HE INOI MO TE PIHOPATANGA O TE IWI MAORI.

Toa Takitini, Issue 53, 1 December 1925, Page 336

HE INOI MO TE PIHOPATANGA O TE IWI MAORI.

ETE ATUA kaha raiva, kua oti te whakakotahi e koe tau hunga whiriwhiri katoa, hei tinana mo tau Tama mo to matou Ariki, mo Ihu Karaiti: Tenei matou au pononga, te tuku atii nei i a matou whakawhetai, me a matou whakamoemiti ki a koe, mo tau whakaaetanga kia whakawhiwhia matou ki tenei taonga nui, kite Pihopatanga motuhake mo te iwi Mori. Kia anga tonu mai tou whakaaro atawhai ki tou Hahi i roto ite iwi Maori. Manaakitia mai matou me o matou Pihopa, me nga mangai o nga iwi i tenei wa e rapu nei i te hiiarahi kua rite mai i a koe hei painga mo tenei wahanga o tau Hahi. Kia riro mai i a matou nga taonga maha o tou Wairua Tapu, or a te mahara, te mohio, te kaha, te aroha, mete ata whakaaro ; kia vhai tonu ai matou i roto i a matou mahi katoa, ko Koe kia whakakororiatia, ko te pai o te iwi ki kake, ko tou rangatiratanga kia whdkanuia. Kei meatia tetahi mea e matou i runga i te tikanga totohe, i te whakapehapeha, i te mataku ranei i te tangata. Kei he hoki a matou mahi i te whakaaro pokanoa ake, i te hianga ranei a te tangata; engari kia ata whakatakotoria nga tikanga katoa, e tupu pai ai tau Hahi i roto i a matou ; kia mahia ai e matou katoa nga mahi pai kiia rite mai nei i a Koe hei mahinga ma matou; kia whakakotahitia ai matou katoa i roto i te whakapono, i te aroha; kia rite tahi ai hoki o matou whakaaro, me o matou mangai, te whakakororia i a Koe; ko Ihu Karaiti hoki to matou Ariki. — Amine.