The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908. OUR MAORI SISTERS.

White Ribbon, Volume 13, Issue 159, 15 September 1908, Page 7

The White Ribbon. For God and Home and Humanity. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1908. OUR MAORI SISTERS.

Wm \t can we do to lielp them ? What it our duty to do? Throughout the Dominion there is a feeling of disatisfaction among't the younger members 'of the Native race; they feel and know that life is not given to them to be wasted ; they are as dear in (iod’s sight as the l’akehas. Christ died for them to save and redeem them as well as the rest of the world The time is opportune to seek to educate them and to interest them in all important matters connected with < ’bristianitv, and the sanctity of home life end parenthood. They are anxious and willing to learn better ways of living and of bringing up their children. .Shall we not be willing to help them ? Shall we be satisfied for them to imitate our vices and not seek to instil our highest virtues? One of the ways in which we can do this is to establish l*nionAmongst them, taking individual pledges, visiting them whenever possible, I >ne very pathetic request they make is to have the vote, so that they can help drive the li«pior trade out of the land. Another thing they want help in is: “ Cannot “ something be done for our girls who •* go to work in the shearing sheds to “ provide for them being properly looked “after?” A queston like this, from a Maori mother who some months ago was very often a victim of the drink evil, shows how a life can be changed by the power of Christ’s gospel. The salvation of this people depends, humanly speaking, on the Christian people of the Do-

minion. Are we doing all that is possible to be done for them ? bet each of us answer this question for ourselves, seeking faithfully and conscientiously to do what Jesirs would have us do in this

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