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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ENGRAVINGS
- FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CHAPTER XXX
- CHAPTER XXXI
- CHAPTER XXXII
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ENGRAVINGS
- FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE OF THE LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V
- CHAPTER VI
- CHAPTER VII
- CHAPTER VIII
- CHAPTER IX
- CHAPTER X
- CHAPTER XI
- CHAPTER XII
- CHAPTER XIII
- CHAPTER XIV
- CHAPTER XV
- CHAPTER XVI
- CHAPTER XVII
- CHAPTER XVIII
- CHAPTER XIX
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI
- CHAPTER XXII
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV
- CHAPTER XXVI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- CHAPTER XXVIII
- CHAPTER XXIX
- CHAPTER XXX
- CHAPTER XXXI
- CHAPTER XXXII
Summary
After landing our stores at Rarotonga, Te-ava, a pious and intelligent member of Mr. Buzacott's church, was set apart to the important office of a Missionary; being designed for the station of Manono, the island of which the gigantic Matetau, to whom I promised a teacher, was chief. Makea also was anxious to accompany me. Hoping that many advantages might result from his presence, we readily acceded to his wish. Every thing being ready, on Thursday evening, October 11, 1832, we directed our course once more for the Samoa Islands.
On the following Tuesday, I requested Te-ava to conduct our morning's devotions; and being much pleased with the novelty and excellency of his prayer, and the pious fervour of his manner, I wrote it down immediately after, and have preserved the following extract :—
“If we fly up to heaven we shall find thee there; if we dwell upon the land, thou art there; if we sail upon the sea, thou art there; and this affords us comfort; so that we sail upon the ocean without fear, because thou, O God, art in our ship. The King of our bodies has his subjects, to whom he issues his orders: but if he himself goes with them, his presence stimulates their zeal; they begin it with energy, they do it soon, they do it well.[…]
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- A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea IslandsWith Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origin, Languages, Traditions, and Usages of the Inhabitants, pp. 408 - 420Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1837