258 LETTERS FROM NATIVES, 
PiRiKOTAHA, in tins book, carried from Torangatira. 
Sit in peace. 
Perhaps Mr. Yate will say. Aye; perhaps. No. Do 
you say to him, to say Aye. 
The following are Letters from some of the 
baptized Natives, expressive of their desire to be 
admitted to the Holy Communion. 
LETTER X. 
FROM JOHN TAUA, AND MARY TAUA, HIS WIFE. 
Sir, Mr. Yate — It is now many moons since I and 
Mary were baptized by you, in the Chapel at Kerikeri : 
and since then, I have been thinking many things, and 
doing many things. Sometimes I think of the things of 
this world, and sometimes I think of the things of God: 
sometimes I do right, and then I do wrong. Does any- 
body, who has the love of Jesus Christ in his heart, ever 
do wrong, and laugh when he sees others do wrong ? 
I do so : here am I, and I do so. It is when we two do 
not remember the love of the Saviour, that we sin. When 
I and Mary think of His love, we love Him, and try to 
do what he says in His Holy Book. If you let me, and 
my v\ife Mary, come to the sacred table, perhaps we 
shall remember more of Jesus^ death and love. Say 
Yes, Mr. Yate; or perhaps say. No. There are many 
mistakes in our two’s Letter : and Mary says, “ Do not 
send it : wait, and talk when he comes to the Kerikeri.” 
Here are we writing to you, your friends, 
John Taua. Mary Taua.^ 
• These two have long been an ornament to the Christian 
profession, and are bringing up their children in the fear of 
God 
