Missionary's voyage ends in romance and peril
George McAusland, 38, sails from America to Fiji to take a missionary post. In a crash of emotions he commits a crime and loses confidence. He avoids Mary Doncaster who boards at Honolulu. Mary, en route to visit missionary parents on Gilead Island, dives to save George when he falls overboard and sparks a forbidden attraction between them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McAusland
America
Fiji Islands
Mary Doncaster
Honolulu
Gilead Island
Mary
George
Mary Doncaster and George Face Island Dilemma
Mary Doncaster, Ephraim’s daughter, contemplates remaining on a Marquesan island with Captain Keen crew and locals after learning her father is dead. George McAusland confesses fear of failing as a missionary while asking Mary to stay and help. They confront the need for marriage to consummate a life together and their future roles among the islanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Mary
Captain Keen
Chase
Howse
Jarambo
John Gale
Ephraim
Honolulu
Joseph
Joseph Neargood
McAusland
Ephraim Doncaster
George McAusland
Mary Doncaster
Tom Hanline
Tommy
New Bedford
Tom
Keen
Corkran
Mrs. Gale
Wealth, power, and kings in a rural American tone
The narrator recalls Aldrich’s talking point about wealth controlled by a dozen men and reflects on wealth distribution and class. He recounts Lloyd George’s Welsh miners episode and praises King George’s influence, notes von Luckner’s nonlethal wartime stance, and profiles prospectors turned magnates Hamill and Robbins plus their Arctic ventures. He closes with rural America’s friendly welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
America
David Lloyd George
London
Lloyd George
His Majesty
Wales
George
Jack Hamill
Percy Robbins
Robbins
Timmins
Ontario
Chicago
South Africa
de Beers
Candle
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Northwest Canadian Territories
Great Bear Lake
Arctic Circle
Canada
Missionaries Return to Island Home and Reflect on Ephraim
George McAusland and Mary mourn their loss as John Gale guides them ashore to visit Ephraim's island home. The party sees a thoughtfully kept, temple-like village where the missionaries and locals share reverence, discipline, and examples of Ephraim's influence on island life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George McAusland
Jarambo
McAusland
Mary
Ephraim
John Gale
George
Prevailing and powerless prayer in Luke eighteen
A sermon contrasts two prayers from Luke eighteen 1 14. It urges prevailing prayer as a life posture without ceasing and with humility, against powerless self confident prayer wrapped in pride and publicity. It cites Jeremiah 33 3 and James 4 6 to underscore divine responsiveness and the mercy sought by the publican over the self confident Pharisee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Jesus
Christ
Jesus Christ
Hell
Morgan
J. Campbell Morgan
There Is Another Life I Cannot Believe Quote
The passage ponders belief in an afterlife as a necessary supplement to earthly existence. It argues the purpose of creation includes moral meaning beyond this world. The author, Thurlow Weed, questions how life’s inequalities are balanced without a broader reality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Felix von Luckner
Thurlow Weed
The Road to Power Self Reverence
The quote attributed to Tennyson speaks on power through self reverence self knowledge and self control as key to sovereign life, framing inner virtues as paths to authority and personal mastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
Embroidery Pattern 2588 with 12 Motifs and Transfers
Modern needlework designs invited for towels and pillow cases. Pattern 2588 includes a transfer of 12 motifs averaging 442 by 615 inches with color schemes and stitch illustrations. Materials required and instructions accompany the transfer. Order details provided.
Square broom handles promise big savings for Britain
The timber controller of the ministry of supply says square broom handles and poles will save at least $8,000,000 annually by cutting waste and avoiding special shaping machines. He notes round handles waste about 10 percent of timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministry of Supply
Japan
Also Mentioned on This Page
NyrumperSee
Ben Ames Williams Ry Ee Ber AG
Jacob
Wright A. Patterson
Heaven
Harold L. Lundquist
Moody Bible State of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
International Council of Religious Education
Kveryone
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Plautus
Doan
Idoans
ETN New Wealth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!