The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-06-25

Gods special Providence has appeared to be most
signally displayed. But 1 will not detain you with
the recital of such events, I much prefer dwelling up
on the bright side of the picture of Hawaiian evan
gelization. e~
How Providentially God inspired the hearts of the
rulers or chiefs of these Islands, to take the mission
under their fostering care and protection. The
names of some of the female chieftains have &C
CURED an historic fame. Kaahumanu, Kinau, Ka-
piolani, and many others exerted their kindly offices
IN behalf of the mission in the days OF its infancy;
deseriptiye pnwe = P P6ab nine to nortray in 6tting
language the moral heroism of Kapiolani, when she
knelt on the brink of the seethiUg and boiling era
Ter OF keiauea, and prayed to Jehovah, acknowledg,
ing Him, as the true God, when her trembling and
awe-struck people besought her to retire, fearful
lest Pele's wrath would break forth and engulf the
whole party. am not aware as any instance in the
WIDE range of historic research, can be cited which
9.splays more calm trust, earnest faith and sublime
devotloD, under similar circumstances. Remarks,
Read, the author of "the Hand of God in History"
II hazard nothing in saying, if p~osterity shall do
justice to the memory of Kaahumanu,s she will rank
nlgh as a ruler, a statesman aud a Christian. She
lived and reigned in troublous times. The nation
was Just emerging from barbarism. A complete re-
~volution was to be effected from the throne to the
meanest subject. II is believed the annals of his
IN which she lived and reigned, who have acquitted
themselves better towards man and God-more es-
senIlaily aiding the progress of Divine truth and of
During the somewhat lengthy remarks which /
have now offered l have spoken Of the human agents
and agencies which were employed for the introduce
ton and establishment of Christianity, on the Is
ands. have not lost sight OF or forgotten that some
thing over and above human agencies were needed.
VI have planted" writes the Apostle Paul to the
Corinthians, "Appolos watered; but God gave the
increase. So then neither is he that planteth any
thing, neither he that watereth but God that giveth
the increase" The early missionaries, planted and
their successors watered, but it has been God, who
gave the increase. In closing this discourse, ! de-
sire fully, emphaticallya and distinctly to recognize
the special overriding Providence of God, in all
which relates to this Christian mission and Christian
nation. Holy men and women have labored- Chris
tians here and elsewhere have prayed for their sue
cess, and the friends of missions in the United
States have generously contributed more one million
Of dollars for the support of this mission; but all
would have been vain and useless had not God pour
ed out his Holy Spirit, and crowned those labors and
efforts with his blessing. While Gods presence has
seemed to accompany them, as it did, the Isr%aelites,
there was one period when Gods Spirit came down
among this people, as on the day of Pentecost. /
1910.
The missionaries came hither for a definite and
specific design, which was to preach the gospel and
eVangellZe this people. This was their great and
leading object. Other ends and results might fol-
low, but they were to be secondary; Their ulti.
a Divine Power. Thus the Missionaries felt. Their
frequent days of prayer indicated that their reliance
was upon God. A few of the natives from time to
time, became interested in the subject of personal
religion, but it was not until the season of the great
awakening that the mass of the people was brought
under Christian Influences. The Missionary's sue
cess came not until after a Sc might of toil.' Sixteen
long years and more, rolled away before Gods Spir-
it was generally poured out upon the church. Eliot
preached among the Indians of New England from
1916 to 1860, or fourteen years before he gathered a
church, and the English Missionaries in the South
Seas, toiled twenty years, ere the people cast aside
their idols. Thus, on Hawaiian shores, about six
teen years were required, for the Missionaries to lay
the foundations, before they were permitted to see
the spiritual temple arise. Remarks the Rev. DR..
Anderson, 1.-The first public indications of the spir-
it's approach, Were in the general meeting of the
missionaries in 1886 and again in the meeting of the
following year. y r 4 Among the natives the
great awakening may be said to have commenced at
at Waimea, on Hawaii. In the spring of 1888 there
was evidence of the presence of the spirit at nearly
all the stations on that Island. So there was on
Maui, Oahu, and Kauai. 1t was a work with power,
and the power was evidently that of the Holy Spirit.
The dull and stupid, the imbecile and ignorant, the
vile, groyelling, and wretched, became attentive
hearers of the word, and begun to think and feel.
Even such as had before given no signs of con-
science, became anxious inquirers after the way of
life. Whenever or wherever the missionary appoin-
ted a meeting, he was sure of a listening audience.
However great the crowds, the meetings were gen
orally conducted with ease and pleasure. The Sab
bath was extensively observed" At Honolulu, Hilo
and many other places meetings were held contin-
ously, embracing two, three, four and five thousand.
There was a thorough awakening of the whole mass
of native society. There was a state of religious
awakening and spiritual agitation, which could be
accounted for, IN no way, other than upon the
supposition, that the people were moved by g pow
er ION on high. 1t was nearly as manifest as the
SPIRITS IT'S, p %v%5er on If the cen Seg @ Un msnsscU %a: o m 1875 1873
but in six years, or 1S43, the number had been in
creased to 1884. After making all proper and ne
cessary allowance for spurious conversions and de-
~fections, there finally remained the unmistakable
evidence, that God had wrought great work among
this people.
The influence of that great awakening has never been
lost. The results have been permanent and abiding.
At the present time multitudes in our churches are
witnesses, because they are the genuine fruits OF that
great and remarkable outpouring Of the Spirit Of God
upon the people of this Kingdon.-But may not add
in the words of an Apostle, wherefore seeing we al
so are comprised about with so great a cloud Of wit
nesses," let us devoutly acknowledge what God,
through the fundamentally ofhis missionary servants
has wrought. Some of the witnesses are upon earth,
a larger number, may we not hope and believe have
passed onward and upward, to join the general assem-
bly, and Church Of the first born in heayen-gone
forward to take their stand on the heights of Mount
Zion above, with their robes washed and made white
in the blood of the Lamb-gone to form a portion OF
that 81 great company which no man can number,
gathered out of every kindred, and tongue, and peo-
pie and nation" and are now employed in singing
that song of redeeming love. Sand 1 beheld, and l
heard the voice of many angels ronnd about the
throne and the beasts and the elders and the num-
Der Of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and
thousands of thousands, Saying with a loud voice,
worthy is the Lamb that was slain, to receive powers and
wisdom, and strength and honor, and glory, and bless
ing" "And every creature which Is in heaven and on
the earth, and under the earth, and such as are IN the
sea, and all that are in them, heard / saying, Bless
ing aud honor, and glory and power, be unto Him,
that stitch upon the throne and unto the Lamb, for
ever and ever.' In anticipation of Christ's final and
universal conquest of the whole earth, let US ex-
claim in the poets language.
-"Come then, and added to thy many crowns,
Receive yet one, the crown OF all the earth.
Thou alone art worthy? 1t was thine
By ancient Cov'nant, ere natures birth,
4 And thou hast made it thine by purchases since, ~
And over paid its value with thy blood!