Life in the Sandwich Islands: Or, The Heart of the Pacific, as it was and isA.S. Barnes & Company, 1851 - 355 páginas |
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... reflection upon his end - Forms of the old idolatry- Pagan notions respecting the soul - The realms of Wakea and Milu - Providence and Grace in the Heart of the Pacific . 1 CHAPTER II . KEALAKEKUA BAY NOW AND THIRTY YEARS AGO.
... reflection upon his end - Forms of the old idolatry- Pagan notions respecting the soul - The realms of Wakea and Milu - Providence and Grace in the Heart of the Pacific . 1 CHAPTER II . KEALAKEKUA BAY NOW AND THIRTY YEARS AGO.
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... soul - The realms of Wakea and Milu - Providence and Grace in the Heart of the Pacific . THREESCORE and thirteen years ago there appeared in the serene waters of a far island in the Pacific a notable wonder , which has been succeeded by ...
... soul - The realms of Wakea and Milu - Providence and Grace in the Heart of the Pacific . THREESCORE and thirteen years ago there appeared in the serene waters of a far island in the Pacific a notable wonder , which has been succeeded by ...
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... souls of the dead playing at ball . In the sky there is an immense lake , confined by a dam ; when the water ... soul , they had very inadequate and confused notions . They supposed that after death the soul , or rather the ghost ...
... souls of the dead playing at ball . In the sky there is an immense lake , confined by a dam ; when the water ... soul , they had very inadequate and confused notions . They supposed that after death the soul , or rather the ghost ...
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... soul found no one there in the region of Wakea to entertain it , and was forced to take a desperate plunge into a place of misery below ruled by one they called Milu . There are several precipices , from the verge of which unhappy souls ...
... soul found no one there in the region of Wakea to entertain it , and was forced to take a desperate plunge into a place of misery below ruled by one they called Milu . There are several precipices , from the verge of which unhappy souls ...
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... soul , shrouded in this deep Pagan gloom ! Can such beings be civilized ? Can they be Christianized ? Can we throw ourselves upon these rude shores , and take up our abode for life among such a people , for the purpose of training them ...
... soul , shrouded in this deep Pagan gloom ! Can such beings be civilized ? Can they be Christianized ? Can we throw ourselves upon these rude shores , and take up our abode for life among such a people , for the purpose of training them ...
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Página 198 - If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions : I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 180 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men...
Página 238 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Página 87 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Página 110 - And thou, too, whosoe'er thou art, That readest this brief psalm, As one by one thy hopes depart, Be resolute and calm. O fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Página 80 - No, faith, not a jot ; but to follow him thither with modesty enough, and likelihood to lead it: As thus; Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander returneth to dust ; the dust is earth ; of earth we make loam : And why of that loam, whereto he was converted, might they not stop a beer-barrel...
Página 239 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed...
Página 92 - Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song.
Página 70 - twas an unimaginable sight ! Clouds, mists, streams, watery rocks and emerald turf, Clouds of all tincture, rocks and sapphire sky, Confused, commingled, mutually inflamed, Molten together, and composing thus, Each lost in each, that marvellous array Of temple, palace, citadel, and huge Fantastic pomp of structure without name, In fleecy folds voluminous, enwrapped.
Página 38 - Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its furrows shall we all be cast, In the sure faith, that we shall rise again At the great harvest, when the arch-angel's blast Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom, In the fair gardens of that second birth ; And each bright blossom, mingle its perfume With that of flowers, which never bloomed on earth.