292 The Triumphs of the Gospel in Fiji. 
One of the most recent and pleasing testimonies to the 
success of the Gospel in Fiji, comes from Miss Gordon- 
Cumming, in her popular work : "At Home in Fiji.'' Com- 
ing as it does from such 
an authority, and speak- 
ing of the state of Fiji 
since its annexation by 
the English, we make no 
apology for inserting it in 
full. " Strange, indeed, 
is the change which has 
come over these isles since 
first Messrs. Cargill and 
Cross, Wesleyan mission- 
aries, landed here in 1835, 
resolved *at the hazard of 
their lives to bring the 
light of Christianity to 
these ferocious cannibals. 
Imagine the faith and 
courage of these white 
men, without any visible 
protection, landing in the 
midst of these bloodthirsty 
hordes, whose unknown 
language they had first to 
master, and day after day 
witnessing such scenes as 
chill one's blood even 
to hear about. Many 
such have been described to me by eye-witnesses. Slow 
and disheartening was their work for many years, yet so 
well has that little leaven worked, that, with the exception 
LEVUKA, FIJI. 
