Seventh-day Adventist Martyrs in the 
Solomon Islands 
Tuart the days of Christian martyrdom are not yet passed 
has been very definitely demonstrated by recent happenings 
on the large island of Malaita, with its nearly 70,000 sav- 
ages. The following incidents have been related by mis- 
sionaries with whom the author is personally acquainted. 
They help us to understand that the savagery which has 
withstood the approach of the gospel for so long is at 
last yielding to its power, though still murderous in its 
last efforts at resistance. 
While away attending a general meeting held at Batuna 
in the western Solomons, Mr. J. D. Anderson was suddenly 
apprised of the fact that a murderous attack had been made 
upon teachers under his care. 
Among his staff of native workers left on Malaita was 
Simi, a native of the island of Ranonga, and his wife, Mert, 
from Ramata in the upper Marovo Lagoon. The island 
of Malaita is fully 200 miles from their native district. 
Simi and Meri (Mary) had been trained at the Batuna 
Training School. For some time Simi worked as a single 
young man. Among those who attended meetings on their 
station were a man named Onge, who subsequently left the 
mission, and a cousin of his, a girl by the name of Akwasia, 
who remained faithful to the instruction received, and who 
showed a real interest in spiritual matters. When her 
people returned to their heathen village and to heathenism, 
they wanted Akwasia to return also, but she definitely re- 
fused. 
In writing then of his preparations to attend the general 
meeting, Mr. Anderson included a paragraph which indi- 
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