WILLIAMS

John, the martyr-mi ionary, was born in 1796, and joined the London Mi ionary Society before he was twenty years of age. He was sent first to Erinco and then to Raiatea, and his zeal and wonderful power of organization produced a marvellous result. In 1823 he Christian i zed the group of the Hervey Islands, and then extended his labours to Samoa. Eventually, he was killed and eaten by the cannibals of the New He brides in 1839.