Excerpt from Friendly and Feejee Islands: Missionary Visit to Various Stations in the South Seas, in the Year 1847 The very extraordinary change effected by Christian teaching within the one generation in these distant islands of th just cause of thankfulness and joy; but it should be remembered, that it has been effected at the cost of much physical and mental suffering on tho part of the Missionaries and their families, who have been separated from their brethren the accomplishment of this great work: many lnable lives have been sacrificed: many widows orphans are left t the labourers now in the field are in which demand our kindest sympathy, and earnest prayers in their behalf. The Missions themselves are not in any co able degree self-supporting; they require costly supplies of food and clothing, and goods for barter; which have to be conveyed over half the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.