The Missionary Gazetteer, Comprising a View of the Inhabitants, and a Geographical Description of the Countries and Places, where Protestant Missionaries Have LaboredDavid Watson, 1825 - 420 páginas |
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Página 72 - Institution is, the tuition of the sons of respectable Hindoos^ in the English and Indian languages, and in the literature and science of Europe and Asia.
Página 288 - Singapore is an island about twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it, which form part of the settlement.
Página 277 - Still more particularly it foreshows a period, " when the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.
Página 315 - What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?" Then answered I them, and said unto them, "The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
Página 348 - With the administration of all affairs of his Country. On a spot of ground granted to him by the same Prince, two miles east of TANJORE, He built a House for his Residence, and made it an ORPHAN ASYLUM.
Página 255 - States, to govern the future distribution of the sum appropriated by Congress for the civilization of the Indians, among individuals or societies who have established or contemplate establishing Schools for the Education of Indian Children, in conformity to the above mentioned circular, and who desire the co-operation of the Government.
Página 171 - Abyssinians have also each a small convent. The houses are of stone, most of them low and irregular, with flat roofs or terraces, in the middle of which usually rises a small dome. The windows are small, and those...
Página 21 - ... principal village contains about three hundred lodges or huts, and about three thousand souls. The lodges are generally from fifty to a hundred feet in length ; and, irregularly arranged, they cover a surface of about half a mile square. They are constructed of posts, mattings, bark and skins. They have neither floors nor chimneys. The fire is built on the ground, in the centre of the lodge, and the family, and the guests, sit around in a circle, upon skins or mats.
Página 300 - ... by these industrious people, under the direction of the two native Missionaries, who performed a great part of the work with their own hands. Mr. Ellis preached several times to the people, when every individual in the island attended. Many of the chiefs were dressed in European clothing, and all were attired in the most decent and becoming manner. In the house of God no congregation could have behaved with more propriety ; all was solemnity. Here our eyes were struck, and our hearts affected,...
Página 100 - He considered the sun, moon, &c. the immediate agent of Deity, inseparably connected with Him, and, as such, objects of worship. Many parts of his doctrine were calculated to preserve the superstitious notions still prevalent. By his sage counsels, his moral doctrine, and exemplary conduct, he obtained an immortal name, as the Reformer of his country ; and, from respect to his memory, his descendants enjoy, by inheritance, the title and office of mandarins. Soon after his death, a species of Lamanism...