...offered, and infant murder perpetrated, speaking of their mission, they thus wrote to the directors : " The poor natives remain as before; no success has...conversion of any ; and there is no apparent desire after instruction in the blessed truths of the gospel : the news of salvation is an idle tale to them ; and...

...Avrites to us in his own language with much readiness. No success has attended our labors so as so terminate in the conversion of any, and there is no...afflictions, they still reject and despise our message." In November a small vessel employed by Mr. Marsden for the Society arrived at Taheite from Port Jackson,...

...offered, and infant murder perpetrated, speaking of their mission, they thus wrote to the directors : " The poor natives remain as before; no success has...conversion of any ; and there is no apparent desire after instruction in the blessed truths of the gospel : the news of salvation is an idle tale to them ; and...

...Missionaries of Tahiti, in writing to the Directors, had mournfully to make the following statement :— " No success has attended our labours, so as to terminate...conversion of any, and there is no apparent desire after instruction in the blessed truths of the Gospel." Besides the trial of their faith by the want of success,...

...In a letter to the directors written in the mouth of August, they observe in relation to the people: "No success has attended our labours, so as to terminate...conversion of any ; and there is no apparent desire after instruction in the blessed truths of the Gospel : the news of salvation is an idle tale to them, and...

...words was compiled. Thus the work went on ; nevertheless, in August, 1806, they had to write home, "No success has attended our labours so as to terminate in the conversion of any." Yet so far were these stalwart souls from being discouraged that they planned and carried out an evangelistic...