Dictionary and grammar of the language of Saa and Ulawa, Solomon islands (1918) (14597345747)

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Title: Dictionary and grammar of the language of Saa and Ulawa, Solomon islands
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Ivens, Walter G. (Walter George), b. 1871
Subjects: Saa language Ulawa language Missions -- Melanesia Melanesian languages Melanesia
Publisher: Washington : Carnegie institution of Washington
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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ers will be forthcoming. The difficulties to be overcome are undoubtedly great—climate,language, isolation, indifference, instability on the part of the people.However, the Christian influence of the past will have made itself felt,and there will no longer be the fear of the missionaries lives beingendangered by attacks from the natives. Volunteers are being calledfor among the native Christians in other parts of the Mission, and ifpicked men are sent and provision made for their instruction in thevarious languages, and also for a regular visitation of the stations, thenit is quite certain that the success which has attended the work else-where will also attend it in Santa Cruz. Prayer for Santa Cruz. ^0 God, our loving Father, we humbly ask Thee tosend priests and teachers full of the Holy Ghost andof power to revive Thy Church in Santa Cruz; that thefaithful may he strengthened, the lapsed restored, andthe Heathen converted, through Jesus Christ our Lord.*Amen. I YENS IM.AI 1-: -1
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A. Carved Food-bowls and Porpoise. B. Food-bowls from Ulawa. I YENS PLATE 5