Sport 26: Autumn 2001
IX In the Far-Off Places
IX In the Far-Off Places
1
The missionaries have been successful, but
at present they are cultivating their land.
To use the words of Rev.
Henry Williams—
they are just holding on for their children, seeing
no better prospect.
They cannot send them home to England—
it is too expensive.
New South Wales would not be desirable for them,
and this
is their only chance—
2
There is only one thing
which keeps husband and wife together
in the far-off places:
only one lack that separates them—
love,
and the want of it.