The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-05-27
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A'Asi4 y Lr4uestI
PsALH Xvi. But God is the Judge: He
putteth down one, and setteth up another"
JCHS xiii - What i do. thou knowest not now
tut thou shalt know hereafter"
In the administration of the affairs of this
world God IS ever doing and permitting
things to be done, the reasons for which can.
not be seen by short-sighted mortals. Such
IS Gods method of proceeding, that we are
continually compelled to take many things
on trust. Faith in Him is the great lesson
which He is ever teaching mankind. He
has drawn an impenetrable veil before our
eyes, shutting out the future from our view.
" Ye know not what shall be on the morrow"
or " what a day may bring forth" How
lmpreSslvely these scriptural declarations and
those OF my text are illustrated by events
which have recently transpired on the other
side Of the globe. All the loyal people of
that great country, stretching from the shores
of the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, and from the
Gulf 10 the Lakes, were preparing for such
& day Of thanksgiving and Jubilee as never
had been witnessed on the Western CONT
nent- The national feeling which, during
four yea rs of civil war had been repressed,
was rising, and about to burst forth in such
scenes and shouts of rejoicing as would have
made the " welkin ring" The dove of peace
which had. during those f~ourlong years, been
hihC ~ fIOChcu dIlu VOSSeu upon the
troubled waters of civil strife, political con-
i%entions and cruel war, had now been re-
leased, and with the olive branch in her
mouth, was winging her flight over noun
talns and valleys, broad savannahs and
boundiess prairies. The good news was
flashed with lightning speed over the land
and the world. The dark clouds were roll
ing away, and the sun of the nations glory
was beginning TO shine, and the rainbow of
peace was distinctly seen spanning Il CONT
nent, as In days of yore, when 10 from the
receding black clouds of secession, treacherv
and slavery, there darted forth a fendish
arm, holding in It's hand an assassin's dagger.
whole scene is instantly changed. For
a moment the pulse and heart of the nation
cease TO beat, but the next instant there fol-
lows a sigh of anguish and wall of sorrow.
Abraham Lincoln, our beloved President, is
lead. l do not believe, since the creation of
he world, so many hearts, in so short a space
time, ever mOurned over the death of a
Jingle human being. There is no disputinp
gainsaying the fact, Abraham Lincoln had
gradually been winning for himself a place
n the hearts OF the American people, second
My TO that of Washington, the Father of
us country. But will not the people now
all HIM the Savior of the country, when the
lie OF the nation was threatened {
ms most tragic event Is not an accident. l
{ Is not the work of chance. We do not 5
I'VE In a world ruled over by blind fate. Never .
efore did l realize there was so much force 1
nd intensity of meaning in those words of
ur Savior But the very hairs of your
cad are all numbered" and even a sparrow l
shall not fall on the ground without YOUR '
'ather." | do not think there ever was a [
nblic man who recognized more clearly and S
tHy rt1S 14ctr,-z - r-Is- C--.I q
ence, than did our lamented President. s
altered as we now are In the house of God, I
4 this first Sabbath morning after having II
ceived the news OF his death, how can | g
ore appropriately employ the usual time l
iotted 10 n discourse than by directing YOUR o
indS TO some OF those moral and spiritual II
ssons taught by this most sad and melan- u
oily event. The teleGraphic intelligence III
hich has reached the Islands is quite sufi- ;"
ent to disclose the naked facts, but INSULT o.
mt 10 portray the effects upon the country II
large. Under these circumstances, per- y
ps may be allowed to dwell upon the re- !
features of Mr.. Lincoln's character. III
: was a public man, and had been called to p
cupy a most responsible and trying public n;
sition. He fully realized this fact from the ia
~ moment that he stepped forth from the ic
here OF a private American citizen to oc- hl
~ iC AiShCSL pOS4tlOu WHILE the gilt oil .
countrymen. His brief address on leav- III
, his home at Springfield, Illinois. is inim- >
bly, beautiful: My Friends-No one not tn
position can appreciate the sadness ! oil
! at this parting. To this people | owe GO
that | am. Here | have lived more than to
OF a century here my children Tie
re born, and here one of them lies buried. III
now not how soon | shall see YOU again.
iuty devolves upon me which is perhaps pu
alter than that which has devolved upon VI
7 other man since the days of Washing die
&. He never would have succeeded except re-
the aid of Divine Providence, upon which ex
at all times relied. | feel that | cannot tn
coed without the same Divine aid which de
tanned him, and on the same Almighty lig
ne | place my reliance for support. 1 du
e you, my friends, will pray that | may SIT
that Divine assistance, without which pu
lnnot succeed, but with which success is full
ain | bid YOU all an affectionate fare me
~ mo-
the delivery of this short address ed.
was much affected, and when inc
Iosed there was the hearty response, We an
pray for you" During his progress TO He
shington he uttered similar sentiments at ma
INDUS and Steubenville, in Ohio, ever ide
ressing the hope that he should be sus- the
ed by the prayers of the American peo- car
In this address we have the keynote my
II his subsequent addresses, letters, proc roo
atoms and public documents. | cannot C
a single one in which he did not fully not
frankly recognize Gods agency in the hin
agement of the affairs of this world. five
illusions TO an overruling Providence five
not In an haif-apologistic and semi-in- min