The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-11-26
TEMPERANCE



Mrs. Leavitt, Vice President of the w. G. i: U.
Of America, arrived BY the steamer Aldueda last
Saturday, and held her INST Temperance meeLing
in the Y. NJ. C. A., the same evening Inc nan
was filled. Rev. DR.. Hyde presided, and heIs-
Cruzan and Oggel took part in the opening exer-
cises Mrs. Leavitt is of middle age, with pleas.
ing winsOme. motherly face. In stature she IS OF
medium height; she a fluent, easy speaker
using the conversational style OF address goes
straight at her work, and straight through "
makes her points in a clear, forcible way, ana
soon wins the sympathy and holds the undivided
attention of her audience. Her FIRST address was
a strong plea in favor of total abstinence.
At ToET sTEEET CHURCH,
Sunday evening there was a union Temperance
service in Fort-St. Church. The spacious audi
provided but these proved inadequate, and many
stood patiently during the entire service. fastor
CruEan presided, Rev s. Z. Bishop read the Scrip
ture lesson, and Rev. DIR. Damon offered tne
PRAYER A large union choir led the audience in
singing familiar Gospel Hymns, and the music
had excellent effect. The following Is but q
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.
uIE TIKI AND THEME.
Mrs Leavitt spoke from Isaiah DC, And the
government shall be upon his shoulder.n her
theme was God is the Government In sub
stance Mrs. Leayitt said that it was Gods right 70
rule. and that one day the prayer Thy Kingdom
come, thy will be done will be answered. AZ 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 disolaimed most earnestly any desire
for a union Of Church and State; no one would
regret more than she to 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
IL yhat,t ia than II will
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.
COPS MAGMA cHARIER-
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This code of laws has never been repealed and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 10 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 Ten Commandments On exactly the same
ground of right, and accordance with Gods moral
law are all prohibitory laws against the Liquor
traffic.
This great evil is opposed 10 Gods law, and
should be prohibited by Legislative enactments,
also because it is the great crime producer Care
ful examination and tabulation, shows that nine
tenths OF the commitments to prison in the U. 5.
are caused directly, indirectly by the drinking
habit nine ont of every ten murders have the
same cause the adulteries, fornicatiOns and con-
sequsnt divorces, are also largely caused by this
traffic. These facts show that the drink-trafhc
should be classed along with murder, arson, and
theft, and be rigidly prohibited. Our opposers
talk much Of Temperance fanatics" and "fanati
cistl - but such fanaticism" is not new. Ii x
as old, and older than Sir Matthew Hale, Chief
Justice of England. who died go 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 70 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, bat they are in accord with the
best principles of government. Gladstone, one of
the foremost living statesmen, said recently: ut
is the duty of government to make 1t as easy as
possible for every man TO do right 1t 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 driuker is the weak one. The
seller Is strong IN his desire 10 make money, anu
generally in bis 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 one 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.
AZ ATTENDANT Evil.
Where the drink-h Is formed, the drinker
fnrz
by sduandering his earnings upon himself, and in
many cases takes from the wife her own earnings
and squanders them in the saloon. A mans earn
ings do not belong TO him alone; his wife and
children have a right to their share. II he squAn
ders all he earns upon himself is he not an op-
pressor Many men, who before forming the
drink habit, oyergenerOus 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 protectedl 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 II 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.