The American Mission in the Sandwich Islands a Vindication And An Appeal in Rel
The American Mission in the Sandwich Islands a Vindication And An Appeal in Rel
William Ellis
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"* Connected with the purpose for which it is used, the statement is evi dently meant to convey the impression that the religion of the Hawai- ians exists on the surface, and on the surface only ; that it has no place in the hearts of the people, no hold on their affections, and that therefore it was necessary to send them a different kind of Christianity. Of the religion of the great body of the Christians in Hawaii, the committee themselves were incapable of forming a reliable opinion, but in... relation to individuals of that people, they had evidence which should have pre vented their spreading over the dioceses of England, a statement calcu lated to produce such injurious impressions without the clearest evidence of their truth. Queen Emma herself was a Christian before the new missionaries set foot in Hawaii. Her Majesty's Chaplain was a Christian, was baptized* was received to the Communion of the Hawaiian Church, and continued * ' ; Hawaiian Church Mission. " pp. 2, 3. THE SANDWICH ISLAND MISSIONS.
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