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This was not the case, but God had sent him for another purpose, and that to know Obookiah, a heathen boy from the Sandwich Islands. This acquaintance greatlyincreased his zeal. Sometimes a little seed, wafted by the wind, is borne far from itsmother plant to take root in a foreign soil: but its fruit may bereturned whence it came. This little lonely heathen child, blown byseemingly cruel and adverse winds, was tossed upon our Christianshores by the good hand of God. The ship which brought him ...touchedother and idolatrous lands, but he was not to put his feet down tillthey could be planted in the right place. That his life touched Mills' life, both being quickened, is perhapsreason enough for giving here a portion of Obookiah's history andthat of his native land, if there were not another reason, and thatthe opportunity, here afforded, of following a stream of influence toits sea. CHAPTER III. OBOOKIAH IN HAWAII--IN AMERICA. Henry Obookiah was born in Hawaii, about the year 1792. When abouttwelve years old, two parties contending for dominion, disturbed thepeace of the island.
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