George Brown; D.D., pioneer-missionary and explorer an autobiography a narrative of forty-eight years' residence and travel in Samoa, New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
Автор:George Brown Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 172 ISBN: 1150828889 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...I am certain that our Mission here stands better with the natives than it did before, and that we are in a better position to do them good. They respect us more than they did, and as they all acknowledge the justice of our cause they bear us no ill-will. Human life is safe here now for many years to come. I can locate teachers in the very towns which suffered the most, and they will be well received, not because they fear us, but because they feel it to be the best thing for them. We have had several proofs since, both from New Ireland and other places, that other lives would have been sacrificed if no action had been taken by us. On looking back now, some weeks afterwards, when our feelings are not excited as they were when we first heard of the sad affair, and...
