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 102
... mission- aries among them , that , in order to afford every facility for the accomplishment of an object so desirable , the people as well as the chiefs were sincere in making the cession now mentioned . But no attempt is made to con ...
... mission- aries among them , that , in order to afford every facility for the accomplishment of an object so desirable , the people as well as the chiefs were sincere in making the cession now mentioned . But no attempt is made to con ...
Side 103
... missions differed more than as to the mode in which their labours should be commenced , and the means whereby their benevolent objects might , in the first instance , be most effectually realized . Judging from the analogy of the Divine ...
... missions differed more than as to the mode in which their labours should be commenced , and the means whereby their benevolent objects might , in the first instance , be most effectually realized . Judging from the analogy of the Divine ...
Side 104
... missions in general , and even from that of the successive attempts which have been made to con- vert the natives of the South Sea Islands . At first the sublime truths of revelation were received with so much apathy and carelessness ...
... missions in general , and even from that of the successive attempts which have been made to con- vert the natives of the South Sea Islands . At first the sublime truths of revelation were received with so much apathy and carelessness ...
Side 108
... mission , at the commencement , proceed- ed in a very prosperous manner . So long as the exertions of the spiritual fathers were confined to that rite , to the exhibition of images , and the distribution of beads , the people were ...
... mission , at the commencement , proceed- ed in a very prosperous manner . So long as the exertions of the spiritual fathers were confined to that rite , to the exhibition of images , and the distribution of beads , the people were ...
Side 110
... missions sent into Africa and New Spain afford memorable examples ; followed , too , by the natural result , a total failure in the mean time , and an increase of difficulties for the fu- ture . Even in Eimeo , one of the Georgian ...
... missions sent into Africa and New Spain afford memorable examples ; followed , too , by the natural result , a total failure in the mean time , and an increase of difficulties for the fu- ture . Even in Eimeo , one of the Georgian ...
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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