The Night of Toil: Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands |
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... gave him all he asked , and locked the things up in the chest , for the lock was perfectly good . Pomare said he was quite satisfied , but as he walked about the ship , and saw many things lying about belonging to the missionaries ...
... gave him all he asked , and locked the things up in the chest , for the lock was perfectly good . Pomare said he was quite satisfied , but as he walked about the ship , and saw many things lying about belonging to the missionaries ...
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... gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have everlasting life . " Peter , the Swede , as usual , interpreted each sentence . The natives were grave and attentive , though they did not ...
... gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have everlasting life . " Peter , the Swede , as usual , interpreted each sentence . The natives were grave and attentive , though they did not ...
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... gave them fruit- ful seasons , and filled their hearts with food and gladness , they knew not , and thanked not - indeed they had no word in their lan- guage which meant " thank . " 4 I have said that the cocoa - nut was another of the ...
... gave them fruit- ful seasons , and filled their hearts with food and gladness , they knew not , and thanked not - indeed they had no word in their lan- guage which meant " thank . " 4 I have said that the cocoa - nut was another of the ...
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... gave them of the dangerous rocks that lay in the way , and of the manner in which even the nimble natives were sometimes dashed to pieces in attempting to pass them . They deter- mined , therefore , to accept Pomare's invitation , and ...
... gave them of the dangerous rocks that lay in the way , and of the manner in which even the nimble natives were sometimes dashed to pieces in attempting to pass them . They deter- mined , therefore , to accept Pomare's invitation , and ...
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... gave William cloth , and William gave him scissors , looking - glasses , and such kind of things . While they were sitting together , William discovered that a boy was picking his pocket . The boy quickly dropped what he had stolen ...
... gave William cloth , and William gave him scissors , looking - glasses , and such kind of things . While they were sitting together , William discovered that a boy was picking his pocket . The boy quickly dropped what he had stolen ...
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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
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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.
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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.