Chapter II: The Home-Lands and the Islands (2)

It is easy to raise the shallow cry that the New Hebrides Mission is overmanned, as compared with India, China and Africa, as some, and very specially the same men who most keenly oppose the _Dayspring_, are persistently doing. We might answer by retort,—Your own Towns and Villages are overmanned; why not resign your charges, and go to the millions of Heathendom? But we leave that retort to others, and reply: There are differences in all these fields of enterprise, which demand specific adaptation of means to ends, and we fearlessly declare, in the face of all Christendom, that God Himself has approved of our system by the almost unparalleled results. We plant down our European Missionary with his staff at a given Station. We surround him with Native Teachers, who pioneer amongst all the Villages within reach. His life-work is to win that Island, or that People, for God and Civilization. He masters their Language, and reduces it to writing. He translates and prints portions of the Bible. He opens Schools, and begins teaching the whole population. He opens a Communicants’ Class, and trains his most hopeful Converts for full membership in the Church. And there he holds the fort, and toils, and prays, till the Gospel of Jesus has not only been preached to every creature whom he can reach, but also reduced to practice in the new habits and the new religious and social life of the Community. In this way has Aneityum been won for Christ, and thoroughly Christianized; and Aniwa, and Erromanga, and Efatè, and Nguna, and Tongoa, and several adjoining Isles. And, humanly speaking, there is no other way in which these Tribes and Peoples can be evangelized. The next stage will be that of the Native Pastorate, with a very few superintending European Missionaries—a stage on which, for instance, my own Aniwa has long since practically entered, the Elders carrying on all the work of the Church, with an occasional visit from a neighboring Missionary. But the foundations of Civilization and of Christianity must either be laid and solidly built up by a Missionary for each of these Peoples, or they will never be laid at all.

Let our Churches then go forward on the lines which God the Lord hath blessed. Complete the pioneering work on the New Hebrides, bring the Gospel within reach of every creature there, and then set free your money and your men to do the same elsewhere. But even in India and in China and in Africa, with their countless millions, learn a lesson from the work on the New Hebrides. Plant down your forces in the heart of one Tribe or Race, where the same Language is spoken. Work solidly from that centre, building up with patient teaching and lifelong care a Church that will endure. Rest not till every People and Language and Nation has such a Christ-centre throbbing in its midst, with the pulses of the New Life at full play. Rush not from Land to Land, from People to People, in a breathless and fruitless Mission. Kindle not your lights so far apart, amid the millions and the wastes of Heathendom, that every lamp may be extinguished without any of the others knowing, and so leave the blackness of their Night blacker than ever. The consecrated Common-sense that builds for Eternity will receive the fullest approval of God in Time.

Oh that I had my life to begin again! I would consecrate it anew to Jesus in seeking the conversion of the remaining Cannibals on the New Hebrides. But since that may not be, may He help me to use every moment and every power still left to me to carry forward to the uttermost that beloved work. Doubtless these poor degraded Savages are a part of the Redeemer’s inheritance, given to Him in the Father’s Eternal Covenant, and thousands of them are destined through us to sing His praise in the glory and the joy of the Heavenly World! And should the record of my poor and broken life lead any one to consecrate himself to Mission work at Home or Abroad that he may win souls for Jesus, or should it even deepen the Missionary spirit in those who already know and serve the Redeemer of us all—for this also, and for all through which He has led me by His loving and gracious guidance, I shall, unto the endless ages of Eternity, bless and adore my beloved Master and Saviour and Lord, to whom be glory forever and ever.

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_MISSIONS, AFRICA._

The Personal Life of David Livingstone.

Chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family. By W. GARDEN BLAIKIE, D.D., LL.D. With Portrait and Map. _New, cheap edition._ 508 pages, 8vo, cloth, $1.50.

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David Livingstone.

His Labors and His Legacy. By A. MONTEFIORE, F.R.G.S. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. 160 pages, 12mo, cloth, 75c.

David Livingstone.

By Mrs. J. H. WORCESTER, Jr., Missionary Annals Series. 12mo, paper, net, 15c.; flexible cloth, net, 30c.

Reality vs. Romance in South Central Africa.

Being an Account of a Journey across the African Continent, from Benguella on the West Coast to the mouth of the Zambesi. By JAMES JOHNSTON, M.D. With 51 full-page photogravure reproductions of photographs by the author, and a map. Royal 8vo, cloth, boxed, $4.00.

The Story of Uganda

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“To be commended as a good, brief, general survey of the Protestant
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Robert Moffat,

The Missionary Hero of Kuruman. By DAVID J. DEANE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _25th thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Robert Moffat.

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The Congo for Christ.

The Story of the Congo Mission. By Rev. JOHN B. MYERS. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Tenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

On the Congo.

Edited from Notes and Conversations of Missionaries, by Mrs. H. GRATTAN GUINNESS. 12mo, paper, 50c.

Samuel Crowther, the Slave Boy

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Thomas Birch Freeman.

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“Well written and well worth reading.”—_The Faithful Witness._

Seven Years in Sierra Leone.

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Johnson was a missionary of the Church Missionary Society in Regent’s
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Among the Matabele.

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Peril and Adventure in Central Africa.

Illustrated Letter to the Youngsters at Home. By BISHOP HAMMINGTON. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, 50c.

Madagascar of To-Day.

A Sketch of the Island. With Chapters on its History and Prospects. By Rev. W. E. COUSINS, Missionary of the London Missionary Society since 1862. Map and Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

Madagascar.

Its Missionaries and Martyrs. By Rev. W. J. TOWNSEND, D.D. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Tenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Madagascar.

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Madagascar.

Country, People, Missions. By Rev. JAMES SIBREE, F.R.G.S. Outline Missionary Series. 16mo, paper, 20c.

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Chinese Characteristics.

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A Cycle of Cathay;

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Glances at China.

By Rev. GILBERT REID, M.A., Founder of the Mission to the Higher Classes. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, 80c.

Pictures of Southern China.

By Rev. JAMES MACGOWAN. With 80 Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, $4.20.

A Winter in North China.

By Rev. T. M. MORRIS. With an Introduction by Rev. RICHARD GLOVER, D.D., and a Map. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

John Livingston Nevius,

For Forty Years a Missionary in Shantung. By his wife, HELEN S. C. NEVIUS. With an Introduction by the Rev. W. A. P. MARTIN, D.D. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, $2.00.

The Sister Martyrs of Ku Cheng.

Letters and a Memoir of ELEANOR and ELIZABETH SAUNDERS, Massacred August 1st, 1895. Illustrated, 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

China.

By Rev. J. T. GRACEY, D.D. _Seventh edition_, revised. 16mo, paper, 15c.

Protestant Missions in China.

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_MISSIONS, CHINA AND FORMOSA._

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Among the Mongols.

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James Gilmour and His Boys.

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Griffith John,

Founder of the Hankow Mission, Central China. By WILLIAM ROBSON. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, 75c.

John Kenneth Mackenzie,

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The Story of the China Inland Mission.

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From Far Formosa:

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In the Tiger Jungle.

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Adoniram Judson.

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Once Hindu, now Christian.

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William Carey.

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William Carey.

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Alexander Duff.

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Reginald Heber,

Bishop of Calcutta, Scholar and Evangelist. By ARTHUR MONTEFIORE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Heavenly Pearls Set in a Life.

A Record of Experiences and Labors in America, India, and Australia. By Mrs. LUCY D. OSBORN. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

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Persian Life and Customs.

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Justin Perkins,

Pioneer Missionary to Persia. By his son, Rev. H. M. PERKINS. Missionary Annals Series. 12mo, paper, net, 15c.; flexible cloth, net, 30c.

Women and the Gospel in Persia.

By Rev. THOMAS LAURIE, D.D. Missionary Annals Series. 12mo, paper, net, 15c.; flexible cloth, net, 30c.

Henry Martyn, Saint and Scholar.

First Modern Missionary to the Mohammedans. 1781–1812. By GEORGE SMITH, author of “Life of William Carey,” “The Conversion of India,” etc. With Portrait, Map, and Illustrations. Large 8vo, cloth, gilt top, $3.00.

“This excellent biography, so accurately written, so full of interest
and contagious enthusiasm, so well arranged, illustrated, and indexed,
is worthy of the subject.”—_The Critic._

Henry Martyn.

His Life and Labors: Cambridge—India—Persia. By JESSE PAGE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Eleventh thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Henry Martyn.

Missionary to India and Persia. 1781–1812. Abridged from the Memoir by Mrs. SARAH J. RHEA. Missionary Annals Series. 12mo, paper, net, 15c.; flexible cloth, net, 30c.

The Conversion of India.

From Pantænus to the Present Time, A. D. 193–1893. By GEORGE SMITH, C.I.E., author of “Henry Martyn.” Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

The Cross in the Land of the Trident.

By Rev. HARLAN P. BEACH, Educational Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement. _5th thousand._ 12mo, paper, net, 25c.; cloth, 50c.

_MISSIONS, JAPAN._

Rambles in Japan,

The Land of the Rising Sun. By Rev. Canon H. B. TRISTRAM, D.D., F.R.S. With forty-six illustrations by EDWARD WHYMPER, a Map, and an index. 8vo, cloth, $2.00.

“A delightful book by a competent author, who, as a naturalist, writes
well of the country, while as a Christian and a humanitarian he writes
with sympathy of the new institutions of new Japan.”—_The
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The Gist of Japan:

The Islands, their People, and Missions. By Rev. R. B. PEERY, A.M., Ph.D., of the Lutheran Mission, Saga. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth decorated, $1.25.

This book does not pretend to be an exhaustive treatise of an
exhaustless topic; it does pretend to cover the subject; and whosoever
is eager to know the “gist” of those matters Japanese in which
Westerners are most interested—the land, the people, the coming of
Christianity, the difficulties and prospects of her missions, the
condition of the native Church—will find it set down in Dr. Peery’s
book in a very interesting, reliable, instructive, and condensed form.

The Ainu of Japan.

The Religion, Superstitions, and General History of the Hairy Aborigines of Japan. By Rev. JOHN BATCHELOR. With 80 Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

“Mr. Batchelor’s book, besides its eighty trustworthy illustrations,
its careful editing, and its excellent index, is replete with
information of all sorts about the Ainu men, women, and children.
Almost every phase of their physical and metaphysical life has been
studied, and carefully noted.”—_The Nation._

The Diary of a Japanese Convert.

By KANZO UCHIMURA. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

“This book is far more than the name indicates. It is the only book of
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diction, forceful in style, and fearless in criticism.”—_The
Interior._

A Maker of the New Japan.

Joseph Hardy Neesima, the Founder of Doshisha University. By Rev. J. D. DAVIS, D.D., Professor in Doshisha. Illustrated. _Second edition._ 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

“The life is admirably and spiritedly written, and its hero stands
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for light and help in his educational plans.”—_The Examiner._

_MISSIONS, PACIFIC ISLANDS._

John G. Paton,

Missionary to the New Hebrides. An Autobiography, edited by his brother. With an Introductory Note by Rev. A. T. PIERSON, D.D. Illustrated. _Tenth thousand._ 2 vols., 12mo, cloth, gilt top, boxed, net, $2.00; _cheaper edition_, 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.50.

“We commend to all who would advance the cause of Foreign Missions
this remarkable autobiography. It stands with such books as those Dr.
Livingstone gave the world, and shows to men that the heroes of the
cross are not merely to be sought in past ages.”—_The Christian
Intelligencer._

Bishop Patterson,

The Martyr of Melanesia. By JESSIE PAGE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Thirteenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

James Calvert;

Or, From Dark to Dawn in Fiji. By R. VERNON. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Tenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

From Darkness to Light in Polynesia.

With Illustrative Clan Songs. By Rev. WILLIAM WYATT GILL, LL.D. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, $2.40.

John Williams,

The Martyr Missionary of Polynesia. By Rev. JAMES J. ELLIS. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Thirteenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Among the Maoris;

Or, Daybreak in New Zealand. A Record of the Labors of Marsden, Selwyn, and others. By JESSIE PAGE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Pioneering in New Guinea,

1877–1894. By JAMES CHALMERS. With a Map and 43 Illustrations from Original Sketches and Photographs. 8vo, cloth, $1.50.

“It reveals a splendid character, and records a noble apostolic work.
It is a notable addition to our missionary literature of the high
class.”—_The Standard._

James Chalmers,

Missionary and Explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea. By WILLIAM ROBSON. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Fourteenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

_MISSIONS, AMERICA._

On the Indian Trail,

And Other Stories of Missionary Work among the Cree and Saulteaux Indians. By EGERTON R. YOUNG. Illustrated by J. E. LAUGHLIN. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

Mr. Young is well known to readers of all ages as the author of “By
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incidents in his career, and describe phases of life among the
American Indians which are fast becoming things of the past.

Forty-two Years Among the Indians and Eskimos.

Pictures from the Life of the Rt. Rev. John Horden, first Bishop of Moosonee. By BEATRICE BATTY. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth, $1.00.

Vikings of To-Day;

Or, Life and Medical Work among the Fishermen of Labrador. By WILFRED T. GRENFEL, M.D., of the Deep Sea Mission. Illustrated from Original Photographs. _Second edition._ 12mo, cloth, $1.25.

“The author has been in charge of the work since its inception, and
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as to the methods of work and as to the people—the fearless, patient
Vikings—to whom he has dedicated his life.”—_The Examiner._

Amid Greenland Snows;

Or, The Early History of Arctic Missions. By JESSE PAGE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Tenth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

Kin-da-Shon’s Wife.

An Alaskan Story. By Mrs. EUGENE S. WILLARD. Illustrated. _Third edition._ 8vo, cloth, $1.50.

“From beginning to end the book holds the attention. Mrs. Willard has
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David Brainerd,

The Apostle to the North American Indians. By JESSE PAGE. Missionary Biography Series. Illustrated. _Twelfth thousand._ 12mo, cloth, 75c.

South America, the Neglected Continent.

By LUCY E. GUINNESS and E. C. MILLARD. With a Map in colors and many other Illustrations. Small 4to, paper, 50c.; cloth, 75c.

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