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Darkness - and on raise on the ruins of its Folly to the Praise of Free and Love [indecipherable]
[indecipherable] grace the Noble Edifice of the Dear Redeemers Kingdom in the name and Strength of Jesus
poor and Prosper -
  No doubt you have heard of the failure
of the Mission at the Friendly Islands where they
Murdered three of our Dear Brethener [Brethren] and
the remainder was force'd to  excavate the
Island - The mission at Otaheite still
stands its ground against all opersition and no doubt good is don [indecipherable] Island
but bears no comparison with the -
work of the Lord at your Station. The King
as well as many of his subjects have
learnt to spoke read & write English &
the other day I received a letter from King
Pomarre and I can assure you he writes a good hand - The Missionaries are geting 
into a thorow  knowledge of their language customs and manners and it appears evident that many of the Natives are not so atatched to their superstitious ways or formally
and who can tell but that the Lord is [indecipherable]
Planting his field of grace in the hearts
of the Poor Otaheitians of Otaheite which may ly dormant for a Time but Shall Spring up to the Praise of God [??] grace, first

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the blade then the corn in the Ear before the life grain fully shows itself - the Missionaries in general enjoy a good state of health and seem to be in no apprehension of Dangers Brother Crook that left England in the first Duff and [indecipherable] to the [indecipherable] is
now in this Colony (with is wife (a very agreeable companion) and 2 children in order to Proced to Otaheite to Join the mission
and I hope a few more will be sent out to strengthen their hands - in this Colony we have the true gospel Preached in the Established church By the Revd. Henry Fullon
from Ierland who married Dr Warkens  sister of Dublin he Preaches- at Sydney
in the morning & at Parramatta in the afternoon Mr Crook Preaches Each Sunday morning in his own house Parramatta
Bro Harris Preaches Each Lords Day at the Hawkesbury - and the writer at  KIssingpoint Point one Sunday & at Castle Hill, alternately - Thus you see we spread over the
Colony but we find that Paul may Plant and [?polo?] may water but God only can give the increase Dr Brethren Pray that we may have Patience like the labourous husbandman to wait till we see the
fruits of our labour - and then we that

 

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