st. lure’s gospel. 225 
the Missionaries, on whom the management of 
printing has devolved, have been in a great mea¬ 
sure relieved by the aid of those instructed in that 
department of this useful art. 
We laboured eight, and sometimes ten, hours 
daily, yet found that the work advanced but slowly. 
Notwithstanding all the care that had been exer¬ 
cised in selecting the printing materials and the 
accompanying apparatus, many things were either 
deficient or spoiled; here we could procure no 
proper supply, and the edition was not completed 
until the beginning of 1818. It was entitled, “ Te 
Evanelia na Luka , iritihia ei parau Tahiti” 
literally, The Gospel of Luke, taken out to be, or 
transferred to, the language of Tahiti; E-parau 
hae-rehia te parau maitai o te hau nei e ati paa 
toai te ao nei ia ite te mau fenua atoa , was the 
motto. 44 This good word (or gospel) of the king¬ 
dom shall be published in all the world,” Matt, 
xxiv. 14. and the imprint was, Neneihia i te nenei 
raa parau a te mau Misionari , 1818. Pressed at 
the (paper or book) presser of the Missionaries.— 
There being no term in the native language answer¬ 
ing to the word translated Gospel, the Greek word 
Euangelion was introduced, some of the conso¬ 
nants being omitted in conforming it to the native 
idiom. 
The curiosity awakened in the inhabitants of 
Afareaitu by the establishment of the press, was 
not soon satisfied: day after day Pomare visited 
the printing-office; the chiefs applied to be admit¬ 
ted inside, while the people thronged the windows, 
doors, and every crevice through which they could 
peep, often involuntarily exclaiming, Be-ri-ta-ni-e ! 
fenua paari: O Britain! land of skill, or know¬ 
ledge. The press soon became a matter of univer- 
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