File 2: Rowland Hassall papers, 1811-1820, 1860

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persevere in endeavouring to propagate the gospel in (?) Colony. I shall be very glad to here of any real (?) attending your endeavours. Be sure you let me know all particu lars respecting this subject & the state of religion with you when you write me. Remember me affectionately to Parramatta friends ect. forget not Mr & Mrs Simpson & Mr & Mrs Hodges. Inform Captain S that Connor & has not yet returned from Huahine & therefore we have not heard how he fared there. But som pending will permit me to write him a few lines, as I don't think I shall write much, if any at all, home. Mr H writes in kinds affection to Mrs Hassall your self ? She requests, if they are not already sent, you will not forget the first opportunity to let us have the articles we wrote you for by the Porpose with the addition of some Tea & Sugar. The society have preserved from Dart (?) gallons of Peruvian wine which is designed for & use of any that may be sick & for the women being on of other necessary refreshments. you will early perceive my reasons for mentoining this circumstance. Do not fail to let us have all the news you receive of my dear friend let us have your constant ? success in the work we are engaged in here & ? are not forgotten in the poor prayers of

yours truly sincerely Wm PS We have obtained a pasage for the two ? pork above mentioned. the one third of as that of the former two favoured by Captain Mr Nott requests you to add another musket to ? to those already written for. The casks are now ? N1 N2 Mr Wood, captain Bayer's officer knows the casks. The articles you send please to direct to me. Mrs Eyre desires to be affectionately remembered to yourself & Mrs Hassall, & also to Mr & Mrs Hodges.

Henry Aug 27 180?

Mr Hassall

Parramatta

per favour

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Captain McLennan          New S. Wales

My Dear Brother, I believe my brethren has written to you I have voyaged I feel a wish upon .. to prop around of encouragement to you question in which i can for little time to write to this, kindness

brothers who are we my dear brothers are our undertaking and our master is the same Lord Jesus Christ . your laboured ong, and are probably sometimes discouraged want of success. but the fruit of some of our labours do on the promise of God, and .. present appearance or just success. if God grant the blessing every to usefulness immediately the varied influences of her grace our probabilities are supply its blessed whom I look in the greatnes of the first and on the great things which must be accomplished when out . but then enabled to loo at the power promise and faith goodness of God all my fears are allayed.

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I am sometimes enabled also to take encouragement from what God has in sight, INdian have ? his hand giving for After I first arrived into Bengal some sixteen years ago I could not find a person with whom I could

few these were, but they known to above me, He lives now in Calcutta a good Chapel & congregatoin from 150 to 200 others of natives in different parts of the we have between 40 and 50 members at the Lord's Tbale. The hcurch at Semipore is one with that at Calcutta but the Lords supper as .. at both places, and worship carried on; besides this there are four more churches constituted in the Country. THese are evangelican clergyman, inspires and ( of thorn) raised up a are a few missionaries from for spirituality besides the southern missionaries also inCeylon that and China that the work of God is going on . The whole princted in the Bengalis language ... a few chapters.

whole NT and part of the Old in Sanskrit, and the , and more or less is prpinted in four more languages and translated into four more so that we trust the then will read in their own ? the wonderful word of God

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I have just recoved from a violent fever which brought me to the gates of death, Prayer was heard, and I am still spared, may it be for the glory of God. I am very fond of natural history particularly of botany and have made a large collection of plants from different parts of the world which are flourishing in the Mission Gardens at Serampore. You will greatly oblige me by sending me some seeds, bulbous or ? roots &etc as you may be able; Pray try to collect ? seeds as many sorts as you possibly can, and send from time to time by the ships bound to Calcutta; A few shells ? would also be a very acceptable present, as would ? specimens of the ? of New Holland. I fear it would not be possible to send birds or beasts alive, if it were, they would be an acceptable present, but I am most anxious to obtain seeds, and bulbous or other fleshy roots. your seeds will be beautiful flowers here, and your ? fruits grateful, so much the more as coming from brethren employed in the same work, whom we should remember whenever we behold the productions of New Holland. Pray therefore oblige me as often as you can in this way. I am, very affecty yours W. Carey