CONTLNUANCE or lERSTCUT' ONs AT TIL


SANDWICH I-iANESA
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CONli,i ANCt o. HtStt VI ONS AT TIE


SANDWICH I5iANDS*


"Thc news which we have received
from This mission" NJ Fachclot wrote
Just before his death, " continues to be
affecting. Our christians arc prosecuted
continually; but, though in lions. they
appear still more attached to their faith
After several years of seduction ard vio-
lence, we reckon not a single aposia'e :
and vet our enemies neglect no means
to affect their apostacy. 1t is true, none
of our dear neophytcs have been scn,cn-
ced to capital punishment, nor to any of
those torturcs so common in the history
OF the first martyrs; for such is not the
disposition of the Kanakas. And besides,
the Protestant ministers, according to
whose'mind every thing continues to 90
on in these islands, take good care not to
permit it. They are afraid that the she'd
ding of blood will render them odious
and their chief care after that Of persecut-
ing is to prevent compassion from de-
clarng itself in favor of their viclims.--
For this purpose, they cndcavor to- de-
base, as much as possible in the eyes Of
the people, those who suffer for the truth.
The punishment now in use is, TO obIi9e
the christians, loade! with irons. to 90 to
the public place and remove with their
hands the most disgusting filth. The
popuIacc, which never fails to collect TO
witness the humiliation of the conicssors,
accompanies them with derSive shouts !;
and the triumph of the MethodIs's' con-
sis,s in hearing the raileries of which the
Catholics are the object. As for the
christians, they endure these wrongs with
joy, because, they say, religion is their
only crime.


"In 1890, several Catholics were ar
rested, among whom was Aloda, who
had an inlan, at the breast. During the
confinement of several months, which pre-
cedcd their sentence, they were often So
liciled to forsakc the religion of the Pope,
and embrace that of Bingham; for it
must not be forgotten, that Bingham and


*See the commencement Of this persecu-
ton, No 90, 362, aud No. 60, p, ool.


The Protestant missionaries conform to
the Presbyterian rule OF faith, and not the
IT,