Missionary John Williams was killed and eaten by cannibals on the island of Erromanga in 1839. This is his story. The lives of few men afford more ample material for an instructive and interesting biography than that of John Williams, missionary to the South Sea Islands. His fervent, energetic, and successful labors are almost without parallel. The friends of missions everywhere hold him in affectionate and melancholy remembrance as the 'Martyr of Erromanga' The author of the memoir has, without drawing largely upon the facts with which the Christian public are already familiar, written a volume of intense interest. The work is not merely the eulogy, but the history of the active and efficient life of a man whose works constantly spoke his praise, even to the hour of his tragic death on the island of Erromanga. This re-print edition has additional pictures and gives a thrilling capsule history of missionary work on that particular island; how three other major missionaries lost their lives before the islanders at last surrendered to the gospel. Of certain attention is the editor's account of the 2009 "Reconciliation Ceremony." Charles Milner-Williams, great great grandson of John Williams, accompanied by seventeen members of the Williams family, journeyed to Erromanga to participate in this rite. After a re-enactment of the murders, lines of descendants of the cannibals waited their turn to ask the Williams family for forgiveness. This book is enlightening, inspiring, and encouraging.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.