The San Francisco call., 1898-01-15
The Morning Star Is Soon to Turn Her Head
 HOmeward.
News From the Missionaries at the Marshall Island
 Group.
A Native Pastor Is Compared to Moody With Black Hands and
 Face.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 q02 RrOa dWaV Jan. If.

Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 sos Broadway, Jan. II.
 Arthur P Alexander of this city, one of the missionaries on board the Morn ing Star, has forwarded the following interesting correspondence to The Call, regarding the doings and adventures Of the missionaries in the South Sea. The Morning Star is the vessel which makes San Francisco her home and which is supported by the Congregational Sun day-schools of the United States.
 Emrog, Jaluit, Marshall Islands,
 Oct. 24 1897.
 Since writing the last letter from Pom api we have been back to kusaie, and are now about to make the Marshall Islands tour. On October MT. and Mrs. Price Miss Foss. -Ioses and the rest of the Ruk missionaries were left on shore at Ponapi, and we steamed away for Kusaie. reaching there on the 12th at 10:30 a. m Early Sunday morning canoe was sent from shore for me with a note from MT. Walkup, saying: Am waiting break fast; chicken, beans, etc.; so come at once" It is neeoIeSS to say l did so, and spent Sunday on shore. l attended the Gilbert Sunday-school and church; later the English services at the girls school al 4:30 D. m., and Christian EndeaVor at Dr. Rife's in the evening, thoroughly en- toying all the services, where the true spirit of reverence is manifested among
 Early Monday morning I went out to the Star again and helped finish the girls room" for the Marshall Island trip. We sighted this lagoon on Friday evening, late, but did not enter it until yesterday morning. While 1 think of it, although give you the same date and day of the week. yet We are a day behind you. To illustrate: I am writing this on Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock, which will corre- spUno 10 Il :3U Monday night at home. Yes terday I went ashore at the German sta- nd Q af1In Ia md a short visit with the friends, went back to the Star, and at 3:30 the anchor was hoisted and we steamed away across the lagoon to Jeremiah's station, where we arrived at 5:15. At dark l went ashore with pr. Rife and assisted him in giving a magic lantern lecture on the Bible. of this native pastor, Jeremiah Imagine, if you can, D. L. Moody wl1h black face and hands and a light beard, and you have some idea of this native pastor; yet only very imperfect one. He is a power for good in this region. From here we make a tour of this group, returning to Kusaie December 24 or there abouts: then off about the first of the year for the Gilbert Islands for fiI,y or sixty days and then homeward bound. as every mile we make toward kusaie nearer the dear homeland. We hope to reach Honolulu about the 1st of April. or earlier if nothing happens to prevent. Captain Bray is much better, and all the 4GSl Lt hS44 SAAANA NCA4Ao A44O04s-
 MilHe. Marshall Islands, Nov. IS. %.
 After leaving Jaluit we sailed to the westward and reached Ebone on the 18th of last month. From there We went to Namarik, then on to Ailiang-lapalajs. At this place we stayed over Sunday. We arrived at Wattho on Monday morning at 9:30. This island is the most northernly station in the work and has only about fifty adults and very few children. The next evening we left for Ujae.
 this place were invited tO at- tend a "big fish, so after supper four or five of us went ashore. As soon as the moon was up they Cthe natives who were to draw the neO went out on the reef to a point where a school of fish had been found and then began to let out the net which consisted simply of leaves Cpalm) tied together. The fish were soon surrounded and then the net and all was dragged to shallow spot and the fun began for the natives shall not attempt to describe this event until I reach home, will only say that it was intensely interesting for us as on-look- CTS.
 simple truth when l say that 5000 fish were landed either on shore or on board the Star. 1 did not like the flavor of the fish and several were made very i'll by too freely partaking of them.
 Kroojlan is the largest lagoon in this group, being sixty miles long and about twenty miles wide We went out be- tween two small islets not more than twenty-five feet to spare on each side of the ship. yet the water deep enough for the Star. amid scenery beautiful be- yond mere words. I thought we were running aground so close were we to the cocoanut trees. By daylight the next morning we reached Lac. This island is what might be called a model lagoon. about twenty miles long and eight miles wide, the reef containing some five or six small islands with very pretty trees as far as we could see. l have been able to secure a large number of pictures with my camera, and with these you will be able to form a slight idea of the beauty of these islands of the sea when I re- turn. ARTHUR P. ALEXANDER.