
conceive
how
overjoyed
I
was
at
this
.
I
sprang
up
and
embraced
him
,
while
I
shed
tears
of
joy
.
Then
we
made
a
fire
and
burned
the
god
to
ashes
,
amid
an
immense
concourse
of
the
people
,
who
seemed
terrified
at
what
was
being
done
,
and
shrank
back
when
we
burned
the
god
,
expecting
some
signal
vengeance
to
be
taken
upon
us
;
but
seeing
that
nothing
happened
,
they
changed
their
minds
,
and
thought
that
our
God
must
be
the
true
one
after
all
.
From
that
time
the
mission
prospered
steadily
;
and
now
,
while
there
is
not
a
single
man
in
the
tribe
who
has
not
burned
his
household
gods
and
become
a
convert
to
Christianity
,
there
are
not
a
few
,
I
hope
,
who
are
true
followers
of
the
Lamb
,
having
been
plucked
as
brands
from
the
burning
by
Him
who
can
save
unto
the
uttermost
.
I
will
not
tell
you
more
of
our
progress
at
this
time
;
but
you
see
,
"
he
said
,
waving
his
hand
around
him
,
"
the
village
,
and
the
church
did
not
exist
a
year
ago
!
"
We
were
indeed
much
interested
in
this
account
,
and
I
could
not
help
again
in
my
heart
praying
to
God
to
prosper
those
missionary
societies
that
send
such
inestimable
blessings
to
these
islands
of
dark
and
bloody
idolatry
.
The
teacher
also
added
that
the
other
tribes
were
very
indignant
at
this
one
for
having
burned
its
gods
,
and
threatened
to
destroy
it
altogether
;
but
they
had
done
nothing
yet
.
"
And
if
they
should
,
"
said
the
teacher
,
"
the
Lord
is
on
our
side
;
of
whom
shall
we
be
afraid
?
"
"
Have
the
missionaries
many
stations
in
these
seas
?
"
inquired
Jack
.
"
Oh
yes
.
The
London
Missionary
Society
have
a
great
many
in
the
Tahiti
group
,
and
other
islands
in
that
quarter
.
Then
the
Wesleyans
have
the
Feejee
Islands
all
to
themselves
,
and
the
Americans
have
many
stations
in
other
groups
.
But
still
,
my
friend
,
there
are
hundreds
of
islands
here
,
the
natives
of
which
have
never
heard
of
Jesus
,
or
the
good
word
of
God
,
or
the
Holy
Spirit
;
and
thousands
are
living
and
dying
in
the
practice
of
those
terrible
sins
and
bloody
murders
of
which
you
have
already
heard
.
--
I
trust
,
my
friends
,
"
he
added
,
looking
earnestly
into
our
faces
--
"
I
trust
that
if
you
ever
return
to
England
,
you
will
tell
your
Christian
friends
that
the
horrors
which
they
hear
of
in
regard
to
these
islands
are
literally
true
,
and
that
when
they
have
heard
the
worst
,
the
'
half
has
not
been
told
them
;
'
for
there
are
perpetrated
here
foul
deeds
of
darkness
of
which
man
may
not
speak
.
You
may
also
tell
them
,
"
he
said
,
looking
around
with
a
smile
,
while
a
tear
of
gratitude
trembled
in
his
eye
and
rolled
down
his
coal-black
cheek
--
"
tell
them
of
the
blessings
that
the
Gospel
has
wrought
here
!
"
We
assured
our
friend
that
we
would
certainly
not
forget
his
request
.
On
returning
towards
the
village
,
about
noon
,
we
remarked
on
the
beautiful
whiteness
of
the
cottages
.
"
That
is
owing
to
the
lime
with
which
they
are
plastered
,
"
said
the
teacher
.
"
When
the
natives
were
converted
,
as
I
have
described
,
I
set
them
to
work
to
build
cottages
for
themselves
,
and
also
this
handsome
church
which
you
see
.
When
the
framework
and
other
parts
of
the
house
were
up
,
I
sent
the
people
to
fetch
coral
from
the
sea
.
They
brought
immense
quantities
.
Then
I
made
them
cut
wood
,
and
piling
the
coral
above
it
,
set
it
on
fire
.
