The Pilgrims of Hawaii: Their Own Story of Their Pilgrimage from New England and Life Work in the Sandwich Islands, Now Known as HawaiiFleming H. Revell Company, 1918 - 351 páginas |
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American Board April Armstrong arrived attended Bingham Bishop blessing Boarding School Boki brethren brig Brother building called canoe Captain Chamberlain chiefs Christian church Coan commenced congregation death dollars E. W. Clark Ellis father feel feet foreign four Gospel Governor Gulick Hawaii Hawaiian language Hawaiian Missionary heart heathen Hilo Hoapili Honolulu hundred July June Kaahumanu Kailua Kalanimoku Kamehameha Kamehameha IV Kapiolani Kauai Kawaiahao Kawaiahao Church Kekela Keopuolani king Kohala labor Lahaina Lahainaluna land letter by E. W. Liholiho Lord Lowell Smith Lunalilo Marquesas Islands Maui meeting house Messrs Micronesia miles ministers mission missionaries Molokai months morning nation native Oahu passengers pastor prayer preached present received Richards Sabbath sailed Sandwich Islands scholars schooner Seminary sent ship shore sionaries Society soon spirit station stone teachers thousand Thurston tion twenty vessel voyage Waialua Wailuku Waimea week wife worship young
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Página 14 - No alien land in all the world has any deep, strong charm for me but that one, no other land could so longingly and so beseechingly haunt me, sleeping and waking, through half a lifetime, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other things change, but it remains the same. For me its balmy airs are always blowing, its summer seas flashing in the sun...
Página 250 - Wines, brandies, and other spirituous liquors, are, however, excepted from this stipulation, and shall be liable to such reasonable duty as the Hawaiian Government may think fit to lay upon them; provided always that the amount of duty shall not be so high as absolutely to prohibit the importation of the said articles.
Página 23 - And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be...
Página 103 - Jehovah is my God. He kindled these fires. I fear not Pele. If I perish by the anger of Pele, then you may fear the power of Pele ; but if I trust in Jehovah, and he shall save me from the wrath of Pele when I break through her tabus, then you must fear and serve the Lord Jehovah. All the gods of Hawaii are vain.
Página 197 - ... quarter of a mile. This was done by the women in calabashes, each one filling her calabash with lime and carrying it on her shoulder to the building, in all about seven hundred barrels of lime.
Página 221 - ... quote, in his addresses to the people, different editions of the New Testament, as changes were made in the translation from time to time. He would first tell how the passage stood in the old edition, then in the new, so that those who had the different editions might recognize the passage. I was never so deeply impressed with the extent and accuracy of his knowledge of the Scriptures, as I was a few months ago, while attending a protracted meeting in this place. He was called upon, with only...
Página 197 - Church-members about one eighth of a mile to the building. This was gratuitous labor. Our lime had then to be obtained in the following manner : The coral was taken from the sea, and, as there are no reefs here, it was procured...
Página 23 - Young man, sit down! When God pleases to convert the heathen he will do it without your aid or mine.
Página 20 - My brother, now with you, and myself, are all that escaped death at her hands. This brother was buried, too, but I loved him very much and determined to save him, if I could. I watched my mother and saw where she buried him. As soon as she went away, I ran and dug him up. He was not dead. I ran away many miles with him, and kept him hid with some friends a long time. My mother heard of us and tried to get us back, but I kept going from one place to another and after awhile she died. I have always...
Página 168 - Several of the native brethren were sent out to the outstations to converse with the people and they were astonished to find that the Lord had preceded them and had inclined the hearts of many to attend to His word. They were absent one week and returned little less surprised at the power and goodness of God, than were the disciples when they exclaimed: "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name!