The Martyr of Erromanga, Or, The Philosophy of Missions. Illustrated from the Labours, Death and Character of the Late Rev. John Williams. 3rd EdJohn Shaw, 1843 - 472 стор. |
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... thousands , and that their numbers are continually increasing . They comprise the largest portion of the best friends of the cause of Missions ; and from their ranks have been supplied nearly the whole host of labourers now in the ...
... thousands , and that their numbers are continually increasing . They comprise the largest portion of the best friends of the cause of Missions ; and from their ranks have been supplied nearly the whole host of labourers now in the ...
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... thousand - fold , are the multitudes who listen to it only with disgust and derision . I shall , therefore , endea- vour to sift the claims of their respective views , and duly to estimate them , taking the martyr of Erromanga as the ...
... thousand - fold , are the multitudes who listen to it only with disgust and derision . I shall , therefore , endea- vour to sift the claims of their respective views , and duly to estimate them , taking the martyr of Erromanga as the ...
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... thousand times rather have been Williams in Aitutaki , than Napoleon in Moscow ? Both were sur- rounded by the work of destruction , but how different the objects and results ! When the colossus of war had reached that great capital ...
... thousand times rather have been Williams in Aitutaki , than Napoleon in Moscow ? Both were sur- rounded by the work of destruction , but how different the objects and results ! When the colossus of war had reached that great capital ...
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... thousand times rather have been John Williams on those occasions , than Blake , or Duncan , or Hood , or Howe , or even Nelson himself , in their proudest hour ? Defence of country against invasion is , doubtless , a source of ...
... thousand times rather have been John Williams on those occasions , than Blake , or Duncan , or Hood , or Howe , or even Nelson himself , in their proudest hour ? Defence of country against invasion is , doubtless , a source of ...
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... thousand of those persons who had rejected their gods , hanging on his lips as he proclaimed the gospel of mercy ! * Tinomana , the chief , will continue , while Rarotonga shall exist , a beautiful example of simplicity * Williams , pp ...
... thousand of those persons who had rejected their gods , hanging on his lips as he proclaimed the gospel of mercy ! * Tinomana , the chief , will continue , while Rarotonga shall exist , a beautiful example of simplicity * Williams , pp ...
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