The Work in Fiji by J. E. Fulton

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · May 18, 1905

The Work in Fiji

By J. E. Fulton

J. E. FULTON

FIJI, with its eighty inhabited islands, presents an interesting field for missionary effort. Not only for Fijians is it an important center, but as there are so many Polynesians here, it is sure to become an important training center. The Lord has signally helped in getting the work established among the natives of this group, and we believe that God will choose young men from among our natives who can be entrusted with the work in the regions beyond Fiji. It has been decided that we should have a good training-school in Fiji to work toward this end. We hope to enlist the sympathy of our brethren who are far away, in behalf of our work here.

Not far west are many millions in terrible darkness. Some are in abject heathenism, and we must carry the gospel of Christ to them, and warn them of the events just before us in the closing of earth's history. We all feel anxious here to see the work advance, and we hope that some whose interest is aroused will aid us in doing so. To start this school we shall need means to erect some good native buildings, and a comfortable home for a teacher. We ought to have fifteen hundred dollars. I believe that amount could not be better expended in any other work. Who will help us? We ask your prayers in our behalf, that we may have wisdom, and that God will sustain us in health.

There are many points of interest concerning the work in different islands of the Fiji group where the truth has entered, and where souls have accepted it, which we must leave for future reports.