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ev. Harvey Wood reports this old man spoke aloud to him: “My,
incident, which is very but you are like our Ned!”
Rtouching: He was standing “Indeed, am I?” “Yes, you are.”
in the open air in High Barnet, one “Well, what is your name and where
of the suburbs of London, on the is your Ned?”
evening of 13 July 1902, listening to “Oh, he went to Australia over thirty
an earnest appeal that was being years ago, and we have not heard
made by the Canon of the Anglican from him in over twenty-one years.”
Church, when the latter related the It was now the young officer's turn
following incident that occurred to talk, and the tears were running
eight days before. down his manly face as he said:
King Edward VII of England gave a “Well, my name is Ned, and if you
dinner to tens of thousands of poor are Eward B..., I am your Ned's son.
in commemoration of his coro- My father died twenty-one years
nation. All London and the country ago, but I came to England to find
for miles around had been scoured you, and had given up in despair.
to find the guests for the king's Where are you going when dinner is
dinner. Royal princesses, princes, over?”
dukes, lords and ladies, and “To the poorhouse,” said the old
officers of the army which had just man.
returned from South Africa, waited “Oh, no, you are not,” said the
upon the king's poor guests. It was young officer. “You are going with
a sight never to be forgotten! me to my hotel, and you sail with me
Among the guests were an old man next Saturday for my home in
and his wife who had come from Australia. Come, grandmother, give
one of the rural districts to partake me your arm,” and he took them to
of the king's hospitality. It was his hotel.
learned that the aged couple had There was not a dry eye in all the
just managed to keep body and vast audience as the Reverend
soul together long enough to Canon told of another father, our
partake of the king's dinner. After heavenly Father, who sent His Son
that they intended to enter the “to seek and to save the lost”; to tell
poorhouse. They had sold their them of a home in His Father's
household possessions in order to house “where they hunger no
keep from starving. more, neither thirst anymore, nor
Among the waiters upon the table the sun lights upon them, or any
at which the old couple sat, was a heat.” Of the King of kings Who has
fine-looking young officer from prepared a great feast, and has
Australia. As he helped them to bidden all mankind, and His Son
food the old man whispered to his bids everyone come - for a
wife, “My, ain't he like our Ned?” heavenly feast has been prepared!
The officer overheard them. [52 Soul-stirring Illustrations, Billy
Presently he came again to help Apostolon, Baker Book House,
them to some more food, when the 1974].
A mowa wa gagwe o ikhutse ka kagiso

(May your soul rest in peace / Mag sy siel in vrede rus)

DITEMANA re: “Kwa ke tswang teng ke a go itse tshaba. Sekao ke gore gongwe
Mosiami o a fela, mme ga go ope yo mme kwa ke yang teng ga ke go bophelo jwa me mo lefatsheng bo
o elang tlhoko ka pelo; banna ba itse”. Fa wena o le modumedi o ka fediswa ke go thunngwa kampo
tumelo ba a tlosiwa, mme ga go tshwanetse le go fetola puo ya gago go tlelwa ke kotsi ya koloi kampo go
kgathale ope. Gonne mosiami o ya Setswana. Fa wena o tlhophile tlhabiwa le ka thipa kampo o ka
tlosiwa tatlhego e ise e tle. O tsena go amogela Jesu go nna Mmoloki tshwarwa ke bolwetse jo bo go
mo kagisong. Ba ba tsamaileng mo wa gago o tshwanetse go re: “Kwa utlwisang botlhoko pelo o ntsha
tseleng e e siameng ba ikhutsa mo ke tswang teng ke a go itse mme mowa wa bofelo. Fa o ntsha mowa
malaong a bone. (Jesaya 57:1-2). kwa ke yang teng ke a go itse”. Fa wa bofelo mo lefatsheng mowa wa
“Ke lo tlogelela kagiso, ke lo naya wena o amogetse Jesu o go gago o ya legodimong mme go sala
kagiso ya me. Ga ke lo nee jaaka bolelela ka mo Johane 3:16 gore o fela mmele o o fitlhiwang. Mowa wa
lefatshe le naya. A dipelo tsa lona di amogela bophelo jo bo sa khutleng. gago o ya legodimong. Re opela le
se huduege, le gona di se boife. Fa o amogetse Jesu go nna Mopho- ka Koloi ya Elia. Fa e go pega o ya
(Johane 14:27). losi wa gago o itse kwa o yang teng legodimong kwa go nnang le
DIKAKANYO fa o ka tlhokafala. Jesu o re bolelela kagiso e kgolo. A wena o setse o ka
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e le Bakeresete mme ke ne ke itse ba fa tshwanelo ya go ka nna bana mowa wa bofelo mo lefatsheng. “Ke lo tlogelela kagiso, ke lo naya
ka nnete gore ka bobedi ba bone ba ba Gagwe. Jaanong batho ba Bala ditemana tse di nopotsweng kagiso ya me... A dipelo tsa lona di
ne ba sokologile mme ba amogetse gaketse ka kwa diphitlhong go re ba mme amogela Jesu gompieno. se huduege, le gona di se boife.
Jesu e le mmoloki wa bone. Kwa kopa gore mowa wa moswi o nne le Gape ke kopa o bolelele balosika ba Amen.
diphitlhong le ka mo Facebook ke kagiso. Fa wena o itse kwa o yang gago gore jaanong o a itse kwa o AFRIKAANS:
ne ke bona mme ke utlwa gore go teng o ka na le kagiso e kgolo mo jang teng. Fa ba go fitlha o tlabo o Laat jou naasbestaandes weet jy
feta molaetsa o le mongwe mme o pelong ya gago. O a itse gore wena ba file le bone kagiso e kgolo ka het vrede na jou dood!
simolola go dira gore ke akanye o ne o le modiradibe. O itse gore gore le bone ba tlabo ba itse gore o “Die gelowige mens kom aan sy
thata ka ga se se buiwang. Se ke ne Jesu o go swetse ka mo sefapaa- kae mme ba se re: “May his/her soul einde, sonder dat iemand daaroor
ke se utlwa ke se se latelang: “May nong mme a go itshwarela dibe tsa rest in peace”. Ba ka re: “His/her nadink of verstaan waarom dit
his soul rest in peace” or “May Her gago. O go bona jaaka ngwana wa soul is at peace!” gebeur. Die gelowige word uit die
soul rest in peace”. Ke dumela gore Gagwe. Modumedi wa nnete ga a THAPELO ellende weggeneem en gaan waar
lotlhe ba le balang kgaolo e lo tlile la tlhole a tlhokafala kwa ntle ga Ntate wa rona re itumela jang o re daar vrede is. Die wat 'n opregte
utlwa go buiwa jalo kampo lo kile la kagiso. Motho yo a amogetseng amogetse go nna bana ba Gago. Re lewe gelei het, rus in hulle graf.”
e bona e kwadilwe le ka mo matla- Jesu go nna Mopholosi le Mmoloki a itse gore re tlile go tlhokafala nako (Jesaja 57:1-2).
peng a batho jaaka ditshwantsho wa gagwe a ka baya tlhogo fatshe e re sa e itseng. Mosiami o a fela, “Die erfenis wat Ek vir julle nalaat,
tse di mo tsebeng. E rile fa ke ka kagiso. Jesu o a go boloka! Jesu banna ba tumelo ba tlosiwa le bone. is ware vrede. Dit is My eie vrede
akanya mme ke rapela ka ga kgang o a go pholosa! A re bueng nnete, re Re lebogela tshono ya go ka tsena wat Ek aan julle gee - nie die soort
e ke lemogile gore se ga se se santse re ka tshaba fela mokgwa wa mo kagisong. Ba ba tsamaileng mo vrede wat die ongelowige mense
Mokeresete a tshwanetseng go se go tlhokafala mme se se diragalang tseleng e e siameng ba ka ikhutsa gee nie. Moenie verskrik wees of
bua le go se akanya. Batswana ba morago ga moo ga re tlhole re se mo kagisong. Re leboga ka o rile: bang word nie” (Johannes 14:27).