Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich IslandsPeter Jackson, late Fisher, Son, & Company, 1834 |
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Afareaitu afterwards appeared Areoi arrived assembled Atehuru attended Barff beheld Borabora bread-fruit building canoe Captain Captain Cook chapel chiefs Christianity circumstances cloth cocoa-nut commenced companions coral death delighted desire district dress Duff dwelling employed endeavoured engaged England erected European favour females formed frequently friends furnished gods gospel habits heard Huahine idolatry idols induced influence inhabitants instruction Jehovah Jesus Christ kind king labour land language Leeward Islands Mahine Matavai ment mind Mission Missionaries Missionary Society morning mountains murdered natives Nott occasion offered Orsmond Papara Papetoai Pare party Pomare Pomare's Port Jackson prayer preaching present priest principal procured public worship racter Raiatea received reef religion residence rienced round Sabbath sacred sailed scripture sent ship shore side sionaries Society Islands soon South Sea Islands South Wales spirit station Tahaa Tahiti and Eimeo Tahitian teachers temple tion trees vessel visited voyage word
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Página 69 - Both rose from a comparatively humble station in society, to the supreme authority; both owed their elevation principally to their own energies, and the aid they derived from their intercourse with foreigners; both appeared the main pillars of the idolatry of their respective countries; and both left to their heirs the undisputed government of the islands they had conquered. Each appeared to have possessed natural endowments of a high order, and both were probably influenced by ambition. Pomare was...
Página 44 - ... in any place at sea, or upon the land in any of His Majesty's islands, plantations, colonies, dominions, forts or factories...
Página 171 - Many have died, and are gone to destruction, — kings and common people ; they died without knowing anything of the true God ; and now when it came to the small remainder of the people, Jehovah hath been pleased to make known his word, and we are made acquainted with his good word, made acquainted with the deception of the false gods, with all that is evil and false.
Página 186 - God so loved the world," &c. told him it was true, and that it was the message God had sent to them, and that whosoever believed in him, would not perish, but be happy after death. The overwhelming feelings of the wondering native were too powerful for expression or restraint. He burst into tears, and as these chased each other down his countenance...
Página 62 - ... received. Hitherto their labours had been confined to Tahiti; but in December, 1802, Mr. Bicknell, accompanied by Mr. Wilson, made a voyage to Eimeo, and, travelling round it, preached " the unsearchable riches of Christ" to its inhabitants, many of whom appeared to listen with earnestness, and desired to be more fully instructed.
Página 220 - When they beheld the letters black, and large, and well defined, there was one simultaneous expression of wonder and delight. The king took up the sheet, and having looked first at the paper and then at the types with attentive admiration, handed it to one of his chiefs, and expressed a wish to take another. He printed two more ; and while he was so engaged, the first sheet was shown to the crowd without, who, when they saw it, raised one general shout of astonishment and joy.
Página 145 - ... their readiness to lay down their lives rather than relinquish the Christian faith, and the privileges it conferred. Mahine, the king of Huahine, and Pomare-vahine, the heroic daughter of the king of Raiatea, with those of their people who had professed Christianity, arranged themselves in battle-array immediately behind the people of Eimeo, forming the main body of the army.
Página 192 - That little orb, in days remote of old, When angels yet. were young, was made for man, And titled Earth, her primal virgin name. Created first so lovely, so adorned With hill, and dale, and lawn, and winding vale, Woodland, and stream, and lake, and rolling seas, Green mead, and fruitful tree, and fertile grain, And herb, and flower ; so lovely, so adorned With numerous beasts of every kind, with fowl Of every wing and every tuneful note, And with all fish that in the multitude Of waters swam ; so...
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