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... father of the king . Do not you wonder how it was that Otu was king while they were alive ? for you know it is the custom in most countries for the son not to reign till the father is dead . But this was not the custom in Tahiti . As ...
... father of the king . Do not you wonder how it was that Otu was king while they were alive ? for you know it is the custom in most countries for the son not to reign till the father is dead . But this was not the custom in Tahiti . As ...
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... father chose to kill him as soon as he was born . The father from that time rode no more on men's shoulders , and he himself showed respect to his own son , as to a king ; yet the father still had the power of a king , though not all ...
... father chose to kill him as soon as he was born . The father from that time rode no more on men's shoulders , and he himself showed respect to his own son , as to a king ; yet the father still had the power of a king , though not all ...
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... Father's table above . But , alas ! there were some amongst them who at length went back from following the Lord . CHAPTER V. WHAT HAPPENED 1797 . DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE SHIP . THE time was now come when the ship must leave Tahiti to ...
... Father's table above . But , alas ! there were some amongst them who at length went back from following the Lord . CHAPTER V. WHAT HAPPENED 1797 . DURING THE ABSENCE OF THE SHIP . THE time was now come when the ship must leave Tahiti to ...
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... father of the king and a great chief , you should desire your children and people to attend to their instruc- tions ; or perhaps the missionaries may go away , and no more good men may come . ' Pomare listened to this advice , and then ...
... father of the king and a great chief , you should desire your children and people to attend to their instruc- tions ; or perhaps the missionaries may go away , and no more good men may come . ' Pomare listened to this advice , and then ...
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... father and mother , brothers and sisters , never ate together . The men and boys generally took their meals together in the house ; but each woman and girl ate alone in a little hut built for the purpose . Do you not wonder what could ...
... father and mother , brothers and sisters , never ate together . The men and boys generally took their meals together in the house ; but each woman and girl ate alone in a little hut built for the purpose . Do you not wonder what could ...
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afraid afterwards alarmed anxious appeared areois arrived asked Atehurans Atehuru Auura Bennet blessing boat bread-fruit brethren Broomhall brought called canoe captain chapel chiefs Christ christian cloth cocoa-nut Crook death delighted desired Duff dwelling Eimeo Ellis enemies England English entreated father feared felt friends gods gospel guns hear heard heart heathen hogs Huahine human sacrifices Idia idols island Jesus killed king king's knew land leave letter Lewis lived London Missionary Society Lord Lord's Supper Mane-mane Matavai missionaries morning murder natives night Nott Orsmond Otu's Papara Papeete persons Pomare Pomare II Pomare's Port Jackson pray prayer preach promised Puckey queen Raiatea received round Rurutu sabbath sailors sent servants ship shore sionaries soon South Seas Tahaa Tahiti Tahitian Tahitian language Temari things thought told took trees Tyerman visited wicked wife William William Puckey Wilson wished women
Popular passages
Page 77 - WHY do we mourn departing friends, Or shake at death's alarms? 'Tis but the voice that Jesus sends, To call them to his arms.
Page 48 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Page 54 - What shall we eat, what shall we drink, and wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Page 138 - An ungodly man diggeth up evil : and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Page 6 - And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Page 75 - If any man sin," saith St. John, " we have an advocate with the Father, even Jesus Christ the righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins.
Page 182 - Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
Page 10 - O'EE the gloomy hills of darkness, Look, my soul, be still, and gaze; All the promises do travail With a glorious day of grace; Blessed jubilee! Let thy glorious morning dawn.
Page 60 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
Page 203 - Friends, — I wish you every blessing, friends, in your residence in your country, with success in teaching this bad land, this foolish land, this wicked land, this land which is ignorant of good, this land that knoweth not the true God, this regardless land. " Friends, I wish you health and prosperity ; may I also live, and may Jehovah save us all.