Samuel Marsden.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume III, Issue 8, 1 February 1913, Page 120

Samuel Marsden.

Speaking at the Anglican General Synod at Nelson regarding the Marsden , centenary commemoration, Bishop Williams, who was received with hearty applause, said he might claim that he was the only person present who had set eyes on the late Samuel Marsden. He remembered his. last visit to New Zealand m 1837- He was then carried from Hokianga,on a litter to his Maori friends. The late Samuel Marsden was a most remarkable man. He would start out on foot from the Bay of Islands to the Thames, probably subsisting on. fern roots and pipis. The ptate of things at that time was not such as to induce people to travel among, the Maoris for pleasure. He had, however, secured their confidence, and that confidence was reciprocated by the white man. His one desire was to benefit the Maoris by bringing the Gospel to them. Bishop Williams said he heartily supported the motion, and if alive and fit he woiild certainly attend the celebrations at the Bay of Islands.