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Almanac
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Notice giving publication and circulation details.
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For people writing to Te Haeata
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Advertises the deadline for contributions to the paper for efficient production and mailing.
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Message to the churches of Te Ākau and Waikato
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From Te Mānihera [CMS missionary, Robert Maunsell]
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Announces the collection of money by travelling monitors during December and January.
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Includes a whakataukī [proverb] and scriptural quotations.
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Good news from [foreign] lands
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Reports peoples' experiences of the Holy Spirit in other countries. Mentions America, Fiji, Tonga. Urges repentance before God so that the same thing might happen in New Zealand.
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Includes scriptural quotations, Ezekiel 37.
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The committee of ministers of the Wesleyan Church
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Reports an end-of-year committee meeting held by Wesleyan ministers in Auckland.
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Includes names of committee members. Lists attendance figures for Maori churches from Hokianga to Ngāmotu, amounts of money collected, and names of those appointed to work in different areas.
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Comments that some have fallen by the wayside.
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The man who overcame his neighbours: a true story
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First part of a story about Himeona Kirini [Simeon Green] and his neighbours, Rupena Paraki [Reuben Black] and Hōhepa Mete [Joseph Smith], illustrating the benefits of Christian living.
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Includes a scriptural quotation.
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The Church after Christ
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Discusses Christian Church history, including persecution, martyrdom and an epidemic.
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Chapter 4
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Some practices of the early Church
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Concerns the development of certain Church practices, including those of the Church of Rome perceived to be wrong.
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Practices for their ministers
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Concerns the Apostles, Bishops and false teachers.
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Includes scriptural references.
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