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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Aug 25, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 34.

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Norfolk Island

By H. MITCHELL

H. MITCHELL
NORFOLK ISLAND has undergone many changes during the last three years, and the once quiet, hospitable life of the Pitcairners, of whom these people are descendants, is fast giving place to the customs and evils of the world.
The community is divided into three churches,—the Anglican, which is much the strongest; the Methodist; and the Seventh-day Adventist.
We have a comfortable mission house, and are training some young people with a view to their becoming workers in other islands. Three young people are in training at Avondale for work in these trying climates.
In a place like Norfolk, where there are no industries nor means of trading with the outside world, there is very little money. Some of our brethren do not receive ten cents cash in a month, yet last year our Sabbath-school of forty-one members gave eight pounds, ten shillings, and sixpence to missions.