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Description:"....Mr. Chalmers had often heard of a Women's Land inhabited only by Amazons, who were famous farmers, canoeists, and able to hold their own before all comers. After some search they found, at Mailiukolo where he landed, hundreds of women standing under the houses, but no men. As he walked up the beach they gave one great scream ...." James Chalmers (1841 – 1901) was a Scottish-born missionary, active in New Guinea. In 1887 he authorized the publication of a biography of his life's work entitled "James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea." He expressly stipulated that all laudatory comment upon himself should be avoided, adding the injunction, "Remember I am not dead yet, and hope to work there many years hence." After Chalmers' return to New Guinea, he did a great deal of exploring and gained a detailed knowledge of much of the country and its inhabitants. When British New Guinea was made a colony in 1888, Chalmers and his fellow missionary, the Rev. William G. Lawes, explained to the chiefs the meaning of the functions that were held. After publication of this boook, in 1901, Chalmers was on a vessel near Goaribari Island, and was visited by natives who appeared to be in a dangerous mood. Chalmers resolved to go ashore where attacked and eaten by the natives. Owing to his originality and enterprise Mr. Chalmers, from the outset, unconsciously assumed the role of a daring innovator. He built upon no man's foundation unless it appeared to him to be well and truly laid. He not only grappled with the remains of heathenism, but he hewed away a great many latter growths that were not essential to the work of uplifting. The young men, it appears, did not take kindly to the new order of things while traditions lingered of a time when life had not been so tame. What other resource had they. Labour in such a climate was almost nil; time hung heavy on their hands. How should such turbulent natures employ themselves? What was there for high-spirited young men to do but to retire to the interior to brew orange rum and maintain a perpetual "jamboree" in honour of the good old times when there was neither justice nor peace in the land. This was a bad state of things and could not be allowed to continue. Alone our missionary entered the forest and commenced his career as an explorer by tracking those rowdies from one sylvan haunt to another. He sometimes came upon their riotous assemblies in the midst of their debauch, when, after upsetting the rum cask, he would lecture them earnestly on the folly of their conduct; the revellers standing mute and abashed, none daring to lift a hand or utter a word. His courage and firmness impressed them and many were drawn to his side. He fascinated the common sailors on a British man-of-war; he could hold the gun-room table spellbound by the hour; he drew out the sympathetic side of men of science; he could thrill huge assemblies, but his life-work was that of a missionary of Jesus Christ to the heathen, and it is mainly from that point of view that he must be studied if he is to be understood. Contents: I. WRECK OF THE JOHN WILLIAMS — EARLY LIFE AND TRAINING — VOYAGE TO. THE SOUTH SEAS. II. LIFE AND WORK IN RAROTONGA. III. NEW GUINEA— FOUNDING THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE MISSION. IV. EXPLORING FOR STATIONS — COAST VISITS. V. ERRANDS OF PEACE, MERCY, AND JUSTICE. VI. VOYAGE IN A LAKATOI TO THE GULF OF NEW GUINEA. VII. MISSION WORK — PROTECTORATE PROCLAIMED— TOUR WITH THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER, 1884-1885— RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1886.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea (1887) (Interactive Table of Contents). To get started finding James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea (1887) (Interactive Table of Contents), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "....Mr. Chalmers had often heard of a Women's Land inhabited only by Amazons, who were famous farmers, canoeists, and able to hold their own before all comers. After some search they found, at Mailiukolo where he landed, hundreds of women standing under the houses, but no men. As he walked up the beach they gave one great scream ...." James Chalmers (1841 – 1901) was a Scottish-born missionary, active in New Guinea. In 1887 he authorized the publication of a biography of his life's work entitled "James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea." He expressly stipulated that all laudatory comment upon himself should be avoided, adding the injunction, "Remember I am not dead yet, and hope to work there many years hence." After Chalmers' return to New Guinea, he did a great deal of exploring and gained a detailed knowledge of much of the country and its inhabitants. When British New Guinea was made a colony in 1888, Chalmers and his fellow missionary, the Rev. William G. Lawes, explained to the chiefs the meaning of the functions that were held. After publication of this boook, in 1901, Chalmers was on a vessel near Goaribari Island, and was visited by natives who appeared to be in a dangerous mood. Chalmers resolved to go ashore where attacked and eaten by the natives. Owing to his originality and enterprise Mr. Chalmers, from the outset, unconsciously assumed the role of a daring innovator. He built upon no man's foundation unless it appeared to him to be well and truly laid. He not only grappled with the remains of heathenism, but he hewed away a great many latter growths that were not essential to the work of uplifting. The young men, it appears, did not take kindly to the new order of things while traditions lingered of a time when life had not been so tame. What other resource had they. Labour in such a climate was almost nil; time hung heavy on their hands. How should such turbulent natures employ themselves? What was there for high-spirited young men to do but to retire to the interior to brew orange rum and maintain a perpetual "jamboree" in honour of the good old times when there was neither justice nor peace in the land. This was a bad state of things and could not be allowed to continue. Alone our missionary entered the forest and commenced his career as an explorer by tracking those rowdies from one sylvan haunt to another. He sometimes came upon their riotous assemblies in the midst of their debauch, when, after upsetting the rum cask, he would lecture them earnestly on the folly of their conduct; the revellers standing mute and abashed, none daring to lift a hand or utter a word. His courage and firmness impressed them and many were drawn to his side. He fascinated the common sailors on a British man-of-war; he could hold the gun-room table spellbound by the hour; he drew out the sympathetic side of men of science; he could thrill huge assemblies, but his life-work was that of a missionary of Jesus Christ to the heathen, and it is mainly from that point of view that he must be studied if he is to be understood. Contents: I. WRECK OF THE JOHN WILLIAMS — EARLY LIFE AND TRAINING — VOYAGE TO. THE SOUTH SEAS. II. LIFE AND WORK IN RAROTONGA. III. NEW GUINEA— FOUNDING THE EASTERN BRANCH OF THE MISSION. IV. EXPLORING FOR STATIONS — COAST VISITS. V. ERRANDS OF PEACE, MERCY, AND JUSTICE. VI. VOYAGE IN A LAKATOI TO THE GULF OF NEW GUINEA. VII. MISSION WORK — PROTECTORATE PROCLAIMED— TOUR WITH THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER, 1884-1885— RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1886.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea (1887) (Interactive Table of Contents). To get started finding James Chalmers, missionary and explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea (1887) (Interactive Table of Contents), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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