188 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH SEAS 
his being recaptured by the boatload of heathen who pursued 
him far down the coast, even as it was God who has caused 
Taeasi, his young wife, to be brightly converted since com- 
ing to the mission. Now, very thankful for deliverance, he 
is waiting his Master’s time to return to the teaching... . 
Thank God for answered prayers, for this was a notable case 
in which the heathen had set themselves with the greatest 
determination to drag him back to the old way. Here is the 
message that he gave that night, as far as it can be re- 
corded: 
“My brothers, many times I see Christian man do wrong, 
so that his heart is heavy. Then many times I see some other 
Christian sorry for his mate; now he look along him, and he 
go wrong too, and lose his blessing, because he is looking to 
his friend. So this makes me remember the fishing we used 
to do. We do it like this: We catch a fish and we keep it 
alive. When we go to fish, we tie it to the end of a stick 
and put it in the water. Now, some other fish come up, 
wanting to make friends with it. Now we bring first fish 
very slowly to the top of the water, and second fish come 
after because it is sorry for first fish; then we put net in 
very quietly underneath two fish and catch them both. So 
we catch second fish because it sorry for first fish. 
“ “Now just the same with Christian man. Sometimes one 
Christian goes wrong; he gets trouble or he falls into sin; 
so his heart is heavy and no more full of blessing. Then 
some man from same place sees him, and his heart is very 
sorry for his friend, so he take the side of his friend, and 
he, too, stop away from meetings, and he lose his blessing, 
too. So that second boy lose his blessing because he look- 
ing at his friend and not at Jesus. This is foolish thing, for 
second man to go wrong just because he sorry for his friend: 
but many men do this thing. 
“ “Now Matthew, 17th chapter, teach us lesson about this 
thing. Here we read how Jesus go up high mountain. He 
take three disciples with Him—Peter and James and John. 
