The Pine-tree coast . THE ISLES 01 SHOALS. II. TIME \ I \ -I \ III. they were not exactly usele jels, oor yel quite hardened to the purp for which t hey were fashioned. with their commerce and markets cut off the Shoala Bteadily declini\ _iv;it !ii;in\ Lefl the islands never to return. Preaching was given up;meetings followed suit. A state of apathetic in-dolence fell upon the islanders, who appear to 1forgotten the world, and whom the world seemhave forgotten, until poverty anddegradation into which those who remained hadlapsed became a matter of public scandal. T
The Pine-tree coast . THE ISLES 01 SHOALS. II. TIME \ I \ -I \ III. they were not exactly usele jels, oor yel quite hardened to the purp for which t hey were fashioned. with their commerce and markets cut off the Shoala Bteadily declini\ _iv;it !ii;in\ Lefl the islands never to return. Preaching was given up;meetings followed suit. A state of apathetic in-dolence fell upon the islanders, who appear to 1forgotten the world, and whom the world seemhave forgotten, until poverty anddegradation into which those who remained hadlapsed became a matter of public scandal. Theirreformation was then undertaken as we wouldnow undertake missionary work. A deplorable state of things revealed itself. Insome drunken orgie the Shoalsmen had burnedtheir meeting-house to the ground. Then, for wanlof a guiding hand, the always Loosely bound society had fallen th<depths of immorality. Men and women were found living together, with chil-dren born to them outside of wedlock. A new generation was growing up likethe w
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