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clung to her native superstitions with a frightful 
eagerness : the message of mercy and the in- 
vitations of grace passed by unregarded: it 
seemed as though they would eventually prove 
a savour of death unto death/’ instead of a 
“ savour of life unto life” to her soul. In 1828, 
she was married to Waiapu, a steady lad who had 
been long in the employ of the Mission, to whom 
she was sincerely attached, and by whom she had 
two children — a boy and a girl. As a mother, 
she was a pattern of affection and care ; as a wife, 
a model of kindness and submission: and even 
when in her native state, before she came under 
the influence of the Gospel, she was still far from 
exhibiting those independent and lawless feelings, 
wliicli wives generally manifest towards their 
husbands, in this savagfe land. 
At the commencement of the year 1830, Waiapu 
was enticed to Kororareka; where he was engaged 
in the battle tliat took place between some of the 
neighbouring tribes, for the possession of that 
village and harbour. He was spared in the midst 
of slaiigliter; and returned in safety, though co- 
vered witli shame, to the Mission, and to his home. 
\ot many days elapsed after this, ere he was 
visited with strong and overwhelming compunc- 
tions of conscience, on account of his conduct in 
the battle. His heart was smitten; and the ar- 
rows of the Almighty, which to him felt as though 
their barbs were poisoned, stuck fast in him. They 
were, however, not the shafts of death, as he 
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