Abstract of a Journal of E. Bacon, Assistant Agent of the United States, to Africa: With an Appendix, Containing Extracts from Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society in England, for the Years 1819-20 |
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... friendship ; pretending as he did to unbounded influence among the native chiefs ; an ardent desire to further the be- nevolent objects of our government and the society ; to benefit America ; to meliorate the conditions of the African ...
... friendship ; pretending as he did to unbounded influence among the native chiefs ; an ardent desire to further the be- nevolent objects of our government and the society ; to benefit America ; to meliorate the conditions of the African ...
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... friends , consulted on the sub- ject . It will be seen by a reference to dates , that we had concluded our contract for the lands , and return- ed to Sierra Leone , two weeks or more before the arrival of the Aligator . The vessel in ...
... friends , consulted on the sub- ject . It will be seen by a reference to dates , that we had concluded our contract for the lands , and return- ed to Sierra Leone , two weeks or more before the arrival of the Aligator . The vessel in ...
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... 21st of March , having been much engaged in making preparations , I had not time to write to my friend ; and expecting not to return until after the sailing of the brig Nautilus , 割( although the disembarkation had not yet com menced 12.
... 21st of March , having been much engaged in making preparations , I had not time to write to my friend ; and expecting not to return until after the sailing of the brig Nautilus , 割( although the disembarkation had not yet com menced 12.
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... name of Brown , rose and spoke with much spirit ; his speech was inter- preted by Yamba , the substance of it was that we were emissaries from some slave ship in the neigh- bourhood , and that we were not friends to them 23.
... name of Brown , rose and spoke with much spirit ; his speech was inter- preted by Yamba , the substance of it was that we were emissaries from some slave ship in the neigh- bourhood , and that we were not friends to them 23.
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... friends to them ; on which the King and his Council withdrew to the shade of a large silk cotton tree , in conclave , for the space of 20 or 30 minutes . They then returned and proceeded in discussing the condition strenuously urged ...
... friends to them ; on which the King and his Council withdrew to the shade of a large silk cotton tree , in conclave , for the space of 20 or 30 minutes . They then returned and proceeded in discussing the condition strenuously urged ...
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Page 4 - O that men would therefore praise the LORD for his goodness ; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men...
Page 3 - O that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness; and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men ! 22 That they would offer unto him the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and tell out his works with gladness!
Page 3 - Then are they glad, because they are at rest, and so He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be. 0 that men would therefore praise the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that He doeth for the children of men.
Page 4 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 4 - They are carried up to the heaven, and down again to the deep ; their soul melteth away because of the trouble.
Page 4 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 90 - I can forgive him; but' (added he, rising from his seat with much emotion) ' if a man takes away the character of the people of my country, I never can forgive him.
Page 62 - Church is generally filled half an hour before the bell tolls. The greatest attention is paid during the service, indeed I witnessed a Christian congregation in a heathen land ; — a people " fearing God, and working righteousness.
Page 43 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 60 - Houses, a Bridge of several arches, some Native Dwellings, and other Buildings, all of stone, are either finished or on the point of being so. But the state of cultivation further manifests the industry of the people — all are farmers — gardens...