Memoirs of Henry Obookiah: A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School ; who Died at Cornwall, Conn. Feb. 17, 1818, Aged 26 YearsAmerican Sunday School Union, 1830 - 126 pagina's |
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Pagina 13
... letters in English spelling - book . " We continued on these islands during six months , then took our course towards Owhy hee . Two of my countrymen were with me in the ship . One of them concluded to stay at Owhyhee , and the other to ...
... letters in English spelling - book . " We continued on these islands during six months , then took our course towards Owhy hee . Two of my countrymen were with me in the ship . One of them concluded to stay at Owhyhee , and the other to ...
Pagina 19
... letter R : a letter which occasioned him more trouble than all others . In pronouncing it , he uniformly gave it the sound of L. At every different reading an attempt was made 66 to correct the pronunciation . The language generally ...
... letter R : a letter which occasioned him more trouble than all others . In pronouncing it , he uniformly gave it the sound of L. At every different reading an attempt was made 66 to correct the pronunciation . The language generally ...
Pagina 25
... letter from the Rev. Mr. Mills , sufficiently illustrates this part of his character . " There was something unusual in regard to Obookiah . His attention to what passed before him , and his talent at imitation , were singular . He had ...
... letter from the Rev. Mr. Mills , sufficiently illustrates this part of his character . " There was something unusual in regard to Obookiah . His attention to what passed before him , and his talent at imitation , were singular . He had ...
Pagina 26
... letter- writing . His first letter was written to his friend Thomas at New - Haven , and the se- cond to his former instructor . The last has been preserved , and for reasons that will be obvious , is here inserted . - The following is ...
... letter- writing . His first letter was written to his friend Thomas at New - Haven , and the se- cond to his former instructor . The last has been preserved , and for reasons that will be obvious , is here inserted . - The following is ...
Pagina 27
... letter and tell me what Tom do . " This from " HENRY OBOOKI . " " Mrs. M. the wife of the Rev. Mr. M. " continues Obookiah , 66 was a very amiable woman , and I was treated by her as her own child . She used me kindly , and learned me ...
... letter and tell me what Tom do . " This from " HENRY OBOOKI . " " Mrs. M. the wife of the Rev. Mr. M. " continues Obookiah , 66 was a very amiable woman , and I was treated by her as her own child . She used me kindly , and learned me ...
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affectionate Almighty Andover answered appeared asked attended behold Bible bless board the ship Canaan captain Christian Consociation continued conversation Cornwall countrymen darkness dear friend death divine grace duty English English language eternal eyes faith father fear feel Foreign Mission School friend Thomas give glory Goshen Gospel grace hand happy hath hear heard heathen Heaven heavenly HENRY OBOOKIAH holy Holy Spirit hope inquired Jesus Christ kind labour Lamb of God language Litchfield live look Lord Jesus LYMAN BEECHER manner meeting mercy mind morning mother native Neptune never night observed Owhy hee Owhyhee pious pray preach racter religion remember returned Saviour Scriptures secret prayer sick sinners sins soon speak spelling-book spirit tears thankful thing thought told took Torringford uncle unto walk weeping wicked heart wished write Yale College
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Pagina 45 - And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not, I will lead them in paths that they have not known : I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake . them.
Pagina 49 - This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Pagina 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 76 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Pagina 48 - And they shall come from the east and from the west, and from the north and from the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
Pagina 50 - at that day ye shall know that I am in the Father, and ye in me, and I in you...
Pagina 72 - Search us O God and know our hearts, try us and know our thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in us, and lead us in the way everlasting.
Pagina 41 - He that will save his life shall lose it, and he that will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
Pagina 76 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Pagina 28 - yes," replied the friend : when he delivered himself in the following terms : " Great and eternal God — make heaven — make earth — make every thing. — Have mercy on me — make me understand the Bible — make me good— great God have mercy on Thomas — make • him good — make Thomas and me go back Owhyhee — tell folks in Owhyhee...