Henry Nott Centenary
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From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, April 20.
MAY 2 will be the one hundredth anni versary of the death of that famous South Seas missionary, Henry Nott; and Mr. W. W. Bolton, whose work as a historian is well known, has taken measures to have a fitting service of remembrance.
The late Mr. J. L. Phillips, in his time, and now Mr. Bolton and myself, have striven to hold in honour and remem brance this great architect of South Sea missionary achievement, and to remind the younger generation of Tahitians of the measureless debt they owe him. In this undertaking we have the hearty support of the present head of the French Pro testant Mission in French Oceania.
In earlier times, some of our friends among the clergy were inclined to—let us say—a rather provincial attitude toward Henry Nott, and we did not enjoy the cordial understanding accorded us to-day.