The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-07-23

God raised him up and employed him in no mean
degree to produce reformation and elevation III
the middle elements of human welfare. L recoi-
1ect his saving to me, in the rooms adjoining here,
| that those schools, such as Mr.. Squeers' school,
in which Nicholas Nickleby was not educated
sneakino TO me on the night that he was reading
from that subject, he said, in a modest way, that
since this was written those schools had dlsap-
peared from England. The exposure was the
means of awakening public attention to them
and that kind of secret, hidden institutions OF tor
ment for Young people, as they might have been
called, were almost destroyed by the Light that
he let upon them.
powerful effect upon the whole English mind in
reference to the perversiOns of justice In English
courts. 1t produced much acrimonious feeling IN
England against him, but after all worked good.
These are but instances. There are a great many
things in his writings in which-we do not un,
derstand why-he takes hold with a powerful
grasp. While the question of this spiritual work
is a question that perhaps we must not decide
certainly are not authorized to decide it, and
rank him among the highest -nature-we cannot
withhold from him, and cannot be too grateful to
God for the fact, that he was raised up in a lower
sphere to do a greatly needed work, which he did
we'll. He has passed off the stage as one, | think,
might wish to die. One moment in the full en-
ioyment of his faculties, and in the next moment
gone. L still cling to that heresy prayed against
in the Episcopal prayer book-" Deliver me
oQ0QCA oCoCAs l. AO " 06h W w 4AhO III
old harness tied up with tow strings, and always
breaking, and always up for repairs, and always
good for nothing.
He has gone at the full of life. Every year
must have let down the tone of mis- mind and his
work. He has died at the right time for himself,
and died at the right time for the world. He had
done his work, and such as he had done he had
done well. For one, l thank God for the life
and work of Charles Dickens, although I do not
regard him of the highest. l do not think it ne
cessary that a man should work at the highest in
order to be ranked among the noblest and best of
men. / will say that it will always be a pleasing
thing to nae to think that he spoke in our church
used it for his readings.
i received a message from him referring to the
talk about our building a new church, saying:
Tell Mr.. Beeeher never to build another church.
This is perfect he will probably never get an
other one, as a speaking room he meant. 1
received from him a most cordial reception. He
invited me, in a manner to be remembered, when
ever 1 came to England to visit him at his house,
to entertain me as his guest. These
things, now that he is gone, have assumed a
pleasing aspect.
The most gratifying circumstance in nay life
was the kiss that Louis Kossuth gave me in the
old seat shat used to be there IpointIng to one
side of the room], when, after the great meeting
in our church, he put his arms around me and
told me 1 had the love of a true man. Not long
after that L saw the great English writer Lander,
who said that no king could bestow any honor
upon him now, for Kossuth had embraced him.
He was at the top, he felt. But when Mr.. Dick
received me with such kindness and cordiality,
felt that it was a pleasing passage in my lite,
and L look back to 1T, now that he has gone, as
one that gathers interest, and | should treasure it
as q very pleasant remembrance.