Identifier: lifeinsandwichisl00chee (find matches)
Title: Life in the Sandwich Islands: or The heart of the Pacific, as it was and is
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Cheever, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1814-1897
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Publisher: New York, A.S. Barnes & Co. Cincinnati, H.W. Derby & Co.
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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pied two tables, twentyfeet long. The visitors and resident mission families(of whom not the least attractive portion was twelvehappy children) had their places at a middle one. Af-ter the guests had all been seated, the ringing of a littletable-bell brought in all the girls, neatly dressed andorderly, to their seats. Then they sang a verse of ahymn, followed by a blessing. Supper ensued withgreat cheerfulness, concluded with giving of thanks andanother verse of an Hawaiian hymn. Afterwards, out on the grassy play-giound, we hadblind-mans-buff, and ball, and hide-and-go-seek, withthe pretty circle of boys and girls, till we were muchmore tired, but not less pleased, than they. We shouldlike to keep a childs heart, and spirits, and relish forinnocent sports as long as we live. And when the hu-mor suits we will indulge in them, and try to. makeourselves and children happy, for all the world. Quoddelectat juventutem jucundum est viro—That whichdelights the youth is pleasing to the man.
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I FIRST CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY. 127 CHAPTER VI. SKETCHES OF THE BLIND PREACHER AND THE BIRTH-PLACE OFKAAHUMANU, IN EAST MAUI. There is no light -without companion shade : There are no griefs which do not herald joys:In Natnies balance all are fairly weighed, And every thing must have its equipoise.Great Nature is a choral hymn sublime, Its melody complete, its octaves true ;Its notes all harmonize, as rhyme with rhyme: , If there be any discords, they are few; And when they cease, the rhythm flows anew. Anon. The law of compensation illustrated—Memorials of the first convert to Christianity—Ills birth and boyhood—Early deformity and loss of sight—Skill in the Hula—Adoption by the court as a buffoon—Abandoned to perish—Dawning of the day-spriug—He hears of Christ—He turns to the Pono—The chiefs send for him tomake sport—Memorable answer—Journal respecting him—Affecting attitude—Di-vine sovereignty exemplified—Probation for the church—Record of his exami

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