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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 88, 7 June 1879, Page 3

mo THE FOREIGN RESIDENTS I oF SAMOA. Gentlemen.—l trust it needs no apology ou my part, for addressing you on a subject oi tliu most vital importance to every human being. For the last fourteen years, with the exception of a short visit to Sydney, I have been «ngaged as a Missionary in these Islands, and in connection with my ministrations to the J>ainoaus I have occasionally been brought into contact with some of yourselves, and have at times held JE .glish services for it of the two or three who ro- - enough to attend ; to tt few of you idso 1 havo had opportunities of speaking privately on the subject of religion ; but, to the great majority of you u a stranger, and have had no opportunity of doing anything of the kind; still, I feel an interest in your welfare, and being about to leave Samoa would fain do something before I go, that might, under God's blessing, prove beneficial to you; whether this letter will prove so God only knows, but be assured that nothing less than an intense desire to do you good would lead me thus publicly to address you. My intention is simply to remind you of a few things which most, if not all of you, know and believe, but which, amid the excitement of business, and the luck of religious services, you may be too apt to forget. 1 Would not for u moment speak lightly of the religious services conducted tor your special benefit in Apia, by the Rev. ])i: Turner, and earnestly pray that they may be made a great blessing to those who attend theiu, but there are numbers of you scattered over the islands that cannot possibly avail yourselves of them, and many of you who might do so, neglect your privilege. Permit me then to ask thut for a few moments you will lay aside your business and your pleasure, and read carefully the following remarks, as addressed by one sinner to his fellow-sinners:— First, let me remind you that we are immortal beings; we ouch have a soul that must live through all eternity, cither with God, the Supreme God. the JJcuitlcent Fattier, Un> Fountain of all happiness; or with .Satan, the author ot all evil, the source of all misery. By naturo we are sinuets, fur, " All have sinned and