Remarkable Incidents in the Life of the Rev. Samuel Leigh: Missionary to the Settlers and Savages of Australia and New-Zealand: With a Succinct History of ... the Missions in Those Colonies
Remarkable Incidents in the Life of the Rev. Samuel Leigh: Missionary to the Settlers and Savages of Australia and New-Zealand: With a Succinct History of ... the Missions in Those Colonies
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...anxious to ascend the river with it. Nenney said, "We have no time to listen to objections," and ordered his men to man the oais and carry the boat in shore. The missionaries were surprised, on landing, to see such a formidable array of warriors. They lifted their hearts to God in prayer for his protection of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...anxious to ascend the river with it. Nenney said, "We have no time to listen to objections," and ordered his men to man the oais and carry the boat in shore. The missionaries were surprised, on landing, to see such a formidable array of warriors. They lifted their hearts to God in prayer for his protection of themselves and property; for they had valuable stores in the boat, which was likely to be seized. They were conducted into the presence of Patuone, who told them that he was going to fight their people; but that, not being able to commence the attack before daybreak to-morrow morning, he had intercepted them, lest they should carry the intelligence of their arrival to Wangaroa. Finding themselves prisoners in the hands of a powerful army, the brethren resolved to make the best use of their circumstances. They spent the whole of the afternoon in conversation with the chiefs. In the evening all the chiefs assembled in council. When the assembly broke up, it was stated that they had agreed as to the best mode of attack; and that, instead of deferring it till day-light, they should sail almost immediately. At ten o'clock the missionaries proposed singing and prayer. The chiefs assembled the warriors, when they sang the following verses: --"Sing to the Lord! exalt Him high, Who spreads His clouds along the sky! There He prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain. "He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn; The beasts with food His hands supply, And the young ravens when they cry. "What is the creature's skill or force 1 The sprightly man, or warlike horsed The piercing wit, the active limb All are too mean delights for Him." Mr. Williams prayed, with much simplicity and ferv...
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