MAORI “MIRACLE MAN.”
The pilgrimage of Maoris to Palana. the “miracle man," at Turakina, still continues, and about 41) natives arrived from Wlmkatane and other places in the Auckland Province last Saturday. Their ,-icknesses and troubles are many and varied, but Katana is confident that after two or three davs (he.v
will go away rejoicing with n stronger faith in tho true God. He ml-, mils llnil some of his previous cases
have bad relapses, but says that, it
was due to hick of fiiilh. They laid ;i ••korero” with the unbelieving pakeiia. and began to doubt the power of God. They doubted and went hack to (he old Maori beliefs in tohnngaism and niakutu. When Maoris did that there was no hope. “1 am trying,’’ lie said, “to make them believe in God and the Holy Ghost."
The new church which is being built will be ready for opening at Christmas time, ll is to be an undenominational church, “open." said Tabu, “to every church which believes in the true God."
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2213, 9 December 1920, Page 2
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172MAORI “MIRACLE MAN.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2213, 9 December 1920, Page 2
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