nbsp Alice Kaholusuna recounts a story of how the Hawaiian people would sit outside their temples for a lengthy amount of time preparing themselves before entering in Even after entering they would creep to the altar to offer their prayers Afterward they would sit outside again for a long time to ldquo breathe life rdquo into their prayers When missionaries came to the island not always but sometimes their prayers felt different They would stand up utter a few sentences call them ldquo prayer rdquo say amen and be done with it The Hawaiians described these prayers as ldquo without
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