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An Altar-Prayer (to the Kini Akua)

Gather, oh gather, ye hosts of godlings!

Come Kane with Kanaloa!

Come leafy Ohi'a and I-e!

Possess me and dwell in your altar!

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Here's water, water of life!

Life, give us life!

The visitor, having satisfied his sense of what the occasion demands, changes his tone from that of cantillation to ordinary speech, and concludes his worship with a petition conceived in the spirit of the following prayer:

E ola ia'u, i ka malihini; a pela hoi na kamaaina, ke kumu, na haumana, ia oe, e Laka. E Laka ia Pohaku i ka wawae. E Laka i ke kupe'e. E Laka ia Luukia i ka pa-u; e Laka i ke kuhi; e Laka i ka leo; e Laka i ka lei. E Laka i ke ku ana imua o ke anaina.