THE MAORI PEOPLE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 100, 26 April 1912, Page 6

THE MAORI PEOPLE.

visrroEs TO ATGEXAm WHAT IS ELTAG DONE FOE THX;-L? (Tr> the Editor i j '■ — Vntii your kind permission, I ■ desire to draw thp attention of ycirr] ■ readers once again to the native people '■ of tbda Dominion. Wp gpr them always . ! before us here in thi.- city, and tuerr ■I is no getting away from tlif ip?o facto:.. ! • i that they are much iv nerd ci our ■ ' serious consideration. They ,i r> , ;i« mui'di ■ our people, and: thoiP. .- •> really. thin ■ the young people who conic to thi.- couu- '• : try/and for whom we make iach plj-bo- ] . J ram preparations in the .Jiape of " T3I.C-1. axxuimmodatioc jr.J encourage- ■ ment. 'While this i. good in its way, ' ' when properly earned out. it. ii nnt the ' ; first call upon the pakria, "n ho profc&iOi j ■ 1 to be a. disciple oi -Tesu.-. ; 1 want.'to make this matter very dear, j : ' What haic we done lor tar young Maori: : race; What, are we doing to-diy ? This; i is the question that Christiana will h*vr ; !to answer jorfl and toon. Th" :m.i:- - has done its part in a srralir 'un? r>: j education, and nearly ail th" young rar" j of natives. arc more or le.=3- anlr to .-.pf'ak i • •English, read and wntr it. consequently | i ! are. in an up-to-date condition to be j ■ taught anything, good or bad. f-o to, '. speak. I confess that Mormom.n hasi been preached: and t-aught among thpjn j i of recent years, with more or less, eui-- | cess, but are the disciples (CbrUtians} ■of this country satisfied that. Mormon- i ism is able to do all that v- claimed] for it, either spiritually nr secularly.i . With all due respect to thos-e whn hr-1 . : lipve in Monnonism, I am prepared to i i emphatically say, Xo. TTom the kno- , - ; ; ledge of the natives.. I know thfv have.] ,' a. good kind heart, and once th* , ™ ;: n t j ' j confidence in ? pat«ba man or woman i they will confide- in them, and are mo: i 1 easily taught the fin:pip nv.h? of thr ( I glad tiding? that .Tcfus '.'."A for tirm ; : ' end rose again for justifiesUnn. i than our yonnc: edt:c3tr.d nakehas. Thi«iis about, the truth vhpn we ~-- d-.iwr. . Qucnn-strerl a-- f ■.- •'.- the \\ .utpnjj t:i ] i corner, in all our pie.r-r »B.i good .-on I 5-cipDCP. and spp the n<-"; 'fanri Inn cd i '. to bang about this o.oTif-.r -ben h" comef . to town i'> v.-i hi.- littlr b'l.-Lnes,- vriih , the pak-pba-. Pc i~ not wanted -in- ! . inhere, hi- pc- r»la«'e to go |'> v; T. bid ] o'- hT.-clf. he is forced « :i ballj' , round to? pub;,. a.nd when he must have j , a change the bar j.- Mr-:-.:, ready 'o j , r°ceire hrim. Wkcre are our z -:r\ ppcjt>!f, j j tlio Tfraripra-nci' parly. i.!-.~ Social is.:, j . psrty. a.nd. above all. «h'j' -'-rr ;hr : , disciples of Christ? From '•••jtr-.ic!' , a p-1 . pr.ariine.rs; oar would prc.*i:mc \bn:. i Kir-; city v?- abs-oiUtely < r'■ .■ .-;ci i^i ; h| ' people who had aoi.uallT r:*--u •lv this- j I vorM for the -v-orld ilia- ■. to . on: ■. '. ilt doe?, lock like i> ••'"■■> v.- .i-irre ; doTi to tl" nile and li-f <•:" t.-.r , ; Iti if. high tiro? t.bst to nil ■■hcviH •■■'\---i up tj-> our privilege.! and op.port mitie;-.' ' : •Testis if. <-Ailinj» <o-H;it H thai hath; i! an ear. If iii ! t«.ir T tij r . f-« I and -■ h'citber to i;- }!o.or:, and 1 sip ■ alijr>~ • '■> '"'" feljrin- -"waLr-rjca s.nd . " wnrapii in l>']' s r .-mr f-r t'.-.r • •--op«r3- i ' '.ion in 'hr ■■■■ ?-!ii.-.r.-.-i of our. '. Bom.;n!"in nativr rnp.datinr. — I .= m <•'■■ ' V.Mrj» A-.Kkb::-J .'..-..1 ;.!.