Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-11-29

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disturbing the work Of the missionaries in
China. from earthquakes and Other drsuuct' |
i've agencies Vet is. IS II | hear voices say. |
ing. that there are homes which sorrow has in.
yaded. because loved ones have been severed
from their presence and taken TO tho home on
high.
My fricnds, lie here below resembles this
island weather OF sunshine and showers iof
smiles and tears arc mingled in is compost.
ton Sin is here and because OF It separation
and sorow
"rcor wandering raJe, aid the rttyins spirit
Dearly ye pay for your primal fall
Some how'r,u u Eden ye still inherit,
nut the trail Of the serpent is over them oil
But on this day Of Thanksgiving point TO
the streak Of crimson and gold on the edge Of
the blackes, cloud The Bible says 4" Now
we see through glass, darkly, but then face
to face; now, we know in part, but then We
shall know even as also we are known.'--n
greater difference between here and the here.
after than between Sir Isaac Newton when
little child in his mothers lap, pointing to the
stars, and the same Newton, forty OF fifty
years after, then a man and philosopher meas
uring with SPY glass in hand the Empire Of God.
=. Our educational agencies.
An important part ofthe work that belongs to
the church OF Christ is to provide Christian cd
ucation ior her youth; to so thoroughly furnish
and equip them withknosledge, that they may be
trained for positions Of influence and trust and
the ranks Of her ministry may be strengthened
10 preach the gospel Of salvation at home and
abroad.
In America the state has assumed the rcspon.
siblity and care Of Tie public school. The
suppositon is, that every child, the poor child
as well as the rich, has mind that mind is as a
light, and the object is to kindle it, The in.
stitu,ion opens its doors to all. irrespective Of
external circumstances or religious convictions
The state proceeds upon the principle, that the
intellect must be traincd that the age demands
and the land needs intelligent citizens TO occupy
positions Of power and trust and to shed lustre
on every department ana sphere Of activity; and
that in proportion to the diffusion Of know
ledge paupers and criminals will decrease.
Hence the incalcuable value of the public
school, ope ming, as it does, the golden posi-.
bilties of an honorable and useful life TO every
child in the land.
Bnt the mere training OF the intellect is not
all that is needed. For the well trained
brilliant mind may become the skeptical, un.
believing mind, and perhaps know too much
to be guided by the wisdom of God and to
listen TO Jesus, who says;
Except ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter into the king.
dom of heaven" II has been well said az
Christian people will not be gladdened by the
diffusion of merely intellectual education. We
do not want more knowing people, except As
it shall be also more Christian people" I,
is therefore essential, that in addition to the
dissemination Of knowledge the fear of God,
which is the beginning of wisdom, shall be
implanted in the minds of the young.
In the beauties OF Ruskin," the question
is asked, what facts person entering into lif,
should accurately know, and the writer says
81 believe in brief, that he ought to know thre,
things
Flint. Where he is
"Ssfondly, Where he is going
"ZIi,Ily. What he had best do under thos,
circumstances.
THE man who knows these things, and VIII,
is ready to do what he knows he ought,
should call educated; and the man who know
them not, uncducated, though he could tall
all the tongues of Babel"
The value of Christian institutions to tn
7 young who are-thcre educated, and to us a
members Of society and Christians, cannot b,
over estimated. For 10 the young it is tn
period, when character is formed, and there
fore to them Of ncalculable value, that tn
moral training should be healthful and sound
5 and religious training be faithfully inculcated.
This city is rich in the possession Of Christ
ian schoos-a fact we should recognize with
sense of gratitude to God. l, proper tina
5 in the presence of this representative audienc
should speak OF the royal act ola royal lad
s in the direction of education. | have reicrenc
b to the generous provision made by the lat
q Hon. Mrs. Bishop in her last will for tn
establishment Of schools among us, tina, sha
contemplate the mental and moral elevatio
of the Hawaiian youth. Some one has said
e "Wealth ill.used is as the net OF the spider
S entanglng and destroying but wealth well
e used is as the net OF the sacred fisher, VIII
n gathers souls Of men out of the deep
!. Doubtless We all feel, that in the case reiel
= red to the wealth was nobly and worthily de
Z voted
{ Among the educational agencies Of pee
pie the press fills a conspicuous place,
conservative German publication says the fol
). lowing on this point 1.-THE influence Of tn
i press on the peoples life is indisputably great
E Nothing has so great an influence on publ
\ orally acknowledged that, for short, the pres
i is called the expression Of public opinion
i The influence Of books in our day, when tn
S great public may be said to read no books c,
S cept novels from public Libraries. cannot b
e compared with the influence OF the press. An
n what is the influence OF the school compare
d with the influence Of the daily press tn
C school exercises its influence on childhood an
h youth, but eSers no further power on III
:, young man and the maiden. These for Ii
y remainder Of theirliv come under the influenc
It Of the press" YES, who can estimate h
e influence OF the press upon the intellectual an
!, moral life Of people'
d II has been said
u THE press all land, shall sing
d The press, the press bring
e All lands to bless
opallid w4ntl o labor stark.
Behold ~s bring the second ark
The press, the press. the pfss,
:, But to accomplish this end Of being bcs
ing ,othe home,ihe community aud to mankin
= At large. it must be in advance Of the people