The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-02
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IoxoLULU, April 10Th. 1861
Mn. EDIToR Last evening I attended the lectnr.
in the nature Of a Report, given by the Rev. Mes,r.
Gulck and Bickucll. at the church Of the Rev NJ
Corwin, on Fort Street, embodyiug a description .n
petto' Of the customs, religious and social, Of n.
Marquesan islanders, aud a succirct accoun, os n.
late trip of the Missionary brig Morning S,gr
among the stations Of the Marquesan Group.
In justice 70 the Rev. Mr.. Bicknell. must ssv
that his fresh and quaint expressions conveyed moro
information TO me Of the present state Of the land q
Fayaway and Omoo, than the previously laborej
accounts l had read, and the short bu; lucid deserir
ton of the meauuess Of a MarqueSau soul. Gin N.
words Of the Rev. Relator-" too mean for the spi,,
of Jesus Christ TO dwell thereiu-as from al ,c
counts, cur Reteemtr was anything hut n men,
man. , would tend to disabu>e the minds Of nanv
Of our good mothers and sisters in New England =,
the ideas entertained Of the nobleness Of the Polvns
sian savage, derived, as they are, from the CLOWN,
and fascinating pages of my friend Herman Mel,;Bs
No wonder the Rev. gentleman wants q wnfen, r.
solace him in his ~self-imposei Punishment: and H.
remarks Of the Rev. Nh. Quick, ON that suIhc, 7
sincerely trust, met with a compassionate raSpase
from the hearts Of some Of the maidens Of the ccDsrs-
cation, in fancy free"
The vigoC and sincerity Of the Rev. MIR. Gulick :,
his few and curt remarks, / cannot too highly pr,ss
This gentleman, lisa good specimen Of the church mill
tant, and in the days when the soldier Of Christ wen,
into the din Of battle with helmet and coat Of mail
battle axe, and shield, | have no doubt he Womb
have been found in the van,-
Dealing hard blows aud apostolic knocks.
To prove his doctrine orhodox"-
in truth a second Bishop Of Beauyais, a general liz,
Wolfe, Of whom it is related that when some Of the
British Commanders told Georgius Tertius, Of pjr,al
memory, "that he was mad the good, cragy ola
g Defensor Fidei," dried up completely by devOptIv
hoping 50 that he might bite some Of them, then g,
But why could not the Rev. Gentleman stick 70 ls
text, remember the old adage Of Ne sutor alt,o
crepidam,'' and not travel out Of his record 10 a.
perse the captain, officers, and crew Of the brk
.HermaiG, of Westpcrt. Mass. whom he avs The,
spoke n the Morning Star, and who had MANY
femalesCn board and but few men He did not saw
he went on board, nor did he state that he knew any
of the circumstances Of their being on board T5o
suppression Of truth, this expounder of the Gosppl
should know, Is as bad rs 81 direct lie in the eve Of
the law Of men, although he may put a different con
structlon on 1t, in the law Of God Was net the last
lesson severe enough, tried as he was openly for lbel
for aspersions of a like nature, and did he not apolo-
gize for them through the columns of the Public
Press He appears determined however TO sacrifice
himself on the horns Of this mOuOmaHia. and he may
earn his crown Of martyrdom. and it Is 10 be hoped
he wil,-'twouldb be n pity that such efforts as ne is
making should turn out fruitless. Let him embody
what he told the women and men Of his congregation
from the pulpit, in his printed Report to the Society
which he sails and works for, and he mav find has
cloth CH Ee no projections. The school-boy declama-
ton OF "QuUusque tandem abutere nostra patienfi
Catalina must be familiar to him-let him ponler
over their significance. An OLD SALT