Te Kopara 26

Te Kopara 26

(Maori Version at Papers Past.)

[3] Te Kopara, Number 26, Gisborne, December, 1915.

‘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]

ADVENT

The voice heard at Advent is the voice that calls out, ‘Get ready! Get up!’ This is the beginning of the new year according to the Church calendar. Likewise let it also be a time when we do something new in our spiritual lives. Let us throw away our former sins as the proverb says, ‘the old net is cast aside,’ and take up something new, the new fishing net, ‘the old net is cast aside, the new net goes fishing.’[cf Nga Pepeha 1100] Abandon the old net and take hold of the new.

Te Kopara 20

Te Kopara 20

(Maori Version at Papers Past.)

[3] Te Kopara, Number 20, Gisborne, June, 1915.

‘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]

THE HOLY BIBLE (V)

There is an occupation which is providing much treasure for those in Hauraki who are working at it; it is hard work involving going down into the depths of the earth. If the ore is found it is brought up and pounded into small pieces, into dust, then the man finds his treasure. Such is the man’s craving that he gives no thought to the hard work that is involved in getting it.