92 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
“Thus was the little flock watched over by the Good Shep- 
herd. They were safe, while their enemies were taken in 
their own net. By the dissensions and quarrels that arose 
among them, their power was greatly reduced, and the cause 
which they sought to destroy was confirmed and strength- 
ened. The Christian party continued to increase in numbers 
and influence, and when, at length, another attempt was 
made by the remaining idolaters to cut them off, that attempt 
issued in their own complete defeat. The Christians gained 
a decisive victory, and this led to the overthrow of paganism 
throughout the whole island. The heathen temples were de- 
stroyed, the idols committed to the flames; those who had 
taken up arms in their defense were overcome by the leniency 
with which they were treated by their Christian conquerors, 
and without a single dissentient they avowed themselves wor- 
shipers of the true God and His Son Jesus Christ.” 
