New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-23

derstand its meaning now as mludP-hge WIN
teach il 10 them. We mean that OF the mis-
sionary Bishop Patteson, murdered ny '"o
cannibals in the South Pacific. friend OF
tho prelate. who has published sketch OF
him in The London Spectator, dates his nc
ouaintance with him back to Eton, Wnero
Patteson was famous cricketer ana oarsnlah'
AT Oxford he "was but dull scholar WIN no
"especial gift, took little interest In inc
theological and political prooietnS VI
81 tho day-was, in short, colorless ana coin-
"monplace." The only noticeable point aOOut
him was, that whatever no tried to DO no dlu
with all his might and to the extent Oh niS
ability however limited that aDiilCy hlshe We
Outside of this, he was an honest, S'r"iS"'-
forward, lovablo man. After college came
years of travel and ordination, marked by the
same logged persistence In work that ii''u
made him first in play, and utter unconscious
ness of self. His brain developed Its powers
slowly but surely, and always healthiuily'
The dull college boy became one OF INC
most profound and exact OF hngulSts'
the steady, powerful leader in UnlVer-
sity Reform. "a man." says his friend,
" distinguished always by his singeness
"and simplicity of am, singularly free from
"perturbatiOns of self, or temper or nerves
He went into tho missionary work with no
spesmodic resolve to become martyr; no In
nation of enthusiasm; but with the same prac-
teal, sweet-tempcred, hearty steadiness in the
duty omen before him. His life was passed in
going from ono savage island to another In
| an open boat, wading and swimming through
the reefs, carrying his lifo IN his hand literally
from day TO day. No man was ever more sue
| cessful in reaching the hearts of his savage
hearers with his Masters message, ana
no man has ever left behind MN
moro enduring work to aid the labors OF
others: he having mastered twenty-five OF
the Melanesian dialects and finished thirteen
! Urammars. The man had within him the
elements of highest success, whatever proIeS-
sion or business he had chosen in life; Dut
what was his rewardf We find hint or it
in a pathetic story which he told in letter
| To his friend of an attack made upon his boat
nv the cannbals Of one Of the widest islands
whittier he had gono to preach, III which
ono of his converts, a boy o. eighteen,
was wounded and died of lOck-jaw.
Tho childless Bishop writes of him as if
he had been q son. There was not one word
4 " OF complaint am Bldu, o''iN VIZ "N'A
boy in his agony, that was doing right
"'Tcll my father ] was doing right The Last
might, his body being then rigid as bar OF
" iron, he said family, Kiss me, Bishop and
after short time he fell asleep. AT tho
d" age when the flesh and the devil are begin
"ning their work with boys, this lad was
innocent as child. God has been mcrcifu
TO me, to give me this comfort"
The daring life and the tragic death of this
man set against the tropical background of
the Pacific coasts. might serve to point many
q feryid moral, but "the Bishop was q plain
oman. He did not like fine things said about
him or his work" Yet in these days of am-
bilious struggles and incessant friction be-
tween men of unequal mental power, there
can be no moro wholesome lesson for our boys
than TO see here the lofty purpose which
commonplace man with ordinary abilities may
serve in life.