The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-28
Religion for the Times.

We adopt the sentiment of q cJtemIOrary, II
commenting the following article 70 the careful
consideration Of all our readers. and # any OF
them find the hint applicable - their individual
case, let them pax II on. IL i from a
writer in the tuu-l.gati1uali>J and he describes
. u religion which the times require IN sensible,
pointed hu-ua--
W want p religion that goes into the family.
and keay- tine husband from hgiu- spiteiul when
the dinner IS late. ard keeps the dinner from be-
iug .aj.-hacl- tlc wife from irettinC when the
husband TRACKS o.. newly washed floor with his
muddy boot. an. makes the husband mindful Of
the -erlTar and the door-mat-keeps the mother
patient when the baby j. cross. and keeps the ha-
10y plc.-.ut-aluuses the children - well aS in
strUu;s them-wiUs a well as ~goyernS-projects
the honeymoon into the harvest moon, and
makes tie happy hours like the eastern ig tree,
bearing III lis bosom at once the beauty OI the
tender blossom and the glory Of tine ripened fruit.
We want q religion thIt bears heavily, not only
on the exceeding siniulne>> of sin. but On the
exceeding rasr.liiy "t wing and stealing-a reli-
gIJu that bdHI>Hes small measures from the count
crs. small baskets from the stalls. pebbles from
the cotton bag~, clay from roper. sand from sugar,
chlcDry from coffee. otter from butter. beet juice
from vinegar, alum from bread. Srrychnine from
wine, water from milk cans and buttons from the
contribution box.
The religion that i - save world Will not put
all the Big Strawberries at the top, and all the
bad ones at the bottom. IL viii not offer more
$500 Va 1872 VIII" AAAaAA Va. fAl.N RA'AE u W
produced bottles, and more barrels of flour than
all the wheat fields of New York grow and her
mills grind. 1t will not make one half OF "a pair
OF shoes Of good leather, and the other of poor
leather. 50 that the first shall rebound TO the
maker credit. and the second 10 his cash. 1t
will not pat GOuvin's stamp on jenkins kid
gloves, nor make Paris bOnnetS in the back rooms
Of u Boston miliner's shop, nor leta piece q fvelvet
that PROCESSES TO measure twelve yards, come 10
an untilnely end i'll the tenth, or a spool Of sewing
silk that vOuches for twenty yards. be nipped in
the bud at fourteen and a half. nor the cotton
thread spool break - the ward stick fifty Of the
two hundred yards of promise that was given 10
the eve, nor yard wide cloth measure less than
t~hirty-six inches from Selvcdgc TO Selvcdge. nor all
wool delains, and ali linen handkerchict> be
nmalgamatcd with clIndestiue cotton, nor coats
mae Of old wooden rays pressed together, Toe sold
to the uususPectiug public for legal broadclOth.
liz docs not put bricks 1T I've dollars per thousand.
into chimneys. it contracted - build Of seven
dollar materials. smuESlc white pine into floors
that have paid for hard uine. nor leave yawning
cracks in closets, where boards ought To Join, nor
daub the ceilings that ought 10 he smoothly
p~lastcred, nor make window-blinds with Stats that
cannot stand the wind, and paint thar cannot
stand the sun, and iaStsuings that NAV be looked
at. bat are ON no account 10 be touched.
The religion which Is To- Sinctify the world,
pays Its debts. Ii does not consider, shat forty
cents returned for one hundred cents given. Is
according 10 law. II looks upon a man who has
failed in trade. and who continues 10 live in
luxury. a. a thicC.-lt looks upon 4 man who
promises u pay fifty dollars ON demand. with
Interest, and who ncglects 10 pay il on demand,
with or without interest. as aiiar.-Por7.T Trims.