TE TATANGA O TE MUTUNGA.
E kitea ana te hopohopo, mete awangawanga, a, e whakaaro ana, e puta ana nga kupu ote hunga whakapono kore i roto i nga tau erima te kau ka pahure, engia ano ka tata pu mai tetahi hurihanga nui ki tenei ao. I roto i nga mahi o te Atua e tirotirohia nei hohoro tonu ana. Ko te kupu whakamutung a ki tera tangata i arohaina nuitia. ki a Rani era, i te hiritanga o te Moemoea kite wa o temutunga, '*He tokomaha e haerere, a ko te matauranga ka whakanuia." Xonahea ianei enei kupu i rite ai i mua ake nei ? Engari, katahi nei ano ka rite. Mahea ianei te hohorotanga o te karere o te tangata haere, i rite kite \va e nohoia nei ? E pohutu haere ana nga kaipuke mamaha i runga i te moana nui; kua karapotia te ao ete hariata mamaha ; ko nga rangi kua waiho hei kawe haere i nga rongo ote ao, pera te hohoro mete uira e rapa nei. Nonahea ianei i penei te matauranga o te tangata mete takiwa e kite nei tatou? Ko nga koata nonohi e whakaatu ana i nga mea i te tir.i o nga mea ora e karapotia nei tatou; a ko nga koata nunui, e whakaatu ana i nga rangi o runga riro, e kitea ana nga ao mano tino kahore e kitea e te kanohi tangata i rmla atu. . . . Ko to tatou whenua i roto i nga mahi tohunga o te tangata, he wa tikanga kau, he wa mea ora ; ko nga mahi miharo o te Atua kua hura ki runga i roto 1 nga tanumanga i ngaro ai i te tirohanga o nga whakapapararanga kua mate atu. Ko nga mea miharo o nga takiwa o mua e whakakitea nei", hei arataki i te tangata ki nga mea miharo whano nei whakakitea kite ao Ekore ianei e tika ta tatou kupu kua puta nei ano te wa e rite ai, e whakakitea ai te moemoea o te tangata i arohaina nuitia, a, ka rite tata te wa e kitia ai te kupu ki a ia kia tu ia i tonu turanga i te mutunga o nga ra. —Te Piaka, Minita, M.A.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 December 1855, Page 8
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371TE TATANGA O TE MUTUNGA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 9, 1 December 1855, Page 8
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