Friday Christian: Or The First-born on Pitcairn's Island |
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Page 21 - I BELIEVE in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord ; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary ; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried ; He descended into hell, The third day He rose from the dead ; He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
Page 11 - Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Page 3 - Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
Page 98 - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee: our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
Page 11 - LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee ? or to thy faithfulness round about thee ? 9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
Page 13 - ... like theirs my simple dress, And bind like them each jetty tress, A sight to please thee well ; And for my dusky brow will braid A bonnet like an English maid. Come, for the soft low sunlight calls, We lose the pleasant hours ; 'Tis lovelier than these cottage walls, — That seat among the flowers. And I will learn of thee a prayer, To Him who gave a home so fair, A lot so blest as ours — The God who made, for thee and me, This sweet lone isle amid the sea.
Page 119 - Sir, When the sentence of the law was passed upon me, I received it, I trust, as became a man; and if it had been carried into execution, I should have met my fate, I hope, in a manner becoming a Christian. Your admonition cannot fail to make a lasting impression on my mind. I receive with gratitude my sovereign's mercy, for which my future life shall be faithfully devoted to his service.
Page 51 - I gave directions for this course to be continued during the night. The master had the first watch, the gunner the middle watch, and Mr. Christian the morning watch. This was the turn of duty for the night.
Page 19 - He hid himself in the wood ; and the same night the women, enraged at the murder of the English (to whom they were more partial than their countrymen), rose and put every Otahetiaii to death in their sleep.
Page 37 - December it blew a severe storm of wind from the eastward, in the course of which we suffered greatly. One sea broke away the spare yards and spars out of the starboard mainchains; another broke into the ship and stove all the boats. Several casks of beer that had been lashed on deck broke loose, and were washed overboard; and it was not without great risk and difficulty that we were able to secure the boats from being washed away entirely.