The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-08-02

+ f orr encountcrs About the time
Nor tho last representative of your hrm
r;n so suddenly away / had lctter from
Manu-. the native pastor, begging NE "
come to Falesa at my earnest coh'chiehsc'
oe his flock were all adopting Cathohc
pr,cticcs' / had great confidence III ->ahu'
i fear it only shows how easily we are oe
ceiyeti No one could hear him preach ana
not be persuaded he was man OF extraofd'-
nary parts. All our islanders easily ac
oYre kind of eloquence, and can roll OUT
and illustrate with q great deal Ut Vieoc fnd
fancy secondhand sermons; but 'amu
sermons are his own, and / cannot uehS
that [ have found them means OF grace
Moreover he has keen curiosity III secular
things, does not fear work, is oeVer a'
carpcntering, and has made himself ~
much respected among Inc neiehpoi iie
nastors that we call him. III II jest which
is half serious, the bishop Oh INC .''S'. il
short ! WAS proud of the nl1n; al the pofo
7u,zzled by his letter, and TOOK IN occasion
"a come this way The morning belcre my
arrival, Vigours had been s'nt oil poI ~
die ion and Manu- was peil@GhS a' l,9
cHsn nnnaranlly ashamed OF has letter, anu
o''it, Inyillior TO explain It thus, OF
course. ! could not allow, ana ne ellueu pA
confrssin.. that he had been much cHLteIleu
10 find his people using the sign Oh Gie ti2Ss,
hut since he had learned the tAp'+'ii't'o ~, 4
his mind was Sal'Ileu' 49,: =; y country
o az E'urone called Italy, where men were
"f+nn strucl, dead by that kind of devil, ana
Il aDneared the sign of the cross was cil''l III
lg g! And ~ peynlain it, Misi,' said Manu-.
in this way: The country IN Europe -
MONEY country, and the devil or the cFl'
eve may be Catholic devil, or az leaS' !
used to Catholic WAYS. 30 tlen ir"' ,,sj
ms. # his sign of the cross were uSPu
~ " money manner it would be sinlui, put
,tban il Il used only to proCect men liI It
y dpyiI which is a thing harmless N ltSe e.
! tho sion. too. must be harmless. VI .ne
sign is neither good nor bao' pntn e Tho hot.
~, ho fuu of gin, the gin is bad; ana IL the
s;cn he made in idolatry bad, so Is tat
| ;do1otry.' And, very like natVe p "stoi
he had text opposite ABOUT INC '"''i''t
out of devils. .o,,;n, vor about
"tAnd who has been tfl"s ""
the evil eyer | asked.
| .sIIe admitted it was Case. NOV, gu
afraid you will think me very hIi1U" Wv" Dis.
! wiltshire but | must tell you L was u i9
| rInasnd and cannot think trader at All
pi,nnd Nan to advise or have an influence
1non NV pastors And, besides, there nae
| bpen some tlying talk in the country OF oiq
| Adams and his being poisoned, to wmcn
had paid 70 great heed; but 1t came pach
| to NE at the moment. o,o+fad
al. He admitted he was not, for, though n. nc
did not drink, he was protigate Will
women. and had no religion.
Then said l. 1 think the less you
have to do with him the better; 49,. o.s
| "But it is not easy to have the lasC WIZ
with a man like Manu-. He was reaaE ! II
moment with an illustration. MIS-.
| said he, you have told me there Wete Mdo 10y
men, not pastors, not even holy, WIZ ny,
| many things useful to be tauShC-aoo". u,
trees, for instance, and beasts, anu ~. -
print books and about the stones tlta' no, ",'
burned to make knives OF. ouch llie,
teach you In your, college, anu s1 3u,rn o"1 :,
from them, but take care not 10 N.in -
be unho!y. Niisi, Case is my colleSe:-
~ knew not what to say. MI; Tisoui'
had evidently been driven out or T. alesa ~
tho Vaccinations of Case, ana WIN SUN p
thing not very unlike the eolluslon OF NJ
nastor called to mind it was Manu- WIT
had reassured me about Adams, and trace
the rumor TO the i'll will of the priest. Ah'
I saw | must inform myself more ore tnoi
ough]y from an impartial source: lhefe
an old rascal of a chief here, taiaso, whol,
] dare say you saw today at the coui u, |.
He has been ell his life turbulent anu snS
a great fomenter of rebelllons' anu !" NV
in 7fbe side of the mission ana the Islam.
For all that, he is very shie"u w., am, n;sdc
cent in politics or about his own nis,l.
meanors. a teller of the truth; went 70 ~
house told him what I haa heard, ana of
sought him to be frank. eo net thln6
nod aver a more painful interview. Pe1
hans Won will understand me, MI. WI
shire. if I tell you that ! am perfectly ser
ous in these old-wives' tales with when 70
reproached me, and as anxious to 90 we
! for these islands as you can be TO peas