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A DAY IN AUDERNEY. 41
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them in groups in safet of two y , they or rowed three them to each far boat from . , the But wreck instead , and of dropped lan child ding
them one by one into deep water . By some means one little when managed they to returned escape observation ashore , disappeared , and landing amongst amongst the rocks the savages . But dis
there was no escaping his awful doom : he was soon traced and - sand covered was , a shovelled little grave over was him dug , , stones and in were it the pressed poor down boy was upon lai it d , , fishernien stiU
and deaf to his smothered cries , which the say are bears his many heard purpose more far a remarkable away . were Faith , the repeated persecutors and resemblance valor to Vi are left gnal alike to him , but that in to did all his of ages not fate our . , deter and This own his him tale Samuel Mstory from and
Marsden , who bravely landed in New Zealand and passed the night amongst the cannibals who had eaten nourishe his d companions to such . During extent fifty that
four years bishops the Church and he a numerous planted has staff of clergy are all an too little to continue the work one Missionary beganand in the remote
isle of Alderney a splendid poor church , and a God , -fearing population , alike testifto the labors of the recluse of Sark . Two men
accompanied the y latter on his voyage , and after a quiet passage they entered the little bayandlike the Spanish wreck , were immediately
surrounded by boats , filled , with fierce-looking men . Some invisible handhoweverappeared to hold back their ferocity , for they gazed
wondering Heaven in peace , would . ly Vi upon gnal , bless the fell his audacious purpose down upon ; strangers then the bearing and strand allowed the and sacred them prayed si to gn land that of
sing and our ing th redemption ey a soon solemn gath , litany lie ered . and round The his the holy two monk strain comp s , attracted looking anions on the marched them barbarians with on a ,
ring hushed ing voic awe e , he while declared Vignal to them began the to tidings preach . of With salvation a clear . Stern and
faces reached bowed their in hearts prayer , and while ere tears long flowed Christian freely , as doctrines the message were
received and Christian , rites were celebrated . Since this , the inhabitants seem always to have been a gentle and tractable race ,
and to have received kindly those who came to do them good . At the time of the Reformation they were entirely neglected by the alvinistswho
Eng had lish dethron pastoral Church ed charge from , and his of fell position the into island the as hands for patron some of sain French time t of , when the C island St . Vi , gnal and
was St . Ann substituted in his stead , —why , I know not . In 1818 , to fcheir 1850 great the Bishop joy , an of Winchester English Bishop consecrated visited this the new islanders church ; and of St in .
A bishop is . nn miserabl . , of It is their a deficient great own , . for pity Dr at the . present Adam Channel Clarke their Islands ecclesiastical visited should Alderney organization not and have had a
an enthusiastic y welcome from the islanders , who were with difficulty
A Day In Auderney. 41
A DAY IN _AUDERNEY . 41
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1862, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031862/page/41/
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