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their village, that this plan had been denied, | their village, that this plan had been denied, | ||
for the purpose of drawing the alteration | for the purpose of drawing the alteration | ||
of the | of the missionaries and their Indians, | ||
to the act they were committing here while, | to the act they were committing here while, | ||
forgetting Joshua for the moment, he at | forgetting Joshua for the moment, he at | ||
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would be too late, if they afterwards came to look for him. | would be too late, if they afterwards came to look for him. | ||
Joshua, before and after being | Joshua, before and after being placed on | ||
the burning pile; prayed most fervently to | the burning pile; prayed most fervently to | ||
God his Saviour; and continued either praying, or singing | God his Saviour; and continued either praying, or singing | ||
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his career. One indian from that quarter | his career. One indian from that quarter | ||
an acquaintance and friend of mine, who | an acquaintance and friend of mine, who | ||
witnesed the scene, | witnesed the scene, assured me | ||
and others; that our brother Joshua, remained. | and others; that our brother Joshua, remained. | ||
*letter from the | *letter from the Missionary Village, | ||
to the | to the Missionaries of Goshen. | ||
Revision as of 23:46, 8 October 2020
429 deeply afflicted, praying to the Lord, to avert all danger from them and their People, and take them under his gracious protection! - and that he also in his Mercy, would cause the works of darkness, which at this present time, one so destructively carried on among the Hea then, to cease; that the lives of those ignosent, heathen might be preserved for the good purpose of turning them from their heathen, ish way unto him!"*
It appreared, from the conduct of the Savages, in taking this Chief thro the bretherens settlement, and burning him so near their village, that this plan had been denied, for the purpose of drawing the alteration of the missionaries and their Indians, to the act they were committing here while, forgetting Joshua for the moment, he at the name time, would be executed, at the place they had come from, so that they, would be too late, if they afterwards came to look for him.
Joshua, before and after being placed on the burning pile; prayed most fervently to God his Saviour; and continued either praying, or singing praises to the Lord, untill his strength was exhausted, and death closed his career. One indian from that quarter an acquaintance and friend of mine, who witnesed the scene, assured me and others; that our brother Joshua, remained.
- letter from the Missionary Village,
to the Missionaries of Goshen.