The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-06-02
In proof. 1 notice first.

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coz sUSI,Hss NATIONS ToE NATIONAL SINS.
Lean t+Le Only one ul Two illustrations from Tie
many ~1lcu history fuTEishv~. For nearly 20
years AInerica cherished the sIn OF slavery. The
wrongs OF the poor slaves and their cry came up 70
God. With lOaG-Suneung patience He endured
the great evil. giving that great Nation time for
repentance and PREPARATION Of her wroEg-doing; but
she would not. At last, the cupof slavery lnIquity
was full. God used the sword Tor His scalnel' and
cut from the breast of the nation that terrible
cancer. The woe, the anguish, the weakness which
came from four years Of war, was the PENALTY
Take Turkey. the -Sick Man Of Europe" as
another illustration. Standing, a. she does, with
one foot IN Asia and one III Europe, holding the
Dardanelles and the Bosphorous, the keys 20 those
great inland oceans. the Mediterranean and the
BLACK SeRS. with q country OF vast extent. wonder
li resources ana 7aEied scenery ana climate, she
should 10 one Of the strongest and Te1lthieSf IA
tions in the world. She i one Of the weakest and
poorest. Size Is the Begsar among nations, hank
rupt 10 treasury and morals, lettering to her fall.
Her rHlers, for generations, have been raPaclcus
robbers, expressing their subjects; from the palace
Of the Sultan To the howell of the peasant, the poi
son of RIGHTEOUSNESS has tainted the blood Of the
nation. How the hand OF God hath smltten her
for her sins! Army after army has invaded her
territory. She has been SCARED, and cut, and
harried By the sword, and trampled under the boots
of charging squadrons. Province after province of
her rich domain has been Trested from her. She
exists Is a nation to-day only because the great
divided! N' gre i" 80 ~ 'N"'
Sin is the great national destroyer. 1t saps nat
ural resources. II renders great armies and na7ies
impotent.
.. Inotice, second. that a nations solid well
pt!I1 CONSISTS IN the persons OF teT people SAYS
DIR. Bushnell: National wealth j. personal, not
material. II includes the natural capacity. the in
dustry, the skill, the science, the bravery, the 10y
atty, the moral and religious worth of the people.
The wealth OF a nation Il Ia the breasts OF her
sons. Let manhood be advanced, il i sure 20
BRING with II riches, justice, liberty, strength. STA
Dility, inyincibility, and every other good. Neglect
az degrade manhood, and every sort OI success and
prOsperityfs but accidental and deCeitful." That
any ruler, or statesman, should lOOh upon the
mGnhood of his countrymeua rs secondary, in con-
sequence. 10 money and possessions: nr. that he
ZhDVln NOT yaluP Gha lpVPnua of great abilities and
nigh moral qualities-such as purity, vieor, yaloT,
.nteglity-above any other possible increase or
advantage IL full of portent 10 that nation. "Nou
will confer said Epicteius, "the greatest benefit
on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by tx
aitiug the souls of your fellow-citizens: for IL =
better that great souls should live in small habita-
'ions, than that abiect slfves should hurroW IN
great houses
The supreme value OF manhood IL seen ii we look
back 10 the founders OF America. That heroic
band who came over IN the Mdtyinire1, md laid the
foundations, OF a great nation, dld not conr 10
amass wealth bat TO secure liberty. - one has
we'll said They brought hither III yheir LIle
ships, not money, not merchandise, nor 1EFax OF
armed force, hut they came freiRhted with religion,
learning, law, and the spirit OF men. Strong IL
God and in their own heroic patience, they began
rheir combat with danger ard hardship. Disease
SmOte them nut they faltered not famine, bat
thev toasted on rooIs uilh Il patient spirit. They
built 4 house for God, theu foI fhemsaiy;-. They
established education. They gave their sons TO
God through Him 10 virtue through virtue TO
the State. So they laid the foundations. 1t was
the strong manhood OF their sons which won the
victory against such fearful odds in the heroic
-tIbGEic cI lasOt vie .ALtrlAct lNDh he pace (
among The nations. II was the blood Of the
Pnritans IN the veins OF the loyal North, which in
1861 was q potent force in saving and perpetual
ing the nationality which our fOreiathers had
bequeathed us.
8. And this suggests, third, that a Mation must be
defended rs ireH as constr ifcted. But where lies the
strength of q nations defense, in time of peril Z
In such things as money purchases in ships, foeti-
iicatlons, guns, OF the latest improved pattern, hnd
munitions Of war? No! 1.-The real bulw8rk of q
nation says DR.. Bushnell, is in the bodIea Of
her sons; on, / should rather say in the spirit ind
pTlnciptP- ni her Sons, They are public love.
wisdom. attachment 10 home and country, and
bravery. These cannot toe bought with money.
They ere NOT INSPIRED 10y al occasion. They can /!
not he infused into n msan-bred, sensual, de
bauchef, incorporate people. In z time Of crisis
and Is based UPON, noble principles, are worth more
than treasure, guns and munitions OF war. We
~" tiiS truth III 1861 IN America. The nation
ives stripped by a trailorous cabinet OF her guns
ana !unnIiiCns Ot war; she was without an army
or navy. But she had men,
High minded, manly men.
Men who their duties knew.
But knew their rights, and knowing daIe maintain"
Men for example, like General Sumner: At the
end Of the second day OF the bloody battle of Fair
the Union troops, had forced their way
across the Chichahominy. The floods carried
away the bridges. The situation was one of tx
IRENE peril. After making ali arrangements Tor
al atIich, Gen. Summer SEM for Ten. Sedgewtck
The enemy will, doubtless open Oh us
at daylight. He can overwhelm US, and destroy
rs. Bnt the country cannot afford TO have us de-
feaied. There rs just one thing for us TO do: We
stand here and die like meni Impress it
upon your officers that We must do this to the last
man-to the last fnau! We may not meet again.
Goodbye, SedSewick, poOd-byer - And the two
brave soldiers shook hands and parted. The enc
nv failed 10 attack. and the sacrifice MAS aVerted
Bat Sumner VAS the man 10 have carried out his
resolution, ana died NJ his post of duty tor coun-
In suca men, and she counted them by the
though althOnt an army or navy, America,
invincihle. And there IL the real strength of
Very nation i'll time OF peril: in the devotion OF
manly sons, who will die for her if need be.
H.-How can this great need, this real strength,
power and wealth of 4 nation-manly men-be
developed l. In tfne, yell guarded, righily-
hon. THIS - The corner stone OF all governments.
1t li-- iricA 81 all government-o ali order. With
nuJ IL there can be no stability, no morality, and
Of course no true manhood. Napoleon : celebrated
answer" Sire, what is the great need of FranceI'
Mothers us in point. But I would broaden it:
The great need Of this nation, of all nations is,
hat Gods best gift, the family, shonld be kept
and sacred.
Those grand men VINO founded America knew
his. Before the nation was born, 4 well-guarded
nome, where simplicity, piety, ana purity reiGned,
vas made she national citadel. Modest, pnre,
nome keeping mothers noble, brave, true. PatriO-
&c fathers were The nation standing army. They
lonr came, form from these homes vent the
NashinGtons, Lees, Marions, Sumter's and
1reenes to fight her battles and the Adannses.
Madisons, tranklins and Jefersons TO frame
her Constitution and make her laws.
The homes Of every nation are her stronseSt
ration of 1900. The hand Of every mother touches
1ot alone the cradle of her babe, bat the cradle
m the lips oi his baby is felt upOn the lips Of the
laiior Of the near future. What is that nation, in
he near fnture 10 he: Just what cur homes
ire to-day-no stronger, no wiser. no purer. Your
mild hreUthes the moral atmosphere ui your home.
/ becomes his very life. He secs the world through
our eyes. iour life and spirit mold him. He ,
and moves and has his BENG in YOU. Your
hid. twenty years from now, will incarnate your
home. And what l. tTne Of YOU: boy, and your
home, j. true al all. Ii the homes of this nation,
ii any nation. ere, low, cOar--, drunken, carnal,
,Issiouate, prOfans. sensual, deyilish, the virus
sill enter the very veins of the body pu.itic. Water {
8, never purer, and never rises higher, than its
-purce. 4 nations life i never puTer or higher
han its home life. :
Whoever raises his hand Ia roiiute the purity, :
n weaken the stability OF the family, strikes q :
nj The very heart of the nation. He, OF all :
nen il an enemy of his country. He who weakens c
he family tie by the advocacy Of easy divorce l
P vino pieTces the family to the heart with the g,
iillettO OF " free love- he who violates the sane ,
ity OF marriage ny the Illicit qualification of pas !
men ara guilty Of INSTRUMENTATION I
galnst God, against humanity, and against their c
.ation. This l. one Of the dread perils Of our day. :
I ulegaCes the life OF every nation where it exists, i
or il pOiSOns the source from whence true man I
- II ne .