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Letter: Reverend Edward Bickersteth and Reverend Josiah Pratt to John King, 12 March 1818
Reverend
Edward
Bickersteth
Author
Reverend
Josiah
Pratt
Author
John
King
Receiver
Isabella
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Letter
London, England
12 March 1818
Notes about where the letter was created: Church Missionary House, London
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Hocken Collections' Title: CMS Secretary to John King
Annotations: Copy; Duplicate sent June /18
Dwellings
House
London
51.513016,-0.127931
Sir
Mr
Wilson
Marsden
Hall
Decr
Committees
Committee
Hope
Hope
Peace
Peace
Port Jackson
-36.61458,175.44906
Christians
New Zealanders
Judge
Kendall
Englishmen
Josiah
Pratt
Bickersteth
Hocken Collections, University of Otago Library, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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MS_0056_078
Trimble 78
CMS Number 97
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Letter: Reverend Edward Bickersteth and Reverend Josiah Pratt to John King, 12 March 1818
Reverend Edward Bickersteth and Reverend Josiah Pratt
University of Otago Library
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Collection Number MS-0056/078
Trimble 78
CMS Number 97
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
Letter
Maori Subject Headings
John King
12 March 1818
London, England
Isabella
British English
Dwellings
Committees
Hope
Peace
House
London
Wilson
Marsden
Hall
Decr
Committee
Hope
Peace
Port jackson
Christians
New zealanders
Kendall
Englishmen
Josiah
Pratt
Bickersteth
Church Missionary House,
London,
March 12/18
My dear Sir
We have received your letters; one to myself, the other to Mr Wilson, dated
Nov
November
12/17.
We are grieved to hear of your various difficulties, & not less so to find that you accuse Mr Marsden of misrepresentations. Be assured that true humility will ever lead you to distrust & condemn yourself rather than others.
Mr Marsden sent us a copy of his letter to you & Mr Hall, dated Decr 7/16. The Committee entirely concur with Mr Marsden in the sentiments of that letter, & wish you to consider it as coming from them. We hope, however, that it may have had such influence on you, as to lead you to union & peace with your brethren.
Neither your letter to me nor to Mr Wilson, at all satisfied the Committee. It does not appear to us that you are zealously exerting yourself, as you should be, in promoting the objects of the Society. You must entirely conform to Mr Marsden’s directions; or return to Port Jackson & provide for yourself, independently of the Society.
Consider, we beseech you, that you are maintained, at a great expence, by Christians here, for the sole object of doing good to the New Zealanders, & promoting the cause of Christ among them; & yet you dishonour the cause by unchristian conduct. We judge from your own letters, Mr Kendall has not complained of you, as you evidently do of him.
We hope, however, better things of you hereafter. Consider what a field of labour you have before you. 50 Englishmen have applied, in the last year, to be sent to labour among the Heathen, & have been declined, for want of funds. Judge from this whether we can be justified, in retaining those who will not zealously exert themselves in promoting the cause of our Lord.
We are, Dear Sir,
Affec[tionate]ly yours,
(Signed) Josiah Pratt
Edward Bickersteth
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MS-0056/078
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