gone to West Africa. Marsden asked them to send three mechanics to New Zealand. He thought then that the first thing to do was to teach the Maoris something of the arts of civilised life. It was not long before he discovered his mistake and realized that the first thing needed was the work of the evangelist, and that it was through the teaching of the Gospel that the foundations of an ordered life must be laid. At first the mission seemed doomed to failure, but Marsden never lost heart, till in 1822 Henry Williams, the man who was to lay the foundations of Christianity in New Zealand, was sent out with his wife and two children. He had been an officer in the navy before his ordination, and his knowledge of seafaring ways proved of immense use in his new work. The C.M.S. sent him out with the injunction “to bring the noble but benighted race of New Zealanders into the enjoyment of the light and freedom of the Gospel.” With this object he laboured till his death in 1867, never once returning to England. Neither did Marsden forget the Mission. He visited New Zealand seven times, giving constant help and encouragement to the missionaries. His devoted work earned for him the title of the Apostle of New Zealand. Henry Williams with his wife and children settled on the Bay of Islands, in the North East of New Zealand, at Paihai, a great resort of whalers. It was in this district that most of the early missions were established, Wesleyan and Roman Catholic as well as Anglican. Henry Williams was soon after joined by his brother William, and together, with wives and families they lived for nine years at Paihai. William showed at once an extraordinary aptitude for learning the language. His brother said of him he “appears not to learn it but it seems to flow naturally from him.” His presence at Paihai enabled Henry to travel and visit distant parts of the island with the view of extending the mission. The experiences of these two brothers and their families belong to the romance of missions. They gained a remarkable knowledge of the Maoris and their customs, and won a great influence over them. Absolutely fearless in the way in which they exposed themselves to danger, they were often able to make peace between the tribes in the fierce conflicts which were constantly breaking out. The wrongdoing of an individual was punished by the most bloody vengeance on his whole tribe, and defeated enemies were killed and eaten. Unfortunately fire-arms had been introduced among the Maoris by the traders, and this made their warfare much more deadly. They hoped at first that the missionaries also would provide them with fire-arms, and by refusing to do so, the Williams were at the beginning reduced to great privations for want of food. They not only refused to give fire-arms in exchange for the necessaries of life, but never carried them themselves. The Maoris soon recognized the difference between them and the traders, but