VARIETIES.
There is generally more of true piety exhibited in a faithful observance of the minor duties of religion than those that excite the applause and notice of men. Improper motives may prompt to public duties, while those duties which escape: men's eyes, arid are intended only for God's observation, are not likely to be practised. There was more, piety in the devotion of Nathaniel, when he bowed alone beneath the fig-tree, than in all the ostentatious prayer of the. phylactery adorned Pharisees, in corners of streets. The poor widow who modestly east into the treasury her hard earned mite, gave greater evidence of piety, than did the wealthy Jews whose golden coins rattled their own praises as they fell into the chest. —Ckriitian WUnets. Exwect no real kindness from a selfish He cares for nobody; thinks of nobody but himself.—Bowser.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 15
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141VARIETIES. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 15
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