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Title: Nineteen years in Polynesia: missionary life, travels, and researches in the islands of the Pacific
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Turner, George, 1817 or 18-1891
Subjects: Polynesia Missions
Publisher: London J. Snow
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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year, without our having to draw a pennymore for its support from the general funds of theLondon Missionary Society. The institution bell rings at dawn. After theirdevotions, the students all go out to fish, or do plan-tation work, whichever they please. At eight the bellrings again to call them all in to bathe, have break-fast, and be ready for the first class at nine. Withshort intervals they are entirely occupied with classes,copying lectures, etc., until four in the afternoon,when they again disperse, to the lagoon, or the plan-tations, or the carpenters workshop, as their tastesor necessities incline them. After family prayer theygenerally spend their evenings in reading, writing,or conversation on the days classes. At half-pastnine p.m. the bell rings the curfew, and all retirefor the night. Wednesday is what we call our industrial day,and, until two oclock, is specially devoted to im-provements about the premises. House-building,sawing, weather-boarding, fencing, burning lime,
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MISSION SEMINARY. 131 stone and mortar work, and other such employments,are all reserved for that day. In the afternoon ofthis industrial day all meet for a Scripture exposition,and, while the young men are at work in the earlypart of the day, I have embraced the opportunityof having a class with their wives. The maininstruction of them, of course, devolves .on theladies.* A Saturday evening prayer-meeting in the insti-tution chapel closes the week, and on this occasionthe students in turn deliver an address in the hear-ing of their tutors. The Sabbath is ushered inby a prayer-meeting at six oclock. At half-pasteight there is the morning service, which is at-tended by church members and others from neigh-bouring villages, forming a congregation of about400. At ten all the members of the institutionmeet in family groups, for prayer and conversationabout the sermon. At eleven the children areassembled for a Sunday-school. At two thereis an adult Bible-class. At half-past three an after-

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