The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-19

soon began to be rumOred that Fust must be in league
with His Satanic Majesty. 1t does nc, appear 70 have
occurred to the good people ct these days, how ineOn-
sis,ent and unwise il would have been for the Prince
Of Darkness to aid in circulating the word Of God
They searched Fust's lodgings and found the book in
sheets lying in piles, and the thing looked SO diAboli-
cal, especially as the letters appeared to be the work
Of but one hand, that the printer was tried aud
solemuly condemned to be burned At the stake for
Satanic practices. He saved his life by exposing his
art.
But in these days Of progress, how true it is that
the press is the handmade Of Christianity solomon
said, Ia The making Of books there is no end
Were lie privileged to-day to return to earth and
witness one Of the great steam presses ST work, turn
ing OF from $4,000 to 10000 impression. Of Bibles,
and the various publications Of the tract and mis-
siOuary societies, he would hardly say. And this.
also. IS vanity
what a blessing to the human race it would be
if the press, that mighty power, were never to exert
its influence save en- the side Of that which is good,
and pure and true That happy time viii come;
but not until DR.. Faustus' legendary friend is bound
and cast into the bottomless pit"
e. "OUR ScRooLs-The hope Of Hawaii mel" To
this sentiment the Rev. Mr.. Wsiamsu made an elo-
quent response, Interpreted by the Rev. O. A. Forbes.
He said
Hawaii is blest with a system of common schools
supported by government, whereby every child. no
matter what its circumstances, is guaranteed an edu-
cation sufficient for the ordinary walks Of life For
this boon we cannot be too thankful; and We should
manifest our appreciation of it by realOusly support
ing the schools and guarding against every influence
that may tend to impair their usefulness"
5. THE LADIEs-Second only to the clergy in
good works; and to the Press. in the dissemination of
news" Colonel W. F. Allen, being called upon to
respond t6this sentiment, spoke as follows:
at would seem as if our worthy toast master
failed in his appreciation of the ladies,-as he has
placed them last in the list of toasts.-were it not
that in proposing them he places them second to the
press in influence, which from him, is a high compli-
Ipent.
81 consider it impossible for anyone TO do justice
to the ladies; they are always to the front ia all good
works,-as instance this assembly of happy and sat
isfed faces, made so by the bountiful supper provided
by the ladies.
ain all history. both sacred and secular, they
have held a very prominent place, and in none more
SO than in the history Of the Christian Mission, where
they have added new lustre, and gained fresh re-
nown. May we all ever be under their good inHu-
ence God bless them -
Between the speeches, some excellent singing was
given by the choir of the Fort Street Church to q
piano accompaniment, and also by the choir of the
native church of Kaumakapili. Among those pres
et we noticed the American Minister Resident and
family, and the Consuls of the United States and of
Germany and their ladies.
Altogether the gathering of Tuesday evening was
one Of those genial and humaniZing cosmopolitan
~sffairs, that make one feel the better for having par
ticipated in, and which in their influences are cacu-
lated to go a great ways towards cultivating feelings
of good will and mutual esteem among all Havaiians,
whether native or foreign-born.