Polynesia, Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New ZealandOliver & Boyd, 1842 - 440 sider |
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Side 69
... divine attri- butes , they nevertheless abstained from such worship except on very particular occasions . It is said that no prayer was ever made to those oromatuas except by wizards and sorcerers , who implored their aid for the ...
... divine attri- butes , they nevertheless abstained from such worship except on very particular occasions . It is said that no prayer was ever made to those oromatuas except by wizards and sorcerers , who implored their aid for the ...
Side 90
... for mankind , and encouraged by the predictions of the Divine Author of his faith , the true Christian has at all times endeavoured to extend the influence of its humanizing doctrines and exalted hopes to 90 ON CHRISTIANITY AS THE MEANS.
... for mankind , and encouraged by the predictions of the Divine Author of his faith , the true Christian has at all times endeavoured to extend the influence of its humanizing doctrines and exalted hopes to 90 ON CHRISTIANITY AS THE MEANS.
Side 92
... Divine Master . Most of those qualified to teach , obeyed the solemn injunction communicated to his personal disciples ; and many others , who might not have opened their hearts to such motives , accomplished the same beneficent object ...
... Divine Master . Most of those qualified to teach , obeyed the solemn injunction communicated to his personal disciples ; and many others , who might not have opened their hearts to such motives , accomplished the same beneficent object ...
Side 93
... divine . No tribe has ever yet been known to raise itself from barbarism into knowledge and refine- ment ; the savage has never by his innate powers , emerg- ed from his narrow views and gross habits , so as to ori- ginate institutions ...
... divine . No tribe has ever yet been known to raise itself from barbarism into knowledge and refine- ment ; the savage has never by his innate powers , emerg- ed from his narrow views and gross habits , so as to ori- ginate institutions ...
Side 97
... divine worship on Sundays , and behaved with great decency . Some of the women at one time betrayed an inclination to laugh at the general responses ; but a single look of disapprobation was sufficient to revive their gravity and ...
... divine worship on Sundays , and behaved with great decency . Some of the women at one time betrayed an inclination to laugh at the general responses ; but a single look of disapprobation was sufficient to revive their gravity and ...
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afterwards appear Archipelago areois arts attended authority Bay of Islands brethren canoes Captain Cook ceremonies chiefs christian church civilisation civilized cloth coast colony commander coral death desire discovered divine Eimeo Ellis English Erromango established European faith favourable Fijee Georgian group gods gospel habits heathen hence human hundred idolatry idols improvement inhabitants instruction intercourse Isles king knowledge labours land language less Lond Lord Byron manifest manner means ment miles mind mission Mitiaro murder nation natives nature Navigators object observed occasion ocean origin Otaheitan Otaheite Pacific Pacific Ocean period persons Pitcairn's Island Polynesian Pomare Port Jackson possession prayer present principles Raiatea Rarotonga received regard religion religious remarks residence respect sacred Sandwich Islands savage ship shore Society Islands soon South Sea spirit station superstition supplied teachers thousand tion Tonga tribes vessel visited Voyage whole worship Zealand