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violated the sacred place. One or two of the natives of Raiatea went up to him, and told him to desist, and not attempt to deceive them any longer, that the people would not tolerate their imposition. The priest answered, that it was the god that was within him, and that he was the god. When uruhia, (under the inspiration of the spirit,) the priest was always considered as sacred as the god, and was called, during this period, atua, god, though at other times only denominated taura, or priest. Finding

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prevented his throwing himself on the ground. For a long time, the priest and one of the Raiateans struggled together; when the god, insulted at the rude liberty taken with his servant, left him and the priest in silence retired from the assembly. When one of the priests was exhibiting all the violent gestures of inspiration in Huahine, a bystander observed, that it was all deceit, and that if they were to open the body of the priest, they should not find any god within. The multitude, however

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appeared to have obtained in the volume of revelation. God, they had always endeavoured to represent as a powerful, benevolent, and holy Being, justly requiring the grateful homage, and willing obedience, of his creatures. Man, they had represented as the Scripture described him, and their own observation represented him to be, a sinner against his Maker, and exposed to the consequences of his guilt; the love of God, in the gift of his only begotten Son, as a propitiation for sin, and the only medium

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earthquake takes place, he is transferring it from one shoulder to the other. Having, with the assistance of Hina, made the heavens, earth, and sea, Taaroa oriori, or created, the gods. The first was Rootane, the god of peace. The second was Toahitu, in shape like a dog; he saved such as were in danger of falling from rocks and trees. Te fatu (the lord) was the third. Teiria, (the indignant,) a god of war, was the fourth. The fifth, who was said to have had a bald head, was called Ruanuu. The

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uttered the response of the oracle, the violent paroxysm gradually subsided, and comparative composure ensued. The god did not, however, always leave him as soon as the communication had been made. Sometimes the same taura, or priest, continued for two or three days possessed by the spirit or deity; a piece of peculiar native cloth, worn round one arm, was an indication of inspiration, or of the indwelling of the god in the individual who wore it. The acts of the man during this period were

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half a mile of the reef, we lowered our sails, and manning the oars, rowed round the northern point of the island. By eight o'clock on the 5th of May, we entered Fare harbour, and on our landing had the happiness to find our families and friends well. It was the Sabbath, and we repaired with gratitude to the house of God, to render our acknowledgments for preservation. II. 3 I [page] 42

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Lord's expressions in speaking to the Sadducees; Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures; and again, Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush,* when he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Hence it is erroneously concluded that this passage was intended by Moses as a revelation of the doctrine of the resurrection to the Israelites of his own time; though common sense might convince any one that such an allusion as that, never could

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(I do not say might arise, but) actually has arisen in the Roman Catholic Church, much worse than that of praying for the dead, is that of praying to the dead. Believing that the souls of eminently holy men are in a state of consciousness and enjoyment in the presence of God, no one could be sure that one or more of these holy men might not be, invisibly, near at hand: thence he was tempted to address a request to them, on the chance of its being so, that they would pray to God on his behalf

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realities of the Gospel. I wonder, therefore, how any Christians can doubt that those other declarations and promises also, relate' to the Jerusalem which is above, which is the mother of us all, (Galatians iv. 26.) and to us, the Christian Church, which is the Israel of God; the adopted sons of Abraham (Romans iv. 16.) by faith, the children of God and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians iii. 7, 29.) The Christian Church succeeds the Jewish in the divine favour and in all its

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, Thou art there: if I go down to hell, Thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. Indeed, we have no reason to suppose that that great Spirit, whom we call God, and whom we suppose not to partake at all of the nature of any material substance, has any relation to place at all, or can be properly said to be in any place. Strictly speaking, it is not, that God is every

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increased by the vast preponderance of malignant deities, frequently the personifications of cruelty and vice. They had changed the glory of God into the image of corruptible things, and instead of exercising those affections of gratitude, complacency, and love, in the objects of their worship, which the living God supremely requires, they regarded their deities with horrific dread, and worshipped only with enslaving fear. While the false system of Tahiti shews the distance to which those under

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Oro, on board a sacred canoe, in which the ark, or residence of the idol, was placed. Notwithstanding his being thus engaged, they told him Jehovah alone was God, that pigs were not acceptable to him as offerings, that Jesus Christ was the true atonement for sin, and that God was offended with them for killing men. The chief at first seemed unwilling, but at but said he would attend to their religion. On the following day, when the king, chiefs, and people, were assembled within the temple, Otu

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very cheering prospects under which they were at this time called upon to pursue their Missionary engagements, greatly alleviated their sorrow. They had established public worship; Mr. Davies had opened a school; an increased and pleasing attention had been manifested, by several, to the instructions communicated; and only ten days before the death of Mrs. Henry, Pomare, the king of Tahiti, publicly professed his belief in Jehovah the true God, and his determination to serve him. He also

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life from the dead to the Missionaries; they thanked God, and took courage; but before commencing their journey round Tahiti, they wrote to their brethren in Eimeo an account of what they had seen and heard: declaring all that they had heard was true, that God had also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto life, that some had cast away their idols, and were stretching out their hands in prayer to God, c. The effect of their letter was scarcely less on the minds of the Missionaries in Eimeo

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the prospect of a fatal issue. A priest was sent for, who implored the assistance of his god; but, continuing his intercession for a long time, without any apparent relief to the sufferer, he deserted, and left the family in hopeless disappointment. A native, who was a worshipper of Jehovah, was among the attending friends. He kneeled down, and offered up a fervent prayer to the true God. While he was thus engaged, relief was afforded, and the weeping and forebodings of the family turned into

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ascertain. They appear, however, to have imagined the shape or form resembled that of the human body, in which they sometimes appeared in dreams to the survivors. When the spirit left the body, which they called unuhi te varua e te atua, the spirit drawn out by the god, (the same term, unuhi, is applied by them to the drawing of a sword out of its scabbard,) it was supposed to be fetched, or sent for, by the god. They imagined that oramatuas, or demons, were often waiting near the body, to seize

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waters, and lowered his hooks among the branching corals at the bottom. The hooks became entangled in the hair of the sleeping god. After remaining some time, the fisherman endeavoured to pull up his hooks, but was for a long period unable to move them. At length they were suddenly disentangled from whatever they had been attached to, and he began to draw them towards the surface. In an instant, however, the god, whom he had aroused from his slumbers, appeared at the surface of the water, and, after

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influence of the god was imparted, and through them transferred to the objects to which they might be attached. Among the numerous ceremonies observed, the paeatua was one of the most conspicuous. On these occasions, the gods were all brought out of the temple, the sacred coverings removed, scented oils were applied to the images, and they were exposed to the sun. At these seasons, the parties who wished their emblems of deity to be impregnated with the essence of the gods, repaired to the

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settlement; and nothing could repress the ardour of the people in what appeared to us their search after the means of obtaining the Divine favour. Often have we been aroused at break of day, by persons coming to inquire what they must do to be saved how they might obtain the forgiveness of their sins, and the favour of God; expressing their desires to become the people of God, and to renounce every practice contrary to christian consistency. Many were undoubtedly influenced by a desire of baptism; that

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death was also attributed to the same cause and an attack so terminating, was called rima atua: hand of god. Those who died suddenly were also said to be haruhia e te atua, or uumehia e te atua: seized by the god, or strangled by the god. Indeed, the gods were supposed to send all the diseases with which they were afflicted. Whatever mystery they might attach to the preparation and use of medicine, their practice of surgery, and application of external remedies, were more simple and

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goodness of God, were anxious to be informed what they might do to promote his praise. I cannot look back upon this period of my Missionary life with indifference; nor can I contemplate the state of the people at this time, without believing that the Spirit of God was powerfully operating upon the minds of many. Of this, their subsequent lives have afforded satisfactory evidence. Instability was one of their prominent traits of character; and did we not believe in a higher agency than their own

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ce tr s commune dans notre pays est celle dont la chenille se trouve sur le sene on (Bombyx Ja (1) Voyez Ochs., God., etc. (2) Voyez, pour les autres esp ces, Latr., Gen. crust. et insect., IV, p. 220; Ochsenheimer, et God., Hist. natur. des l pid. de France. [page] 40

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leur longueur, termin s presque insensiblement en pointe, et tr s comprim s, composent cinq autres sous-genres. Les VANESSES. (VANESSA. Fab.) S' loignent des suivants par leurs antennes termin es brusquement par un bouton court, en forme de toupie ou ovo de. Leurs chenilles sont charg es de nombreuses pines. La V. morio (Papilio antiopa, Lin.), God., Hist. nat. des l pid. de France, I. 5, I. Ailes anguleuses, d'un noir pourpre fonc , avec une bande jaun tre ou blanch tre au bord post rieur, et

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Christianity Persecution of the Christians Worshippers of the true God sought as victims, for sacrifice to the pagan idols Noties of Abrahama Martyrdom in Tahiti. SOON after the return of Messrs. Scott and Hayward from Tahiti, indications of the same convictions and inquiry were occasionally manifested in Eimeo; and on the 25th of July, 1813, which was the Sabbath, the first place for public worship erected in the island of Eimeo was opened. It was also the first building in the islands ever used by the

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morrow (under the influence of the inspiration of some god) take place of every body present, seat himself at the head of the cava ring, be respected as the god himself, and his discourse attentively listened to as oracular. Again, the king himself, whom one might suppose to be the greatest person in the country (and in fact he has the greatest power), is by no means the highest noble, but must yield in point of rank to many others. In this order of things, therefore, we shall first speak of