Fiji and the Fijians . gration of towns, the murder of Christians, the violation of chastity,the wailings of infancy, the infirmities of old age not only unpitied, butturned into mockery; and my heart yearns over those whose suffer-ings are unremoved through love of gold. If all the stirring scenes ofCalvary, and the unchangeable love of a merciful God, will not stir suchup to duty, could you not alarm their fears by exhibiting the fearfulconsequences of retaining more than is meet, when Christs,cause withsuffering humanity requires it % But you will be thinking, if I do notcease this strain,
Fiji and the Fijians . gration of towns, the murder of Christians, the violation of chastity,the wailings of infancy, the infirmities of old age not only unpitied, butturned into mockery; and my heart yearns over those whose suffer-ings are unremoved through love of gold. If all the stirring scenes ofCalvary, and the unchangeable love of a merciful God, will not stir suchup to duty, could you not alarm their fears by exhibiting the fearfulconsequences of retaining more than is meet, when Christs,cause withsuffering humanity requires it % But you will be thinking, if I do notcease this strain, that I have become excitable. Well—we see excitingscenes ; and, if some of our friends in England saw them, they wouldbe thankful that the Lord only called upon them to send men insteadof coming themselves. We are very happy in our family, and in our work ; and hope, ifwe live more than half the time you did in Fiji, to see great results, th<»fruit of your labours and of those of your colleagues. CHAPTER X FRIGHT OF NATIVES ON FIRST SEEING A HORSE. The Mission at Nandi, a town on the southern coast of VanuaLevu, was commenced at the same time as that at Mbua, and has beenmaintained in the face of similar opposition, and in the midst of thesame horrible cruelties and terrors of cannibalism and war. Operationshere, as at Mbua, were commenced and carried on for a time fromViwa. Great good was done by the labours of the devoted nativeTeacher Joel Pulu ; but the visits of the Missionaries were, of neces-sity, few and far between. Mr. Hunt had induced the people tobuild a Mission-house in a village where most of the Christians resided,and on the 9th of November, 1847, the Station was occupied by twoMissionaries,—the Eev. John VVatsford, who had been Avorking atViwa and Ono, and the Rev. James Ford, who had just arrived fromEngland. Mr. Lawry, who accompanied them to Nandi, remarked inhis Journal:— The people live in the midst of the flats, which are approached,from
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