whare i tua tonu atu i to matou. Ka ki mai e karakia ana i te karakia o Mohomete. I pirangi ahau ki te haere kia kite i aua tangata e karakia ana kia mohio ai pehea ai ta ratou tu, ta ratou koropiko ranei. I pohehe hoki au e haka ana te iwi nei, e ngangahu ana, e oriori ana, e patere ana, e ngeri ana, e aha ana ranei. Ko te ahua katoa hoki ki taku whakarongo atu e penei ana ratou. Kaore hoki i ko atu i te huihuinga maori nei e waiata ana, e haka ana, e aha ana. Ka whakaawatea raka katahi ano ka mutu. Ki taku whakarongo atu rite tonu nga rangi ki nga rangi maori. Ka haere ano tona kaiarihi a ka mea ake te nuinga, ronaki tonu te waiata me he ngaru e whati ana ki uta tetahi i muri i tetahi. Hoki rawa mai oku whakaaro ki te wa kainga nei. Kei te ono tekau miriona kei roto i tenei momo karakia. Ka mohio ai tatou kei te pakari tenei karakia i runga i te nui tangata tonu, engari ko nga whakaakoranga e koititi ke ana i ta te whakapono Karaitiana. Nuku peka atu i te rua miriona tangata kei roto i te whakapona o Buddha engari ko te nuinga o enei kei te taha tonga o Java whakawhiti atu ki te Moutere o Bali. Kei reira ona whakapakoko. Kei etahi wahi ano ko ona Temepara ina te nunui whakamataku ana ki te titiro atu. Ehara i te mea he temepara rawa e karakia ai te tangata i roto. Ko te ahua noa iho o te temepara hei whakaatu he pera o ratou whare karakia i Inia me ko atu. Ko enei hoki he kohatu katoa puta noa puta noa. Tona tikanga i whakapukaitia tena mea a te kohatu e 50 putu nuku atu te teitei; engari ko waho i whakapaipaitia huri noa. He porotiti te ahua, whakakoi atu ai ki runga, penei me te potaka kua hurihia nei a raro ki runga. Ko te mea miharo rawa, kei runga kei te Temepara nei te tohunga o te iwi nei ki te whakairo. Tona whakapono, ana tikanga, tona korero mai ano kei roto katoa i nga whakairo. Kati i konei enei korero. Tera e taea te ki i ahu mai te whakairo maori i konei? He korero nui tenei. Taria tona roanga atu. Ko te tokomaha o nga Karaitiana kei te nuku atu i te rima miriona o roto i te iwa tekau miriona tangata o tera whenua. Ki taku titiro tera e tokomaha haere tonu atu i runga i te kaha o nga kaiwhakahaere, i runga i te pai o nga karakia; e whia ake nga whare karakia Karaitiana kei reira me ona paipera karaihe, mo ona kura ratapu. Ko nga tino hohipera kei reira kei raro i te mana o nga Hahi Karaitiana tae atu ki nga kura. Miharo ana te mahi a nga Hahi nei ki te whakato i te matauranga o te ao, o te Atua ki roto ki te tangata. Ma konei atu te huarahi o te whakapono Karaitiana ki nga tangata karakia whakapakoko. I te pai ano o nga mahi, he ahu mai hoki i te tinana tonu o te Karaiti. Apopo a ka tapuatu te whakapono o Mohomete tae atu ki etahi atu o nga whakapono horihori. Tekau ma tahi to matou ropu i haere nei ki Indonesia. No etahi o o Hahi e mahi nei i Niu (Continued on page 49) off, the congregation would join in, all in unison like the waves coming in one after the other. My thoughts flew back home to our own elders and experts. There are about 60 million people in this religion. We realise then that numerically this religion is very strong, but by Christian doctrine and standards it deviates from the truth. Just over two million people belong to the Buddhist religion but the greater number of these are confined to southern Java right across to Bali. There you will find its idols. In some parts you will find its temples of huge proportions, frightening in appearance. These are not temples in the real sense of the term, where people go in to worship. They are just imitations designed to show that their temples of worship in India and beyond were shaped like that. These ones were just masses of stone, entirely. It appeared that stones were heaped up to a height of 50 feet or higher; but the outside of them were so arranged so that they all looked beautiful and impressive. They were all round and rose up to a point at the top, like a top turned upside down. What is most interesting about them is the fact that the carvings and the art show the genius of the old Indonesians. Their history, their religion and their customs are incorporated therein. I need not say any more, but might I ask the question: is this the origin of the Maori Carving as we know it in this country? Out of a population of 90 million, there are only about 5 million Christians in this country. From all appearances, it is likely that there will be more as time goes on, mainly because the leaders are most able and full of enthusiasm; also, the form of worship is very good. One only has to look at the number of churches, the number of bible classes run by the young people; and there are Sunday schools and the strong evangelistic movement. The best hospitals and schools are run by the Christian Churches. The results of secular and Christian education are simply amazing. It is by these means that the Christian Church is making inroads into the heathen world. This is quite understandable considering the excellent work that is being done and helped by the grace of God through Christ. The collapse of the heathen religions is inevitable. There were eleven in our group which visited Indonesia; representative of the Anglican, Presbyterian, Methodist and Salvation Army churches. The main purpose of the visit was to see what progress the Christian church was making there; was the progress strong or weak? It is really strong, it is hard to describe. What a wonderful thing it would be if we were as strong and as co-operative here in New Zealand. Some of the Ministers in the political Administration are Christians. President Sukarno, though a Moslem, is a great friend of the Christian Church. In one of his public addresses he said this: “Give me ten Christians to help me rule this country, I shall be content, and my joy and happiness cannot be measured.” This is a wonderful statement. Greetings.