Fiji and the Fijians . ly in a state of almost incomprehensiblebarbarism, will rejoice in the possession of a most excellent versionof the Bible ; and the Missionaries, in their arduous enterprise, will berelieved and helped beyond measure, by so great a work so well of £50 have been already received from Fiji in return, andother sums will be sent home in partial payment for the present edition. The good Providence of God has watchfully guarded, and greatlyprospered the Fijian printing establishment. Fit men have been raised 392 FIJI AND THE FIJIANS. up to do translating and edito
Fiji and the Fijians . ly in a state of almost incomprehensiblebarbarism, will rejoice in the possession of a most excellent versionof the Bible ; and the Missionaries, in their arduous enterprise, will berelieved and helped beyond measure, by so great a work so well of £50 have been already received from Fiji in return, andother sums will be sent home in partial payment for the present edition. The good Providence of God has watchfully guarded, and greatlyprospered the Fijian printing establishment. Fit men have been raised 392 FIJI AND THE FIJIANS. up to do translating and editorial work. The apparatus and materialhave been well supplied and wonderfully preserved. Incalculable goodhas already been effected ; but the press will be needed more and more;and it is earnestly hoped that the connexion of this Mission with theAustralian Conference will not cramp this important part of its opera-tions, but that arrangements will be made for sufficient supply and effi-cient maintenance, as CHAPTER VIII. VIWA AND MBAU. With the beginning of another chapter, this history once morereturns to the commencement of the Fijian Mission in 1835, in orderto trace the most important branch of its operations; to record itsgreatest difficulties and its highest enterprise ; to tell of the most appall-ing dangers, and to chronicle the most noble heroism to be found inthis or perhaps any other Mission; to describe its most patient endur-ance, and register its most important success. As soon as the first Missionaries were settled in Lakemba, theirminds passed anxiously over the sea to the distant part of the group tothe westward. There was Viti Levu—Great Fiji—which, in compari-son with the many islets of Polynesia, was worthy of the title of conti-nent. But it was not to this large island itself that the Missionarieslooked with the greatest interest. Outside the beautiful and fertileplain which skirts all round the frowning hills of the interior, and wherethe
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