Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-18
4 Di'oppoinfsd Liberal


lulu, and hi, disgust at the Puu,anic sictness
with which the day was observed, is quite
amusing. Tie writes, Never in Scotland or
Connecticut, have | seen such paralysis as
fell upon Honolulu, the first day Of the week.
lie expected to witness merry scenes, island
ers swimming around the ship in Arcadan in.
nocencc, the joyous dance and song Of the guile
less children 81 the sun = but he finds the stores
shut, and the drug clerk refuses to sell him
glass Of soda. 1t is "silent city, parayfed
by pie,y" Tie must Ego to church to see the
people" All this IS very discuuraging and dis
gushing TO our Liberal friend But aside from
It's splendid tribute to Christianity, there arc
two or three thoughts suggested by this comics.
sion.
one Is the thorough selhshness Of the visit.
The apostle Of Liberalism has no object but
selfish one in visiting the island city. The is.
landers ought to amuse him, by using the
Pacific as a swimming bath Old Rome, in
the fulness Of her power ranSacked earth and
sea ior amusement. Elephants, tigers, lions,
gladia,ors, fought in her arenas; bu, our friend
is disguised that these children Of The sun don't
sport in the great deep for his delight. Has
he not come all the way hom London for a
new sensation, to fulfil an ideal2 The dance
and song that should have welcomed this son
Of the Saxons is wanting and so he sulks in
his tent. The longed for glass Of soda is de.
MED even civilization, in this remote corner,
is disappointment
Contras, this spri, a moment with tina, of
the missionaries OF the cross,-men and women
who sought the islands Of the sea when the in.
habitan,s thereof sat in darkness ; who ,oiled
and prayed, home sick and heart-sick, hollow.
ing the coral reef into sleeping. places ior their
dead sacrificing home, health, life itself, not
for the dance and song Of the heather, but to
carry the gospel Of Jesus to dying men. Out
upon such Liberalism as this, rooted and
grounded in selishness Blu, isn't this apostle
Of culture, Of Sweetness and light" repre-
sentative Of modern self.styled Liberalism il
his sehshness, satisfied only with amusement
dance, song and soda water, protesting
against the old Hebrew spirit with its obedi
ence to the law and will Of God, prcferrng tn,
"Arcadian innocence Of nature, with it,
purely animal existences
But again, how thoroughly inconsisten, will
himself. The liberal becomes iliberal
straightway he comes in contact with met
who choose 10 observe Sunday differently from
himself. The missionaries didn't 90 TO Homo
lulu with power to enforce Sabbath law. the,
were not backed by British arms ; they wer
simple, unassumng, God .icaring men, The.
taught the truth. The natives in the full us
bath, chose to cease heathenish dances an,
songs. and to close civilized stores, and refus
soda 1t il-becomes a Liberal to fine
fault with his fellows for using a freedom o
choice that has led him into his own way q
thinking Once they swan, danced, sang
Sundays. As free moral agents, they chose t.
worship God. The very essence. of Liberal
ism is in freedom of choice. Yet how sure
is that selfstyled Liberals refuse their fellow
men the right of choice when they choos
r orthodoxy.
II prefer Paul to Ingersol, surely the latte
ought no, to blackguard me. II prefer tn
old to the new--in truth or in wine-bccaus
the old is better, vendors of the new ough
+, not to abuse me. Yet fear me the travel
ling apostle is but fair specimen Of hi
a class.
Our friend is out of date, OF out of place
. II he had sough, Honolulu earlier, he nigh
, have found islanders swimming round tn
. ship in Arcadian innocence" They used t.
years ago, but they sought for flesh. "Th
:, guileless children of the sun" used to NEE
travellers with song, and dance about them
but the result was disastrous to the men the
danced before. Mr.. Conway is a little too lat
10 enjoy the former customs, but We can easl
, remedy that failure by a change OF place
There are islands in the Pacific, even now
where he would be welcomed. There are i,
, ISLANDERS who would gladly swim out to him
: sing TO him, and dance before him. To b
; sure, the soda might be lacking and the store
might be absent, but such as there was woul
: be his, and he would meet with warm re
y ception. Indeed, so gladly would they welcom
him, that, transformed by the welcome, he woul
lose his identity. andi time swim, dance an
sing whcnthey did. Let himseek such Z" childre
Of the sun, and add to their enjoyment; an
> Join the " choir invisible" Of which godle,
culture and .Sadduces1 unfaith prates S
much. Wouldn't it be we'll for self-styled Lii
!, eralism to Try its hand for little ON III
: heather, and spend less strength trying to VI
! dermine the law OF God where obedience
;, genuine and earnest. -Co1e5f ondenor of Be
ton UaffhMan.