Author: MAUNSELL, ROBERT & OTHERS (transl.):
Title: [A collection of sermons translated into Ma›ri]. Printed at Purewa (Aukland), Church Mission Press mid 1840s and at St. John's College around 1850.
Description: . The collection of a total of eleven sermons is bound together in near contemporary cloth. From the library of Arthur Thomas Pycroft (1875-1911), naturalist and collector from New Zealand. With handwritten translations and annotations in English on title pages. At the beginning, there is a handwritten table of contents bound in.MAUNSELL, ROBERT (Transl.): [Eight Ma›ri sermons] Ko te whakapono pp. 7 + Ko nga mahi hou pp. 7 + Ko te hapa tapu pp. 8 + He mahi aha ta nga minita pp.8 + ko te inoi a te tahae pp. 7 + Ko te tino Tohunga Nui pp. 9 + Ko te manawanui o hopa pp. 7 + Ko te iriiri tapu pp. 8. Printed at Purewa, Church Mission Press, (1846-7). Robert Maunsell, Irish-born missionary who lived and served in New Zealand for almost sixty years. He was an authority on Ma›ri language and culture. Together with William Williams he made translations of the Bible. Williams 145. BOUND WITH: MAUNSELL, ROBERT (Transl.): He Patai (Questions on the New Testament). In total 109 questions. (Purewa 1844 or 1845) Pp. 8. Williams 110.AND: WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL: Te Motu Kohatu ("The Rocky Island"). No te Kareti. I taia tenei i te Pereli a te Pihopa. Printed at the Bishops Press (St John's College, Purewa) 1850. Pp. 26 (i.e.25). A religious story for children translated by Elizabeth Colenso. She was born at the Church Mission Society station in 1821 and served as missionary, teacher, and Bible translator in New Zealand. Williams 202.AND: FARQUHAR, BARBARA H. & MARTIN, MARY ANN (Transl.): Ko e tahi Hua o te Whakapono ("Some fruits of the faith"). No te Kareti. I taia tenei ki te Perehi a te Pihopa. (Purewa, St John's College) 1852. Pp. 24. Abridged of Farquhar's "Pearl of Days" translated into Ma›ri, probably by Mary Ann Martin. She was a social worker, writer and teacher at St John's College and St Stephen's School for Native Girls. Married to William Martin, Chief Justice in New Zealand. Williams 237.

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