60 SECURITY FOR SHIPPING. 



to permit the administration of the one party to 

 be unassociated with the wish of the other. 

 Commercial dealings, although irrelevant,, may 

 not, perhaps, be deemed strictly opposed to their 

 spiritual profession, unless permitted to interfere 

 with the due performance of their pastoral 

 duties ; and, when conducted in a liberal and 

 upright manner, may afford useful instruction 

 to the natives ; but it is not considered just, that, 

 as salaried officers for the performance of a 

 distinct duty, they should present themselves as 

 competitors with the increasing number of 

 merchants, resident on the islands, and depen- 

 dent for their support solely upon their com- 

 mercial success ; and hence embroilments ensue, 

 which should with propriety be avoided. 



If shipping experience any inconvenience from 

 missionary supremacy in these islands, it is in 

 some measure repaid to them, by the comparative 

 security with which they may approach the 

 shores of a land where they see the dwelling of 

 the missionary erected as a beacon of peace ; 

 and this the more especially, as the missionary 

 is usually the first to quit the spot, when the 

 natives are insensible to control, or involved in 

 the turmoil of war. On the whole, we have 

 much reason to be satisfied with the conduct of 



