The Moravians in Labrador eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 249 pages of information about The Moravians in Labrador.

The Moravians in Labrador eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 249 pages of information about The Moravians in Labrador.
  address.—­The Brethren propose new settlements—­disastrous
  voyage in search of a situation.—­Liebisch appointed
  Superintendant.—­An Angekok baptized—­his address to the
  natives.—­Jans Haven commences a new station at Okkak—­received
  joyfully by the natives—­six Esquimaux baptized—­proceedings at
  Nain.—­Missionary accompanies the Esquimaux to a
  rein-deer-hunt.—­Third settlement—­Hopedale founded.—­Remarkable
  preservation of the Missionaries. 97

Chapter iv
 Esquimaux visit the English settlements—­pernicious
  consequences—­dreadful accident—­famine—­unexpected supply
  of food and skins.—­Emigration from Okkak—­missionaries’ care
  of the wanderers, who return disappointed.—­Terrible tales
  from the south.—­Inquirers separated from the heathen.—­Popish
  priest attempts to seduce the converts.—­Brother Rose inspects
  Hopedale.—­Karpik the sorcerer.—­Peter’s fall.—­Visits to
  the south renewed.—­Parting address of the brethren.—­Epidemic.—­
  Death of Daniel—­of Esther.—­Conversion and peaceful end of
  Tuglavina.—­Last days of Mikak.—­Indians come to Hopedale.—­
  Rose’s remarks on the internal state of the missions.—­Instances
  of the power of grace among the Esquimaux—­striking observation
  of one of the baptized.—­Jonathan’s letter to the Greenlanders.—­
  Affecting confession of Solomon.—­Conduct of a young woman
  sought in marriage by a heathen.—­State of the settlements at the
  close of the century.—­Prospects begin to brighten.—­Remarkable
  phenomenon.—­Avocations of the missionaries—­their trials—­
  preservation of their vessels—­of their settlements—­their
  brotherly love. 154

Chapter V.
 Variable appearances of the mission at Nain and Okkak—­more
  favourable at Hopedale.—­Death of Benjamin.—­Spirit of love
  among the converted.—­Happy communion and close of the
  year.—­Providential escape of the Resolution.—­New epoch in
  Labrador.—­A remarkable awakening commences at Hopedale—­
  meetings—­schools.—­Letter from a converted Esquimaux to his
  teacher.—­Industry of the awakened.—­Declension of religion
  at Nain and Okkak.—­State of the children at Hopedale.—­
  Progress of the adults in knowledge, love, and zeal—­instances.—­
  Striking conversion of two young Esquimaux, its effects upon
  their countrymen.—­Awakening spreads to Nain and to Okkak.—­Zeal
  of the converts towards the heathen rouses backsliders.—­
  Behaviour of the awakened in sickness, and the prospect of
  death.—­Remarkable accessions from the heathen.—­The son of a
  sorcerer. 201

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