File 1: Hassall family, correspondence, volume 2, pp. 1-297, 1794-ca. 1823

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54 take little or no care of their crops when grown. We have a good prospect at present of a plentiful harvest next season; but before then the sufferings of many will be very great You would see from my colleague's papers when he returned that an Institution has been adapted for providing for the poor distressed children in this colony. The School is now opened, and more than 30 girls received. I spent the last evening with them for the first time, and made a beginning to instruct them in the principles of christianity; sang a hymn and went to prayer with them. N.S.Wales while I was performing this duty, looked more like a christian country than it had ever done since I first entered it. I hope the foundation is now laid for religion and morality, if God only furnish means to carry it on. It will meet I am sure with great opposition, and have many difficulties to surmount, in order to carry it into full effect. I shall exert my utmost abilities to promote its prosperity; and like Nehemiah, shall make supplication to the God of Heaven, and say, "the God of heaven will prosper us, therefore we his servants will arise and build." My colleague may think himself happy that he is out of the settlement at present. He would have been very miserable had he been here. There are still great difficulties amongst our leading men; which renders the situation of those, who would be quiet, far from pleasant; I make it my study to avoid all quarrels as much as possible, and sometimes to violence to my own feelings for the sake of peace. After all one's caution troubles will come;

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55 are they who hear the word of God & keep it [indecipherable] has he anywhere santioned our prayers to the Saint & [indecipherable] - Is if we pray to him we must think they are every where present & consequently equal to the Jewish [indecipherable] which appears to me wicked to suppose - On another occasion we were led to converse on the use of images in the Roman Catholic Church - I saw they were strictly forbidden by the law of God & pointed to the [indecipherable] - Thou shalt not make to thyself [indecipherable] - He replied but we do not worship the Image - if you had friend you loved very dearly who was absent would you not like to get his picture to look at so that you might think of him - This is the way we use the images & pictures in our Church - I replied that it was expressly forbidden to make any likeness of God or to bow down to it & that he must know the poor people bowed down before the Image of our Saviour who was [indecipherable]

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56 He was asked why the Church left out this [indecipherable] & made true of the tenth He did not know he had never seen one of their bibles - To meet his questions I felt it requisite to obtain Fox's book of martyrs & leaving it one day in my room he opened it & on my return he hastened to enquire the meaning of the pictures for the explanation of this was in written characters, I of course explained them to the best of my [indecipherable] meaning after a pause he [indecipherable] into tears & said - I could not think that my [indecipherable] year would make us burn peoplr because they did not believe the same as we do - About this period there

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57 10 they must be expected in the midst of unreasonable and wicked men. I have lately had a difficult task to perform. Our courts of Justice, where we are compelled to sit as members to administer Justice, often expose an honest man who will do his duty to great troubles. He is constrained sometime to condemn the conduct of those who are his equals or superiors: when he does this, though no more than his duty the guilty will remember him, and seek every occasion to do him an injury. I hope from what has lately happened the mode of administering justice will be completely changed in this country. I have seen a great deal of mankind during my residence in this country, as least of the bad part; so that I am quite tired of my situation in many respects. I have much to do, more than is almost possible for one person; but God is very gracious; he gives me strength and spirits to go on. If I feel little pleasure in religion from the multiplicity of other business in the weekday, I am refreshed sometimes on the Sabbaths and find my soul sweetly drawn after God. This is a very ungracious soil for the growth of piety; the Lord knows best where to place me; in the midst of every difficulty, I see cause to rejoice that he had appointed me such a post of honor; whatever I may meet with, if it comes in the way of my duty it does not become me to complain; but to be still and know that he is God. Mrs Marsden has written you a line you will have seen thru our little girl; her mother did not wish to part with her but I prevailed at length. I do not suppose you will be

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able to make out this scrawl, I am very weary this evening having had much to do this day. The ribbons came safe; I shall give Mrs Johnson an account of them the next conveyance. Give my respectful compliments to Mr. Stokes. I would have written to him, but he may expect one by the next ship; I want to give him some account of the progress of agriculture, our coal [indecipherable] I have the Honour to remain Dr.Madam yours respectfully (signed) Saml. Marsden (recd March 23rd 1802)

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