The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-10-15

hell appears TO me to be q call to the civil
led world to examine the foundations o
loyalty and reverence for Rulers in tn
hearts of the present creation. When tn
young Amalekite came TO David will
Sauls crown and bracelets, and boosted o
having slain him, expecting to receive
reward, he was met with the stern enquiry
n How vast hot not afraid to stretcl
aforth thine hand against the Lords Anoint
ed: The words imply that all RICH
minded men shrink with special abhorrenc,
from taking the life of the Chief
Ruler of a nation. The Temple Of
every mans body Is sacred as the
Lords handiwork, and of every
lChristian as being the Temple of the HOLY
Ghost. But a special Sanctity belongs to
the persons of Kings and Rulers. For
they are the embodiment of an authority
which is an emanation from the authority
of the Supreme Ruler of the Universe,
f. The powers that be are ordained Of God.
and whose resisteth the power. resisteth
the ordinance of God" Hence it is that
the honor that IS due to the Chief Magis-
E%trate, whether he be a King or a President,
Hs coupled By St. Peter with the fear of
God. Hence 1t Is, also, that II orr on
munIon service after the rehealsaI of The
Commandments, and our prayer, that our
hearts may be inclined to keep Gods laws,
I've pray that we NAV faithfully serve.
honor and humbIy obey the Chief Ruler of
the nation, in God, and for God, duly con-
1Sidering Whose authority he hath. Whence
comes it that in an age which boasts
|Of its enlightenment and education beyond
all preceding generations, men can bel
.fouud with hearts so dark, so impiously
bold, so alienated from the principles of
loyalty which are the foundations of orderI
and public safety, as to stretch forth their
hands against the Chief Rulers of Gods
people. The civilized world had scarcely
recovered from the shock of the assassina-'
.tion of the Car of Russia, before the.
President of the United States fell at the
hand Of an assassin. 1t may be that the
spirit of Nihilism and Socialism was not
implicated in the death of Garfield.
but it is to the doctrines that have been'
taught by Nihilists and Socialists
we must trace the bunting of the edge|
of those fears which would otherwise haveI
restrained the murderer of Garfield fromI
his wicked deed. 1t is now made clear
that cot crowned heads alone are in dangers
from the evil spirit that is abroad, for theseS
spirits of anarchy will tolerate no govern-S
meut, and respect NO governors who will
be subservient to their will and do their
bidding.
Whence comes it that an evil so gigantics
should rear it's head In this nineteenth cen-F
We may not be able, wholly, toy
answer this question. But is it not thej
case that it has been assumed that now, inI
the manhood of the world, we can afford toH
let slip the lessons that were needed in it's
childhood !? In the zeal of the present ageE
for Intellectual education, multitudes have
up without any incubation of thoseS
positive truths of religion which our fore
fathers so steadfastly instilled into their
children. Happy will it be, if warned by
an event that puts the world in mourning,
The nations realize that religion is thes
foundation of all order and authority upons
earth; that without the final sanction Ofs
revelation, the sceptre of the Rulers will
no sense of reverence or awe, apart
the force which is behind it. For if*
there be no Moral Governor of the Universe, /
authority has no sanction from
above, and rebellion ceases to be a sin. +
Surely we shall not miss the mark if, Ing
he death knell of President Garfield, wei
near the voice of God calling men back tok
he first principles of religion as the founda-
of order aud public safety. A mere
sentiment of religion will not suffice instead
If the plain, decisive teaching of the will of
God. If the conscience of the nations be
lot trained in obedience to that will, and in
he embrace of the truth of God, no Guilt
-ation of the intellect will supply its
,lace. For man is a spiritual as well as an
Intellectual being. He is gifted with a
pirit capable of holding communion with
lis Maker, as we'll as with a brain for
mathematics and bookkeeping. 1t should
,e the work of education to train the spirit
n the knowledge and love of God, as well
S The mind in philosophy and science.
t lis not by the advancement of learning,
'ut by the training of the spirit, that we
hall raise a barrier to the commission of
The highest wisdom attainable is :
he fear of the Lord. This is the only wis
.om that can restrain the turbulent pas
ions of mankind. And if in their search
or wisdom the nations of the earth place
he pursuit of this wisdom in the forefront
f their public education, then this fear of
he Lord will be the root from which will 4
the honor that is due to all who are
with authority on earth. What a
epth of wisdom there is in that exposition
I the OJn commandment WuICH Jun ho1 II
ount automatically duty is to honor
nd obey the Chief Ruler of the nation, and
Il that are put in authority under him.
A~ntiquated they may be. But they are
lords which the world can never afford to
1T 90, and which no lovers of their country
hould cease to ineuIcate and teach, until
citizens are so imbued with these prin-
iples of order, that the seeds Of those pol
onous herbs of anarchy, or socialism, or
ny of the other forms in which hatred of
is manifested, Will find no soil
i which to grow. s.
And so may He who is directing all
according to the purposes Of His
Viii, and making all things subservient to
lis own eternal counsels, cause the tragicW
cath which is so universally deplored to%
urn to the advancement of the Kingdom
f His Dear Son upon earth, in checkipgE
be tide of evil, and bringing men to the
acknowledgment of the truth