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Show Jenson's Travels. LKTTKft HO, XXVIII, fcturdV( AuRimt tli. In company With Kdeni Alfred M. Durham and Thtrlw K. Jensen, I left ttio minion Fauie it Mua and went by boat and on I tot to the capital Nukualofa, clhfant I mHe, where we called ( n the Rev. I. R. Walkln. who it amis at the head o' (up '"Free Church of Tonga." Here I civrd us kindly and gave u aome lm I or i.i nt information in retfatd to the (u'esleyan miMionnrv operatinni on the Woncn Inlands and the origin of the f'Free Church." He alto ahowed ua through the king' palace and the royal Church edifice which lie adjacent to the palace and Mr. W.ukin'a own line two-lloty two-lloty residence. Mr. Wntkint li.i he-friended he-friended the Kldert on different occasions occas-ions and hn made them a present of several Hiblca in the Tongan language. From him and other reliable aourcea I have gle.tnrdlhe following: The Tongan Ulands were first discovered dis-covered in iMt. by 'he great Dutch ex. plortr, Jjnn Taanian, who gave the principal islands Dutch names Thus he named Tongatabu the principal island is-land Annterdam Island. Captain farm's Cook visited the islands in 1777; and he was so pleased with the Ucitiiitnt he received at the hands ul the natives that he named the group the "Friendly Is lands;" which, however, subsequent events showed to he an inappropriate title, a the Tongans proved anything t,ut friendly to the whiles; and it was learned that they had even planned the massacre of Captain Cook and all his men for the sake of spoil; but he sailed way before the time set for his execution execu-tion arrived. The first perniaiitnl white msn who located at Tonga was an escaped Sydney convict named Moigan, who lived happily with and was respected respect-ed by the natives till the mission vessel The Dull, arrived from Tahiti with ten missionaries of the London Missionary .Society. These first missionaries to Tcnttatabu had a hard lime of it, and during the civil war which raged at that period on the Mamla, three ol these were murdered; and the others, alter being plundered of their property saved ihtnm-kes by tluht to the western duplet du-plet of the island, from whence they were at length, (in ihoo) removed to Australia by the captain of a merchant man, who touched at Tonga, on his visage from the Society Ul.indi lu I'ort Jackson. Nothing further was attempted attempt-ed by way of Chrntianiiir.g the Tongans until ihJJ when the hrt Wcnleyan missionaries, the Kev. Walter Liwry tiivcd at Tongatabu. He landed August iMn ISjj, together with his Unuiy; but domestic circumstances necessitated his removal in the latter part ol ihjj. During his short soiourn he had received much kindness from the clurli of Mua, where he had located hmscll, but made no converts. Two Twars later two Christian natives from the island of Tahiti landed in Tonga ! and loca-ed at Nukualofa where they ! immediately commenced preaching; a place of worship was iwh.ii erened at wh ch about three htindrrd peVjpir as-siiiimIim as-siiiimIim to take part in Christian service on the Sahbaih. The king l utou gave hi personal support to tim work In June iHjfj two other Wes evan misiion-anes misiion-anes arrived from Kngland and located at llihilo. on Tomtatalni. where they huiit a wooden house and commenced to study trie lamiiiagf ami teach the people, wot king entirely independent of the Tahitian teachers. The na.nesof the two missionaries were John I human and John Hulihinson. Two other Wrs-Irvan Wrs-Irvan miviionarira canit in iHj who worked in unison with the Tahitian natives, na-tives, and fiont tins united effort the cause proved a Mtrr a. The staff of missionaries was further trirrrn-ed 111 when the Welrvan had tturtv-tn-regular Church member on the inlands which in IK.X4 had increased to including in-cluding the membership on the II, ...pa and avaii i-Umlfi, w here a Mircessiul mnioii had been opened in IMn, ami In the Vavau groups, where the first native Christians commenced operations in iHu, white nrnMnnanei came later. I he lust Frnich Catholic iimnioniiiir arrived at Tongatabu in ih.ja and loi ated at the heathen foment ol Itea from whence they extend, d their oprratmns to Mua, which t mill a Catholic stronghold. strong-hold. The Wexleyaua accused the Catholics ot niakii g cotntnon cauewilh the heathen part ol the Tongan popula tion, ami of other crooked work; and the consequence was a bitter letlini between be-tween the Konians and the Protestants which still exists. Hut the deyans kept the upnt-r hand, and in i.vt. there were I'n protestant places of worship 111 the Toucan kinudum conncicd with which were 34 European and native m nisters, anil a tntal membership of ohjj. The late King George, who (as the former king ol Haapai and Yavau) became kmg 01 all the Friendly Ulands in 1H45 ami reigned until Ins drmcie in iy.l( was thegtcat patron of the Wet-b Wet-b yan coil-. iy his aid Tonga was Christianized; he gave tie Weley.ins land and privdegi s, and made hta pro-pie pro-pie follow the latth ol the Methodists. A in on k lha VVvslcvau tmnnlim who gained great in Murine among the natives, na-tives, was a Mr. S. W. Maker. He arrived arriv-ed on the inlands in iMxi, and nurne-ipiently nurne-ipiently became the prcsiumg Wmlcyan mere. The miM'ji being 111 a flourishing flourish-ing condition, and the natives contributing contribut-ing very IiUt.hI toward supporting the rhurrh, a petition ;v j drawn up asking the New South Wales and Cucensland (Weslevan) conference that Ton a be given a nurc independent position or a Mparate coiilerence orgauia ition; hut itisieail ol granting the petition, the conference recalled Mr. Maker as the head of the Tongan mission, and he consequently left the islands in iVkj. This action, which was considered unjust, un-just, displeased King George and his people very much; and the King advised Ins subjects to cease contributing ol their means toward the Wcskyati Church; and he also ottered the Frisstrr ship of the kingdom to Mr. Maker, it he would return lo the Islands Mr, Maker responded; resigned bis position as a Weslcyan missiouaiy, and returned lo Tonija in 1SS1 to enter iim his new duties as l'rcmi-r In Ins catling, s sucn during the follov irg t n yar, he was eminently sue pful ; and the laws winch h issued to he marled and the improvements w inch were made under his ,-uki e and direction w ill ever make him live in history as one ol the most remarkable and mtUieuiial men who evrr figured 111 th- affairs ol the South Pacmr Mind. L'n ter his pto fee 1 ion and influence, also, the We- lv-uns lv-uns ol longi broke entirely off from the parent cuun h.and et.itlislird them e ves as th-- "Fiee Churrh ot Tonga," with the Kev. J M. Walkin, formerly a regular Welean m nster, at its head. This was dime in 18S.V Hut as the old church held leases to trie church edifice and refused to give them up, the Free Church found itself obliged to erect new meeting houses nd chapels all over the islands; and thus we find today duplicate Froiesiaiit houses of worship in ail important villages and towns in tha kingilom even In places where there Is not chinch gain members enough to hall fill one. .Mr. Watkln claims that seven-eights of the inhabitants nf the islands are members of the Free Church lesving enly between two and three t'lousdnd lor Die Catholic and regular Veslean membe'slup. He also told us that sime the secession in iVis. the Free Church had bunt t o inmses of woiship on the islands wninut the least assis lance from any ouuide source. To thr Wesleynns of the old school belong the credit ol transiting the lhh mio the Tongan language, it waa rmted nl London, Lon-don, Fnglaud, and several editions have already been published. The Wedey.ms have also published several silmoi bonks in the Tongan language, and introduced in-troduced a splendid t houl is'i m t'ironghout the kingdom. Th l-rre Churcii is now ruhli.fiinjf .1 periodical in native, entitled "Hoe Jiaji I .iu.it.niia" (The Free Church, edited by 'ie Kev. . H. U.itkin. It is printed in Auckland, New Zealand, as thc.c is no printing olhce 111 Tona. As might Ims supposed the secession of the Tongan dimples from the regular We-lean church has calletl forth much comment; and the UVslryan ministers especially have been very outspoken in tlieir umpishticd condemnation of the actions of Mr. Maker and Mr. Watkm On the other hand the mr nhers of the Free Church feel perfectly justified in wh it they have. Mr Maker, in defining his position in the matter to a newspaper news-paper correspondent, stven ears ago, Haul: 1 he Wesley.tn Church 1.1." attempted at-tempted to usurp as much authority as the church ol Home did in tlieold days, ami has been ns dangerouw to individual liberty; 1 would not attempt to compare myself to the 1'rotestant reformers, but in establishing tlir I ree Cliurch ul I on-ga, on-ga, laud Mr. Wat km have but done what John Wesley himself did in treat llnt.iiu. And Ki:g a-orgi! has but dune, what lirnry the I 11 it did lor I'rotestatil Luglnu.t, but lioui far d Iter ent motives, the king lor the s.ike of his people, would not submit to the flirtation ol an outsidt b ,dy like the New South Wales Cnnierencu No one can dctc.it the sending away ol such large sums ol money to Australia.' Mr. I.akcr. being a Uiitish nuieci, was exiled ex-iled from Tonga about 1.V41. through the influence ot ma enemies, and sihlo that time natives have h ied the position of I'rcmier; hut Ihcv have not come up to Mr. liaket's standard. And there is now an almost universal d'-sire in lavor ot Mr. Maker's return. Mr. Wutkin, a. the head of the I-ree Church of lougaia not responsible to any eccesusiical authority above him on the earth. Tnis, so far as his church Is come-ned trap's mm equal to the Pope ol K-.,.,, I question might now naturally at 1,1 Where did lie g"t hts pm-stiy cnll-ng from? My virtue of what authority dot s he preside? Ulule at Nukualofa we so visited the grave of the late King 'terge, over whiuu a fine monument was erected 111 i.9, I he monument i? pi.iccl upon a raised square built on riinn ground it the outsKins of the town. Mi-' h.i-e c insists ol three terraces of which the lower one is Ho feet sqiiar- and 4 feet high The next one is bo bet fqtute and a'i (ret high, and the upper cm- .jo feet square nud a'1 leet high, making the Upper square jlect ttl)OVe the ground I he walls of the terrace are built ol concrete or cement, white the centre or bodv Is filled up with dirt and gravel; twenty-seven easy and broad steps lead fiom the ground to the bv of the terrace, ter-race, on the lop of which stands ttie monument proper. Tim eoocts of n large marble plated shaft, resting upon a i-eileslal ol cement. with nisi ripuona nl ilillerent kinds units aid.s. I ne mmn epitaph leads in Tongan .is follows: Roe maka fakamanatn in o I ne Aim Ko Jioan 1ub .il 1, Ko- l u or 'n u T..ga; na 'so- ia 'i h. 1; ,7 ! ''; bi na'e Ukanoto ia koe 1 u iKanoKuho u 1 h. 4 lisema iis; bra nv hdi 1 ti. is I Fehut i Syt liansUted mio Cn.-.u-li j it reai s: I his r..ck is m memory til lli M .-jcstv (ieorge Fubou I. king ot Tonga, wh i was horn in the ye n 1 appointed appoint-ed king Dfcemlirr 4ihts, ,uu died February iHih I-rom this it wnl I hp seen lhat the king was . ears nld , when he died. Fur many -,ir before) his d.-mi.se he ranked as the uidest man j nmoi g nl the irowned h'ad ol tin-world. tin-world. In Ins palate we notu . d n ver hue oil painting of Lmpertr Wi helm 1, of (ienniny, on horf'ai k, wtm h Mr Waikm intornied us had been presented to the old king as a prrsi nt from the iernian mot arch. A br uin ul portrait ol yaren Victoria of 1. 11 land, also grat ed the walls ul the ret ption rioin of (he palice It must be rrnientbercd that ticany all the white inhabitant m the Tongan kingdom are 1 iiglish and (feitnati citiona. Ileuce luitain nnl Germany are the only tw o nations which are represented by consulates m ,u!.il tola. Aswp toward evening m i-!? oil' w.iy through the forest to wher tin- nnv.ioii boat was anchoted in the l.iooti, I'.itlci I m ham prevailed itpun one tit til naiies whom we met t - cliuih a fall trre and i;et us some young ctxna nits. I'ti" milk of these which weiir.mk 111 cou-nectio'i cou-nectio'i with eating some take uhin we had mm based at a baker shop ai Nuki:alola made us a most cxe Irm meal; lor ve were quite hungry i.iu was the first tune in my life th.it I .tt-- ; coco 1 nut meat and drank roioa-nui milk to satisly niy appeii.e. The wmJ ; bring contrary we had 10 rna ad tin 1 way from our anchorage to Mi. a, a ttiv ! lance ol four miles, and it was qune j duk when we found ourselves safely ! back at mission headquarter. AsiiRliW )l-NHON. Il st'.Ai, Liluka, llaapai, I un,.a, Sep- , (cmbt r i.vys. |