The Hawaiian gazette., 1878-07-24

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You see, then. that the punishment of sin is |
inevitable. and that il Is impartial And DOW, !
why Is il so Il IL because the punishment OF 1
stu is DOT SO sroitrsry infection. bot il Is 4 ne
essszry Law. | DO not mean that God never d. |
rsclIy Iulerferes; he does We see IL daily 10 |
the history Of crime. We see 10 the strange de- |
tscsops IN proyidealial accidents. 10 the fsIua-
tious Of penal stupidity which fall upon able men
when they are beat 90 the eoucealmsaI OF their
Eicksdness. There IL this inference But, set
ting aside these obvious visItatous, 10 which
Gods terrible and 6sry 6uger sbryels the false
hoods from the souls Of msu. there Is also be-
SIDES this. generally, 5 dreadful resemblance
which shews that penalty IS not direct inter
ference, BOT genuine child Of tue transgressiOn.
We receive the things that We have doUs. There
Is dreadf4I coercion in our own iuiquitiss.
There is an Inevitable cougruity between the
deed and its consequences. There Is an awful
germ Of identity in the seed and in the fruit We
recognise the so~u EIad When We are reaplng
the harvest wbIrlEIni. We feel that il is we
who have winged the very arrows that eat into
our hearts Ike FIRE Il needs no gathered light
nings-uO Divine IntsrysutiOu-no miraculous
messengers 10 syeuge IN Us Gods violated laws
they aVenge themselves You may laugh al
Bibles. as many doi you may keep away from
churches, as many DO you may sueer At clergy
men, as many do; no penIteuee aud no eonies-
sioual no priest ordaIas It; yet you srs forced
TO sit amid the deep ashes OF your ruined years;
sui you Will see coming after you with leadeu
footsteps. with gathered force. and towering over
yoG. aud smiling yoG SiLh The iron hand Of iLs
own revenge, the figure OF your own past sin.
cannot pretend 10 work out the whole of this
sacred Nemesis. or to read tor you, on the wall
OF guilty hearts. this ~MESE. MEME, TEKEI-. PEREs
Of reddeaiug doom IL would need the voice
which the seer OF the Apocalypse heard cry
aloud. Woe 20 the Inhabitants Of earth = but
90 oce shall say that We were not tOrewarueG.
No one shall shield himself under the plea that
siu was robbed for hIu Of one single element Of
its true awiuIuess. l will tell you OF Que OF two
ways ia which Gods love. if il avail not, must
then ind tsrrors, which leave us in doubt as to
what He hates. Sleep through 1t if you will, bat
al least let ne try for few moments 10 aecen.
tuAte for you syllable or two Of that voice be-
hind Us, Saying, This is the way walk ye in
It, when We turn aside to the right hand or 10
the left.
Well, then, nv brethren, take disease as one
form Oft working Of this inevitable law--not
slEays, OF course. the direct result Of slu vet
how much OF disease Is directly due 10 dirt ne
glect- folly, iguorance-the infected blood the
inherited Instincts Of this sad wOrii But are
there not some diseases. and those the most
terrible which | have SuOTn. WhIch do spring
directly, Immediately. exelGsiyel, solely. from
violence Of Gods law? Is not madness very
often such disease? Is there not at this mo
ueut uauy degraded luustie xho never would
have been such out for repeated transgressious
Of Gods kHOsu will? Is there not 10 the very
Efe0l0Od Of millions an hereditary faint bIighuug
the healthy. poisoning, as with fuFy's breath.
the flower OF their happiness. aud breaking DOT
afresh 10 new generations, which has lis sole
source and origin IN uuclesuliness l. there
not. too. au eIecutiouer Of Justice which God
has told OF 10 wait upon drunkenness. which
would cease If drunkenness ceased to exist? Il
Is Gods warning against that fearful iutemper-
suce against which senstes will not tight. and
against which tdey who love their fellows tight
as yet IN vain Have you ever seeB-if not
may you never SEES young man suffering from
dslirlHHg frs1lsHS? Such as not even Dante
ever imagined are the horrors that await upon
hIu-ths blood-red sufflsiUu before the ewes
Q1enched in sudden darkuess-the myrisds ct
burning, Ehirllug riugs Of eOueentric fre-the
millions Of foul Insects which seem 10 be Seay-
ing their damp soft webs about bis face-the
hIdeous, eEer-ehauging FIsagss which look upon
hIu-the eyes which glare from wall and roof
the feeling as If the man were falling falling
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j. al this Because God iufilcts il on man
No; bat because man nfcts it on himself, and
became God. who loves "a. wishing Us TO see
how Drunkenness blasts and scathes and dsbasss
and embrutes, 10 order TO save ueu all this hor-
rIbls STAN aud agony and shame. has attached
this law TO the abuse OF intoxicating liquors. as
De has attached 20 IRE Law that iI shall burn
Does God Inrerfers1 No; bot He SAYS, oh.
Ny sou whom have made this is lhs goal 10
Eaich iutemperence will lead thee. As thou
lowest ne, as tkoG lowest thine own soul, cut of
the nght hand pluck out the right eye. IL
we're better, far better. for thee to enter into
life hind or manned, than to cast myself into
this Gshsuns Of s0Jsoz drs-this depth Of shame
and eorruPtiOu, where the worm of the druas.rd
dieth not. aud hi. FIRE Is not qaenched"
Or, take one. not Of the physical bot Of the
moral E0rkings Of this Law Of Punishment Read
another syllable OF this handwriting upon the
wall Take fear, for instance. You have all
heard OF haanied houses Have you ever heard
OF haunted men? Are there not perhaps, some
here who may be grooming under the burden Of
so Gndeteeted si1! Ii so, will they not rec0g-
nise themselves as sad=ring under this Nemesis
Of EsarH There are some sins which are open
going before 20 judgment. marshalfug men in
undIsguIsed array before the Throne; bat there
some which follow after There are men
everywhere, and there are. probably. men here
st this moment, who, as they walk through life.
hear footsteps behind then-for whom the earth
ls made OF glass-ou whom the stars seem to
look down as spies-meu whose pulses shake at
every sudden ringing of their DELL /; whose faces
blanch II Ihey are suddenly addressed Who tren-
ole if q steady gaze De fred upou them Have
not sueh men, subject 10 the disuAy aud the
weakness to which .i1 has reduced them, thou
zants Of times betrayed themselves By Iheir own
unreasonable fears, and by imagining that their
sin Uss being spoken OF when something quite
different was being spoken off l think il i the
ancient writer PlutAreh Ehp, 10 e remarkable
pamphlet on the delayed vengeance OF the Deity,
tells Is OF youth Who on being reprosehed for
biz cruelty in fercsly Sriuging the necks Of some
young birds, exclaimed and revealed by e1claim-
ing. his own hideous crime at wss their own
FAULT Why did they keep t4ittering at me
'Parricidei Parricide :" Take the life even Of
David alter be had sent thai fatal letter to Jacob
z5ost Ur4h- Do you ever think he had mo-
meats peace afterwzrds3 Was not his own SER
want his master because be knew his guilty. Sc
cret? And il there BE- ons here Who has done
deeds which be EOald give worlds 10 have uu-
done; about bis roof i hsarl the hsopine Of
unelsan Hings; who never again IN tbis Sorid
shall sleep the sleep Of the innocent for whom
the furiss have taken their seats upon the mid
night pillow 90 whose breast through the dark
hoars, i'll dreams ride heavily 10 the shape Of
thsir deadlIest sin-9ill they tell you that they
we're locky not 70 have been caught 2-f0rtuaAte