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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... walked deliberately through the river , car- rying his burden safe to the other bank , and return- ed back and proposed to take me . I told him I was so fat and heavy that he would let me fall into the water , he put his hands upon his ...
... walked deliberately through the river , car- rying his burden safe to the other bank , and return- ed back and proposed to take me . I told him I was so fat and heavy that he would let me fall into the water , he put his hands upon his ...
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... walked about one mile into the country , where I found the land remarkably good . We passed through four or five towns , as they called them , the houses as in other towns appear at a distant view more like the same number of stacks of ...
... walked about one mile into the country , where I found the land remarkably good . We passed through four or five towns , as they called them , the houses as in other towns appear at a distant view more like the same number of stacks of ...
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... walked four miles in the damp of the evening , with our clothes drenched in perspiration and being oblig . ed to lay down supperless upon a floor composed of bamboo sticks , without any covering , but our wet garments - having no door ...
... walked four miles in the damp of the evening , with our clothes drenched in perspiration and being oblig . ed to lay down supperless upon a floor composed of bamboo sticks , without any covering , but our wet garments - having no door ...
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... walked in various directions , and returned to the Schooner , having previously explored the St. John's River as far as the Rapids , and viewed the country in vari- ous directions . We fully determined upon the ter- ritory which would ...
... walked in various directions , and returned to the Schooner , having previously explored the St. John's River as far as the Rapids , and viewed the country in vari- ous directions . We fully determined upon the ter- ritory which would ...
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... walked to his spring , and in the very appearance of the water saw an indication of its impurity ; it appeared to be in a state of fer- mentation , and , I must confess , I did not wish to taste it . After we returned , we passed by his ...
... walked to his spring , and in the very appearance of the water saw an indication of its impurity ; it appeared to be in a state of fer- mentation , and , I must confess , I did not wish to taste it . After we returned , we passed by his ...
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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...