The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-28

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' Meuciu, went To see King Seaug. Tie
King inquired Of him abruptly bow can
my kingdom be settled p Meucius replied:
1t Will lie settled by being united under
one sway cor governing influence ''
Then inquired the King "Who can so
30 unite il -
Mencius replied d" HI who has no plea
sure in the destruction wasting or passing
away Of men" "All the people of the
kingdom will unanimously give it the
settling infiuence) to him. Do you, o
King, understand the way of the growing
grain During the seventh and eighth
month, when drought prevails. the plants
become dry. Then the clouds collect den>ely
in the heavens-they send down torrents of
rain, ana the grain erectS Itself, a ii bN a
shoot. When il does 80. who can keep il
back Now among the shepherds. or
officers of your kingdom, there i not one
tOhO does MT H9d pleasure IN the dccliEe If
the pcOptC If there We're found one who
did not find pleasure in the decline of the
people, all the people of the kingdom would
look towards him with outstretched neckS.
Such being indeed the case, the people
would flock to him, a. water flows down
wards with II rush, which nO one can re-
press"
The King said What virtue must there
be to the attainment of sovereign sway >"
Mencius answered eth love and pro-
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no power which can prevent a ruler from
attaining the sovereign sway"
King Seang asked again: l. such a one
as I competent to love and protect the
people ," Mencius said Z Yes" From
what do you know that | am competent 20
Mencius said 81 heard the following from
Hoo Hell You, the King, said he, was
sitting aloft in the hall, when a man APP
peared leading AN OK past the lower part of
it. You, d King, saw him, and asked
Where i the OK gOing?' The man re-
piled We are going to consecTate "A bell
with its blood You, q King, said Let
il go. / cannot bear its frightened appear
ance, as if it Were an innocent person going
to the place of DEATH The man answered
- shall we, then, omit the conservation of
the bell?' You, o King, said How can
that be omitted &? Change it for Il sheep"
Mencius said al do not know whether
this Incident really occurred" The King
replied at did"
Then Mencius said The heart seen in
this is sufficient to carry you To the imperial
Tor sovereign sway. 1t was supposed by
many lockers on hat you, o King, grudged
the larger animal, but your servant knows
surely that it was because yOu, o King,
could not bear the sight of suffering and
pain, which made you do rs you did"
The King said =" You are right. And
yet there really was an appearance of what
some of the people cOndemned-that /
merely begrudged the larger animal. But
though my kingdom Use be a small and
narrow State, how should / grudge an Y
Indeed it was because | could not bear its
frightened appearance, as if it were an in
nocent person going to the place of death,
that therefore i changed it for Il sheep"
Mencius said ono King, deem it not
strange that some people should think you
were grudging the OK. When yOu change
a large one for a small one, how should
they know the true reason? If you felt
panied by its being led without guilt to the
place of death, what was there to choose
between an OK and a Sheep" The King
smiled, saying" Now, what was in my
mind really at the time? | did not grudge
the expense Of an OK, and yet changed it
for a sheep. There was reason i'll the
peoples saying that L grudged it,"
There is no harm in their saying So"
said Mencius. "Your conduct was an arti-
flee of benevolence. You saw the OK, and
had not seen the sheep. SO is the superior
man affected towards animals, that having
seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them
die having heard their dying cries, he
cannot bear to eat their flesh"
The King was pleased, and said 1.-The
minds of others | am able, by reflection, to
measure. This is verified, o Master, in
your discovery of my motive. / indeed did
the thing; but when / turned my thoughts
inward, and examined into il, | could not
discover my own mind. When you, Master,
spoke those words, the movements of COM
passion began To work in my mind. Yet
how is il that my heart has in it what is
equal To imperial sway >"
Mencius replied suppose IL man were
Ia say My strength IL sufficient To lift
three thousand ~clttie~, but it j. not Sufli-
cient to- lifi Il feather. My cyc-i%ht j. sharp
enough tO examine the point of "a hair hul
| do not see a wagOh-I"ad of fngg"ts.'
Would you, o King. aii"w what hc said -
No." WAS the answer. Ca which Mem
ciuS proceeded Now, il Votir CtSr i
kindness sufficient Ia reach animals, and
uo benefits are extended rom IL to tn.
people. A. ia the cI~r of the man. The
Gather not bcIn" lifted - becauS' the
strength l. not U>.I the w.lgon-.oad 81
faggDtS MOI being seen = because the vision
is not used ami the peoples NOT being
loved and protected L. because the iIdness
is not employed. Therefore, o King, why
you do not exercise imperial sway is be-
cause you do not do it, not because you
cannot do it.h
This discussion of the ancient Chinese
sage is highly interesting, as setting forth
that compassion and tenderness of heart is
a prominent mark of true greatness. Thus
Christ was pre-eminently compassionate.
"He had compassion on the multitude"
He healed, not to inspire wonder, but from
the promptings of compassion. And the
truly brave are always tender-hearted
There is II beautiful illustration of this
truth i'm the history of the CTimeau war.
1t was the still peaceful eve before the
bitter fight of Balaklava. The British
camp was earnest and thoughtful in view
of the probable death struggle of the NOR
row. Tender memories welled up in the
hearts of stern DICTIONARIES. Some youth
recalling "A fond parting, broke forth in the
strains of Annie Laurie" Home and
love took possession of bronzed warriors
walked the echoes of the Crimean heights
with 1t mighty volume of tender melody, as
with fearful eyes they gave their hearts to
love and home. Vet on the morrow, as the
work of bu let and bayOnet ragged, and
officers and leaders were stricken down, the
lion-heartcd soldiery, that were in tears
the previous eve, now met the shock of
battle with the stomach of heroes, and
saved the bloody day.
HAIR WORE!
n RS. LEA HAVING FIR Ell