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On This Day: Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay. - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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On This Day: Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.

Source: Today in History (history.muffinlabs.com) - CC BY-SA 3.0Short18 words

12/25 (1814): Rev. Samuel Marsden holds the first Christian service on land in New Zealand at Rangihoua Bay.

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