Tuuturu o te ra: te whakarite i mua o te Whakapainga

Ko te ma o te wairua e hiahiatia ana. Ko te tangata e kai kino ana ki a Ihu e kai ana i tana whakahe, e ai ta St. Ehara i te whakapae ki te whakatata atu ki reira i nga wa katoa, te tuhi a Chrysostom; engari ko te honore kore. Aue te mate mo te hunga tinihanga i a Hura! No te fariiraa i te Orometua, e mea tia ia mâ mai te hara tahuti nei; ia farii pinepine i te reira, te titau nei te Ekalesia, taa ê atu i te huru maitai, te opuaraa tano. I whakatutukihia e koe enei tikanga? Kei te hiahia koe i te Kotahitanga o ia ra?

Me whakamaumahara. Ehara i te mea na te whakapohehe ohorere i kino ai te Whakawhitiwhiti, engari hei whakaaroaro ka maarama te wairua ko wai a Ihu e heke iho ana ki o tatou ngakau, ka oho ake te Whakapono; ka whakaaro maatau mo to hiahia ki te Atua, ka puta te Tumanako; ka kite tatou i to taatau koretake, no reira ka whanau te haehaa; ko te pai o Ihu e miharo ana, ana ko te hiahia, ko te maioha, ko te ngakau pono ka ara ake. Me pehea e whakarite ai koe i a koe mo te Whakapainga? Ka ea to wa?

Fervor me te aroha e hiahiatia ana. Ko te kaha ake o te Whakawhitiwhiti, ko te nui ake o ona hua. Me pehea te mahana, i te wa e uru mai ana a Ihu ki roto i a koutou, e hihiko ana mo to whakaoranga, e te ahi atawhai mo koutou? Mena he pai rawa te whakaatu a Ihu i a ia ano, kaore ia e whakahawea ki a koe, engari ka tae mai ia ki a koe, ahakoa he rawakore, he hara, na te aha koe i kore ai e aroha ki a ia? Me pehea e kore ai koe e mura ki te aroha ki a ia? He aha to koa ki nga Whakawhitiwhiti?

HE MAHI. - Mahia etahi whakamatautau i te huarahi e korero ana koe.