Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-10-15

kof the Supreme Ruler of the Universe,
!" The powers that be are ordained of God.
and whose resisteth the power, rcsisteth
the ordinance Of God" Hence il is that
the honor that is due to the Chief Mnpis.
trate, whether ho be King or President,
is coupled by st. Peter with the fear of
SGod Hence it is, also, that in our COM
munion service after the rehearsal of the
Commandments, and our prayer, that our
hearts may be inclined to keep Gods laws,
1--WE pray that we may faithfully serve,
ahonor and humbly obey the Chief Ruler of
the nation, in God, and for God duly con-
zsideriDg Whose authority he hath. Whence
4comes it that in an age which boasts
Sof its enlightenment and education beyond
Snll preceding generations, men can DO
3fouud with hearts so dark, so impiously
! bold, so aliennted from the principles of
loyalty which are the foundations of order
Hand public safety, MS to stretch forth their
hands against the Chief Rulers of Gods
speople. Tho civilized world had scarcely
recovered from tho shock of the assassina-
: ton of the Gar of Russia, before tho
President of the United States fell Mt tho
hand of an assassin. II may be that tho
4 spirit of Nihism and Socialism was not
directly implicated in the death of Garfield.
: But il is to the doctrines that have been
openly taught by Nihilists and Socialists
that we must trace the bunting of the edge
Sof those fears which wond otherwise have
restrained tho murderer of Garfield from
This wicked deed. 1t is now made clear
that not crowned heads alone nre in danger
from the evil spirit that is abroad, for these
3spirits of anarchy will tolerate no govern.
I ment, and respect no governors who will
mot be subservient to their will and do their
bidding.
Whence comes it that m evil so gigantic
should rear its head in this nineteenth CEN
fury? We may not be able, wholly, to
answer this question. But is it not the
case that it has been assumed that now, in
the manhood of the world, we can afford to
let slip the lessons that were needed in its
In tho zeal of the present age
for intellectual education, multitudes have
'grown up without any incubation Of those
positive truths of religion which orr fore
fathers 80 steadfasty instilled into their
ichildrep. Happy will it be, if warned by
Ian event that puts the world in mourning,
THE nations realize that religion is the
foundation of all order and authority upon
earth; that without the final sanction of
revelation, the sceptre of tho Rulers will
INSPIRE no sense of reverence or awe, apart
from the force which is behind it.. For if
there be no Moral Governor of the Universe,
earthly authority has no sanction from
above, and rebellion ceases to be sin.
Surely we shall not miss the mark if, in
the death knell of President Garfield, we
hear the voice of God calling men back to
THE first principles of religion as the foundn-
ition of order aud public safety. A nero
sentiment of religion will not suffice instead
lof tho plain, decisive teaching of the will OF
God. If the conscience of the nations bs
mot trained in obedience to that will, and i'll
the embrace of the truth of God, no cult
walton of the intellect will supply its
place. For man is spiritual MS we'll as an
intellectual being. He is gifted with
spirit capable of holding communion with
His Maker as well as with a brain for
mathematics and bookkeeping. 1t should
lbe the work of education to train the spirit
lin the knowledge and love of God, MS well
.as tho mind in philosophy and science.
lit is not by the advancement Of learning,
but by the training Of the spirit, that we
shall raise q barrier to the commission of
7crime. Tho highest wisdom attainable is
the fear of tho Lord. This is the only wis.
dom that can restrain the turbulent pas
;sons of mankind. And if in their search
flor wisdom the nations of the earth plnce
THE pursuit of this wisdom in tho forefront
Iof their public education, then this fear of
tho Lord will DO the root from which will
grow the honor that is due to all who arc
Invested with authority on earth. What
depth of wisdom there is in that exposition
|of the 5th Commandment which some may
count antiquatod-" duty is to honor
land obey the Chief Ruler of the nation, and
sall that nre put in authority under him."
Anticipated they may be. But they arc
Nv ords which the world can never afford to
let go, and which no lovers of their country
should cease to inculcato and teach, until
the citizens are so imbued with these prin-
lciples of order, that the seeds Of those poi
!sonous herbs of anarchy, or socialism, or
lany of the other forms in which hatred Of
government is manifested, will find no soil
lin which to grow.
And so may He who is directing all
things according to the purposes of His
Twill, and making all things subservient to
His own eternal counsels Gauge tho tragic
death which is SO universally deplorcd 10
turn to the advancement Of tho Kingdom
|of His Dear Son upon earth, in checking
the tide of evil, and bringing men to the
heartfelt acknowledgment Of the truth
ienunciated nearly 5000 years ago, that IT
fear God and keep his commandments IL
THE whole duty Of man."