Zealanders had proved a two-edged sword.* No miraculous success attended the rise of Christianity in New Zealand. For fifteen years the missionaries were like men crying in the wilderness, and they frequently said they were casting their seed on a rock.... Ten Years in Sarįwak - Page 324by Charles (Rajah of Sarawak) - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Arthur Saunders Thomson - Land grants - 1859 - 370 pages
...sword.* No miraculous success attended the rise of Christianity in New Zealand. For fifteen years the missionaries were like men crying in the wilderness,...frequently said they were casting their seed on a rock. Six years after their arrival they had not made a single convert. | In 1825, the Eev. Henry Williams... | |
 | Arthur Saunders Thomson - Māori (New Zealand people) - 1859 - 402 pages
...sword.* No miraculous success attended the rise of Christianity in New Zealand. For fifteen years the missionaries were like men crying in the wilderness,...frequently said they were casting their seed on a rockSix years after their arrival they had not made a single convert, f In 1825, the Eev. Henry Williams... | |
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