University of Otago Library Letter: John Youl to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 29 March 1817 John Youl Author Reverend Josiah Pratt Receiver Isabella The ship that returned the reply text Letter New South Wales, Australia 29 March 1817 24 February 1818 9 March 1818 12 March 1818 Notes about where the letter was created: Liverpool, New South Wales eng text/html 227 x 185 mm 2 leaves 4 pages reformatted digital Letter was sent to London, England Notes about the destination address: Church Missionary House, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street Hocken Collections' Title: John Youl to CMS Secretary Annotations: Mr Hassall [delivered by] Liverpool 53.409532,-2.991135 N S Wales -31.203405,146.946259 March 29th 1817 Sir Alexander British Egypt 26.667096,29.95697 Distribution (Economic theory) Distribution Sunday Church Missionary Society Mr Marsden Missions Missions South Seas -46.901492,168.661251 Offensive (Military science) Attack Religion Religion Marsdens Colonies -- History Colony God God Missionaries Missionaries Voyages and travels Journey New Zealand -41.244772,174.675751 The Actives ship Gospel Conversation Conversation Christian Governor Sydney -33.861293,151.212645 Vale Dwellings House Schools School Station Port Dalrymple -41.106778,146.823242 Chaplain Derwent 53.389369,-1.6969 Hope Hope Youl Revd Pratt Hassall Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049_001 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049_002 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049_003 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049_004 http://www.marsdenarchive.otago.ac.nz/MS_0056_049_005 MS_0056_049 Trimble 49 CMS Number 67 The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. University of Otago Library 2015-06-11T08:53:54+12:00 machine generated eng Letter: John Youl to Reverend Josiah Pratt, 29 March 1817 John Youl University of Otago Library Digitised from the Hocken Library Collection Number MS-0056/049 Trimble 49 CMS Number 67 Digitised by the Marsden Online Archive Library of Congress Subject Headings Letter Maori Subject Headings Reverend Josiah Pratt 29 March 1817 New South Wales, Australia Isabella 24 February 1818 London, England 9 March 1818 British English Distribution (Economic theory) Missions Offensive (Military science) Religion Colonies -- History God Missionaries Voyages and travels Conversation Dwellings Schools Hope Liverpool N s wales March 29th 1817 Alexander British Egypt Distribution Sunday Church missionary society Marsden Missions South seas Attack Religion Marsdens Colony God Missionaries Journey New zealand The actives Gospel Conversation Christian Sydney Vale House School Station Port dalrymple Chaplain Derwent Hope Youl Pratt Hassall Liverpool N. S. Wales March 29th 1817 Revd Sir, Since I had the pleasure of writing to you by the brig Alexander I have received two Cases of Bibles & Testaments from the British & Foreign Bible Society which I led to think was through your kindness in mentioning the deplorable state of the part I was appointed to— the situation of which place I fear is like to Egypt darkness &c &c— I was unable to form any method of distribution with satisfaction, as I did not receive the smallest memorandum with the Books from the Society & the only claim I had to them— they were directed to me & it is probable if they had contained any thing also, I might never have heard of them & must at any rate write to the Society on account— A number have been given to the Sunday Schools lately established— You will be pleased to receive accounts that we have formed a Bible Society after much difficulty— I wish I could inform you of an Auxiliary Church Missionary Society being established— Mr Marsden promised me he will attempt it shortly— but you will see by his Letters the state of things here & what he has to endure for his active exertions in the Missions established in the South Seas Seas &c &c— The attack on his character & reputation as well that on the whole of the clergy is the most unfounded & proves that those concerned are not friendly to religion however they attempt to do something in a Public way— If Mr Marsden’s conduct is weighed since he has been in this Colony amidst all his weaknesses, the whole world will find his worth to be of the highest order.— The service he has done this Colony speaks very loud, but that done the Missions never ought to be forgotten. It was this zealous man of God who urged the exiled Missionaries to return to Taheite Tahiti & we see the rich harvest— &c &c. And where have we an example in modern days of a Man of like zeal who has left his family & dared dangers (unknown to most) as that we have seen in Mr Marsden in his journey to New Zealand. You Sir as well as the Society know his abilities & properly appreciate his worth— I take the liberty further to observe that I fear Mr Marsden has injured himself more than he will be able to remove in the Active’s speculation, that vessel with all your assistance has never paid the Disbursements by Hundreds— it is said by many Thousands. Therefore instead of the charge of being Sordid or selfish, we should esteem his benevolence of a superior kind, & that God has raised him up for your joy & the spread of his Gospel & if you were to see him & hear his daily conversation you would find he is a Missionary in soul & body— & this is why they hate him calling him the head of “Visionaries & Sectaries”— the Christian Mahomet &c &c. I trust Mr Marsden will meet with all that assistance from the two Societies his active services claim— & as it is for their sakes he now suffers every hand will be held up— that the enemy may not triumph. I am of opinion that Mr Marsden has many warm friends in the Colony & as the attack is so odious & unfounded many more will be found ready to step forward if required— I have been detained by the Governor & at present do duty at Liverpool an inland district about 20 Miles fr[om] Sydney where we have a tolerable attendance— this place was appointed for Mr Vale who has returned to Europe— There is a very good Parsonage House & the Governor is preparing to Build a neat Church we now assemble in a large School Room— This station leads to a very extensive country & will be a very populous Town in a few years— The reason assigned for my not going to Port Dalrymple— there is no Barrack prepared & I expect it will be a long time first, as the present town is to be given up & to be removed Forty miles nearer the Harbour— The Chaplain at the Derwent has been very ill some Months & there us little hopes of his recovery— Of course I shall be removed thither as it comes in order & no doubt I shall receive the nomination as soon as his demise is known. You will observe that I am not regularly settled & therefore ——in my operations. Wherever I am, I shall be happy to [?] aid Mr Marsden & the Missionary Society in every thing my local situation will admit— I shall take it a very particular favour in informing me by the [next] opportunity whether my Annual Subscription has been paid since my departure, in the event of it not being paid, I shall pay the arrears to Mr Marsden or to any one you may appoint to receive it & I hope it will not be too distant, when we shall be able to announce the formation of a Church Missionary Society in this Colony. I shall always be thankful to have accounts of your progress both as it respects your ministry & also that of Missionary work. Cease not to pray for an unworthy member— pray for us— We need your help & advice. I am with all due respect Your obliged servant John Youl To Revd Mr Pratt PS Mr Marsden will no doubt introduce Mr Thos Hassall to your notice who is a very serious youth going to the University. Particular relations to the Colony will also be detailed with the state of Religion amongst us. I have written in much haste arising from the sudden departure of the ship. This letter is private only to my friend the Rev. Mr Pratt. Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/049 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 992345e210e0990dd8c6be618e952fa1 ACEMC 2622 3198 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/049 185 mm 227 mm 2014:03:20 14:33:19.87 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 79.5 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:03:24 16:11:40 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/049 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 380dd62bf42adbd2f28950308881fc81 ACEMC 2646 3180 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/049 185 mm 227 mm 2014:03:20 14:32:47.88 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 79.5 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:03:24 16:11:09 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/049 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 e2d3684a46c2ec6b59bc4207d6f9d563 ACEMC 2634 3192 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/049 185 mm 227 mm 2014:03:20 14:31:49.72 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 79.5 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:03:24 16:10:54 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz Hocken Archive Reference Number MS-0056/049 24MB image/tif 6.0 Uncompressed MD5 b8d80d326f140c4009e6f4a8c3478cd0 ACEMC 2646 3204 RGB manuscript Hakena MS-0056/049 185 mm 227 mm 2014:03:20 14:31:28.14 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit digital still camera Canon Canon EOS 6D 11.0 1 Manual 0220 1 11.0 6.9 1.4 Multi-segment tungsten flash did not fire 50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 79.1 mm) 0 Subject is illuminated from the front side. Auto Focus Used Normal Digitised as part of the Mining Marsden Project in 2013/2014 8, 8, 8 integer 3 2014:03:24 16:10:40 University of Otago Library, Reprographics Unit Processing actions undertaken to: prepare the image for online digital use and maintain the integrity of the image. Adobe Photoshop CS6 Windows 7 Cropped item to remove excess border and straightened the image. The manuscript images, transcripts and metadata displayed on the Marsden Online Archive site are governed by a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 New Zealand (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 NZ) copyright agreement (available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/). Please contact the Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand for more information. Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand. hocken@otago.ac.nz