 that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships are like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven...  The Metropolitan - Page 71843Full view - About this book
 | John Williams - 1840 - 174 pages
...is my wish that the Christian religion should hecome universal amongst us. I look," continued he, '' at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and...superior they are to us in every respect. Their ships arc like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1842 - 464 pages
...is always associated. " It is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the Christian religionshould become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom...they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months * When the teachers were asked why they had not taught the people to sing, they replied that they had... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - 1845 - 190 pages
...one of these meetings a venerable chief rose up and addressed them as follows. — " It is my wish that the Christian religion should become universal...that they can traverse the tempest.driven ocean for many months with perfect safety ; whereas if a breeze blow upon our canoes, they are in an instant... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1852 - 504 pages
...and to the comforts with which it is always associated. " It is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the Christian religion should become universal...like floating houses, so that they can traverse the tempest- driven ocean for months * When the teachers were asked why they had not tanght the people... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1852 - 522 pages
...is always associated. " It is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the christian religionshould become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom...they can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months * When the teachers were asked why they had not taught the people to sing, they replied that they had... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1854 - 632 pages
...an abstract of one of these discussions : — ' It is my wish,' said a venerable chief, on rising, ' that the Christian religion should become universal...how superior they are to us in every respect. Their persons are covered from head to foot in beautiful clothes, while we wear nothing but a girdle of leaves.... | |
 | 1872 - 794 pages
...wish that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look," continued he, ' at tho wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and see how...superior they are to us in •every respect. Their ships nro like floating houses, so that the}' can traverse the tempest-driven ocean for months with perfect... | |
 | William Moister - 1875 - 344 pages
...Christian religion should become uní versal among MISSIONARY ANECDOTES. us. I look," continued he, " at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and...perfect safety; whereas, if a breeze blow upon our frail canoes, they are upset in an instant, and we are sprawling in the sea. Their persons, also, are... | |
 | Frederick Joseph Moss - 1889 - 398 pages
...my wish," said one of the Samoan chiefs, " that the Christian religion should become universal among us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah...can traverse the tempestdriven ocean for months with safety, whereas if a breeze blow upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset and we thrown into the... | |
 | Frederick Joseph Moss - 1889 - 382 pages
...my wish," said one of the Samoan chiefs, " that the Christian religion should become universal among us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah...can traverse the tempestdriven ocean for months with safety, whereas if a breeze blow upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset and we thrown into the... | |
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