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To no part of the heathen world since the days of the first lieraMs j{ the crofls, have missionary enterprises bnen more saccessfal, than to Polynesia; the history of which, at the same time that it gives ample testimony to the sufficiency and remedial efficacy of the gospel to raise ban from his iallen state of degradation and misery, and to restore him ^ virtue, holiness, and to God; also, gives the most satisluctory and com- plete refutation to ail the subtle arguments of Infidels, hy which, they in saligning the gospel, endeavour to show that it is insufficie'nt to raise jian from his fallen state ,and to civilize, moralizo, and bles3 him. And'it Is worthy of remark, that it Wijs at a time when bold during Infidels, c- specially on the Continent of Europe, were raising their blaspheming tongues against God and the holy doctrines of the cros:^, ( to which they were indebted for many of the blessings which they enjoyed,) that it [pleased God to give wonderful success to the preaching of the gospel by iHis servants pmong the barbarous natives of Eastern Polynesia, who ivere thereby blessed in all their civil, and Spiritual relations. And » i.js, by the eJevation and salvation of one of the most savage and de- Igraded portions of the human family, by the preaching of the gospel ,( [which no other means could effect, )God gave such a rebuke to Infidels [llnd all unbeuevers,a8 should forever sufRce to shut their mouths in si- llence before the glorious triumphs of the gospel. IThe beautiful iskuds of tha Pacific were not discovered, till the latter Ijpart of the last century. Captain WalHs of his^ majesty's ship Dolphin, [discovered the island of Tahiti in the year 1767, as he was directing his [way across the comparatively, untraversed waters of the Pacific; and he jwith no small joy took possession of it in the name of king George [II, and raised over it that flag, which has braved the battle & breeso for imore than 300 years. But the missionaries of the cross subsequently, [took possession of it in the name of a gr«ater king,— even king Jesus; \an^ af^er a mighty struggle with the great enemy of souls, by the help [of the Lord, drove him from his fortified possessions, with a shout of tri- lumpant victory, and raised over his citadel, powerfully fortified against I Zions' king, the banner of the crcs8,which has for nearly two thousand years braved all the storms of earth and hell. When Captain Wallis re- turped to Britain, and made known hts discoveries in the Pacific, there was much interest awakened in the minds of many persona aboat this jnowly discovTid portion of the globe, Qspecially|among samns; which, led I to the appointment of Captain Cook to convey astronomers and other sci- antifle men thither, which enterprise, reculted in the discot'ery of many new islands of the Pacific, by Captain Cook, among which were tha I Sandwich Islatids, where he waf killed in a quarrel with tha natives in 1 the year 1797. These late discoveries, which took place according to j the purpose and proyidenoe of God, opened up inew doers for the spread of the gospel in this portion of the heathen world, and brouj^t to light many astounding facts, relative to tha awfully degraded condition of the I natives of these fair blooming isles, whose rich fruitful hills, and Edeu val?8, embelliBhed by the finger o:* God with al! that is truly attractiva <*!> s. .«€' n5 ^ \So'^ -^ r1 (2) in senery and rlcb in verdure, regaleJ the senses of tlie nnxious man-- ner, on bis first approach to their shores; — man only rcmainn^g unlove- ly — vilo and degraded — a brutish cannibal ; which circumstance, when first published in tlie Christian world, was considered incredible. Dut, iho' the natives were thus found to be degraded and brutalized, by their liorrid rites and savage practices.yet there was much in them toexcito interest on their behalf in the minds of their new visiters. — Their coun- tenances, for the most part, are open and prfipossessing, having little in common with those of the African, but often bearing a strong resemblance to those of the European; and thsir intellectual faculties are not naturally inferior to those of the inhabitants of other parts of the world. Their visages present every variety of shade, from a light brcwn, or copper colour, to r. dark brown, or olive, and sometimes blaci:. Those of the former colour inhabit Eastern rolynesia,and those of the latier Western Polynesia. There can be little doubt, that ail the eastern islands of Polynesia were peopled from A ia ,but the origin of the other race who inhatit the western islands of the Pacific, is inveloped in greater obscurity. The former race is termed Malayo-I'olynesians , aiid the latter Papuans, who appear to be the rei>l Aborigines of the Pacifi;^ O- cean. This race inhabit the Feegee Islands, Loyalty Islaids, Now Ca- ledonia, Kew Hebrides, the populous island of New Guinea, and other is- 1"'h19 of less importance. The marks of distinction between the Ma- liij j-Polyne5ian9,and the Papuans, begin to appear at the Feegeo Is- lands, sibout 400 miles from the New Ilobrides ; altho'» tho natives of the Loyalty Islands — Marce, Lifu, and Uea ; and also, New Caledonia, manifest nearly the same proximity to tho Malayo-Polynesians r.s the Feegeeans.especially in the light oo) ar of their skin. The distinction however, between the two races who people Polynesia, — in thei'' lan- guage, stature, and personal appearance, is quite manifest at the New Jlebrides. Of tiie Mala; u-Polynesians , the natives of tho Marquesas Islands are the most perfect models of beauty ; and of tlie Papuans, the natives of Vufe in the New Hebrides, who are inveterate cannibals. The Yateans also, follow the inhuman practice of diminishing the nun^bcr oi their ohiidrop,by burying them alive, when (hey become any cumbrance to their wretched down-trodden mothers. That a million oi iiuuian be- ings thus dcgrc ^ d and ruined without the gospel — enveloped in thick darkness — sittii In the region and shadow of death , should awaken ninch sympathy on their behalf in the hearts of many British Christians soon after they were discovered, with an ardent desire to send them tho gospel — the only remedy for fallen humanity, is no marvel. About this Uaie, the Lord put it into the hearts of several of His servants, to care for the perishing heathen, among whom was the liev. Melville Home, who published a series of letters on the subject of missions, in the Evan- gelical Magazine, towards the end of the last century, which led to tho formation of tne London Missionary Society ; whose first noble work in in the cause of foreign missions, was the sending of the missionary ship Duff with a band of missionaries to Tahiti in tho South Seas ; who after their arrival there, laboured for a season under many discouragemeuts & persecutions, so that several of them left tho island. But after a Icng season of prayer and perseverance in the good work, God heard the prayers of His faithful servants who remained on the island, and the Ho- ly Spirit was poured out from on high,and many were turned to tho Lord; so that henceforth from Tahiti sounded out the word of tho Lord to many other islands of lilaslcrn Polynesia. And wo should pray ■1 / 5.5?S-. vCiifj-:2~ (3) God, to make Aneiteura to Wes'ern T nlynfisia, wliat ITe lias made Tahi- ti to Eastern Polynesia.. Th; London Mi.ssionary Society pro3ccuted their missions to tho South Seis with great vi^or, and from time to time increased tiie number of tlieir first mis>ionurios, by sendin;^ out ordained minister-, among whom was the calebrated Williams, who in his indi fati- cable exertions to spread the savour of Chrisl's precious name amoiip; the perishini:; heatlion, built a vessel of about 80 tons, under tiio most un- favourable cTrcumstances, and went from island to island, carrying teach- ers with him.iill more than 200,000 Malayo-Polynesians heard of sal- vation from sin and from wrath by the cross ; and ho ceased not his no- ble exertions for tho salvation of p -shing souls, till ho fell a martyr under the assassin's club .at Erroman?;o, in the year isr.9, wnile on an errand of mercy and love to its cruel inhabitants. Thus lerniinaled tli.'s life of oao of the most active and zealous missionaries ot the cross, wi'h .vhich tho Church and the world have been blessed for many years- God "rant, that his ra."-ntle may descend on many otlicr missionaries of the cro^s till ail nations shall hoar the glad tidmgs ot salvation, and be- in-^ delivered from the thraldom of Satan— shout unto God witli the voico oflriumph, acknowledging the Lord Most lli.^h to be a great king over all the earth. Tho language of Mr. Williams, when pleading wthtlui Committee of the London iMissionary Society for a vessel to aid him in the work of missions, maniiesta in tho clearest manner the true spirit ot a mis^ionarv of the cross— "A missionary," he says," was never design- ed by .T"sus Christ to gather a hundred or two natives, and sit down at P!T«c,as contented as if every sinner was saved, whihi thousands around ii'im,'aud but a few miles olV, are eating each other's llesh, and drinking each other's blood, living and dying without tho gospel. For my part, I cannot content myself within the limits of a single reet." He show- I'd the Committee ai tlii,-- time how much more missionaries could do, in cpreadin'' the cospel, if they were better supplied wiih mean-;. Sucli \l t'lp spi'-it that animated this noble herald ofthu cross, when he parted with his wife and family at Samoa, to carry the glad tidings of salvation to the Papuan race in the western isles of the Pacific, for whose salvati- on he had long and ardently desired to do something : and believing that Uie New llebrides would, if possessed, be a key to the Loyalty Is- I'ltid^i Now Caledonia, and New Guinea, he directed his course thither carry'in^ twelve teachtrs with him, two of whom he left by tho way at the island of Ptotama, where there was an urgent demand for teachers. After Mr, Williams arrived at tho New Hebrides, no circumstance trans- pired which animated and cheered his soul moro than his reception by tho Tane^^e, with whom l.e left two teachers -, for tho next day al'ter hav- ill" left thorn, while on hi? way to Erromango, he said that he was al- most determineil to bring his lamily from Samoa, and come and live at; the New Hebrides, that he might add the Taneso and other Papuans to tho kingdom of Christ. Hut iha night following he was very gloomy, sleop forsook his waking eyes, and die next day ho exchanged the earthly house of bis tabernacle, for an house not made with hands, eternal in tho heavens. And with the valuable life of Mr. Williams.ceased to a "oat extent any successful eli'ort to subdue this portion of the kingdom^ ba- lan under the dominion of the Lord Jesus, till the Presbyte-ian Gharch of Nova Scotia Bci.t to it the Kev. John Geddie, and the Ueforraed 1 res- bvlerian Church oi Scotland tho Kev. John Inglis, who have been snc- ce&sful m raising the first Christian Church which has ever been esta- blished among t!u) Papuan race ; for the accomplishing of which, Mr. ,^ -^tf0^lf0*''' (4 And . 1 .1 ,.«,.«a ^( rrrntnanfo With hls heart's blood, Williams stnincl the «to"''\«f^'"7cimrches to go up and take possess- surely God is now cncouras.ng the^e ^'^'"*;''';' '^^^^^^^ ^f ^ rich harvest U.. o?.he lana,;.y ^^:^;:^Z:::;^£S:^^^y ^^^ stiU ™ore nf prccions souls. Aim one .mi j , j j g^ Christ- e(f-t..ally -si.t >a the a a.n^ S'lo: establishing an enicient honouring an ol.j^ c., is, to 'u™;' , . j- -^^.^ Hebrides, to e- Seminnry at A.uM,eu.n l^'^^^^^^^i^Xhy -neans of the En- aucute a Par^--'^", ?;^JJ^, °^„" ;^ch le natives Lke good profieien- gli.sh language and •''^''\'"''''V'i'tv would I have no doubt, assist in 'y, '''rlr''''^:^:^^ st; sirJleslls now generally felt to Erad^:r-foreJ^n.:issionary_c^enUions, and vigorous eflorts ^re be And Scolh The servants ot Home are now wuv^—o V",y,,,. ' ti,p missi- onaries of the London 31. «°^f y' "^^^^^tlropposition : and let us not l^eegee Islands aj-e now -S ' rP-^^f ^^.PSushing themselves at entertain the idea, that ti.ose wau nro"ress of our missionaries. New Caledonhi will »>« '"^^''^^'^''"^tn bv^ he Pope to a section of his The South S-: if-^;J-?, rthf S ofCeVand to aeeompll.h thi., army ui h ranee to uo auuv,a u mv^ .-- ^ _^„ u^^tncttint. missi- ful, and therefore, is .:o J.^'u be mot by v'^'orous efforts on the part of iVionds C'f-'-ry. ^;^^ ;;■ ^ :',its to ufe PaeiOe, sueh as furnishing tbo all ^^"l'PO^'°^^ °!P^ ;'\'^! '' n "ari.s, so as to facilitate the progress of means to establish etHcient ^'^^""'^ ; "^ , • tion of the world under the .missionaries of the cross, in ^"^^ f S ;,^', ^^S'ated to the empire the dominion of the ^ovd Jesus e e it c n be sub^^ ^^^^ of the rope of Home. 1 ln= -•■^^''•^>''; ';''"° ^^,,, ,,uh a bishop and ,he fact, that but a few ^ars ago theor .en ^ ve. e n ,^^^l^ ^^.^^^ .. ightenn priests to the «o -.ori I .om^ V^^ Us j^S, for hi^rich dress cdby the natives at li>:\'-l'\'\'l.^l^.^"^^'.lV_l >, the priests a- Tho blessed gospel of ^''^ .f , ',^,\" • \" u. Malayo-Polynesians rator of fallen humanity :-it hn, i^'t'^'llf,\,^^^S. t,i/in like- -' -y .„ ... -^i, i,u nc'-s'on was decorated, ) the priests ^^.- and gay ornaments wihvc^^^^ ^^^^,^,^,^ f4ld ; and. that bondoncd this part el l;'0;nes;^ ^f^;;, ^^^„^^^ ^,.,^ ii,,;, entrance info ♦.h Tahiti, aftc r!^Lrator of fallen humanity ;--:;;;;;;';';;^j-i,- yet destined,' in like- ,,,„. their -J^, ^"^JiS^^ iw^id hLten to preach Christ '^ Ln., ere they cle, and are ct-^^ -^;,^ ^^^.^^n islands of Previous to the introduction of the gospel nto t e ^^^^ Polynesia, the natives were :n,uk '"^« f f ij,;"^,,' %^,; people Wea- ,3 i the pr^sent -aUK. . near^ "^^iJ^^^^Jof L Slands, to S^SSaleSb:ur:ngtrLfc.t.e^^^^ flesh Ihey higidy pvi^c.l on accoun o s " ''^^ ^;^„,_ i, ,,« of changed their child. en w.th ""f "«^'';^X- hincrs reparea-300 hu- their feasts, the cook announced, among othei things picpareu / W7^^^^ to ( 5 ) man bodies i ! That Europeans, who arc killed in thoir (Jtjarrcla with the native:', are so disnosod of, is a well known fact. ThorJis however, a pcnpral helief amon^ thorn in the disagreeable flavour of. their flesh, which, to-^olher with a dtead belief in the superiority of the «tranger a CO'' oponite favourably under the providence of Liod in prtserviug I)eacet\l)lc foreigner?, in general, from this dreadful fate. Woman, waa found de-graded in every sense of the term, eapccially after marriage,-- who henceforth became the slave of her unhappy lord, who gave her ihe . hardest of the work to perform, and fed her with the worst of the food. It was sullicicut for a woman to touch an csfVering for the gods, in order to pollute it ; and therefor;,', great care was exercised by the servants of the priests, to seize their victims in the absence of female relatives.— Two of these instrumonl.«\ on n certain occasion called at an house in the absence of tlie landlord, and a iked his wife for something to eat, wiiich she readily gave them. They then inquired for her husband, and fiud- in- that he was planting bananas— went after him-clubbed him, and car- ried him away lor an olforing to the gods. His wife came out in time to witness the assassination of her husband, and the scene that ensued was truly aiVecting. Some of the natives on these occasions, manliest Creat tenderness and allecliou for their relatives, while others again ap- tiiar to be the very person: lieation of cold indifference. This man w„3 a Chris'. an ; for.reccvering from the first blow which he recieved, he tpake of his hope in Jesus. A forei-ner by the name of Jackson, who resided ai th'^ F.-egee Islands for several years, states, that ho came to a scttle- raent on jit^-tpin occasion where a heap of provisions was prepared, up- i,n wiiieii was set a young woman fantastically ornamented. He being roqu .''-ted with, their horrid practices at such times, knew well what she- wc, ph.ced there for, and resolved, that he would save hsr at any hazard, which resolution, he succcfs-fully carried into effect. Well may Profes- fior Robinson say, that " it is to the go?pel alone, woman is indebted for the privileges which she enjoys in Christian countiies". The burying of relatives alive, was also another of thoir inhuman practices. A Fee- cee young man, was found by a stranger on a certain day folding up his mat on which he had been sleeping, going away to be buried, because he was sickly ;— and thereforu was alVaid the women would call him " hla" ( skeleton. ) and laugh at him, which to the Feegeeans, is intolerable.— lli^ lather dug iiis grave, and refusing to hear hi* request to be stran- ''ied rather than smothered i.T a grave, forced hiro to get into it, aftei which be trampled the earth upon him till his groans were hushe'l in death. Aft-r the ceremony was over, his father, mother, and relatives bade him fariwel! , ami reUiriied home and made merry. Their wars, were carried on with dreadful carnage, so that several is- lands were thereby nearly d.-populated. On one isi.-.ud the natives were reduced to six or ei?;ht "individuals, and they were then fighting with oneanother for the chieftainship. Prisoners taken in war, were general- ly slain for their flesh, or cruelly treated by their victors. Jackson says, that while he wa3 at the Foegee Islands, ho saw forty prisoners lashed with banana-trees, and used as roller? for launching canoes.— Their cries jvnd piercing shrieks, which could be heard for half a mile, were entirely drowned bj^he howling song and demon-like laughcf their cruel victors. When the hunching was over, some of the poor fellows were found in violent convulsion--, while others were lying with their entrails complete- ly crushed out— all expiring in dreadful agony. One of the natives who i / "V. .c \ &!'rfe,i tmm ^"*^!- outside." cnl by tho ''"'•''«•' ■'^''^7,/;p,,,,,.^n/in the miJst of whom, a nussmnu- rv now nt iho Now 1I'""'\VJ j . nVl hut a tew milc^ off, arc o■^u^^z each o,hor'« ^^f '!; "";'^i;:'^^ ^^ "^,.k inio all tho horror, ot ..annibal .m o„t the RO'pel." |''"''l'^ wcTu t -st.a by llu3 luto visits of Caplun 1m- „„1 binuaulosraaauon H ve a . e y ^^^^^^^_^^,,^,^^, .„ ^^^^y n^ away ,khio to Uo.un'.i If y"°''"*'/;l' ''' liior,, who nvo .omKimtM tl-o cans. f...,a, Tana ono ot .h..o ^^^ ' | ^ , ^^^^ ,. r,,, a few y.ar.s_ a,o. ih. crew.softwovosseU-lheC^^'^^'J- ^ ,^^ ,,,,,,,1 vossd'. ™as.acr.a at Vat« m «1^^^.^, ^j .;.'''; o^, bodi.. were .-i.ea nn.l crews at Marco ot ,h. 7f ' f, ^ '' r^^t thi. 1. not the woV.t uf thciv crriod o>Vby tho -^'J^^^i.^^at -4 without th. go.pel-, wi.ch ..n- condition =--Mt .. hen ^J ^^J ,^ ^„f Unnr future pro.pc'" ,"1"^°; ' ,1 ^,,, s„f,erings of fretting leproMC?, ia hc'.l forever, 'i»pl'C-\"'°\\ ,1 .• .,, ..t-ir its bloody carna-c-moro— postikntial pla,u.., - ' ^ ';; ;^r^i. Hn,^ of fall', humanity if they iniiniteJy more than f .^'7, l"'^-"" „f ono sutVorer. AlUhe^e ihu.saon could bo concentrated in tlu- pci .0 ^^^^^ ^^^^ ..jUadows of the doors this side of the prison ot "J'" -y; ; ' ' , i^^jju of those portals, whiciv o( d.ath." And oh, how fear (I ™ f ^ J ';;^;,„ ,,,os., vlvm II If tho send forth sueh »1'=°\=^\'''';„ V lu n all tho present sullevings of per.sh- ,hadows ot this deaih ^^;° "; ^S, 1 e bh eknc:-s ofdarluvss for-ver/ in;, souls, what must ,^1^V In 'x I t 'oul", says the Ilcv. Mr. llali,".t ..To shadow ''•^•••K'l'^l'°^:,f "*:V ! i. t^.; aid tho moon hor bright- would not .ntVicc tor tl>« "" ^^^ ,. ^i ,Au. heaven, with saekelo.h ; ness, or to cover the ocean ^ " .^ ^ J.^J^ j j^ ^^ possible for her to utter „or were all nature to become "^J ' ™ j!^,,,;,!; ,, „,icquate iuea of tho ,, .roan too deep, or a c y loo V^^'^^'' ,.. The Lord from heaven „.';,nitude, and extent oi f''f ^'^^ f; 'S ,ets.,"as never man snake';.- spakc on this awful tl>en^« « o' " '_^ j;;^^),^,,.;. ^ 5,,^, v,-orm-thirstin?. lie spake of tho Sf ^''''•\ ;„ .f ' ii,u„e=,-and the unriuenchahic liie, and torments of a lost soul '"'J° '"'^^i. „,ui the saving of perishms ^vhen Ho set forth tJ-J--;;- ( l! tc5 to the ^loi^of God-is. sinners from ^«'"S '^.^ ;^;",i^missioa into our world. .How great- an object worthy ot ll^-^^^^j,, ^.u-ation of one soul viewed in light exceedinu' 2veat tl'^n, mu=t bo >e ^^,,,.,„.t„t,, , dinner from tho of etern.: '■! J''"-- ,f .^^^ '^fj ,om death, and shall hide amuU.tudo error of hi. way shall ^=^^« -y"" ,^,,, an event as tnis ,w.ll. as Olains". The au^.ts 'l'> '^«^ '°; ./ P°J,, . Co. when the glad tidings ot „»uch cold -^-•^^,'^"^%^;"^, r„ £1 linioa of sin and Satan and it. ^:^^SuZ:^^^ them, there i. a shout of thanksgiving, '"tfffWVf' ^ ' \\ \ (7 ) to lioil for the victory to be lieurJ in IIU roynl ciiy:--"Joy uboiinda in imrniliic among tbc ho5t3 of Iiciivlmi '' Tbo blessed jj;o3[ml is the only remedy to meet tliO desperate case of lUe lienlben, und we should make liastc to preach Christ unto them, be- loie tlii-y lire lost forever. Satiiu's ntrong Iioldi in Kastorn Polynesia have already fallen beforo the power of the gos(iel, and the prey lias been taken fiom the rni^^lily, and llio lawful cai>tivo8 delivered. But it is far otherwise yet, as we havo seen, in Western Polynesia : there ho reigns almost triumphantly, — only one o( his forts boing yet taken, — viz, Anei- leum, over which, the banner of the cross now lloats most >^loriously in lionour of kin;i Jesus, by ivhoso Spirit rendering tflectual the weapons of His servants warfare, it has been so victoriously taken. Altho' (ho attempt to take the enemy's citadnl at Tana Ins hitherto proved unsuc- cessful, and some •'.•oldiers of the cross have fallen In the cause of Jesus ; yei there is nj cause to despair. — Tliis island, Erromango, and other strong holdaof Satan in the is'ew llebriJe.e, will soon fail before the migh- ty power of the go«pel. Wo have much to encourage us in tbo great work of foreign missions in which we are engaged. — Our Allies in this waifare, the London IM. Society, and the K. rresbyterian Church of Scot- land, are noble champions of the truth, and by cernl Rtrnnd, Where Alrtc's sunny ttni-itainti lioll down tlioir golden sand ; From many an ancient river. From many a palmy pluin, They cull IIS to d;:livf r Their land from error's chain What lhoni;Ii the ppicy hrcf'zuf lilow soil o'er Ceylon'd i.-^le ; Tliuii^li every prospect pleiuc;. . And only man its vilo ; In vain, v.i'h lavl h kir.dnc:;. Tim j;ifi3 of (lod are Htrewn; Tho hcalhen, in their blindncsi!, . IJow down to wood and btono. ! Sliall wp. whoso soula arc lijLtcd By wisdom tVom on Lif»h ; Shall we, to man bpnli,ducd, Tho lamp of lifu deny?— Salvaticii, O salvation ! The joyful sonnd proclaim, f Till each remotest nation Haa lep.rnt Messiah's name. Waft, waft, ye v.ind-!, I fie story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a seaof qlory, ; It spreads from pole to pole: Xill o'er our ranaom'd nature, -The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign. a i This Tract has beni prepared and 13 published hy George N. Gordon, vTS\r'^^ '° ^'""'"'^ ''^''° Pf^P^ring for missionary service in W. Halifax N,. S,, April 3, 1855. J siiiajs*^'. X ;'.-..■ (/ill/for,/ '^=z J^'HUT aiNOtR -" ■ Syacui*, N. r 4|^B j^ntiiT •iNOfiP' ■ Syfatui*. N. y, iZZI S'ocliton, CaV.t, ?T