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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2032, 18 March 1907, Page 3

On last Christmas Day (writes Mercutio in N.Z. Herald) it was Samuel Marsden, the burly, rodfaced ex-blacksmith who has abandoned the hammer and anvil in his native village in Yorkshire in order to devote his life to missionary work among the depraved and the pagan, preached his first sermon in Ao-tea-roa, the old land of the Maori, and so opened the first chapter in the history of New Zealand. I know of no incident in the annals of the colony more solemn and impressive than that remarkable gathering on the hillside at Rangihou, well nigh a century ago, listening to the new message of peace and goodwill to all mankind proclaimed from alien lips. Nothing like it can ever happen again, for the knowledge of the Gospel has been carried to the uttermost ends of the earth. It may be that much of the seed which Marsden sowed fell on barren ground, but some of it took root and spread, and bears fruit to this day, and is destined to go on glowing and flourishing so long as human life oxists in the colony. Ninety-two years ago there was not a single Christian congregation in all New Zealand; today there is not a single heathen. That surely is a striking transformation, and for much of it wo have to thank Samuel Marsden, to whose memory a cross has just been raised on the spot where he preached his first sermon in Now Zealand. It seems and is a long, long time ago since Marsden labored to convert the Maoris, but only the other day I mot an old gentleman who remembers him well, and who, as a boy, has often listened to him. There are more ghosts in the world than we sometimes dream of. This gentleman, whoso senses of humor age has not dulled, tolls mo that Marsden, when preaching to the Maoris, had an interpreter, or kie whakamori. On finishing up his sermon, when.he came to “And now to God the Father, etc., etc.,” the interpreter would shorten it thus: “E mea ana I te Martena, heoiano”—Mr Marsden says there isnomore!

TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT I ST. PATRICK’S SPORTS. THE Committee will meet at the Masonic Hotel on MONDAY NIGHT, at 8 o’clock. A full attendance is requested. E. WILLIAMS, Hon. See.CHESS CLUB. IHE GISBORNE CHESS CLUB i will be formally opened at the Public Library on Saturday Evening, the 23rd inst., at 7.30 o’clock. V simultaneous match will be played by Mr. J. A. Connell against allcomers, and Mr. Connell will also give an exhibition of blindfold chess. All chess players and intending members are invited to attend and bring, where possible, their chess boards and men. Lady chess players will bo cordially welcomed. WM. F. CRAWFORD, President.

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