Te Kopara 30
[3] Te Kopara, Number 30, Gisborne, 15 April, 1916.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
A MEMORIAL SERVICE.
The Death of Mr Volkner.
At the beginning of last March, a service was held in Opotiki to remember the Rev Carl Silvius Volkner who worked there for five years and who, on 2nd March, 1865, was martyred for the faith. The main service was at 11 a.m. when the Communion was celebrated with Archdeacon MacMurray from Auckland as celebrant. The text of his sermon was taken from the Gospel according to Luke 21.16-19, ‘They will put some of you to death….. By your endurance you will gain your souls.’
