 | William Allen - Electronic books - 1832 - 820 pages
...led him to arouse the spirit of the Hurons and to excite them to war. His zeal for the propagation of religion among the savages was so great, that he...voyages in 1613 in 4to, and a continuation in 1620 in Svo. He published an edition of these in 16S2 in one volume entitled, les voyages de la Nouvelle France... | |
 | William Allen - North America - 1832 - 816 pages
...led him to arouse the spirit of the Hurons and to excite them to war. His zeal for the propagation of religion among the savages was so great, that he...than the conquest of an, empire, and that kings ought net to think of extending their authority over idolatrous nations, except for the purpose of subjecting... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins - Quebec (City) - 1834 - 548 pages
...heathen, and to bring him to the worship of the true God. It was a common N 2 saying of CHAMPLAIN, " That the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire !" Their next object was of a more mundane and political complexion, namely, to acquire a preponderance... | |
 | Alfred Hawkins, John Charlton Fisher - Québec (Québec) - 1834 - 534 pages
...the heathen, and to bring him to the worship of the true God. It was a common saying of CHAMPLAIV, " That the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire !" Their next object was of a more mundane and political complexion, namely, to acquire a preponderance... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1845 - 472 pages
...20. 1611, Champlain, himself so zealous for his religion as to have often on his lips the saying, " that the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire," induced four priests, of that strictest portion of the Franciscan order called in France Recolltts,... | |
 | Newton Bosworth - Architecture - 1839 - 354 pages
...cherishing so warm a zeal for the propagation of religion, that it was a common saying with him, — " that the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire." With all the advantages, however, which France enjoyed for colonization, under the direction of so... | |
 | Newton Bosworth - Montréal (Québec) - 1846 - 388 pages
...cherishing so warm a zeal for the propagation of religion, that it was a common saying with him, — " that the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire." With all the advantages, however, which France enjoyed for colonization, under the direction of so... | |
 | Jennet Roy - America - 1854 - 282 pages
...its native inhabitants. So great was his zeal for religion, that it was a common saying with him, " That the salvation of one soul, was of more value than the conquest of an empire." 4. It was just about the period of his death, that the religious establishments, now so numerous, were... | |
 | Henry Walter De Puy - Explorers - 1855 - 450 pages
...was a man of eminent piety, and zealous in the propagation of the Catholic faith. He often said, " the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire." * One of the stratagems of the Five Nations is worthy of mention. At one time they sent the French... | |
 | Henry Walter De Puy - Vermont - 1855 - 452 pages
...was a man of eminent piety, and zealous in the propagation of the Catholic faith. He often said, " the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire." * One of the stratagems of the Five Nations is worthy of mention. At one time they sent the French... | |
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His zeal for the propagation of religion among the savages was so great, that he used to say, "that the salvation of one soul was of more value than the conquest of an empire ; and that kings ought not to think of extending their authority over idolatrous... 
