If all Christians had the willing zeal of these poor South Sea
islanders, the world would soon be converted to Christ:
On one occasion Mr. Williams explained the manner in which
English Christians raised money to send the gospel to the
heathen, and the natives of Raralonga exprest great regret at
not having money that they might help in the same good work
of causing the Word of God to grow. Mr. Williams replied: “If
you have no money, you have something that takes the place of
money; something to buy money with”; he then referred to the
pigs that he had brought to the island on his first visit, and
which had so increased that every family possest them; and he
suggested that, if every family in the island would set apart
a pig for causing the Word of God to grow, and, when the ships
came, would sell the pigs for money, a large offering might be
raised. The natives were delighted with the idea, and the next
morning the squeaking of the pigs, which were receiving the
“mark of the Lord” in their ears, was heard from one end of the
settlement to the other.--PIERSON, “The Miracles of
Missions.”
(2062)
See COURAGE, CHRISTIAN.