Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ...
Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ...
William F Gill
The book Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ... was written by author William F Gill Here you can read free online of Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ... book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ... a good or bad book?
What reading level is Gems From the Coral Islands: Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage And ... book?
To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Most of the deacons and teachers and mission- aries from the surrounding islands had come to us for the occasion. The captain and crew of the missionary ship were there ; Eev. C. Hardie, representative of the distant Samoan churches, was there; the honoured fathers ^d founders of the mission. Rev. Messrs. Pitman and Buzacott, who had wrought labours abundant, and had endured trials unre- corded, were there; the venerable "Tinomana" and "Pa,*' chiefs who had lived thirty years of heathen life be...fore the gospel was taken to the land, were there ; the noble chief- tainess, " Makea," the worthy successor of her sainted parent, was there ; ** Papehia," the aged andtjie himourable, who, thirty years before, had landed in the mi^st of the heathen nopulation, at the peril of his life, to preach to 2 1 Digitized by VjOOQIC 114 GEMS PBOM THE COBAL ISLAin)S. them the word of salvation — ^he was there ; and to complete the hallowed chain, " Tapaeru,*' the native woman who was taken awaj from her island home a heathen captive, and re- turned a Christian pioneer — a heroine who fought for the life of " Papehia," when her savage countrymen had de- signed his murder — she was there.
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: