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Line 1: − '''Henry Opukahai'a''' was the first Hawaiian [[Christian]]. − An orphan, he was raised by his uncle to be a [[pagan]] priest. He left [[Hawaii]] for New England with a friend named Thomas Hopu. There Yale students told them about [[Jesus]] and they converted to Christianity. − − Henry studied Greek and Hebrew, and translated parts of the [[Bible]] into his native tongue. − − His memoirs sold 500,000 copies after he passed away in 1818. He wrote:<ref>http://www.amerisearch.net/index.php?date=2004-03-31&view=View</ref> − − :My poor countrymen, without knowledge of the true God, and ignorant of the future world, have no Bible to read, no Sabbath. − − == References == − − <references/> − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Opukahai'a, Henry}} − − [[Category:Religious People]]
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