Te Pipiwharauroa 69


Te Pipiwharauroa 69

No. 69
1903/11


[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 69, Gisborne, November 1903.

LIVING FAITH

‘Thereupon, the woman left her water-jar, went to the village, and said to the people, Come.’ (John 4.28-29)

Reader, the desire of my heart and my prayer is that, if you do not yet know Jesus in your heart, your heart may be awoken by his Spirit that you may find him who died for you. You must also pray that your heart may be enlightened. Of all dark things it is darkness of the spirit that is worst – it is very dark. In the verses I have written here are some important indications of Living Faith. If your faith does not have these two marks it is right that you should be uneasy at heart about the nature of your faith, and it is right that you should ask yourself if your faith is like that spoken of in the Scriptures by which you find life, the faith which God desires so much. So consider carefully these marks of Living Faith.

Te Pipiwharauroa 68

Te Pipiwharauroa 68

No. 68
1903/10


[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 68, Gisborne, October 1903

BODY AND SOUL

In these days when there are plenty of tohunga healing the many afflictions of the body (according to those who believe in the tohunga), a person’s concern for his body may cause him to neglect the things pertaining to his soul. Te Puke ki Hikurangi has published the taunting statements of Eruera te Kahu about the Church to the effect that the Church is only concerned with the soul and forgets the body. He said these words at the hui of his tohunga, Wereta, held at Pakirikiri.