Missionary Retires
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Well-Known Tahiti Missionary Retires
Papeete, June 14.
MANY sad farewells were said at the departure from Tahiti on June 9 of the Rev. and Madame Phillippe Rey Lescure by the vessel Resurgent, bound for France.
The Rev. Phillippe Rey Lescure, now bearded and of imposing stature, was born in France 60 years ago.
During World War I, he was director of the YMCA at Armentieres; and it was there he met Madame Lescure, who worked with the
Ywca.
After the war, they married and went to New Caledonia as mission aries. For 10 years, they worked for the natives, under very primitive conditions.
In 1933. they came to Papeete (Tahiti) and besides doing mission work, they presided over the Protestant schools for three years, owing to the lack of instructors.
For 14 years M. Lescure was in charge of the Tahitian and French parishes and he then began evangelistic work among the Chinese.
His understanding of human nature endeared him to all sections of the community, irrespective of denomination. He and his wife will be sadly missed.