THE PITCAIRN | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 7, 1895

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 21, No. 44.

THE PITCAIRN.

The Pitcairn, the Seventh-day Adventist mission vessel, is now returning from her fourth cruise among the Polynesian Islands. On these various trips, missionaries have been stationed on Tahiti, Raratonga, Pitcairn, Raiatea, Rurutu, and other islands, besides the islands visited where no missions have been established.

The Pitcairn called at Rurutu recently on her homeward way. As there is no wharf, the natives carried the passengers to the shore. The natives entertained them to a wholesome dinner of soup, taro, and yams, served on a tablecloth of green banana leaves spread on the floor. As they had been four days at sea, many of them suffering from seasickness, the meal was eaten with a keen relish. Several days were spent on this island, and the time was improved in doing missionary work. Elder J. D. Rice spoke several evenings, his discourses being interpreted for the natives by Mrs. Cora Chapman, who has spent several years as a missionary on the islands.

At Raratonga, where the Pitcairn called later, the governor is favorable to our work. They have never had public schools here, but they are planning to open schools in each of three villages, and supply them with teachers from our vessel. Elder J. D. Rice

and Brother Wellman, with their families, stop there for this purpose. Dr. Caldwell is stationed there as a medical missionary, and will be assisted by Miss Lillian White.—Bible Echo (Melbourne).