The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-04-03
LIFE AMONG THE. cANNIBALs
Interesting and Startling Lecture b,
Cell the Traveller.


course in charge added much to the
of the ticket holders by
adding an extra number of lecture
by Cell the renowned traveller. He
came ON Friday night a great tall
muscular fellow and his lecture was
on 'tCannibals Before and After.
He has many lectures based on his
travels among savage peoples of the
globe but this one is devoted to de-
tense or better a Qualification of the
work of Christian missionaries among
savage people.
He began after bright introduce
tion by Rev. Bryce. the talented
Presbyterian pastor of this city.
With rapid word pictures he trans
ported his listeners in imagination
from Philadelphia to the big ship go
ing out of the Golden Horn bound
for the Sandwich Islands. Arrived
there he soon comes in contact with
the wonderful results which have been
accomplished in these islands of the
sea. He saw men who had Toasted on
human food. gentle. peaceful. Christ
ianized. when but short time be-
fore they were pursuing their fellow
men to drink their blood. He told of
his visit to the leper colony and the
heroic work being done for the peo-
pie afflicted with that fearful plague.
of the brass band. newspaper and
other things devised to make their lot
more bearable. He urged that in no
other land than one where the gospel
of Jesus had penetrated could such a
colony exist. On coming to his native
land he found that a man thought to
have the leperosy had been sent out
on the mountains to die by people
pretending to be superior to the
brown skinned natives of the Haw-
alan islands. He thought the COM
parison favorable to the latter.
Thescene now moved to the Samoan
islands made famous by being the last
resting place Of the lamented Robert
Louis Stevenson. and the awful storm
when the great United States men of
war were driven en- the coral reefs
maybe to the death of all on board
the marine band. by command of the
captain playing The Star Spangled
Banner to uphold the spirits of the
men. picture by the way which is
most inspiring to American patriot
ism. Here he told of his visit to the
island under control Of the American
government. He described college
for the higher education of the ma
tives. erected and paid for by men
converted from cannibals, by the mis-
sionaries of the Cross. The speaker
added that if the people of America
contributed in proportion as the Sam
oans for missions and education that
the world would be Christianized in
marvelously quick time.
The speaker paused in his narrative
of adventure to tell of his visit to
the grave of Stevenson. of the in
scription and of dropping tear anc
placing on the last resting place OF
the noble man. tribute of regard
from his thousands of admirers the
world over. He related humorous
incident in connection with his visit
to the island under control of the
German government. He also de-
scribed his visit to the interior of
the island and the witnessing of the
evening devotions of a native family.
They sang hymns and read from the
bible.
The scene next shifted to a cora
island which was given its mail by
having the pouch attached to a huge
rocket and thus it was conveyed over {
dangerous reef to the waiting people.
If these natives receive mail they
must be able to read and appreciate
and then came out marvellous tale tt
the effect that several years before
some men had been shipwrecked or
the shores and that all had beer
drowned in the breakers some being
washed ashore. The natives looked on
with feelings akin to the small boy
who finds that some rosy apples have
been thrown his way. He longed te
eat the apples and the savages mouths
watered for taste of the mission
aries. Behold, in the hand of one OF
the dead was a small bundle tightly
clasped; the superstitious natives save
the hand and is contents and worshi
them, while the rest of the body wa
made into soup. Time goes by. ane
other white men land with success
and begin to tell of the Christian re
ligion. They are shown the hand ant
| examine The contents to find that i
clutched leaves from the holy bible
AS did the great Apostle Paul or
Mars Hill. the island nissionarie
took advantage of the previous wor