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Common terms and phrasesarrived attended baptized became become Christian blessing brought Calvert cannibal canoe Captain chapel Christ Christian Church Circuit converts death District Meeting earnest Eewa Elijah faithful favour fear felt Fiji Fijian Fijian language Friendly Islands friends Gospel greatly heart heathen hundred Hunt influence Jesus Kamba killed King King's labour Lakemba land Levu Levuka live Lomaloma Lord lotu Lyth Mara Mbau Chief miles Mission Mission-house Missionaries morning Moturiki murdered Nakelo Namosi Nandi Native Teachers Ndama night once Oneata Ovalau party peace pray prayer preached Preacher present priest professed Ratu received religion remained removed residence Rewa Rotuma Sabbath sailed sent sionaries Somosomo soon soul Station strangled supply Tanoa Thakombau things Tiliva Tongans town Tui Levuka Tui Mbua Tui Nayau Vanua Levu Vatoa Verani vessel Viti Levu Viwa voyage Vunivalu Waterhouse Watsford wife wives worship Popular passagesPage 353 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh. Page 362 - I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Page 200 - And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And their queens thy nursing mothers: They shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, And lick up the dust of thy feet ; And thou shalt know that I am the Lord: For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Page 370 - But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded... Page 39 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory. Page 266 - Certainly the feelings of the VeWa people were not ordinary. They literally roared for hours together for the disquietude of their souls. This frequently terminated in fainting from exhaustion, -which was the only respite some of them had till they found peace. They no sooner recovered their consciousness than they prayed themselves first into an agony, then again into a state of entire insensibility. Page 84 - leave the things that are behind, and reach forth to those which are before : I press towards the mark for the prize of my high calling, which is of God in Christ Jesus. Page 290 - ... to admire the appearance of the chief: of large, almost gigantic size, his limbs were beautifully formed and proportioned ; his countenance, with far less of the Negro cast than among the lower orders, agreeable and intelligent ; while his immense head of hair, covered and concealed with gauze, smoke-dried, and slightly tinged with brown, gave him altogether the appearance of an eastern sultan. No garments confined his magnificent chest and neck, or concealed the natural colour of the skin, a... Page 74 - I love the Lord, and I Know He loves me ; not for anything in me, or for anything I have done ; but for Christ's sake alone. I trust in Christ and am happy. I listen to God, that He may do with me as He pleases. I am thankful to have lived until the Lord's work has begun. I feel it in my heart. I hold Jesus. I am happy. My heart is full of love to God. ' " Another said, 'One good thing I know — the sacred blood of Jesus. I desire nothing else. Page 272 - Those who stood by, fearing for his weak frame, tried to calm his emotion, by telling him that God was blessing Fiji, and that now he must be silent. For a time he yielded, and wept low ; but that great flame of devoted love must leap up in all its glory of earnestness ere it go out ; and, grasping Mr. Calvert with one hand, he raised the other, crying, " O let me pray once more for Fiji ! Lord, for Christ's sake, bless Fiji ! Save Fiji ! Save Thy servants ! Save Thy people ! Save the heathen —... 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