8&8 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
“The first is that of a youth named Aberahama, who, ac- 
cording to Mr. Ellis, was an interesting and intelligent young 
man in the mission school at Eimeo. Eimeo is a small island 
eighteen miles distant from Tahiti. It has a history not less 
interesting than the larger island in connection with the early 
years of the mission. 
“The murderous attempt made upon the life of Aberahama 
by the idolaters was frustrated by the interposition of a 
watchful Providence; still he was virtually a martyr. It 
seems a marvel how he escaped the vigilance of the blood- 
thirsty savages who sought his life. The following is Mr. 
Ellis’ account of the attempt made to put him to death: 
““Aberahama, an interesting and intelligent young man, 
who was a pupil in our school at Eimeo, was marked out 
as a victim; and when the servants of the priests came to 
take him, being obliged to fly for his life, he was pursued 
by the murderers, shot at, wounded, and but narrowly es- 
caped. When he received the ball, he fell, and, unable to 
save himself by flight, crawled among the bushes, and hid 
himself so completely as to elude the vigilant search of his 
enemies, although it was continued for some time, and they 
often passed near his retreat. Under cover of the darkness 
of night, he crept down to the dwelling of his friends, who 
dressed his wound, and conveyed him to a place of safety. 
But although he recovered from the shot, and lived to enjoy 
the blessings of the gospel in this world, and to be useful 
in imparting its benefits to others, he carried the honorable 
scar to his grave.’ 
“Tn the other case to which we have referred, the enemies 
of the gospel were permitted to accomplish their object. A 
fine, intelligent young man, on becoming a disciple of Christ 
and a public worshiper of Jehovah, was ridiculed by his 
family; this proving ineffectual, flattering promises were 
made of temporal advantages, if he would again unite with 
those who had been his former associates in idol worship; 
