Through Deep Waters 
On the arrival of the disabled “John Wesley” at the wharf 
at Sydney, Mr. Brown was met by friends from whom he 
could learn as to the condition of his family in distant New 
Britain. Later, and after he had received many congratula- 
tions as to his safe arrival, he was approached by a mission- 
ary friend who asked, “Have you received any news since 
your arrival?” On being told by Mr. Brown that he had 
not, he then said: “I am sorry to tell you that your little 
boy in New Britain is dead.” 
“Which boy?’ asked Mr. Brown, for he had left two 
boys there when he himself was brought away ill. 
Unfortunately, his friend did not know the name of the 
boy that had died, and he had perforce to wait for some 
time longer till one came who told him that never again 
would he see his little Wallis on earth. Strong, happy, and 
sturdy as the little fellow was when last his father had seen 
him, it but made the blow harder for him to bear. 
But great as was his grief for the loss of his child, anxiety 
for his wife, who he knew must already have suffered in- 
tensely at the loss of their child, became so intense that he 
began to seek opportunity to take passage by any vessel that 
would get him back to New Britain. The pain of these sor- 
rowful tidings was greatly increased by the knowledge that 
at the time the message was sent from New Britain, another 
of the children lay ill. 
The facts of the child’s illness and death were made known 
in Sydney by a letter which was written by Mr. Danks, a 
fellow missionary to New Britain with Mr. and Mrs. 
Brown. 
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