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... missionaries were received in Tahiti . 6 III . What the missionaries did during the first week they spent in Tahiti . · · 12 IV . How the missionaries attempted to do good to the natives . 24 V. What happened during the absence of the ...
... missionaries were received in Tahiti . 6 III . What the missionaries did during the first week they spent in Tahiti . · · 12 IV . How the missionaries attempted to do good to the natives . 24 V. What happened during the absence of the ...
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Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands Favell Lee Mortimer. CONTENTS . XL . What befel Tahiti in the latter days of the first missionaries . The aged missionaries ' hymn . xi Page 394 ...
Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands Favell Lee Mortimer. CONTENTS . XL . What befel Tahiti in the latter days of the first missionaries . The aged missionaries ' hymn . xi Page 394 ...
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... missionaries had wives , who were to go with their husbands , as well as three children belonging to them . No one can tell what the missionaries felt when they left their native land , and set sail for a country of savages . One of ...
... missionaries had wives , who were to go with their husbands , as well as three children belonging to them . No one can tell what the missionaries felt when they left their native land , and set sail for a country of savages . One of ...
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... MISSIONARIES WERE RECEIVED IN TAHITI . THE ship was soon out of sight of land : and the missionaries expected never to see its shores again ; but they knew who had said , " There is no man that hath left house , or parents , or brethren ...
... MISSIONARIES WERE RECEIVED IN TAHITI . THE ship was soon out of sight of land : and the missionaries expected never to see its shores again ; but they knew who had said , " There is no man that hath left house , or parents , or brethren ...
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... missionaries and their wives suffered much from cold , and storms , and sea - sickness . They did not all intend to ... missionaries wished to settle in Tahiti . The five women and the two children belonged to some of these . You would ...
... missionaries and their wives suffered much from cold , and storms , and sea - sickness . They did not all intend to ... missionaries wished to settle in Tahiti . The five women and the two children belonged to some of these . You would ...
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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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