Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-08-23

dropped the vCrnacular and speak Eng
lish. Savage dialects are part Of low,
scnsuous life, that must bc (orsakcn to-
gcthcr with It's other belongings Eng
fish is tonic for both mind ond
soul
would draw attention to the now
almost universal experience Of the dis.
appointing results Of attempting the
higher education of unciviIizcd races as
a part Of mission work The reasons
for this seem evident enough The
sharp brain of the savage easily outstrips
his sluggish moral nature. With him
mental attainment is merely a matter
Of ready memory and of usually con
genial effort. Moral strength is the re.
suit Of long and patient struggle. The
mental food which is given him creates
. sense of power, over which his blunt
sense Of obligation has little control
knowledge comes, but wisdom ling
ers, and especially is this true Of the
races which lie directly in the path Of
progress, and arc the prey Of the 1d-
vance.guard Of traders and Adventures.
Every power but that Of selfcontrol is
stimulated. In some quiet cddies OF
the great world current, as in British
America and parts Of OCeanlca, where
only good influences have entered,
there are undisturbed fields for simple
Christian teaching, where Gods
word entering the heart works
out into wcll-ordcrcd righteous living
but liquor and RIGHTEOUSNESS have
spared a very small part of humanity.
Education Of the heather, and Of all
backward races, must be of the head, the
hands, and the heart, judicious proper
ton being always maintained. This is Our
relation to the negro, though we bid
him God-speed in every endeavor for
the highest culture The majority of
thinking people will admit that we OF
the civilized races do not need so
much what we are getting as this train.
ing of the whole life, for lack of which
our average types Of manhood and
womanhood are weakened and pom,
to no very hopeful future. One can
well believe the truth of what it is said
Of some sections Of Europe, viz, that
in their thrift and prosperity they still
show the influence Of their early mon.
astic teachers, who were laborers and
leaders among them in all practical
arts.
In making a resume Of Hawaiian
history, | find that it divides itself into
three periods of thirty years each, as
follows
/. From 1890 to 1890, the genera
ton preceding the mission, a time Of
mental activity and material progress,
and the beginning Of the nations ply
steal decay, all due to the presence oil
foreign discoveries and traders.
2. From 1890 to 1850, in which the
people embraced the Christian faith,
and civilized institutions were estab
lished through the efforts of American
missionaries, working against tremen
dous obstacles. During this period
and even before, the harbors of Hawai-
were the annual rendezvous of from
fifty to three hundred and fifty whale,
ships, the crews of which, during week.
Of rehtting between voyages, were paic
off, and while INDUCING themselves
J almost without restraint, made the
: fortunes of the merchants and ruined
the natives.
3. From 1850 to the present time
These years, all of which come within
my own personal knowledge, present {
curious record. The line of ancien
chiefs has become extinct, the people
have become indifferent to religion!
! duties, being anxious to assert thei
political power, and the influence o
the missionaries has greatly decreased
especially since 1875. Great CONNER
cial prosperity exists, due to the treat,
with the United States, and to thu
increase of the sugar crop from Io,oot
to 10000 tons year. The five thou
! sand male Chinese adults of 1870 hav,
, increased to twenty thousand in 1883
. creating serious disproportion O
: sexes, resulting in polyandry and il
: rapid Generalization. Another Gle
: ment has been added in the presenc
}. Of some thousands of Portuguese an,
:, other Europeans, besides many Malays
The decrease of morality has KEEP
n pace with the increase Of wealth
e Leprosy has made terrible progres:
e affecting at least ten per cent. Of tn
!, native population, whose death.rat
n has gained alarmingly on the birth
0 rate. A strong race feeling has sprun
S up; and to day the Hawaiians as
S people are anti;haoIe Opposed to fol
e eigners) especially to Americans, nc
y because Americans, but because Amer
T leans are the strongest. There are bu
y few natives Of any strength left. Thi
) last period is pre-eminently one G
, decay, offering much food for thought
S especially to those who are intereste,
: in mission work for like races in othe
e parts Of the world.
G CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK.