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CHAPTER V. 
EFFECTS CONSEQUENT ON THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GOSPEL INTO 
NEW ZEALAND— ILLUSTRATED IN A GREAT VARIETY OF PARTICU- 
LARS— ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD^S 
DAY— RELIGIOUS CONVERSATIONS — CHURCHES— FIXING OF THE 
LANGUAGE — TRANSLATION OF THE SCRIPTURES AND LITURGY — 
ADMINISTRATION OF SACRED ORDINANCES— SPREADING OF KNOW- 
LEDGE — IMPROVEMENT OF DOMESTIC CHARACTER — ABOLITION 
OF INHUMAN PRACTICES— DISUSE OF TAPUS— WILD AND WAN- 
DERING CHARACTER EXCHANGED FOR INDUSTRIOUS HABITS— 
RELIGIOUS AND INTELLIGENT FEELINGS OF THE NATIVES, AS EX- 
HIBITED IN THEIR LETTERS — OBITUARIES OF UNCONVERTED, 
AND OF PIOUS NATIVES. 
“ Godliness is profitable unto all things ; having 
promise of the life that now is, and of that which 
is to come.” — Such is the doctrine of Revelation, 
as laid down by the great Apostle of the Gentiles ; 
who had opportunities of confirming his opinion, 
from actual observation. He knew what the 
Gospel had done for the Heathen, to whom it had 
by him been preached ; and he knew also what 
the heathen had been, before they were brought 
under the influences of redeeming and sanctifying 
grace. 
The same effects which were then manifested in 
the Church, are visible, in their degree, in New 
Zealand. The same Gospel as that preached by 
the Apostle has, in New Zealand, been proved 
to be the power of God to all that believe ; and 
