Polynesian Researches: During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands, Band 4J.& J. Harper, 1833 |
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... idolatry , in 1819 - Description of the battle -Tomb of a celebrated priest - Account of Captain Cook's death , and the honours rendered to his remains - Encouraging missionary labours . CHAPTER VI . FROM PAGE 109 TO PAGE 123 . Visit to ...
... idolatry , in 1819 - Description of the battle -Tomb of a celebrated priest - Account of Captain Cook's death , and the honours rendered to his remains - Encouraging missionary labours . CHAPTER VI . FROM PAGE 109 TO PAGE 123 . Visit to ...
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... idolatry , and the prevalence of human sacri- fices , they are led , from the indubitable facts which have come under their notice , to more just and accurate con- clusions - conclusions in awful accordance with the tes- timony of ...
... idolatry , and the prevalence of human sacri- fices , they are led , from the indubitable facts which have come under their notice , to more just and accurate con- clusions - conclusions in awful accordance with the tes- timony of ...
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... idolatry , to present be- fore them the true God as the only legitimate object of rational homage , lead them to the exercise of a better . faith , and the adoption of a purer worship ; well assured that if , under the blessing of God ...
... idolatry , to present be- fore them the true God as the only legitimate object of rational homage , lead them to the exercise of a better . faith , and the adoption of a purer worship ; well assured that if , under the blessing of God ...
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... idolatry , but abolish the observances by which it was upheld . The Pari of Anuanu was an important position in times of war , and the parties in possession of it were usually masters of the island . In its vicinity many san- guinary ...
... idolatry , but abolish the observances by which it was upheld . The Pari of Anuanu was an important position in times of war , and the parties in possession of it were usually masters of the island . In its vicinity many san- guinary ...
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... southern neighbours were enjoying all the advantages of Christianity , they remained under the thick darkness and moral wretchedness of one of the most cruel sys- tems of idolatry that ever enslaved any portion of the.
... southern neighbours were enjoying all the advantages of Christianity , they remained under the thick darkness and moral wretchedness of one of the most cruel sys- tems of idolatry that ever enslaved any portion of the.
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afterward appeared arrived attend beach Bishop calabash called canoe Captain Cook chasms chiefs Christian cloth colour conversation crater cultivated death distance district feet high fire fish foreigners formed four frequently gods Goodrich governor ground Hamakua Hawaii Hawaiian heard heiau hogs Huahine hundred feet idolatry idols inches inhabitants Jehovah Kaahumanu Kairua Karaimoku kaua Keopuolani kind Kirauea Lahaina land late king Laupahoehoe lava leaves Makoa mats Maui Messrs miles missionaries morning Mouna Kea mountains natives night o'clock Oahu occasion party passed Pélé persons pieces prayer present priests principal probably procure reached residence returned Rihoriho rocks Sabbath sacred Sandwich Islands seen ship shore side Society Islands sometimes soon spot stones stood summit tabu Tahiti Tamehameha tapa taro Tauai Thurston preached tion told took Towaihae travelled trees usually valley vessel village visited volcano voyage Waiakea walked warriors word worship
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Seite 83 - Sirs, why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living GOD, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein ; who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.
Seite 64 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Seite 259 - Resides in that heavenly word! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford. But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a sabbath appeared.
Seite 103 - When we arrived at the beach Eappo came into the pinnace, and delivered to the Captain the bones wrapped up in a large quantity of fine new cloth, and covered with a spotted cloak of black and white feathers.
Seite 173 - Immediately before us yawned an immense gulf, in the form of a crescent, about two miles in length, from north-east to south-west, nearly a mile in width, and apparently 800 feet deep. The bottom was covered with lava, and the south-west and northern parts of it were one vast flood of burning matter, in a state of terrific ebullition, rolling to and fro its " fiery surge
Seite 173 - The steep which we had descended was formed of volcanic matter, apparently a light red and gray kind of lava, vesicular, and lying in horizontal strata, varying in thickness from one to forty feet. In a small number of places, the different strata of lava were also rent in perpendicular or oblique directions, from the top to the bottom, either by earthquakes, or other violent convulsions of the ground, connected with the action of the adjacent volcano.
Seite 167 - But are they silent all ? or is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man, And wooes him to be wise ? nor wooes in vain : This dead of midnight is the noon of thought, . And Wisdom mounts her zenith with the stars.
Seite 63 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Seite 7 - We could not but be struck with the singularity of this scene ; and perhaps there were few on board, who now lamented our having failed in our endeavours to find a northern passage homeward last summer. To this disappointment we owed our having it in our power to revisit the Sandwich Islands, and to enrich our voyage with a discovery, which, though last, seemed in many respects to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific ocean.
Seite 190 - These sounds were not fixed or confined to one place, but rolled from one end of the crater to the other; sometimes seeming to be immediately under us, when a sensible tremor of the ground on which we lay took place ; and then again rushing to the farthest end with incalculable velocity. The whole air was filled with the tumult ; and those most soundly asleep were quickly roused by it to thorough wakefulness.