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TE HOA MAORI

                                  AND

  GOOD NEWS.

     " Tena ra, tatou ka korerorero, e ai ta Ihowa, ahakoa i rite o koutou

  hara ki te mea ngangana, ka pera me te hukarere te ma; ahakoa i whero

  me te mea whakawhere, ka rite ki te huruhuru hipi. " Ihaia 1. 18



    " Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your

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  crimson, they shall be as wool, " Isaiah 1. 18.



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  TE HOA MAORI

                                     AND

        TE HOKINGA  MAI O TE ARIKI.



                        (Te korero atu. )

TE  whakakitenga mai o te Ariki o Ihu i runga i te rangi

       me nga anahera o tona kaha i roto i te mura ahi e rapu

utu ana i te hunga kahore e 

e ngohengohe ki te rongo pai o 

te utu hoki e whakapangia ki a ratou he whakangaromanga he mea

mutunga-kore i te aroaro ano o te Ariki, i te kororia ano hoki o

tona kaha. "  2 Teharonika I, 7-9.

  Tera, me korero atu ahau inaianei i te korero poto i runga i te

tikanga o  te taha ke o te hokinga mai o te Ariki, ara, tona

hokinga mai ki te whakawa.

  Ano te ahau nui o nga korero whakatupato, ara, te kupu a te

Atua  i puta mai nei, engari ra, a iti te whakarongo atu ate

tangata.

  He manawanui  te Atua, e kore Ia e pai kia mate te tangata;

na reira ka tupu te whakaaro a te tangata e kore e hono te kupu,

kahore ratou kia whakawhakia, kore rawa. " He kore no te

hohoro o te whakaoti o te kupu whiu mo te mahi he, koia i ki

tonu te ngakau o nga tamariki o nga tangata i te mahi he. "—

Te Kai Kauwhau 8, 11.

  I pera ano te ahua o te ture a te Ingarihi i runga i te ahua o

etahi tangata nui o te Maori. Ka nui te roa o to ratou he e

takatakai ana te ture, otiia, e manawanui te Ingarihi kihai ratou

i pai kia tukua te ture kia haere; engari te mutunga iho kua pau

te manawanui, kua whakahaeretia te ture, a, ka tau te pekerapa

ki runga i aua Maori,

  Ko  te Atua hoki ia ka whakatuturutia i ana kupu katoa i Tana

wa, kahore e mahue te kupu kotahi, ahakoa te mea nui te mea

iti ranei. E, kia  tupato ! Kei te  haere mai te Ariki  ki te

whakawakia  nga iwi katoa e noho ora nei ki te ao katoa.



Ko nga mea kia whakahaerea a muri i te haerenga atu o nga

                 tamariki e te Atua,

  A  muri i te tangohanga o te hunga tapu na te kaha a, te Atua

                 TE HOA MAORI.

he mea kite kore, kua oti nei te whakaatu i te korero i taua Hoa

Maori  i tuhia mahue tata nei, tera ka waiho he taima poto, kei

reira ka whakaaro na tangata, koia, kua taka nga tikanga ki a

ratou e rite ana ki o ratou ano whakaaro, kua tata te ' taima pai'

e ki na nga tangata ko ia kei te haere mai. Engari ra kei roto

tonu i taua taima ka whakatupuria nga mea katoa kia rite mo te

whakawakanga.

  A kua mahue  atu nga tangata i te Atua ratou ko Tana hunga

tapu, ka mau hoki aua tangata i raro i te mana nui rawa a Hatana

he mana nui tana mana, nui atu i tana mana o mua iho, na reira.

ka tere rawa te tupu o te he, a ka whai upoko i raro te tangata

o te rerewa, ko ia hoki te Anatikaraiti. " Aue te mate mo te

hunga e noho ana i te whenua * * *  * kua heko at u hoki ki

a koutou te rewera, nui atu hoki tona riri, no te mea kua matau

hoki ia he poto tana taima. " Whakakitenga 12, 12.

  A  ka ata rite katoa nga mea, i te taima hoki e mahara nga

tangata kua taka ki a ratou nga tikanga, ma ratou hoki e whaka-

haere i nga mea katoa i runga i o ratou ano whakaaro, a i taua

taima tonu e ki ana nga tangata, nana, kei a matou, kua rite katoa

nga mea, rite tonu ki a matou e pai ai! Katahi

                  Ka Puare te Rangi.

  Ka  puta mai i reira ko ia kua whakahengia, kua whakak-

ahoretia kua mauharatia, ara, ko Ihu, e noho ana ki runga i te

hohio ma, me tona ingoa i homai na te Atua e mau ana ki a Ia,

ara, Ko te Pono, ko te Tika, kei runga i te tika tana whakariti

whakawa, tana whawai (Titiro ki te Whakakitenga 19-11, tae

 noa te mutunga. )

   Kotahi te whakahaere o tenei karaipeture me te koraipeture i

te timatanga o tenei korero. I taua  taima tonu ka  rite ai te

korero a te whakakitenga mai o te Ariki o Ihu i runga i te rangi,

 i roto i te mura ahi, e rapu utu ana i nga iwi e noho ora ana i

 runga i te ao. Kei a Ia ano i taua taima ano ana anahera o

 Tonu kaha, e rite ana i to te whakaatu i 2 Teharonika 1, kei a

 Ia hoki te hunga tapu i tango ake ki te rangi, me i oti te korero

 i te Whakakitenga 19.

 Tera te Opi nui, ahua pai rawa o te Rangi e haere ana.

   E haere ana mai i runga i te ahua nui o te kaha rawa i roto i

 te muru ahi ki te rapu utu—te whakarite whakawa, te whakatu

 te pakanga na te tika.

   Na, ka  tupu  tenei riri, tenei riri tika ki a wai ? Tera nga

 hunga tokorua kua whakaaturia ki 2 Teharonika 1, 8.

   Te tuatahi. E rapu utu ana i te hunga kahore e matau ana ki

 te Atua

                 TE HOA MAORI.

  Te hunga katoa ratou i whakakahoretia te whakaaturanga o te

Atua tika, he mea nui Nana i homai noa mai: a ka piko hoki

ratou ki etahi hunga, ehara i te Atua ahakoa kua tapa o ratou

ingoa he Atua, te take kotahi Ia, Te Atua ano. Na Hatana i

kukume  ki a ia te whakaaro karakia o nga tangata a ko ia hoki

ka tu hei mea karakia mo te ngakau o te nui o nga tangata.

Ahakoa  e mohio ana aua tangata i etahi tikanga, kahore ratou e

matau ana ki te Atua tika.

  Ka  pera te ahua o te iwi Maori i mua atu i te taenga mai o te

rongo pai i waenganui i a ratou. Engari, e aku hoa Maori, he

mea pai he mea tika hoki kia matau koutou ki te wehea atu i nga

tikanga o te rongo pai i nga tikanga o te matauranga tangata,

ahakoa ka tatatata to raua haere. Na  te matauranga tangata

kua  hapai te iwi maori i waho  i o ratou noho tau tangata

engari ra, na te rongo pai i kawe mai ki nga tangata te matau-

ranga tika a Karaiti Ihu te Kai-whakaora. Otira mehemea e

noho ana i waenganui i a koutou etahi tangata e kore e matau

ana ki te Atua, he tike ka tau te whakawakanga me te riri ki

 runga i a ratou i te whakakitenga mai a te Ariki o Ihu Karaiti.

   Te tuarua. Ko  ratou katoa kahore nei e ngohengohe ki te

rongo pai o to tatou Ariki o Ihu Karaiti, ko ratou hoki etahi mo

taua  riri. Na, kua  tukua kua  panuitia hoki te rongo pai i

waenganui o te iwi maori, ahakoa tera he ahua he etahi o nga kai

kaiwhau. Ka  nui te aroha a te Atua ki a koutou, no te mea i roto

i enei ra mutunga, ka tukua kia rere i waenganui i a koutou te

 rongo pai o te whakapono ki a Karaiti Ihu, ka rere inaianei i

 roto i enei ra tonu, he ra kua tae tata ki te tutakinga o te tatau

 ki te orangatonutanga o Karaiti Ihu.



               Ko wai e whakarongo ?

   Kua  kauwhautia te rongo pai kia nohengohe  mai ai kia

 whakapono ai nga iwi katoa, kua tae mai hoki te panui ki a

 koutou i runga i te whakahaere pai a te Atua. Kua ora tonu nga

 tangata katoa e whakapono tikatia ki a te Ariki ko Ihu, kia

 whakapainia i a Ia. Ka horoi nga hara katoa i tona toto utu

 nui. Engari ra ko ratou e whakakore ana i tenei rongo pai kia

 waiho atu ratou mo te whakawhiu. Na kona, na tenei huarahi

 na tera huarahi ranei ka whakataua te he ki nga Maori katoa e

 kore nei i whiwhi i tenei oranga nui, ina ka tae mai te Ariki ki

 te whakatu whakawa.

                A me  pewhea ratou?

   Ka ratou " ka whakangaromia, he mea mutunga-kore i te aro-

 aro o. te Ariki, i te kororia ano hoki o tona kaha. " E kore e taea

                 TE HOA MAORL

te tono kia whakawakia tuaruatia taua whakatau. E kore e taea

te huna atu i aua kanohi me e mura ahi te ahua. Ka  puta

marama nga mea ka hoa ! A, ko te mutunga iho ka whakawhiua

katoatia ! Ka ngau o ratou he o roto i o ratou ngakau. Kahore

e wiri te whenua, te pakaru nga kohatu ranei hei hunanga mo

ratou i te aroaro o te Reme. Kua whakakino kua pana te aroha

noa; kua ngaro nga taima tika; kua pana atu te manawanui e

te kino. Kei hea he kupu whakahe mo  tenei whakawakanga

marama ?

         He mea poto rawa te taima e toe ana,

Ahakoa  ko tenei wa tonu e korero ana koe i tenei pukapuka. E

taku hoa Maori, whakaaetia te tika, ina, kia whiu ai koe i tenei

whakawakanga. Pena ka whakaae koe, a ka karanga atu hoki

koe penei me te karanga atu o te kai-tiaki herehere i Piripae, me

pewhea  ka ora ai ahau, nana, ka, tata te ki atu ki a koe, te utu

mo  to patai;

     " Whakapono  ki te Ariki Ihu Karaiti a ka ora ai koe. "

     ME PEWHEA MO NGA MEA TAWHITO?

  TENA  koe, na taku rongo ka hiahia koe kia kite i ahau ka

       haere mai ahau ki a koe. "

   " Ekore, tena koe ka tika to haere mai. Tena ko tenei, i tera

po i tae atu ahau ki te Teneti ki te whakarongo i te kauwhautanga

o te rongo pai, a i muri mai ka mau te pouri ki roto i ahau. Ko

taku hiahia tenei kia tae ake ahau ki te rangi, otira ko te huarahi

e kore ahau e marama ki tera. Koia ko te putaki tera o taku

 hiahia kia korero tahi taua. "

   " E Hemi, pena ka hiahia koe kia whiwhi ai i te oranga tonu-

tanga me te haere ake ki te rangi kei te takato marama te tikanga

tera kia tino oti i tetahi mahi. Ka nui nga hara i otia e koe, a

me  oti to horoi i aua hara ou ki mua i to tomokanga ki roto i te

 rangi. "

   " Ae, he tika, e mohio ana ahau ki tena. Kahore he tika aku

 mahi i nga ra oku i mahue atu nei, engari ka nui toku hiahia kia

 whakatika ahau i oku mahi a muri, a kia timita houtia. "

   " Engari taihoa. Ka tika tau, kia totohe koe kia kaha ki te

 mahi tika, engari ra, ehara i te mea ka taea te mahi tika mo

amuri te horoi i nga hara tawhito ! Ka mea te Paepera

      ' A e rapua ana e te Atua te mea onamata

   Ahakoa ka timata houtia koe ou mahi inaianei me pewhea i

               TE HOA MAORI.

nga mea onamata? Kei te mau tonu era. E kore e taea te mahi

tika a muri te horoi i nga mahi he onamata. "

  " Koia koa ko toku raruraru tera, E koro. I te mahara ahau

mehemea  ka totohe te tangata kia tika tona mahi mo tenei ao, e

kore e rapua i tetahi mea atu i a ia. "

  " E Hemi, mehemia ka pau katoa to kaha i te mahi tika, a ka

rite to mahi ki te mahi o nga anahera i te rangi, a ka haere i

runga i te mahi tapu timata ai inaianei a ka haere tonu tae noa

to ra o to mate, e kore e taea tera te horoi kia kotahi o nga he

onamata kore rawa kia kotahi!"

  " Engari, e tika kanui toku pouri mo oku hara. He nui taku

tangi mo era, me te whakaaro tonu ahau kia mutu taku mahi he

amuri.

   " Ae pea, e pena ana koe, engari ra, e kaha kore to tangi, to

whakaaro  ranei ki te mahi tika amuri ki te horoi i nga mea

onamata   Tena, whakarongo mai, mehemea he taonga tarewa to

i te toa, a na te nui o te nama ka mutu te whakaae a te kai hoko

ki te homai tetahi mea atu ki a koe, engari ka mea mai ia ki a

koe akuenei ka hamenetia koe e ahau mo to nama. A me pewhea

he mahi mou ?"

              Me atu whiriwhiria e ahau,

   "Na, tera pea i a koe e whiriwhiri ana ka tupu tetahi whakaaro

i roto i a koe. Ka mea atu koe ki to wahine, E whai, kei hea

toku potae ? Ka  haere atu ahau ki te rangatira o te toa. Na, ka

 mau koe to potae, a, e kore e taro ka tae koe ki te toa. "

   "Ka nui te ahau koa, a te rangatira o te toa i tana kitenga atu

 ki a koe, ka mea atu ia ki a koe, E kore, tena koe, ka tika to haere

 mai, ka nui toku hari, ina ka kite ahau i a koe. Kua tae mai

 koe

             Ki te whakarite to nama nei?

   " Ka mea atu koe, ehara, ehara i te pena taku haere mai, engari

 kua tae mai ahau ki a koe ki te korero atu ki a koe nga mea erua.

 Te tuatahi, ka nui taku pouri me te tangi hoki i te nui o toku

 nama, a e kore e taea e ahau ki te whakarite i taua nama. Te

 tuarua, ka tino whakaaro ahau inaianei kia tika rawa taku mahi

 amuri. Ka utua koe e ahau amuri mo nga mea katoa ka riro mai

 ai ki ahau, a mo ia pauna ti, mo ia pauna huka, me era atu mea

 ka hoko ahau amuri. Na ki to mohio me pewhea te utu o te

 rangatira o te toa ki to korero pena atu ki a ia T



               " Ea kata ra tera ki ahau. "

   '• Ae ra, ka mea mai hoki ia ki a koe, e kore e kaha to pouri,

                 TE HOA MAORI.

to utu moni mo nga taonga ka hoko koe amuri, e kore e taea era

te whakarite to nama onamata, haunga tera, engari me whakarite

to nama onamata. "

  " Engari ra, ka tika rawa, tera, E koro. Katahi  ahau  ka

marama ki nga tikanga. Ka takato ke te tikanga i taku whakaaro

nei. Katahi ahau ka kite heoi te tikanga o te rangatira o te toa

me whakarite kia tika toku nama onamata''

  " Tena, kati to whakaaro ki te manawareke atu ki te Atua i to

huritanga ki te mahi hou. E Hemi, kati to pena, hurihia etahi

o nga mahi onamata. Kia mahara koe ki o hara onamata. Kia

mahara koe ki runga i te tikanga o to tutakitanga ki te Atua,

kahore e kore tera. "

       

  Tera pea ko te kai-korero ia tetahi o te hunga e rapu ana te

huarahi ki te ranga i runga i te tikanga ake o tona tahuritanga

ki te mea hou, ki te mahi pai ia amuri. E hoa, ki te pena to

whakaaro, ka haere maro koe i runga i te huarahi he. Kei te

whakaaro kore koe ki nga mea onamata ki o mahi he o tenei ao.

  Mehemea   ka  tae atu koe ki te rangi tera ra tetahi mea kia oti

ai te mahi, ki te horoi i nga mea onamata.

   Tera pea e patae ana koe " E aha taua mea kia oti ai i te

tautahi ?"

   Tena, whakarongo mai ki te utu ki to patae. Ko taua mea e

 kore e taea e koe te oti.

  Engari ra, me whakarongo mai ano ! Ka mea mai te Atua ki

a tatou i roto i te korero pai o te Rongo pai, ko taua mea kia oti ai

mua  o to tatou whiwhitanga o te oranga tonutanga he mea tera,



                 Kua  oti tonu inaianei!

 Kua oti i a Ia i tono mai e te Atua ki tenei ao kia mahi otitia

tau  mea.

   A kua oti tera i runga i te ahua i pai ai te Atua ! Kua oti

mo te hunga hara!

  Kua  oti i a wai 1 Ia Ihu.

  Kua  oti i a Ia i whea ? I runga i te ripeka i Angaanga.

  E aha te mea i oti i a Ia 1 Kua oti i a Ia te mahi nui whaka-

harahara he mea i homai ki te Atua he kororia nui rawa, no kona

ka taea e Ia te tuhia te kupu " Kua utua " i runga i to nama

onamata me te kupu "kua murua " i runga i to mahi i mahue atu

nei.

   Ae ra, ehara i te mea kia hurihia tatou i tetahi wharangi hou'

kia pau te kaha ranei ki te mahi pai hei tikanga kia haere ake ki

te rangi, kao, engari ra kia haere i runga i te ahua rawakore, te

                 TE HOA MAORl.

hunga hara, a ka whakawhirinaki ki te mahi tika te mahi nui kua

oti ra i a te Karaiti.

  E te kai-korero, ka whakawhirinaki koe ki tera? " He pono,

he pono taku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, Te tangata e rongo ana

ki taku korero, a e whakapono ana ki toku kai tono mai, he

oranga tonutanga tona; e kore ano  hoki ia e riro ki roto ki te

whakamatenga, engari kua whiti atu i te mate  ki te ora. "

Hoani 5, 24.

                KAUAKA!

  

"KAUAKA   ! " Ko te ingoa tera o tetahi whaikorero i ata

      panuitia kia whakaaturia i te taone o B———, i te

ahiahi o tetahi ratapu. Ko ahau kahore ahau e mohio te aha i

ata whakaaturia i runga i taua tikanga, engari ka tuaruatia e

ahau  i taua kupu i konei, a ka mea atu ahau ki a  koutou

"Kauaka"  e paopao te orangatanga o to koutou wairua, te take

" Me  pewhea ka ora ai tatou ki te paopoa tatou i tenei oranga

nui!"  Nga Hiperu 2, 3.

  I whakaaro ranei koutou a whea ka pau tenei ra oranga, a pau

tonu atu. He he nui whakaharahara mehemea kahemo koutou i

tenei homaitanga nui o te Atua.

  Kua  tonoa atu tera ki a koutou inaianei. Te aha  ka kore

koutou i tango ?

  E  wha tonu nga horerotanga o tenei kupu kiroto i te pukapuka

a te Atua, " Ki te rongo koutou ki tona reo aianei, kauae whaka-

pakeketia o koutou ngakau. " Te aha e kore koutou e whakaae ?

  E PEHEA ANA A KATOU WHAKAARO KI A TE

                 KARAITI?

                     MATIU  22, 42.

TERA patae o mua i patae ki te ao i nui atu i te kotahi mano

    e waru rau tau —ta te Atua patae i te tuatahi ki te ao—

inaianei ra e patae ana te Atua ki a koe. Kua utua taua patae

e te ao ki te ripeka. E tatari ana te Atua inaianei mo te wha-

kahoki kupu.

  E  nga tangata hara ! E pehea ana a koutou whakaaro ki a

te Karaiti ? Kua mate Ia mo nga tangata hara—mo  tona hoa

riri —mo nga tangata i kohurutia i a Ia. Kia mahara koe ki a Ia

—te  tauhou i te rangi—i noho nei ki te puna ki Haika ka tono

                  TE HOA MAORI.



ki taua wahine mate wai te wai ora. Kia mahara koe ki a Ia—

Te Tama o te Atua—i ki nei ki taua wahine o Naina " Kua oti

ou hara te muru!" Kia mahara koe ki a Ia—e Kiingi o nga kiingi

                                                                                                                                                    

—i  tu nei ki Hiruharama kua haraunatia i te karauna taratara,

te kakahu papuru hoki ki runga i a Ia, a kua pana hoki Ia i ona.

Kia mahara  koe ki a Ia—te Ariki o te kororia—kua ripiketia i

waenganui i nga tangata kohuru tokorua, kua tanumia kuakataina

hoki Ia e te hunga i haere mai Ia ki te whakaora, a e inoi Ia mo

nga tangata e kohuru ana i a Ia. Kia mahara koe ki a Ia—Te

Koha Kore—kua  pana e te Atua no te mea e waha ana Ia nga

hara o te hunga he. Ae ra kai mahara koe ki a Ia ka noho nei

ki tetahi rangi hei Kaiwhakawa ki runga i te Torona nui he mea

ma  a rere ana te whenua me te rangi i tona kanohi. E pehea

ana to whakaaro ki a te KARAITI, he take tau, aeha ranei 1

   E te Karaitiana ! E pehea ana to whakaaro ki a te Karaiti 1

 To Kai whakaora, to tino Tohunga nui, to Kai korero, to Ariki!

 Kia mahara koe ki a Ia—Te Tangata ki te Kororia—e ora tonu

 ana hoki Ia hei inoi mo tatou. Kia mahara koe ki a Ia ki runga

 i te torona o Tona Matua e ata noho ana mo te wa tonu kia heke

 iho Ia i te rangi ki te karanga atu ki ona kia haere ake ki te noho

 ki a Ia. Kia mahara koe ki a Ia to tatou hoa mo te wa mutunga

 kore. Kia  mahara koe ki a Ia ko Ia anake e kaha ana ki te

 whakatau te ngakau o nga tangata i konei e noho nei. E pehea

 ana to whakaaro ki a te Karaiti ? Ko Ia anake mo 1

             HE KOTIRO MIHARO,

 AE    ra, he tika, he kotiro miharo ia mehemea he tika tana

 \_    korero. Engari te aue ! Kei te noho pohehe noa iho ia

 me te tini mano tangata. Kia waiho te mea pouri rawa mona,

 ina ka kite marama ia i tona ahua.

   I te mutunga o tetahi kauwhautanga o te rongo pai ka korero

 atu ahau ki a ia; na reira ahau ka kite i tona whakaaro nui mana

 koia ko ia ra te tamaiti pai rawa atu i te katoa.

   Katahi ahau ka ui atu ki a ia, " Ka pa mai ranei te raruraru

 ki a koe i etahi taima mo o hara 1"

   Ka mea mai ia ki ahau, " Kahore. "

   Ka  ui atu ahau ki a ia, " I pa mai ranei he raruraru ki a koe

 i tetahi taima i mahue atu nei mo o hara!"

   Ka mea mai ia ki ahau, " Kahore. "

   Ka  ui atu ahau ki a ia, " Ehara ranei koe he tamaiti whai

 hara?"

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   Ka mea mai ia ki ahau. " Kahore. "

   Ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, " Koia kei a koe e ko. Kei te pohehe

 te Atua nei ?"  Nana hoki te ki, " Kahore hoki he pokanga

 ketanga; kua hara katoa hoki. "

   Engari ka maumau te korero atu ki a ia. Na tana pai, na

 tana tika, i arai te kupu a te Atua, kei marama ia.

   I ahau e haere atu ka mea atu ahau ki a ia, " E ko, kahore

 koe e whiti atu ki te rangi, ko te hunga hara anake ka tae atu ki

 reira, —ko te hunga hara ra kua horoi i o ratou hara i te toto utu

 nui o Ihu Karaiti, "

   Koia ra, ka nui te iti o te whakapono atu ki te kupu a te Atua!

               Ku hara  katoa hoki.

   I whakapono ranei koe ki tera 1 I whakaae  ranei koe he

 korero tera mou 1 A kua karanga atu hoki koe,

              " Kua hara ahau ? "

   Kahore tetahi i hapa, " Kahore he tangata e mahi ana i te

 pai, kahore kia kotahi. "







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       [The foregoing Articles are free Translations of the following. ]

            THE LORD'S COMING,



                              (Continued from last issue. )

 THE  Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven, with His

       mighty angels, inflaming fire, taking vengeance on them

that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus

Christ, who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from

the  presence of the Lord and from the  glory of His power. "

 2 Thess 1, 7-9.

  We  may  now speak a little about the other side of the Lord's

Coming: that is to say, His coming in judgment.

  How  solemnly are the warnings of the word of God told out

yet, how little are they heeded!

  God  is long suffering, not willing that any should perish; be-

cause of this men do not believe that He will call them to account

at all. " Because sentence against an evil work is not executed

speedily therefore the hearts of the sons of men is fully set in them

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to do evil. "  Eccles. 8, 11.

  So it has been with the British law, in connexion with some

notable Maoris. For  a long time they were guilty under that

law, but the British did not wish to put the law into force: —but

at last there was an end of this long-suffering, and the law was

enforced and these Maoris declared bankrupt.

  God  will also enforce every jot and tittle of His word in its

time. Oh, be warned ! The Lord IS coming to judge the living

nations upon earth !

     What  happens  after God's children are gone ?

  When  the saints are caught away by the unseen power of God,

as we saw in our last, then will come a short period of time when

men  will think they are to get things after their own mind, and

that the " good time, " as they speak, is coming; but during this

time things will be ripening for judgment.

   Left without God and His people, and under the influence of

Satan in a much more powerful way than before, wickedness will

spring up rapidly and come to a head under  the devil's man,

 The Antichrist. " Woe  to the inhabiters of the earth...... for the

devil is come down  unto you having great wrath, because he

knoweth  that he hath but a short time. "—Rev. 12, 12.

   Then when all is ready, and man thinks he is just about to

 have everything his own way; when all things seem to indicate

 he has just reached the end he has in view; then,

                The heavens  are opened,

 and the rejected, despised, and hated Jesus shall appear, seated

 upon a white horse, and his name as given of God, ' Faithful and

 True, ' to judge and make war  in righteousness, (see Rev. 19,

 11 to end. )

   This scripture and the  one at  the head of our paper run

 together. It is at this time that the Lord Jesus will be revealed

 from heaven in flaming fire, to execute judgment upon the living

 nations. His  mighty angels will be with Him as seen in 2 Thes.

 1, and the saints which have been caught up to heaven, as seen

 in Rev. 19.

          A  grand, heavenly, military procession,

   Coming in the calm dignity of almighty power in flaming fire,

 taking vengeance, —to execute judgment, and make  war  in

 righteousness.

   Who   are the subjects of this vengeance 1 This righteous judg-

 ment ?  Two classes are mentioned in 2 Thes. 1, 8.

    1. Taking vengeance  on those who know  not God

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  All those who have refused the testimony given in such abun-

dance to the true God, and have bowed known  to those, who,

though they be called gods, are no gods, —for there is but One.

Satan has taken advantage of the religious sentiment of man, and

has become the object of worship in the hearts of the mass of

mankind. They do not know God, whatever else they may know.

  Such  was the Maori nation before the truths of Christianity

were sounded out amongst them. But it would be well for our

Maori  friends to distinguish between these truths, and the civil-

ization which has gone hand in hand  with  it. Civilization has

lifted the race out of barbarism, and Christianity has brought the

true knowledge of Christ Jesus as Saviour, to many individuals

of the race. Yet if there still be those amongst them who know

not God, such will be the subjects of divine judgments when the

Lord Jesus Christ shall appear.

2, Those who obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ

are also the subjects of this vengeance. Now this testimony has

been  sounded forth among  the  Maoris, whatever the defects,

through the human agents. God  has been gracious, and at the

end  of the days, and just before the door of mercy is closed, this

grace  of salvation through  faith of Christ Jesus  is preached

among them.

                  Who  will obey it ?

   It is preached for the obedience of faith among all nations,

 and now  in God's providence it has reached you. Every true

 believer in the blessed Lord Jesus is saved, His precious blood

 cleansing from all sin. But they who obey not  this gospel are

 the subjects of judgment. So that in one way or another, every

 unsaved Maori will be brought in guilty when the Lord comes in

judgment.

             What will become of them?

   They  " shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the

 presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power. "

   No appeal from that judgment. No escape from those eyes as

 a flame of fire. All shall be discerned ! All at last condemned !

 All self-convicted ! No quaking earth: no rending rocks shall

 hide from the wrath of the Lamb. Mercy despised. Opportunities

 lost; long suffering sinned away. What will anyone have to say

 against this manifestly righteous judgment 1

              But yet a little while remains,

 even if but the moment you read these lines. Dear Maori friend

 own  that you are  righteously the subject of this judgment.

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If  such be the case, and you with the Philippian jailor cry out

How  shall I escape it ? The answer is nigh thee; '

   " Believe OK the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. "

                   G. J. S.



       WHAT ABOUT THE OLD ONES?

GOOD   morning: I heard that you wanted to see me, so I

     have come to pay you a visit. "

     " Thank you, sir. The fact is, the other evening I went to

to hear the gospel preaching at the Tent, and ever since then I

have been miserable. I want to get to heaven, but I don't seem

to see the way clear. That is why I wanted a talk with you "

  "Well, James, if you want to be saved, and get to heaven it

is pretty clear that something must be done. You have committed

many  sins, and those sins must be wiped out before you can

enter heaven. "

  " Yes, I know that. My past life has not been what it ought

to have been, but I do feel that I should like to mend my ways

and turn over a new leaf. "                           

   " But stay. Of  course it is right that you should seek in

every way to do that which is good, hut turning over a new leaf

will not blot out the old one! The Bible says



          ' God requireth that which  is past, '

  You  may try to turn over a new leaf, but what about the past

leaves 1 They  are still there. Good actions in the future cannot

wipe out bad deeds in the past. "

  " That is what puzzles me, sir. I have always thought that if

a man  did his best to lead a good  life, nothing else could be

required of him. "

  " Why James, if from this moment to your dying day, you

were able to live a life as holy and as free from blame as the life

which  the angels in heaven lead, that would not put away a

single one of your sins. Not one !

  " Well, I am truly sorry for my sins. I often mourn over them

and resolve to commit no more. "

  " I dare say you  do, but mourning and  resolving are both

powerless to wipe out the past. Now, look here. Suppose you

get  into debt at the grocer's shop, so deeply that  he will no

longer give you credit, but threatens to summons you for what

you owe him. What should you do ?"

   " I should have to think it over. "

  " Well, suppose that while you are thinking it over, a thought

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flashes into your mind. ' Wife !' you exclaim, where's my hat 1

I'm going down to see the grocer. ' So you put on your hat, and

 n a few moments you reach the shop.

  " The grocer greets you with a bow and a smile. ' Glad to see

you, sir, ' he says, ' I suppose you have come

            to settle that account  of mine'

   " ' Well, not exactly that, ' you reply, ' but I have come to tell

you two things. First, that I truly mourn  and grieve that I

have got so deeply into your debt, and that I am unable to pay

you. Secondly, that I am resolved that from this time forward

I will do better. Every pound of tea that I receive across your

counter, every pound of sugar, and every article that I buy at

your shop I will pay for there and then upon the spot. ' What

do you think the grocer would say to you?"

  " Why, he would laugh at me. "

  " Yes; and he would tell you that neither sorrow for the past,

nor prompt payments for goods purchased in the future, can wipe

out the old score, nor pay the debt that already stands against

your name. "

  " Then do not hope to satisfy God by turning over a new leaf.

No, no ! Turn over some of the old leaves, James. Think about

your past sins. Think of them in view of that meeting between

you and God  that must take place. "

                 

  Is the reader one of those, who is trying to get to heaven by

turning over a new leaf, and seeking to live a better life 1 If so,

my  friend, you are on  the wrong  track altogether. You are

leaving the old leaves and the past life out of your accounts !

   If you are to get to heaven something must be done to wipe out

the past.

  " But" you say, " what is the ' something' that must be done?"

  Mark  the answer ! It is something that you cannot do.

   But listen! God  tells us, in the sweet story of the gospel that

the very thing, that must be done before you can be saved,

                has been done already!

Done by one whom  God sent into the world on purpose to do it!

Done as God would have it done ! Done for sinners !

   Who has done it 1 Jesus.

   Where did He no it 1 On the Cross of Calvary.

   What is it that He has done 1 He has done a mighty work,

which has brought such glory to God that now He can write the

word   " Paid " across the old debt, and the word " Forgiven "

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across the past life.

  Yes; instead of our having to turn over a new leaf, and " do

our best" in order to get to heaven, we have just to come as poor

lost, ruined sinners, and rest upon the firm foundation of the

finished work of Christ.

  My  reader, is that where you are resting? "Verily, verily, I

say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him

that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into con-

demnation; but is passed from death unto life. " John o. 24.

                                                 H. P. B.

                    DON'T.



"DON'T!"   was the  title of an address to be  given in

      B ——one   Sunday afternoon.

   What  was said upon this subject I know not, but I would

repeat the word and say through this printed page, " Don't" put

oft your soul's salvation, "don't !'' for " How shall we escape, if

we  neglect so great salvation T Heb. 2. 3.

   Did you ever think of how soon this day of salvation may be

for ever past and gone 1 How awful it would be to miss God's

 wonderful gift!

   Now  it is offered so  freely, and offered to you. Why  not

 accept it 1

   Four times over in the book of God are the words, " To-day if

ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart. " Then why not

 obey ?

        WHAT THINK YE OF CHRIST?

                   (MATTHEW 22, 42. )

 THE    old, old question which has been ringing out over this

  \_   world for now more than  eighteen hundred years—once

 God's question to the world—is now God's question to you. The

 world gave its answer at the cross. God is waiting for yours.

   Sinners!  What  think YE of Christ? He  died for sinners—

 for His  enemies— for His  murderers. Think  of  Him—the

 Stranger from Heaven —who sat on the; well at Sychar and offer-

 ed to that thirsty soul the living water. Think of Him—the Son

 of God—who  said to the wretched woman of Nain, "Thy sins be

 forgiven thee. " Think of Him—the King of Kings—who  stood

 crowned with a crown of thorns and robed in u purple robe, on

 the steps of the Pretorium, at Jerusalem, rejected by His own,

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Think of Him—the   Lord of glory—crucified between two thieves,

scoffed at and derided by those He came to save, praying for His

murderers. Think of Him—the  Spotless One—forsaken by God

because He was bearing the sinner's sins. Yes, and think of Him

too who will one day sit on that Great White  Throne as the

Judge from whose face the earth and the heaven shall flee away.

What  think ye of CHRIST 1 Is He anything to you?

  Christians, what think YE of  Christ ? Your Saviour, your

great High Priest, your Advocate, your Lord. Think of Him

who bore your sins in His own body on the tree. Think of Him

—the  Man in the Glory—who   ever liveth to make intercession

for us. Think  of Him on His Father's throne, patiently waiting

for the moment when He shall descend into the air and call His

own to be with Him. Think of Him with whom we shall dwell

throughout eternity. Think of  Him  who  alone can satisfy the

hearts of His people down here. What think ye of CHRIST 1 Is

He  everything to you!                          L. J. M. N.





           A WONDERFUL  GIRL

YES, certainly she was remarkable, if her statements had been

 \_    true. Alas ! like thousands of others, she was grossly de"

ceiving herself. A bitter disappointment is in store for her when

at last she really learns the truth about herself.

  It was at the close of a gospel service that I became acquainted

with  her, and, entering  into conversation, discovered how

exceptional a child she believed herself to be.

  " Do you ever trouble about your sins ?"—" No !"

  " Have you ever been troubled about them ?"—" No i"

  " Are you not a sinner, then ?"—" No! "

  "Then, has God made  a mistake, my child ? He  has said,

' There is no difference: for all have sinned. "'—Romans 3.

  But  it was  without apparent effect: the child was so well

satisfied with her own self-righteousness, that the truth of God

failed to awaken her.

   " You'll never get to heaven, my child, " I said, as I left her,

" It is only sinners who reach that home—sinners whose sins

have been washed away  by the precious blood of Christ. "

  How  little is the word of God believed !

  All have Sinned. —Have you believed it ? Have you taken it

up  as a persona] thing, and cried. " I have sinned. " None

are excepted. "There is none that doeth good, no not one'