OBSERVANCE OF THE LORD^S DAY. 2 I S 
mass of Journals, which I kept on the spot, shall 
be adduced, in order to illustrate, in this and other 
instances, the effects attending the introduction of 
the Gospel into New Zealand : premising, that, in 
the experience of my valued Fellow-labourers, 
there are proofs, equally abundant and forcible, 
of the multiplied blessings vouchsafed to our 
united exertions. 
My first arrival in the island was on Saturday, 
the 19th January, 1827. Iliad therefore an al- 
most immediate opportunity of witnessing the 
respect paid to the Sacred Day. On the morning 
following, the 20th, at eight o’clock, the bell 
rang for divine service: the Chapel not being 
finished at Pailna, our worship was performed in 
the house of the Rev. Henry Williams. I preached 
to the Europeans present, from part of 1 John 
iv. 16: God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love 
dwelleth in Gody and God in him. Our hours 
were — breakfast at six o’clock ; service at eight ; 
dinner at ten : after this, we went among the 
natives, to converse with them on religious sub- 
jects, from eleven till four; drank tea at five; 
had English and Native services at six; supped 
at nine ; and retired to rest a little before ten 
o’clock. Thus was spent my first Sabbath in New 
Zealand. 
It may be well to describe what occurred a 
short period after, namely, April 13th ; as exhibit- 
ing the indifference which still continued to mark, 
for some time, the character of the natives. In 
