Knough has mil Wn siiid of the goo. I missionary, Mr. (lorilon, killed while, tending Hie sick nt Uatliliiliar. Jlc was .in eccentric. Of gooil family, mil of tlm vi'iv tompuiiiinuiit tu shine in socictv, ho flh_.su nevertheless (•> spuml his thiys In India muoiig thu heathen. Ilowns a '• volunteer missionary " ami attached tn ii" li u association. He huil n fnrhimi of t'Siiuil a year, y u t ho spent only a lillln inenmu on himself; tin' ivst hi; giivo in charity. Ik' drank nothing lint water, lie lit" very sparingly, At night lie refused iiny conch Inn thu ground -covered, 'it might !«•. with a few pv.lin leaves, li llm wviilhui' wai uohl lie would pull u luiigli unit over himself, He would Imvf no servants iihunl him. mill in consequence, it is sad to s:iy, rather lost caste in thu eyes of ih«' natives, Urn nil thu Englishmen who knew him respected him. Jiven in agnostic tniliu, grunt admiration was fult .'of ln'.s Hiniplu-ltuiU'tud earnestness am| sincerity,
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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 199, 28 May 1881, Page 2
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168Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 4, Issue 199, 28 May 1881, Page 2
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