Missionaries Among Cannibal Islanders

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 14, 1914

Missionaries Among Cannibal Islanders

FROM Australia Elder J. E. Fulton sends the Mission Board a brief note received from Elder C. H. Parker, on the island of Atchin, New Hebrides. One uprising of these wild islanders had been passed safely, Brother and Sister Parker refusing to flee from the island. Now he writes again: ‐Trouble is again brewing. Last Sunday seven native teachers of the Presbyterian mission were shot, killed, and eaten only a few miles from here. We can see the place from our door. Those who did the killing said they had been hired by the people of Atchin to kill all men with calico on [evidently meaning those who had adopted civilized clothing]. We know not when our turn may come, but by God’s help we intend to remain with these people.‐ We know many prayers will ascend in behalf of these workers who are laying siege to cannibal hearts. Brother and Sister Parker have been rejoicing of late that there were signs of interest on the part of many, and that more were attending ‐the worship,‐ of which the people were very much afraid at the beginning. Brother Parker adds: ‐We are on the King’s business here, and are subject to his command, and our times are in his hand.‐