116 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
they sang in Fotunese that grand old hymn of faith, “Rock 
of Ages, cleft for me.” 
Soon after the epidemic had passed, Mr. and Mrs. Gunn, 
with their two remaining children, were transferred to the 
island of Aneityum, there to undertake the work which Mr. 
Lawrie had laid down. They had been there but two weeks 
when their son, Willie, was taken from them. He went 
outside the house, and a few minutes afterward he was found 
drowned beside the mission boat, which was anchored a few 
yards from the beach. 
Crushed beneath this new and unexpected bereavement, 
Mr. Gunn yet wrote, “We were in great distress, but the 
strength vouchsafed to us in Fotuna was given in greater 
measure for this our greatest trial.” 
After passing through these sorrows, Mr. and Mrs. Gunn 
left the islands for furlough in Scotland. They had sacri- 
ficed much for Fotuna, but great joy was brought to their 
hearts when Habena wrote to them from the land of their 
labors: “The worship is big. Some of the heathen who left 
the church have come back. . .. We send our love to you, 
. . and to all the people of Scotland.” 
