The Night of Toil: Or, A Familiar Account of the Labours of the First Missionaries in the South Sea Islands |
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... seemed to be looked up to by the rest as a great person . He was a high - priest to the idol gods . His name was Mane - mane . He was very anxious to make the captain his friend ; because it was a custom in Tahiti to choose some person ...
... seemed to be looked up to by the rest as a great person . He was a high - priest to the idol gods . His name was Mane - mane . He was very anxious to make the captain his friend ; because it was a custom in Tahiti to choose some person ...
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... seemed as if they would not soon be in want of food , for they received a quantity of provisions as pre- sents from the natives . The natives had also dressed their visitors in cloth made of the bark of trees , to show them that they ...
... seemed as if they would not soon be in want of food , for they received a quantity of provisions as pre- sents from the natives . The natives had also dressed their visitors in cloth made of the bark of trees , to show them that they ...
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... , eager to see , what they had never seen before , white women and children . They were all much delighted with their appearance . The king and queen seemed afraid to come near , or to speak to the SATURDAY NIGHT . 23 women ; but , on ...
... , eager to see , what they had never seen before , white women and children . They were all much delighted with their appearance . The king and queen seemed afraid to come near , or to speak to the SATURDAY NIGHT . 23 women ; but , on ...
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... seemed less likely that he should believe than any of the rest . The missionaries retired to rest again that evening , full of hope that God would incline the hearts of the people to believe his word . I cannot continue to relate what ...
... seemed less likely that he should believe than any of the rest . The missionaries retired to rest again that evening , full of hope that God would incline the hearts of the people to believe his word . I cannot continue to relate what ...
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... it was for . Pomare seemed perplexed at the question , ( being ashamed to own his inten- tion , ) and said he only wanted to have the lock repaired . The captain then told him to take 28 THE CHEST OF PRESENTS . it to the shore.
... it was for . Pomare seemed perplexed at the question , ( being ashamed to own his inten- tion , ) and said he only wanted to have the lock repaired . The captain then told him to take 28 THE CHEST OF PRESENTS . it to the shore.
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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.