The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-09-24

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per c. r. Bishop on Monday next, to join
the Princess Regent on Kauai.
THE Princess Regent by comforting an
honorary decoration upon the venerable
Bishop Maigret, in recognition of long
years of self sacrificing devotion to the
welfare of the Hawaiian people honors
both donor and donee by the gift and adds
to the distinction and merit of the order.
The declining prelate looks for consolation
in n Divine Redeemer; but it must be COM
forting to the good old priest, that after a
stormy entry into the islands, nearly half
a century ago, when opposed by a Kaahu-
manu- he receives now honor and praise
from the hands of another, and a nObler
Kaahumanu.
THE visit of the Princess Regent to the
Leper Settlement on Molokai was a pro-
foundry impressive incident and the most
notable in her tour of the islands. There
are about eight hundred doomed incurables
confined at the Settlement. These I'M
happy creatures, banished as it may be said
from home and country, had prepared for
their native Princess an ovation, that
would do honor to the happiest and most
prosperous portion of the Kingdom. The
DOOE ltDcI5 COllIlNcu q lclhDOIdIg mhdIlr dt
the rough landing of Kalaupapa, they con-
structed a spacious booth, or place of recep-
ton on the beach, and strewed the pathway
to it, with ferns and flowers they erected
a series of arches with loyal and loving in
scriptions and then they came before
their chiefess and mother, and kneeling
down with their s%orrowing hearts wept
with the deep woe of a united family
denomination, q. for fhar oil rnaranna1Iu Enarr
the Princess and she knew them all. The
good chiefess mingled her tears with those
of her hapless people there was not a dry
eye in all that multitude of u~nfortunates
and visitors and there was presented
a. pitiful a spectacle, as this world has ever
to show. And yet though the scene at
Kalaupapa is the dark and woeful page in
the history of the country, how it is illu-
mined by the royal affection of a suffering,
hopeless, yet accomplishing people and it
should be especially frightened by the
assiduous and enlightened care of a govern
ment, that should hold no interest of the
country as paramount to the duty Of not
only providing for, but Of ever striving for
the cure and welfare of the poor lepers.
AND the dark leprous page of Hawaiian
history Is especially illumined by the devo-
tlOu ana -aCElIce OF u BOOu lldu- Tue
young priest Damien, who has given his
life for the lepers ennobles our Hawaii. He
revfves the holy heroism of the ancient
bloody arena nay he does more for il
would be n gracious mercy to be torn TO
death by a wild beast, rather than to
be doomed to live on in the baleful atmos-
phere Of leprosy. And Damien-the faith
full Christian soldier Damien-has lived on
these many years among the doomed of
MOlOkai he has lived only with creatures
set apart as u~nclean, whom the we'll do not
wish to approach or to touch and he has
ministered unto them binding up their
sores, pointing to the hope in n Saviour,an and
a better world, and assisting with his own
hands to lay them in their last resting
place. Such love to fellow man can only
be inspired by Divine Love, and can only
find its adequate reward in Divine consOla-
ton. Yet an earthly ruler may honor it,
self and the country by its recognition as
has been so happily and appropriately done
BY Her Royal Highness the Princes Regent
IN bestowing the decoration Of the Order
Kalakaua upon the good priest Damien.
Honor TO the noble hearted Princess
Regent for this wise and appropriate be-
stowal of royal recognition and honor.