The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-19
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Ap5ertisrr
SATURDAY, June 70.
A PLEASANT REUNION.

Fl lLC Nlllludl lta 1EltN o. ADE tlAdL Dl2EI
OF Missions on Tuesday evening last, was certainly
oOe Of the pieasautest social affairs that can be
imagined. The parlor and the vestry-room were
used as one, and fully but comfortably occupied
by the company Of ladies and gentlemen, native
and foreign. The bringing together of the native
and foreign elements OF the community for social
intercourse, was the declared object Of the ladies
in giving the party, and it appeared to have been
a success. Annually in the month Of June, the
native pastors and delegates of churches through
out the group gather in this city for the purpose
Of attending the stated meetings of the Hawaiian
Evangelical ASSOCIATION. These, TO the number
of over a hundred, including their families, were
present on Tuesday evening, and were evidently
delighted with the occasion and with the proceed
ings. Particularly noticeable among the com.
pany were the faces Of some who have grown grey
in the missionary service on these Islands-the
venerable Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston. the sole sur
vivor of the pioneer band who landed here in 1920;
the Rev. Messrs. Coan, Baldwin, Dole and others.
After some time spent in greetings, introductIons
and general conversation, a blessing was asked by
the Rev. Mr.. Wainmau, of Kona, Hawaii, and
then for an hour the ladies were busy serving the
company with tea and coffee, and cake and pic,
! anu lCC-ndlSi IL lSlhOb1OO- 1uSSN tlSdtuAC
comforts having been disposed of,-in no small
quantities-order was called by the Hon. Ii.
NJ. Whitney, who as t-oast-master, proposed the
sentiments which follow.
1. THE KING,-The guardian of the civil and re-
ligious libe. ties of the people" Responded to by
the Hon. II. A. z. Carter, who said:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN You have done me
great honor IN asking me to respond to your toast to
a.. IL i - a. q. I..e.-.. L. 7 -
sumo is due to the fact that l have so lately been
honOred by His Majesty that you rightly infer that it
would be to me a pleasurable duty to respond to your
loyal and appropriate sentiment.
Though not personally commissioned by His Maj
esty on this occasion, or holding any position which
would entitle me to speak for Him, l know that 1
hazard nothing in saying that He would himself sub
scribe most heartily to your sentiment regarding the
preservation Of the civil aud religious liberties of all
His subjects as the object of His earnest solicitude,
and as, in His opinion, essential to the best welfare
of the kingdom.
eve SHOULD ever bear in mind in regarding the
public acts of the Sovereign of these Islands, that He
is not merely the titular representative of a power III
the government whose functions and duties are
plainly prescribed by centuries of presidents which
have crystalized into the solidness of statutory enact
ments, but that He is, under the novel conditions in
which this kingdom is established, sometimes COM
PEELED to lead and mould the popular sentiment, aud
sometimes to ~interpose the great influence of the
Throne as a conserving force.
Within the limits of our little kingdom exists a
social mosaic, an admiXture of elements hardly
equaled in the world-as this gathering testifes.
While al of these are, l believe, honestly loyal aud
anxious for the welfare of the Hawaiian people, they
represent different phases Of national life and advo-
cate different methods in the work of government,
and different social theories. To reconcile and render
available for the high ends of government these
active and sometimes conflicting influences, while pre-
serving the liberties, and SO far as possible, consult
ing the ancient usages and laws of His people, is a
task of no little difficulty in ordinary times. Add to
these ordinary circumstances the fact that His Maj
esty came to the Throne at a time of great material
depression and some social disturbance, when it was
necessary, in order to relieve that depression. to re-
arrange the conditions of our foreign COMMERCIAL
the sane time to avoid anything which would excite
the apprebensions of the Hawaiians themselves, or to
wound the susceptibilities of friendly foreign nations, /,
and you will understand the grave delicacy of a
situation in which 1 believe events will prove His
Majesty to have acted with that promptitude and dis
erection which warrants you in looking confidently to
Him, as the conservator of your civil and religious
rights, as well az the active promoter of national
prosperity.
"But l must not forget that the company l have
the honor to address is largely composed Of, and are
gathered to do honor to, those who represent and are
the ambassadors of the King of Kings and the Prince
Of Peace, and WELD a social influence second to none
in its power for the good or i'll of societyi an inhu-
ence in inculcating lessons of self-restraint and moral
culture without which 1t would be impossible for any
government, however wisely administered, to hold
the balance among the contendiug forces which would
tend to disrupt society. In the battles of political
partisanship, passions are sometimes appealed to-
which, once aroused, are with difficulty restraineds
but it rests with the pulpit to inculcate the great les
sons of harmony and peace and good will which the
Great Preacher taught on earth, and which your pre-
decessors in this land taught with so much success
that constitutional liberty became possible, and
guaranteed to the Hawaiians a government of their
own such as is enjoyed by no other aboriginal race in
the Pacific. Upon your teaching [ am confident His
Majesty relies as one of the strongest aids His Gov
eminent can have in leading this nation, and all who
live under its laws, in a career Of peaceful prosperity.
81 know His Majesty will gratefully accept yer
toast as an evidence of your loyal regard for his per-
son, and of your patriotism to your country.
May God bless Hawaii nei, and all the influences
that tend to raise and help her in q career of peaceful
prosperity
The remarks of Mr. Carter were listened to with
close attention. and heartily a~pplauded at the close.
The next sentiment was
>. The CHURcH-May it alwsvs be kept pure
and holy" Responded to il Haw N, by the Rev.
NJ. Kuaea, who made some very Appropriate remarks.
g. Tine PREss-The handmade Of Christianity"
Mr.. II. L. Sheldon being called to respond to this,
spoke as follows:
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN When a proposition is
so selfevident as the one just mentioned, it may be
difficult to say anything novel or interesting. BUTT
may be remembered by those who are versed in his
tory, that the first printed Bible was completed some
sixty years before Martin Luther burnt the Pope's
bull Of accommodation, and at Worms, startled