[Illustration: MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD, AMBRIM. Stone Altar in front is one on which pigs are killed. ] The time had come that I must say farewell to Canada and the States. It was the first time I had ever seen these new and marvellous Lands. My soul was not unaware of their beauties, nor unresponsive to their grandeur of scenery. But my whole time and strength were otherwise required; and I turned not aside from the call of my Lord. He knows that my heart rejoices in all the wonders of His Power, not the less that I spend myself in proclaiming the greater wonders of His Grace. All my recollections of intercourse with the Ministers and the People of the New World are abidingly sweet, and move me to bless the Lord for the God-fearing, Bible-loving, and Sabbath-keeping Nations that have sprung from our British Race. From the highest to the humblest they received me with royal welcome, and heard me with loyal sympathy. Their help was generous, and was gladly given. Their interest in the work of God was genuine, and was frankly displayed. And their delight in listening to the story of the salvation of the South Sea Cannibals, made me firm in the assurance that they themselves already know within their own souls the unspeakable worth of Jesus! CHAPTER II. _THE HOME-LANDS AND THE ISLANDS._ A.D. 1894–1897. ÆT. 70–73. Arrival in Great Britain.—Requisitions.—Professors and Students.—_Dayspring_ Scheme.—Ten Years’ Delay.—Gideon’s Fleece Experiment.—Two Memorable Checks.—The “John G. Paton Mission Fund.”—The _Dayspring_ Disaster.—Mission Work on all the Islands. I embarked from New York for Liverpool, per the new and magnificent s. s. _Campania_. The vibrations of that vessel were more fearful than anything I had ever experienced in all my travels. There was some defect, which I hear has since been remedied. I was scarcely conscious of ever sleeping at all, and the ship seemed to be constantly on the eve of shaking herself into fragments! On the voyage I made the acquaintance of very dear friends, bearing my own name; whose Home at Liverpool by-and-bye received me lovingly; and where also I met the learned and honored Principal Paton of Nottingham.