and alarmed us. We dilpatcKed a letter, to our brethren then with
Pomarre, :advifing them o f what had happened,, and hafténing their
return. .Ï With thefe men we determined to have
: t The birth-dayl-of little ©tooCHaffell; but this- name 'is fls
filpredtihéré,
and ma^itwalpKe nfedrih fpfeaking.ofand.to the hing.
' ’14th. The tayo of* Puckdjn returned from Oparre,1 and .'brought a
p r e fen tit being the. Lord's d a y , he declined' accepting it till themext
mornings. - Fewer natives’ attended thé worfhipite-riay fhah ufuxh.
A' i ^th. Öur brethren returriecbin confluence of.eafr letters^.aö^but
brotherMainj who ftaidonenight with- Temafree : ite^mediuSthfe..
next day.
; . 16th; : T t e atpbimÖthèysgive ^ that theyj macfe the circuit oft the
greater penmfuk, I and entered: Tjiaraboo, ^hich'PóhraEreé.r^pfefeM
as. o f a very j difficult -travelling 3. fo th e y ’ returned .by! thd'fout’hv;nahd
were every where kindly received, and, moftrhofpitably! entèrtained by
Terêi&dby whóiprevailed oh ’brother Main to ;be! his fayo? ahthgave
him and brother Clode each a double canoe, fliewing: them all Ms
ftores. and hrc-armji which hè got from the ; mutineersƒ J the 'guns,
however, b y the policy o f the $wedqs, -are all bent.1 Pomarre; arid
the .king; and queen, 'would fain have.detained thfcin, mót?;rhiéaning
themfelves to return 'to, Matavai till the fhip tomes. Every;'evening
and monring'the king, m ftanèo f thé ^ p l e , ihmiridedr-theniiclfsthe
patow, or prayer,’ - and joined jw
jtlfc natives .Ivere noify and interruptiye: however, .'tófetliKöi'léiljr
maintained their worihip, and on' thè -fabbath retired/ and' Sïjofèd
fwcet edmmunion with God.
, j Their Angularity o f manners in this part o f j the iflandV ■ whithrhW
not been .vifited >by them, their firiging, and afking a Trleffing ón
their meals, excited furprife and laughter, .though probably not? the
laugh o f contempt; for eyety where théy were treated: ftfmpttloufly,
and fojnetimes o n a table, with plates, in thé Engliftrfaftiion. We
M4yj] > ' tO THE SOMtOH-SEA ISLANDS.
cang-cg^mitfaniolrieiy-ationher^m^e^y-p^i^ofjthe brethren: Yet
4 ‘ all trili» ki ndnefs is not the gofpel: were we as gods among t em,
m we fhould be wretched, if they believed not our meflage.” ^
“ A prieft, who pretended tojgr^fj.'power in witchcraft, pro-
“ duced a rUfhy^ a p ^ # |> ;i ^ M f ^ i ® ^ ^ r & &
fays one of the miffionaries, “ how they worlhipped their god by
“ this inftrument,. and intimated that it gave tbe divine refponfe as
“ -our bible. To a curious perfon. it would have been.a feaft to
examine, ■ but my bowels yearned over ignofance and idolatry.
, ‘ The fame prieft very kindly anointed my legs, which were much
« affesäed, with the juice-, of an herb,..which gave me more relief
«1 before morning than all the applications I had made fo.r three
<‘ weeks before; fo that they are not deflitute. of ionic medical know-
«■ t e d ^ probably thW l^ i ti^ ^ P ^W ^ i l rw m RE t
I jPdTmg Jiait-o’ B B B S i B B B I
vM^toweerh^’ ^ r Ä t h e ^ f t ^ h ^ a te F and
haya feen., jiW^ift°PESl Pqffiapf& laid |h.e gfcxt
was not friendly to him jmfefr*,
th^ fam c ^ p ^ ^ s ^^YqWjie^r> s-t ^
,‘rO n o u ü brother,Broomhall^ g
cold ohadiP^day a, fhaiptl|eYSS;%A^^]|- R i ^ R » H | r a R R R
him'this ficknefs was inflidlcd upon him, by the Otaheite Eatöpa,
who was angry, and would kill him. Brooniliall [aid he was not at
all afraid of their god, who w&abad god, or rather no god ; that
our Tehoväh.fent it, and would remove it the next day. The faying
inftantly fpread among the natives , and brother Broomhall began to
fear he had fpoken too.haftily and unthinkingly of his fpeedy
recovery, and that. God might be diflipnpured if his iilnefs mcreafed :
he therefore looked.up earneftly to: G.olyin prayer to-heal him. The
prieft came to him again and again, as he turned in bis bed, a r j
afked if he fliould be -weft to-morrow ? He. faid, he Iruftcd his God
would leftoie him. He had a refreftring night’s deep, and on the
morrow found himfelfrecovered, aiid rofe. Many o/.the natirr%?that