The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-11-26
TTtEPEEANCE


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Mrs. Leavitt, Vice President Of the W. C. T. U.
Of America, arrived by the steamer AlaaHeda last
Saturday, and held her first temperance meeting
m the Y. NJ. c. A., the same evening. The Hall
was filed Rev. DR.. Hyde presided, and Revs.
Cruzan and Oggel took part in the opening e1er-
cises- Mrs. Leavitt is Of middle age with pleas
ing. winsome. motherly face. In stature she Is Of
medium height; she Is a fluent easy speaker,
using the conversational style of address goes
straight at her work, and straight through it
makes her points in clear, forcible way, and
soon wins the sympathy and holds the undivided
attention of her audience. Her first address was
strong plea in favor Of total abstinence
At FoRTsTREET CHURCH.
Sunday evening there was a union temperance
service in Fort-St Church. The spacious audi
ence room was packed densely. Extra seats were
provided but these proved inadequate, and many
stood patiently during the entire service. Pastor
Cruzan presided, Rev. s. E. Bishop read the Scrip
ture lesson, and Rev. DR.. Damon offered the
prayer. A large union choir led the audience in
singing familiar Gospel Hymns, and the music
had excellent effect. Tho following Is but a
meager outline of the mere ribs of thought" Of
this strong lecture. The address was full of apt
and telling illustrations, and though over an hour
long, held the attention of the immense audience
to the close.
THE TEXT AND THEME.
Mrs. Leavitt spoke from Isaiah sc, "Aud the
government shall be upon his shoulder" Her
theme was "God is the Government In sub
stance Mrs. Leavitt said that it was Gods right 10
rule, and that one day the prayer "Thy kingdom
come, thy will be DONE" will be answered. At one
time IN the worlds history, in the time Of the
Judges, Gods right to rule was recognized. Gov
eminent among the Israelites was theocracy
The speaker disclaimed most earnestly any desire
for union of Church and State; no one would
regret more than she 10 see the Church dominate
and rule the State, or the State dominate the
Church. Government should remain in human
hands, but the law of God should rule the
souls and lives of those who govern, and the
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matter little what the form Of Government may
be, or who holds the reins of pover-the real
power will abide in the unseen but real Ruler.
GODS MAGMA CHARTER
1t follows then, that all laws should be in accord
with the Ten Commandments. This is Gods
Magma Charter for the government of the world.
This code of laws has never been repealed and
never will be. So far as the Commandments
touch our conduct IN relation to our fellow men
they are the standard, and laws should be made
TO accord with them. And in far greater degree
than men generally suppose this is true now Your
laws against murder, stealing, arson, adultery
etc, strike their roots down into and grow out Of
the len commandments. On exactly the same
ground of right, and accordance with Gods moral
law, are all prohibitory laws against the Liquor
traffic.
A CRIME PRODUCER
This great evil is opposed to Gods Law. and
should be prohibited by Legislative enactments
also, because it is the great crime producer Care
full examination and tabulation, shows that nine
tenths OF the commitments to prison in the q. S.
are caused, directly indirectly by the drinking
habit; nine out of every ten murders have the
same cause; the adulteries, foundations and con-
sequsnt divorces are also largely caused by this
traffic. These facts show that the drink-trafic
should be classed along with murder, arson, and
theft and be rigidly prohibited. Our opposers
talk much of Temperance fanatics" and "fanati-
cisrl !" but such 'fanaticism" is not new. II is
old, and older than Sir Matthew Hale, Chief
Justice of England, who died $50 years ago. In
his address on retiring from the bench this world
honored fanatic" said: 'If the crimes and
enormities which have been brought before me for
judicature during the more than 20 years that
have held this Office were divided into five equal
parts, four of those parts must be attributed to
the use of strong drink"
THE DUTIES OF GOVERNMENTS.
Prohibitory laws are not only in accord with
Gods moral law, but they are in accord with the
best principles of government Gladstone, one of
the foremost living statesmen said recently: at
Is the duty of government to make it as easy as
possible for every man to do right; it is the duty
of government to make it as difficult as possible
in every man to do wrong" A correct principle |
most admirably stated Carried out, this principle
in the light of the facts about crime Just given
would put law on the statute-book of England |
closing every saloon.
Another principle of all government in accord |
ance with Gods law is, that legislation should |
protect the weak against the strong In this mat
ter of the drink traffic, the liquor seller is the
strong, and the drinker is the weak one. The |
seller is strong in his desire to make money and
generally in his selfcontro in pursuing that end;
the drinker is weakened by habit and appetite and
the partial loss of will-power and self-control |
So the strong is able to rob the weak one of |
his money, his business, his self-respect and his
character. Should not the law protect this weak |
one? But in one sense the drinker is the strong
one and his wife and children are weak and should |
be protected.
AN ATTENDANT EVIL.
Where the drink-habit Is formed, the drinker
Expresses those dependent upon him for support
by squandering his earnings upon himself and in
many cases takes from the wife her own earnings
and squanders them in the saloon. mans earn
ings do not belong to him alone; his wife and |
children have a right to their share If he suuan-
ders all he earns upon himself is he not an op-
pressor? Many men, who before forming the |
over generous to their wives and
children, not taking for themselves their fair
share of the earnings, will after the habit is
formed, take every cent of the income, and leave
their dear ones to suffer want. Should not these
helpless weak ones be protected The lecture
closed with an earnest appeal to Christians to do
all in their power to bring the Government under
which they live into accord with Gods moral laws
and thus bring the Government upon His
shoulder"
Mrs. Leayitt spoke again Monday and Tuesday
evenings to large audiences, and closes the pres
ent series of lectures with still another address to-
night 1t Is her purpose to visit the other islands
in the Kingdom and will probably deliver another
series of lectures in Honolulu before leaving for
America. She will probably not return to America
until June LIST.
Mrs, Hampsou the EvauRelist