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Days Set For National Public Worship And Sacrifice – Leviticus 23:1 – 23:14

Fiji Island Visitor Skeptical of Missionaries

A man visited the Fiji islands. He was skeptical of missionaries and told the chief that nobody believed what the Bible had to say nowadays. He concluded his remarks by saying “I am sorry for you that you have been so foolish”. The Fijian chief shocked this visitor when he told him about their old savage ways. The chief said, “Do you see that stone over there? On that stone we smashed the heads of our victims to death. Do you see that native oven over there? In that oven we roasted human bodies for our great feasts. If it had not been for good missionaries, the Bible, and the love of Jesus Christ which changed us from savages into God’s children, you would never leave this spot! You need to thank God for the Gospel, otherwise you would have been killed and roasted in the oven, and we would feast on your body!” (A. Naismith. 1200 Notes, Quotes and Anecdotes. Great Britain: Pickering Paperbacks, 1988, p. 134).