Murray.
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So a teacher from Samoa stayed there and taught the people, while
Elikana went to begin work in an island near by.
To-day a white lady missionary has gone to live in the Ellice Islands,
and the people are Christians, and no slave-trader can come to snatch
them away.
So there sailed over the waters of the wondrous isles first the boat
of sunrise and then the ship of darkness, and last of all the ship
of the Peace of God. The ship of darkness had seemed for a time to
conquer, but her day is now over; and to-day on that beach, as the
sunlight brims over the edge of the sea, and a new Lord's Day dawns,
you may hear the islanders sing their praise to the Light of the
World, Who shines upon them and keeps them safe.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 31: F[)a]-ee-v[)a] t[)a] l[=a].]
CHAPTER X
THE ARROWS OF SANTA CRUZ
_Bishop Patteson_
(Date of Incident--August 15th, 1864)
The brown crew of _The Southern Cross_ breathed freely again as the
anchor swung into place and the schooner began to nose her way out
into the open Pacific. They were hardened to dangers, but the Island
of Tawny Cannibals had strained their nerve, by its hourly perils
from club and flying arrow. The men were glad to see their ship's bows
plunge freely again through the long-backed rollers.
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