Work in the Colonies: Some Account of the Missionary Operations of the Church of England in Connection with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ... |
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... clothes were dry . " Such were the labours of some of the early missionaries of the Society ; but when the American War of Independence broke out in 1775 , these faithful pastors , seventy - three in number , suffered most severely for ...
... clothes were dry . " Such were the labours of some of the early missionaries of the Society ; but when the American War of Independence broke out in 1775 , these faithful pastors , seventy - three in number , suffered most severely for ...
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... clothing whilst on the island . The course then pursued is to make known their arrival to the government at home , and as soon as the opportunity occurs and the poor Africans are sufficiently recovered to bear the voyage , to forward ...
... clothing whilst on the island . The course then pursued is to make known their arrival to the government at home , and as soon as the opportunity occurs and the poor Africans are sufficiently recovered to bear the voyage , to forward ...
Page 161
... clothes , and have abolished the idea of master and servant : We live in common , each having a little round hut to sleep in . Our church opening is the great coming event . Its dimensions are thirty- six feet by eleven , and really it ...
... clothes , and have abolished the idea of master and servant : We live in common , each having a little round hut to sleep in . Our church opening is the great coming event . Its dimensions are thirty- six feet by eleven , and really it ...
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... clothing , and had all their wants satisfied , but that since the coming of the missionaries they are being reduced in circumstances daily . I think that the Bishop's proposal made some time ago , of having mercantile business carried ...
... clothing , and had all their wants satisfied , but that since the coming of the missionaries they are being reduced in circumstances daily . I think that the Bishop's proposal made some time ago , of having mercantile business carried ...
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... clothing , and the govern- ment has recently undertaken the remaining expenses . The boys are engaged in cultivating arrowroot , tapioca , guinea - grass , cinnamon , & c . , in rearing cattle , & c . , tending silkworms , and ...
... clothing , and the govern- ment has recently undertaken the remaining expenses . The boys are engaged in cultivating arrowroot , tapioca , guinea - grass , cinnamon , & c . , in rearing cattle , & c . , tending silkworms , and ...
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