| [p.1] | Almanac |
| Notice giving publication and subscription details. | |
| pp.1-2 | Assembly of Wesleyan ministers for the year 1860 |
| Reports the [annual] Australasian Conference of the Wesleyan Church held in Melbourne, Australia and attended by [Thomas] Buddle [Editor of Te Haeata] and [James] Buller from New Zealand. | |
| Lists regional church attendances, clerical placements for New Zealand for 1860 and money collected in Australia, New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji in 1859. | |
| Discusses increases in church attendance and fundraising by Fiji and Tonga. | |
| Mount Sinai | |
| Outlines the physical dimensions of Mount Sinai and discusses its significance for the people of Israel. | |
| Includes scriptural quotations. | |
| pp.2-3 | A letter from an Irish minister, written so that friends will hear of the great progress of the work of God |
| News from Te Poraka [Mr Pollock?] of the work of the Holy Spirit in Ballycorr, Ireland. | |
| pp.3-4 | The man who overcame his neighbours |
| Continuing story of Himeona Kirini and his neighbours [Vol. 1, 11:2-3]. | |
| The Church after Christ | |
| Chapter 5 | |
| Discusses events surrounding the spread of Christianity in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. | |
| Includes a scriptural reference. | |
| Letter from Te Wehona, Waikōwhai | |
| Reports the death of a Pakeha, Wiremu Peneha Hueta [William Bennett Hughes?], with whom he had lived, and who was said to attend both Maori and European church services. | |
| A grub | |
| Story about a ship that sank with loss of life and cargo after two ship-builders used a grub-infested board in its construction. Illustrates a spiritual lesson. | |
| A small sin | |
| Warning, linked to the previous item, that Satan helps small sins become large sins. | |
| Includes scriptural references. |