The missionaries tried to fulfill the mandate of the Gospel.

Spelling differs on many entries for the same word, as the missionaries were trying to write with reference to their native language.

Early in the Spanish period (1565-1898), existing folk rituals seem often to have been combined with what the missionaries were trying to teach.

The missionaries tried to put a stop to local religious practices, nudity and other aspects of indigenous life.

In the wake of the immigrants, missionaries tried to convert the heathen population, but they had little success.

The event died out early last century, when Presbyterian missionaries tried to eliminate traditional ceremonies.

The missionaries tried to give it to them.

Your missionaries are trying to do that to us for four hundred years and are getting nowhere.

The missionaries, often distinguished by knowledge of several languages, also tried to learn the local dialects.

At different times missionaries had tried to get into this land, but always they had to run for their lives.