The Church of England Men's Society.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume I, Issue 5, 1 November 1910, Page 9

The Church of England Men's Society.

The following is a short account of the objects and constitution of the Church, of England Men's Society, with suggestions as to its possible introduction into the Maori portion of the Church.. Te Hono o nga Tane o te Hahi o Ingarani. Tera totahi kupu a Te Karaiti. " Kia v koutou ki roto ki ahau, me ahau hoki ki roto ki a koutou; kite inotu ke hoki i ahau, c kore tetahi mea c taea c koutou," I penei ai tana ki,

he niolrio nova ki te aliua o te tail gat a, ki te tata mai hoki ote ngenge, ote hoha, ote ngoikore, ki te kore c whakaohookokia tonuitia kia v. ki te take o tona ora. Ko tetahi niea tenei i-kiia ai "Me whakahau tetahi c tetahi " kia ngahau ai te mahi. He whai ki tenei i puta ai te whakaaro o etahi tangata o Ingarani i tetau 1898 kia runaia nga tane c ngakau nui ana ki te mahi pai kia v tonu ki te inoi, kia ng'ahau ai te whakaneke ake i te mahi a te Hahi aTe Karaiti, ite mea he tokoinaha kei te mahi tahi. Ko te timatanga tenei o "Te Hono o nga Tane o te Hahi o Ingarani." (The Church of England Men's Society) c whakapototia nei te tuhi ki nga reta nei G.E.M.S. Te kaupapa 6 tenei Hono, heoi ano, ko enei mea c rua : — 1. Kia inoi ki te Atua i nga ra katoa. 2. Kia whakaneke ake i te mahi a te Hahi i nga ra katoa. E whakaaetia ana ena c te tangata ma whakaurua. Kua nui haei*e tenei Hono ki Ingarani i nga tau ka mahue ake nei, kua kitea hoki te pai i te mea he toko* maha nga tangata hei tautoko i te mahi a te Minita o te Pariha, hei kukume mai hoki i te hungawhakaarokore ki runga ki te huarahi tika. No Hanuere ka mahup ake nei i tae mai ai tetahi tangata, a Rev. H. 8. VVoollcombe, ki Niu Tireni nei ki te whakamarama i nga tikanga o taua Hono. Taea ana c ia nga taone nunui katoa, me tana wkaka-tu ano, ko te mea c whaia i te tutahi, ehsra i te mea ko te tokomaha kia uru mai, engaii ko nga mea c uru mai hei te hunga anake c ngakau nui ana ki te mahi, ahakoa ruarua ; kei tangotango noa tetahi, a muri tata iho, ka pono mai te hoha, mahue tonu iho i a ia. Kei te mau tpriu hoki te man a o ta Te Karaiti ki, " Xi te pa te riuga o tetahi ki te parau, aka titiro ki nmri, c kore ia c tau mo te rangatiratanga o te Atua. Tenei auo kua tupu etahi peka 6 tenei rakau ki etahi o nga Pariha Pakeha o tenei Pihopatanga; terai hoki pea c pai Ida whakatokia etahi peka ki nga Pariha o te taha Maorio te Hahi. Otira c kore c tika kia kaihorotia, engari me ata mahi marire kia kaha ai te tupu. Kia kitea he tangata c hiahia ana ki tenei mahi, me whakaniatau i te tuatahi, a taka noa pea nga marama c ono, kia ata kitea ai te kaha, kia ngahoro ai hoki te taitea, kia tv ai ko te taikaka anake. Tera pea c whakamaramatia c te Pihopa te huarahi mo te mahi ma t%.e mai nga Minita ki te Hinota.,