Henry Nott, Pioneer
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THE centenary of the passing of Henry Nott, Tahiti’s pioneer missionary, is a year away; but no fixed date need be chosen as a day of remembrance. The Protestant Church in Polynesia is, indeed, a perpetual memorial; for it is the super structure erected on the foundations laid by this great pioneer. Its corner-stone is his translation of the Scriptures, which has not only established the Tahitian as the classic language of Central Polyne sia, but has carried over into that tongue the majesty of style of the English Bible.
The photograph is of a portrait in the possession of the London Missionary
Society.
Photo, by Simpson.