The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-02-16
Individual Iaaueaee-SsoOd Acts
Never Die

A passing observation made by member Of
the FIfth regiment. some evenings ago, b-Ousht
sore earnest thoughts 20 or mind- lie was
spe1kinE Of eSSazlties thar night oocar ID The re
giuent On its tup to B0St0a. and eaded With the
remark III I an - unE0rt11zte * never 70 ne
tzru 70 Bsltimore, b1i should sleep 10 quiet
gTays sonswhere afar from my native city, /
stall a1t be much missed, and shaH soon be Tor
gO,tea.~ Ttis reuinde5 os o. 4haeSs-v- In
one Of bis latest works Of 6etOnS. perhaps the
last-s Philip. or His Way TLrough the World
written not long bef0re kIs ieSth, be describes
cheers foneral-ihe E0ef1l dirse while the body
Is borne 10 its last resting place, aud the solemn
ritss It the grave. Then she retarn, TIE saddea
change IN the martial music from serious 10 gay,
the no longer sad lSceS, bnt quick iOrgettulneSS
Of the scenes jsst witnessed. The writer thea
mOralizes in the saddeSt strain 0er the vanity OF
life. No sooner are We gone frOm the world
than our place Is supplied by others. and We are
forgotten, And how many there are Ike Thseke-
ray and the Fifth regiment officer who think and
express themselves IN this way. Yet how httle
they know Of human life and character shO say
this. There Is story told Of DR.. Adam Clark.
the scholar and author Of well known c0mmen-
tary on the Bible, that when child be was the
Ounce q his class. One day gentleman ol kind
" disposition happening 10 Be present, when his
harsh teacher was telling him that be was the
most stupid boy in the school, that be would
never be anything and much more to the sane
effect, the gentlemsn's heart was touched, and
going I'D 10 the little fellow and putting his hand
on his bead, be said Do not give up my boy,
bot try; y0n viii yet succeed Ouly try The
boy looked up with new light 10 his eye; his
mind was aroused; be could do it he had oaly
TO Try, and from that hour be did, and success at
tended his efforts. Was that mans influence on
DR.. Clark nOthiDgi Yet il was only passing
remark.
Oar own poet, LongfeIlov, tells Us in bis beau
til1l Psalm OF Lie. that
Lives Of great nsu all remind us
We should make cur lives subliEaes
And deIartiBg leave behind
Footprints in The sands of tine
Bot it Is not only the great and renowned
men and women Of the world whose infdence
lives after them. Each one in his own sphere
exercises for good or evil an undying influence on
those Ground; like q concentric circle in the
water. it wldens snd widens into the ocean Of
eternity.
Another writer Of romance Charles Dickens,
seems 70 realize tins truth, and speaks Of it so
beautifully that we do not think we can do better
than quote his remarks. 10 the graveyard scene
10 . The OLD Curiosity S&Op Little Nell is
watching the old sections dig the graves, and
hears them talk in their cynical way Of the dead.
who a. first seem 50 deeply nourned. yet who
really are soon forgotten. The careless words Of
the grave diggers strike chill through the tend
er heart Of the child. and she goes b1rdsded with
sorrow TO reveal Der sad thoughts TO The school,
master. bot he consoles her and sells her, e No,
Nell. nothing innocent or good Is ever fotgOtten
il lives again in the better lhonghts Of those who
lOvedis, and plays its part through Ihsm IN the
redeeming setions of the world
And thus 1t is. The inf1ence for good or bad.
OF The least Of Us is great The uakind and pas
sionaie word, the ig0Oble deed, do not end With
utteraaee and the act but hFe IN the heart and
lives Of those sro0nd rs. We are none Of rs for
gotten while our influence lives. and thaf can
never die. How fortunate the man who can feel
that the world is better for his having been 6Orn.
-Ez