{"product_id":"2940016094304","title":"A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN NEW ZEALAND","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Slow progress of Christianity towards Antipodes--Moslem barrier--\u003cbr\u003e  Effect of the Renaissance--Europeans south of the barrier--Dutch in\u003cbr\u003e  East Indies--Tasman's discovery of New Zealand--\"Three Kings Island\"--\u003cbr\u003e  Cook's visit--Convict settlement at Port Jackson--Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIRST PERIOD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PREPARATION (1805-1813).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Bay of Islands--Te Pahi--His visit to New South Wales--Meeting\u003cbr\u003e  with Marsden--Te Pahi's return and death--Ruatara--His arrival in\u003cbr\u003e  England--Marsden at Home--The Church Missionary Society--Its plans for\u003cbr\u003e  New Zealand Mission--Hall and King--Marsden meets Ruatara on _Active_\u003cbr\u003e  --_Boyd_ massacre--Delay--Ruatara's return to New Zealand--The years\u003cbr\u003e  of waiting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE ENTERPRISE (1813-1815).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Conditions more favourable--Preliminary voyage of _Active_--\"Noah's\u003cbr\u003e  Ark\"--Arrival of mission in New Zealand--Interview with Whangaroans--\u003cbr\u003e  \"Rangihoo\"--Landing of Marsden, \u0026amp;c.--Preparation for service--\u003cbr\u003e  Christmas Day, 1814--Marsden's narrative--Planting of settlement--\u003cbr\u003e  Gathering timber--Ruatara's illness and death--His work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RECEPTION (1815-1822).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Position of settlers--Hall at Waitangi--Communistic experiment--\u003cbr\u003e  Difficulty with Kendall--The mission in trouble--Visit of Rev.\u003cbr\u003e  S. Leigh--Renewed zeal--Second visit of Marsden--Foundation of\u003cbr\u003e  Kerikeri station--Marsden's third visit--Hongi and Kendall leave for\u003cbr\u003e  England--Reception by King George IV--Marsden's journeys in New\u003cbr\u003e  Zealand--Hinaki of Mokoia--Return of Hongi and Kendall--Change in\u003cbr\u003e  Hongi--Siege of Mokoia--Devastation of Thames district--Miserable\u003cbr\u003e  plight of missionaries--Closing of seminary at Parramatta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NEW BEGINNING (1823-1830).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Need of the mission--Arrival of Rev. H. Williams--His character--\u003cbr\u003e  Settlement at Paihia--New workers--Difficulties in farming--Richard\u003cbr\u003e  Davis--Building of the _Herald_--Schools--Flight of Wesleyans\u003cbr\u003e  from Whangaroa--Death of Hongi--Peace-making--The \"Girls' War\"--\u003cbr\u003e  Conversions--Taiwhanga--Baptisms--Effectiveness of schools--\u003cbr\u003e  Evidences of progress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FORWARD MOVE (1831-1837).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Exploration--Expedition to Kaitaia--Station formed--Cape Reinga--\u003cbr\u003e  Expedition to Thames--Evening service--Surprising reception--Visit to\u003cbr\u003e  Te Waharoa--Station at Puriri--Visit to Waikato--Station at Mangapouri\u003cbr\u003e  --Tauranga--Rotorua--The Rotorua-Thames war--Looting of Ohinemutu\u003cbr\u003e  station--Flight from Matamata--Mrs. Chapman's bonnet--Withdrawal of\u003cbr\u003e  missionaries--Ngakuku and Tarore--Marsden's last visit--Progress in\u003cbr\u003e  the north--Departure of Marsden--Estimate of his work and character.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYEARS OF THE RIGHT HAND (1838-1840).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Re-occupation of Rotorua and Tauranga--Visit to Opotiki--Station there\u003cbr\u003e  --Maunsell at Waikato Heads--Visit of Bishop Broughton--Influenza--\u003cbr\u003e  Octavius Hadfield--The east coast--Taumatakura--W. Williams moves to\u003cbr\u003e  Poverty Bay--Ripahau at Cook Strait--Rauparaha--Tamihana learns from\u003cbr\u003e  Ripahau--Tamihana and Te Whiwhi come to Bay of Islands--Hadfield\u003cbr\u003e  offers to return with them--H. Williams and Hadfield visit Port\u003cbr\u003e  Nicholson--Kapiti--Work of Ripahau--Peace-making--Williams at\u003cbr\u003e  Whanganui--Ascends the river--Village bells--March to Taupo--Tauranga\u003cbr\u003e  --Wairarapa--The instructions of Karepa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRETROSPECT (1814-1841).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Arrival of Hobson--Treaty of Waitangi--Opposition of New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e  Company--The work of the missionaries--Absence of authority--Kendall\u003cbr\u003e  the Gnostic--The new workers--Bible translation--Simplicity in worship\u003cbr\u003e  --And in life--Buying of land--Motives tested by selection of Auckland\u003cbr\u003e  --Darwin's verdict--Missionaries and Methodists--Friendly relations--\u003cbr\u003e  Disagreement on West Coast--Arrival of Roman mission--Hardships--\u003cbr\u003e  Koinaki's taua--Causes of rapid spread of Christianity among Maoris--\u003cbr\u003e  Gifts of civilisation--Religiousness of Maori nature--Letters of\u003cbr\u003e  converts--The old heart--Marvellous memory--Hopes for the future.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166716117232,"sku":"2940016094304","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016094304","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}