Group seated outside North door, Ambohipotsy Memorial church, Madagascar, ca. 1868-1885

"North Door Ambòhipòtsy Memorial Church". A group of Malagasy Christians stand or sit around church door with baskets of vegetables and poultry. The missionary, possibly John Parrett, sits with them. This was the second Martyr Memorial Church built by James Sibree and Mr Pool between October 1865 and opened on 17 November, 1868. It was built on the site of the execution of Rasalàma, the first Malagasy Christian martyr. She was speared to death in 1837.; John Parrett served as a printer for the London Missionary Society in Madagascar from 1862 to 1885, first at the capital Tananarive [now Antananarivo] then, following a period of furlough in England from 1873 to 1875, at Amparibe. Parrett sailed to Madagascar in 1862 as part of a large missionary party comprising Dr and Mrs Andrew Davidson , Mr and Mrs Robert Toy, schoolmaster Charles Thomas Stagg and Mrs Stagg, Reverend John Duffus and Reverend William Edward Cousins. The party was sent to aid Reverend William Ellis who had pioneered the re-introduction of missionaries to Madagascar in 1862 on the accession of King Radama II to the throne, following the death of Queen Ranavalona I in 1861.

“北入口安博希波茨基纪念教堂（North Door Ambòhipòtsy Memorial Church）：一群马达加斯加基督徒或站或坐，围聚在教堂门口，身旁摆放着装载蔬菜与家禽的篮筐。疑似约翰·帕雷特（John Parrett）的传教士与他们同坐一处。该教堂是詹姆斯·西布里（James Sibree）与普尔先生（Mr Pool）于1865年10月动工、1868年11月17日落成的第二座殉道者纪念教堂，其选址正是首位马达加斯加基督教殉道者拉萨拉马（Rasalàma）的受刑地。拉萨拉马于1837年被长矛杀害。
约翰·帕雷特于1862年至1885年间任职于马达加斯加的伦敦传道会（London Missionary Society），最初在首都塔那那利佛（Tananarive，现名安塔那那利佛（Antananarivo））工作；1873年至1875年在英国休假结束后，转至安帕里贝（Amparibe）任职。1862年，帕雷特随一支大型传教团乘船前往马达加斯加，该团成员包括安德鲁·戴维森博士与夫人、罗伯特·托伊先生与夫人、教师查尔斯·托马斯·斯塔格夫妇、约翰·达弗斯牧师以及威廉·爱德华·卡曾斯牧师。这支传教团旨在支援威廉·埃利斯牧师的工作——1861年拉瓦洛娜一世女王驾崩后，拉达马二世国王继位，威廉·埃利斯于1862年率先重启了向马达加斯加派遣传教士的工作。”