Colonization and Christianity: A Popular History of the Treatment of the Natives by the Europeans in All Their Colonies |
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... peace enjoined , No brotherhood , no wrath denounced on them Who shed their brethren's blood ! Blind at noon - day As owls ; lynx - eyed in darkness . - Southey . CHRISTIANITY has now been in the world upwards of ONE THOUSAND EIGHT ...
... peace enjoined , No brotherhood , no wrath denounced on them Who shed their brethren's blood ! Blind at noon - day As owls ; lynx - eyed in darkness . - Southey . CHRISTIANITY has now been in the world upwards of ONE THOUSAND EIGHT ...
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... peace , as the followers of the Prince of Peace ? Are we renowned for our eager- ness to seek and save , as the followers of the universal Saviour ? Are our annals redolent of the delightful love and fellowship which one would naturally ...
... peace , as the followers of the Prince of Peace ? Are we renowned for our eager- ness to seek and save , as the followers of the universal Saviour ? Are our annals redolent of the delightful love and fellowship which one would naturally ...
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... peace of every individual nation is preserved , not by the moral probity and the mutual faith which are the natural growth of Christian knowledge , but by the jealous watch of armed bands , and the coarse and undisguised force of brute ...
... peace of every individual nation is preserved , not by the moral probity and the mutual faith which are the natural growth of Christian knowledge , but by the jealous watch of armed bands , and the coarse and undisguised force of brute ...
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... peace instead of men of blood , men of integrity instead of men of deceit , men of love and generosity instead of men of cruelty and avarice - wise , enlightened , and just ! Let any one imagine that , and he has before him such a ...
... peace instead of men of blood , men of integrity instead of men of deceit , men of love and generosity instead of men of cruelty and avarice - wise , enlightened , and just ! Let any one imagine that , and he has before him such a ...
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... peace , uniting shore to shore . Vain , visionary hope ! rapacious Spain Followed her hero's triumph o'er the main ; Her hardy sons in fields of battle tried , Where Moor and Christian desperately died ; - A rabid race , fanatically ...
... peace , uniting shore to shore . Vain , visionary hope ! rapacious Spain Followed her hero's triumph o'er the main ; Her hardy sons in fields of battle tried , Where Moor and Christian desperately died ; - A rabid race , fanatically ...
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Page 202 - And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Page 399 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 22 - Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
Page 202 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 202 - And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
Page 29 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 398 - Brother, listen to what we say. There was a time when our forefathers owned this great island. Their seats extended from the rising to the setting sun. The Great Spirit had made it for the use of the Indians.
Page 399 - We understand that your religion is written in a book. If it was intended for us as well as you, why has not the Great Spirit given to us, and not only to us, but why did he not give to our forefathers, the knowledge of that book, with the means of understanding it rightly? We only know what you tell us about it. How shall we know when to believe, being so often deceived by the white people?