SAMUEL MAESDEN. 
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When his funeral sermon was preached at Parramatta, the 
Wesleyan superintendent wrote:—Next Sunday morning we 
intend to close our chapel; and as a mark of respect to the 
memory of this venerable man, go to church to hear his 
funeral sermon.* 
Here then we close this brief sketch, with the declaration 
of Bishop Broughton, that although he was the first legally 
appointed Bishop of Australia, he must always consider 
Samuel Marsden to have been the first actual one. 
* See Life of Rev. S. Leigh, page 105. 
A church has been erected at Parramatta, as a most suitable monument to 
his memory. And a tablet is to be placed in it, which the New Zealand 
converts at Wanganui have caused to be made, as a token of their love for 
the father of their church. 
A TAIAHA, OR CHIEF'S STAFF. 
