. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 310 Miles. of realising on earth that " Kingdom of God amongst Men," for which they had struggled so hard and endured so much. The term " reductions " given by them to their Indian stations explains the object they had in view. They wished to " reduce " the natives, to withdraw them from the influence of free nature, to regulate their lives by rites and ordinances- To secure their goodwill they shrank from no expedients, not even from the allurements of a generous diet. They were wont to say that the preachings of St. Paul reac
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 310 Miles. of realising on earth that " Kingdom of God amongst Men," for which they had struggled so hard and endured so much. The term " reductions " given by them to their Indian stations explains the object they had in view. They wished to " reduce " the natives, to withdraw them from the influence of free nature, to regulate their lives by rites and ordinances- To secure their goodwill they shrank from no expedients, not even from the allurements of a generous diet. They were wont to say that the preachings of St. Paul reached the ear of the heathen through the mouth. The natives were beguiled also by music and the pomp of ceremony. When descending the streams
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