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are, we have heard them. You say our souls must feel 
pain, for having, by our sins, crucified the Lord of life 
and glory, the Son of God, our Saviour Jesus Christ. 
I say to you, that my heart has been pained long ago ; 
and is pained now, because I have wasted the blood of 
Him who died for me. And now my thoughts, and my 
heart, are very great, to be made one of the Baptized. 
I am very proud : I walk in pride ; and sometimes say, 
“ Ha ! what are all the things of God to me ? I am 
only a New Zealander : they will do very well for white 
and learned people ; but as for us — ! This is the 
devil, hardening and tempting me, that I may fall into 
his evil and burning residence. — You tell us we must 
pray. So we do. But what have our prayers done? 
Have they christified our hearts, or made us love and 
serve God, and do His will? Mr. Yate, I am one ; and 
here I am sitting, and wishing to be by you baptized — 
I, your old companion in the boat to Paihia and Ran- 
gihoua, 
Hongi. 
LETTER V. 
FROM KAHEKE, SON OF A CHIEF AT KAIKOHI, A CANDIDATE 
FOR BAPTISM. 
Friend, Mr. Yate — My heart is very dark and sad ; 
and the reason is, because God is not there. God rest- 
ing in the heart, causes the heart to be glad ; because, 
when he is there, evil is driven away. My will is, to 
have nothing more to do with evil, but to forsake it alto- 
gether, and live as God and Jesus Christ say we must. 
I wish to talk with you, and for you to talk with me. I 
wish to ask you how I can be brought to stand nearest 
to the presence of the Saviour? Perhaps, by baptism 
I may be brought near: perhaps, by praying for a new 
