 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 ocean for months with perfect safety, whereas, if a breeze blow upon...  The Family Library (Harper). - Page 2321845Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Williams - 1837 - 654 pages
...is my wish that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look," continued he, " at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah, and...upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset, and we sprawling in the sea. Their persons also are covered from head to foot in beautiful clothes, while... | |
 | 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
...It is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the Christian religionshould become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...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... | |
 | 1843 - 598 pages
...Navigators' Islands. " It is my wish," said he, " that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...sea. Their persons also are covered from head to foot with beautiful clothes, while we wear nothing but a girdle of leaves. Now I conclude that the God who... | |
 | Alexander Marjoribanks - 1845 - 190 pages
...addressed them as follows. — " It is my wish that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...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... | |
 | Ebenezer Prout - 1846 - 544 pages
...It is my wish that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look," continued he, "at the •wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset, and we sprawling in the sea. Their persons also are covered from head to foot in beautiful clothes, while... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1852 - 522 pages
...It is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the christian religionshould become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...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... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1852 - 504 pages
...is my wish," said one of the chiefs, " that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...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... | |
 | 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
...wish,' said a venerable chief, on rising, ' that the Christian religion should become universal amongst us. I look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...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.... | |
 | Thomas William M. Marshall - 1862 - 620 pages
...quotes the speech of one of their chiefs, who thus recommended the English religion to his people. « Look at the wisdom of these worshippers of Jehovah,...upon our canoes, they are in an instant upset, and we are sprawling in the sea. Their persons are covered from head to foot in beautiful clothes, while we... | |
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