, 1873-07-29
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Tho Ha,raiian Gazc!'a Of Juno 1s publishes
tho following remarkable etniomone on lolrosy
and resoEutons adopted by tho Hawaiian Evan
gcllcal Ahsoclntio,,, at Honolulu, juno 10;
The disease OF loprosy II ticao ib!nnun liaB Ns-
smod snel u ~ tsnot tas IT nceones or ne
date daty 70 uo1otn'he our Goufeo or notiofi, as
pastors alu tehcnefh' respecting II. rms loatli,
somo' incuranlo. ahtt noauly daeaHo !lna fastened
upon upon @ tno ,,sM yi!als Or tao nntlon. A!thosgh To
ta hoo u II z o ye too o oy
uros to l'goage It's fatnl hold, that hold baa be-
come leAIiully strong. Ifo numbers i, ,airenuy
Known to % no victims to ioproay, tho aslil larger
nuannef 1!l5. VINO afo nhuo.nta9ly nneeteu, tho
tending, oil tel US With ahass!y Insurance m shat,
itnlosa reinouial measures arc abo4 moro eneee-
t!Vo u tnan havo neon mthoieo appileu, our na-
'.ha waaan pe9lo Will oocomo Ill sofS 10" years "
netlon OF lopofa: ,,.,-
tn %o mnaa @ s n oIv
ino soreanzatioh ana to.ai aes1rMetioh OF CIV
lhzatioh, property valaee, and industries, OF our
chnr9o ,1 our contributions our nswaan board @
dofeat s and disg1acef o ovorthrow to % Ill TIT Is
promising and fair in tho nation. We aro on tho
brink Of horrible PIT, full Of 1oathsomonoPs,
into which our feet aro rapidly sliding. Tho
chief cal1so of Our pori Ia NOT tint God Who his
Rtrcl,en nur nation with Hja awful ir6rmnnt, ,hns
n1acnd nn o rotnou .itn nr rc9c IL as
given remedy which the experience o. W1so mon
and Wiao nations has mado certain. Ho has !htd
tho rulo down In tho law givon to Israel by His
servant Moses. It is this: Strict. thorouGl Hpr-
nratfnn fronn mn Of nh fnfootad paran,a. not on1v
~ natnb;s5ot1 inrora hut o1eo ~ iii Win oro ror
sonaply s1;spec;eo' ~ We uuey Mou loaulnP NIL
1ollow th1a fnie, our natloh VIII 10 Baveu. u
we do not, VIC arc doomed to IN onrIy and
shameful dcath Ill., ouE groat noril Is from ig
Ao1"nco VI LUIS supJoct atlohb tue co!nMuA
vorsity. They refuse to separate their lep1ers
from them. They ent. drink and BlceD with
thnn,. ;Thnv onnoeo T }boir , ro,mnva, ' nnf iifo
thorn. Thoy 1istn,, IL tin yo;coa of oviI-mf1defl
men vim rniso m ontcrv arninRt tho KIM and
h;a helnora whom thcv strive In root out fla
nvil thtnt,. Wa thornforo. m nastora and
tencbara as m nHsociation. havs a t,rossinr
f]mtv r IL th;a . tro tanc1' pn1 ncranat1n III
fin noonlo n nhov Tho law NJ God nnni acnoratc
tNo ioncra IRON, an,onv ,7s and w1,iin strIv;no,
tn .comfnrt pnd utron4thonn viii Ihe invn ~
Toane tho ofa1ctoI .honrts -, tho Ionorat mi
t,,or +roI,3u oso ~ tno,t, oynrv ia,,or nj , -
oionyoa ~ h;a -oor1n onI rnf,soo> II ~ owau
thnt J." H. a;nn;,1 aao;not ttn i;vna ~ mon nn3
nra;rat tho inv r. mi .'rhcrc1oro A 9i3 ''NNN
"on. r..",..s 49, r,s.. w.. y. Aa'
uoc;un, T. ~ ,,rsae ,noo W o,I
cnlariv tn ia 1oopic mon liza ty Of iRostnG thor
opers, especially as illustrated by tic Mosaic aw In o
thirteenth chapier OF Leyitics; alHo, that o use i-
gently his personal efforts to Induce tho pGopo to por
form tnis luty. M ,,,, H., :, 7,,.,
nes9fs 10 est apart tno ash uay o. Jaly nest A. aa
az a a auo sns nv m on to
etrenahun tlo King md officers Of te Goyornmont in
cleulsjng tho lund Of this disease and tur1, tho heara
the loip this ynrk Of snyinu untOyt