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CONTENTS
Family Background / My father: the able man / My father: the lay preacher / School days / Dangerous Occupations / Going to Sea I / Going to Sea II / Going to Sea III / Passage to America / First Steps / The Great Lakes / Return to England / A Narrow Escape / Passage to New Zealand / Auckland / Finding a Mission / Fit for Mission Work? / A Suitable Helpmeet / A Bush Honeymoon / Our Worst Night / Missionary Heroes / Sydney to Samoa
Acknowledgments & Links
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I left London in the ship Duke of Portland, in March 1855. Amongst our passengers were Bishop Selwyn, of New Zealand, Rev. J. C. Patteson, afterwards Bishop of Melanesia, and Rev. - Carter, another of Bishop Selwyn's clergymen. I have none but pleasant memories of that voyage, though life on board an emigrant ship, especially if you were not a saloon passenger, was very different indeed to what it is in these days; but I was young then, and cared little for what are called the inconveniences of ship-life. During the voyage I joined a Bible Class conducted by Mr. Patteson, and though I cannot remember receiving any great spiritual benefit at that time, I have always been thankful to God that I was brought into such close connection with one of the grandest and best men I have ever known. Bishop Selwyn conducted a class for learning Maori, which I also joined, and some of the lessons he gave us then in the proper pronunciation of native names I have never forgotten.
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Family Background / My father: the able man / My father: the lay preacher / School days / Dangerous Occupations / Going to Sea I / Going to Sea II / Going to Sea III / Passage to America / First Steps / The Great Lakes / Return to England / A Narrow Escape / Passage to New Zealand / Auckland / Finding a Mission / Fit for Mission Work? / A Suitable Helpmeet / A Bush Honeymoon / Our Worst Night / Missionary Heroes / Sydney to Samoa
Acknowledgments & Links