The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1877-12-05

Hawaiian pastor. Great Joy would come to many
now heavy hearts, II soas OF those to whom God has
given, or giving, great wealth, would devote some
Of their ample means 10 the endowment OF the TO-
male seminsries barely able 70 give their pupils
the meress radimen,ary training in science and the
arts.
". must omit the consideration Of other topics
on which had thought to eularge. | pass TO say
v. Human society has no. yet become what
hope aud believe God has desiyned It should be. The
wilderness waadsriugs OF the people Of 6od are
Peatsi age After ago forms ofstruggle and
met. Of rOadmaSlaE sad burden bearing. Or as
Schiller puts this fact in hts " wallens,sia =
Straight forward goes
The hgAtn:ngs path. aud straight the fearful path
OF the eanHoa ball. Direct il a,es, aud rapid.
ShaStering that il may reach aud shattesiag what
reaches.
Ny ssa. the road human being travels.
Tia, on which blessing comes aud goes doth follow
rhe rivers course, the valleys playful windings.
Curves round the eorH geld and the bill vi vines,
Honorng the holy 6oaads OF property /;
Aad thus seeare. though late, leads 70 its end
The onward aow OF Gods Providence is not always
eoneideni vita the sarvieg shore ne Of human plans
aud purposes There also edd,SS In the sIIcaei,
aud carried aE0uad by the whrl may think he Is
making no onward progress. Neither do We always
dnd times Of material prosperity eoetaneeas with
OF spiritual VigVr. Aud in all growth mast
expect periods Of apparently arrested doNeiepment
that really are only epoehs Of new evolau u Of the
life plann,d by the Great AathVr OF all life. The
seed lies long time buried in the dark cold ground;
thea bursts its environment, and from decay the Inv
iHg germ shoots upward into light. The leaf cX-
pads, but the plant Is not all Leaf The wond.ous
principle OF life IN the organism takes form
OF development. and still other forms until the trunk,
the branch. the bud. the blossom mature in the per
feeiod fruit. Then in some locality this takes
up aud carries the life. There similar pro-
in human life Social lite has still mark
ed Analosies 10 the individual human lite. Races
and nations haze their Infancy youth. maturity. and
/ decline. What shall oe the future vi these Poly
nesian races, God only knows. The Hawaiian race
ma, be destined to extinction, as me tell But
see such fatal destiny necessary Tor this people.
II they shall utterly die out from these hills aud val
eys, once peOpled by hundreds OF thousands, will
not be because the mere presence OF other races
doOms them perish. IL will be because they choose
those that lead to death. and refuse to give
up ruinous iadnlgeuees, will cling to vicious habits
Il will not be because they have power to the
/ trary. Gods natural laws are subordinate to neral
ends, and If this Hawaiian choose theirs is
not this doom of extinction; but the high distinction
/ OF not only accepting as unreservedly as the Japa
nese the advantages ofE Christian civilization but
/ of being forward than they 10 assume its
obligations and Eeslously faithful further its
ends. There are trying times IN individual growth,
trying to ones self. trying TO ones friends. while
the dependence of childhood is passing into the
/ self eoatrol Ut manhood The Hawaiian people have
/ passed the period OF childhood ShIl the Hawaiian
race constitute the Hawaiian na;ion2
vi. In conelus ion, let say that in religion it
is Pre-eminenty needfgl to maintain progressive
spirit TIE Christianity Of to-day is not 10 be fed
the ancestral experiences OF hfty years ago. Then
it might answer to take eight months to come from
Boston around Cape Horn. Now expects to
/ reach London from Honolulu in about one tenth as
much time. The Christianity that moves the pre-
| sent age must not only know about the rigging ard
/ the steering of the ship il must be competent TO
handle the lever and the throtteyaYe OF the steau
engine As We gather here to-day, let us not only be
hank fnI fhat d IA NrFtNN
call upon you not only TO acknowledge with graft
tude Gods merees you review the past but To de-
vote yourselves with fresh aar to His service you
forecast the future Seven years you celebrated
| jubilee IN cOmmemaration OF the beginning Of
\ Christian evangeEatiun and colonization these
| shores. day Of universal jubilee is yet to come.
The centuries as they come aud 90, are fastening
the worlds day Of miennial glory. II Is not mere
material wealth and prosperity that constitute the
true goal OF human effort. Gods promised Canaan
OF Peace and Plenty. In the words OF the Hawaiian
national motto - Ia uiau Ia ea o ka alma ka po-
/ n0,'-the life Of the land is perpetuated only by
| righteousness. What Moses promised 10 Israel was
in language suited to that peoples conception Of
/ what possible and misunderstanding waters.
fertile fields. varied agriculture. and neeiei manu-
/ features. Jesus Christ came, NOT Moses did. to
| DO foundation work, bat the Divine Architect to
unfold the plan aud purpose of Gods building. The
faith Of the believer in Christ is that there is better
/ good than earth gives. not simply good greater in
amount or more lasting IN duration, but satisfy
| tng IN MS nature Tue Paradise above into which
our risen Messiah has entered is not height Of
Abarim from which. like the dying Moses, he could
] ony see far OF the promised land. IL is a royal
residence in city which hath foundations. who, 9
builder and maker is God There the will of God is
the one Law. the glory of God the supreme end the
love of God the highest joy of all. Here natural
law God regus and rules, but il human hearts He is
not yet acknowledged sovereign. Here there is con
fiet revolution, fear and rebellion but there the
sole desire. purpose and endeavor of each and all
will be how serve and love To the utmost of one
| ability aud opportunity. In one Of the fguraiive
utteranees of Hawaiian spseeh-the expression for
hope let your hearts hoat;" but with the Uuuy :
auey Of the veil built vessel not the ghtness of an
I empty eask. Let Us conform desires, cur me
thods. our purposes TO Gods Holy Will, then shall
/ the Psalm Of Life, chant its cadence. be no
feeble, wild quayerng strain, but song of praise
| and glainsss, with fulI-hear ted strUug-yoiesd
harmony We a declare Gods salvation from day to
/ day"