Last Parihaka Meeting.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3877, 2 June 1881, Page 2

Last Parihaka Meeting.

The meeting at TarihaU on the 17th inst.:waa terf iwgdjr: Ilti»4*di *p#a*ds of 2,500 being present. The great attraction was undoubt»dfy tfrjjT IftßTOfia prisoners, At an epflyrAoj«rc\k|'T^ie moraing, the meeting-place w^g occupied, and the food piled-in the c«mfy } j ty* returned prisoners marched in single ill* on to the " marae," each «nveloped in some gaudy shawl or rag, and having bit head decorated wi v alßatross or gßose feathers: These; with the addition of those who had bfen appointed to fence, and, although not arrested are called prisoners, took their, place in the centre, and * few ■ minutes •fterwjardß t 3B| Whiti ■ commenced «^kfniiCi j , < vi rJ ? * '-■ K 1 '\* A ':- Te Whiti said i-rGood, bad, peace, and war* were in existence; from ,the; beginning even from the creation of the world, when one God created the.heavens and the «*rtn and appointed all things for generation! to come. There is nothing left to be arranged by the great, wise and learned, the rich, the brave, and the strong/ al|.ipidlthe hands of the man who made the clearing, and had the conduct of all things within the cultivation. The- quarrel- 1 of this generation was foretold of old, that all might see the great and the small in oou-~ tention—when the small should pvegaaaae the great and evil should yield tegodd. Let the rich and great, strong and brave, wise and learned, work according to his desire, but all shall befulfilled according to the, words which issue my nttontlr. Though winter is upon us the geiial? warmth of January, is not forgotten, but though any should desire to reach heat of January to warm his frigid body^ he cannot in these days experience that welcome warmth because of the lengtlM>f the months which separate bimV Jfte whole of this generation are sufferiag from the cold of oppressioni and injaatiee, and altogether they wish to reach a state of settlement, quiet happiness, and lasting rest they cannot at present attain thereto on account of the many troubles. wbioh 7 intervene, which only time will 'remove.' Great is the gladness ot my heart for the bad which is abolished, and for the return r of my people scathless from; oppression. Let good always overcome evil. You are advised to take heed—toyour going lest, harm befall-you, <$p*t your surest safeguard is to "refrain from evil. The land both north and south is suspended on iaheritance for this generation. . Man j brave, great, wise, and learned men have desired to fulfil the words of God and overcome 1 the evil by good, by restraint from retaliation, and passive behaviour under trM, but none have succeeded previpuil to ' yourselves on account of the many ittiniv ' mountable obstacles in their pati. TV their inner hearts the brave and strong still nourish a desire for war, which ft kept alive by the breath of Satan, but by your < passive non-rcsistanee, you . rendered their longing ineffectual. ¥o.a are all alive and well, and remain a^mark for all time and all people, a sign of the triumph of peace and the total inopem- ~ tiveness of the laws to punish theianpeeat who persist only in maintaining ::tlje]up•? r * rights. The laws concerning you are dead. ' According to the words of Te were arrested, not from any crime of theft, any stealing of blankettr~bu%-tu~— consequence of a host of the people «f Satan to steal your land. The. prison houses are not bad things in these days, ; > they are things to rejoice in, and to those' you were sent that you.might be align to all people of the triumphs to be achieved by a maintenance of the right Those 1 who imprisoned you, those who enslaved you, upon them shall rest the onus and responsibility of your imprisonment, and- >" of your slavery, and they alone shall wash away the * dirt with which they hare covered you, even they who have wantonly disturbed you. Blameless and untried, you were imprisoned, and he who impri« - sonedyou shall be imprisoned, and h*who scattered you shall be scattered. Tohu said: —" On this very day id'ttofcif pleted the 400 years foretold of 'old of Abraham and all wars shall cease. The" * God in the days of Abraham was Jehovah; ' and after him came Moses j and subsequently Jesus Christ; bot Te Whiti is the God of these days. I>m the God of these days (god is evidently intended to mean- ~ teacher.) ■ -