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SAMUEL MARSDEN. 
lie was compelled to take both. Miss Marsden was present on 
that occasion ; but there were doubtless many similar ones 
which never will be known until that day when all things shall 
be revealed. 
When Dr. Lang was building the first Presbyterian church 
in Sydney, and could not go on for want of funds, what did 
this Catholic-minded man do ? he was the senior chaplain of 
the colony, and at that time was without a rival creed. Did 
he view with jealousy this inroad on his own peculiar province, 
and rejoice that the church could not be finished? No: 
unsolicited he furnished funds for its completion; which, 
without this opportune aid, its founder could not have accom¬ 
plished. So likewise when the Wesleyans were talking of a 
chapel at Windsor, where Mr. Marsden had land; he offered 
a donation of a sufficient extent on which to erect a mission- 
house and chapel. 
The following is an extract from his letter on the occasion, 
which is equally creditable to both parties:—“ To give you 
the right hand of fellowship, is no more than my indispensable 
duty. You may rely with confidence on my continued support 
and co-operation in all your laudable attempts to benefit the 
inhabitants of this populous colony. I am fully persuaded 
that your ministerial labours will tend to promote the welfare 
of these settlements, as well as the eternal interests of immortal 
souls. The importation of convicts from Europe is very great 
every year. Hundreds have just landed on our shores from 
various parts of the British Empire : hundreds are now in the 
harbour, ready to disembark; and hundreds more are on the 
bosom of the great deep, and hourly expected. We must 
not expect that governors, magistrates, and policemen, can 
find a remedy for the moral diseases with which those convicts 
are infected. Heaven itself has provided the only remedy, 
which is the blessed Balm of Gilead. We must expect great 
discouragements ; but let us go on sounding the rams’ horns ; 
the walls of Jericho will and must fall in time. We are feeble ; 
but the Lord is mighty, and will bring Israel to Mount Zion. 
I pray that the Divine blessing may attend all your labors for 
the salvation of souls in this colony.” 
