The standard -of morality among many of the native peoples of Melanesia would put New Zealanders to shame, according to the . Bishop of Melanesia, (the Rt Rev W. ,H. Baddeley), when addressing supporters of the Melanesian mission in Christchurch, The religion of these people was pagan, it was true, but there was much in it to admire. The missionary could not go among such people and succeed merely through the assertion that he had something better to offer them. Practical proof of superiority was demanded and, in addition, it was necessary to take what these people had already of their own, and build on it.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 August 1938, Page 8
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