The Bible in the PacificJames Nisbet and Company, 1888 - 296 páginas History of Bible translations, printings, distributions, and missions in the Pacific Islands. |
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able Aitutaki Aneiteum Apostles arrival Barff Bible translation Bingham blessed brethren British and Foreign Caledonia Captain carried CHAPTER chief Christian Church circulation commenced Committee complete copies Creagh dark dialect edition Ellis England entire Bible Epistles Eramanga Fiji Fijian Foreign Bible Society Geddie Genesis Gilbert Islanders Gospel of John Gospel of Luke Gospel of Mark Gospel of Matthew hands Hawaiian heart heathen Hebrides Inglis interest John Williams labours land language Lifu lives London Missionary Society Lord Loyalty Islands Luke M'Farlane Mare Marquesas Marsden Messrs miles months Morning Star natives Niue Old Testament Pacific Papeiha Polynesia population portions prepared printed in Sydney Psalms Rarotongan received reference remain remarks rendered Report revision sailed Samoan Samoan mission Sandwich Islands savage schools Scripture translation sent shore soon South Tahiti Tahitian group teachers Tonga voyage whole wife Word Zealand
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Página 231 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Página 125 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Página 219 - Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, — Grant them, Lord ! the glorious light , And, from eastern coast to western, May the morning chase the night ; And redemption, Freely purchased, win the day. 3 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel ! Win and conquer, never cease ; May thy lasting, wide dominions, Multiply and still increase ; Sway thy sceptre, Saviour ! all the world around.
Página 220 - 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 the last, seemed in many respects to be the most important that had hitherto been made by Europeans, throughout the extent of the Pacific Ocean.
Página 51 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 234 - His word shall not return unto Him void, but shall accomplish that which He pleases and shall prosper in the thing whereto He hath sent it...
Página 239 - God and pray to Him, and He has greatly blessed us. I advise you to throw away your idols, take the Lord Jehovah for your God, worship and love Him, and He will bless and save you. May He make these new teachers a great blessing to you and your people, and withhold from you no good thing. Kamehameha.
Página 232 - That no law shall be enacted which is at variance with the word of the Lord Jehovah, or at variance with the general spirit of His word.