Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-01-17
4 HUIDHN TENT
" J.Jgs not that u bs NOT J.doe,i


stood The scriptures define It com
prchcnsiyely Those who were - for
mnalc as to hear Mrs lIampson's
eloquent exposition OF II, last Monday
noon, went away cdlhcd, stimulated,
sustained and with clearer under
standing Of plain duty We do not
hope to add any thing to Mrs iiamp |
sons pungcnt cShotta,ion We shall
not attempt to pafaphase her words
But the text and its application lend
themselves so admirably to ono Of the
lessons Of the hour that We cannot re
sist the opportunity
Charity has many synonyms and ono
of them is tolerance. Not tolerance Of
Rlating wrong, Of pcrnicious error, OF
palpablc absurdity but that broad
charity which is tolerant of every hon.
est effort to find the truth in this laby
rinth OF phantasm and stern reality
that VIC call "lifc." The sum Of hu
man experience may be formulated in
the ,rlest OF ,rusmS, 1t may be clabor
atcd with profoundcst philosophy, II
may bc expressed in a mathematical
demonstration, it may bc indicated 10y
an interrogation point Every man
must read for himself the riddle Of life
il life be to him riddle; OF find FOR
himself the value OF the unknown guam
ti,y in the equation If II be to him an
eauation or settle it of hand by bit
OF dogma,ic clap trap If he he too dull
to imagine and too idle to think And
the sum OF human experience, not only
to dull folk and too lazy folk but to
m any of the worlds brightest, has come
to day to mean failure"
Failure is the two.cdged sword that
every human being breads most, and
failure above all things makes most hu-
mans in,olcrant. Yet who Of us pauscs
to think that intolerance produces fail
urc more often than any other cause
save sheer incapacityp
Organization is the crying need OF
Hawaiian affairs to day. Is it not as
plain as a pike staff that the honest in
teligencc of the kingdom may no,
dominate politics until it organizes l,
fails to organize because men equally
intolerant of wrong are also equally in
tolerant OF each others opinions. Has
it not been demonstrated so that the
clcarness OF the demonstration is like
the unolouded sunlight of noon that we
cannot hope for reform in the health OF
the native race until We organize to OBJ
tain tp We have no organization fol-
the hygienic regeneration OF the nation
because citizens mot the doctors) dis
agree, and their intolerance Of each
others methods forbids their union. Is
it not automatic that the planters (who
thanks largely to the Planters Monthly
have the most perfect union outside
the Christian churches) ought to be
more perfectly organized than they ye,
arc in their handling of the labor topic
in their experiments with machinery,in
their agricultural experience The,
have not yet obtained the full value o
their organization because some hav.
been intolerant and have Judged" un
wisely.
1t is so hard not to "judge" Th,
writer Of this has judged harshly ant
has been himself judged He ha
weighed and has been himself fount
e wanting. Is there any one Of us VIII,
: has not-save only those human minu
G quantities who have neither the courag
5 of their convictions nor convictions t
) be courageous aboutr
a But out of storm and stress com
It often peace and calm. The men VIII
S have learned the peril of censoriousness
:, and have profted by the knowledge
c must come also to learn the safety c
c cordial cooperation, the strength G
= union.
4 You who have lived here for half
century and have seen five rulers o.
the throne, have watched the abatemer
h of one scourge and the growth c
q another, have known other rise an
!. other decline in the yield Of staple pre-
d ducts, have passed through commercii
A crises-have, in brief, known the foo
.e tide and the ebb Of half dozen period
If in Hawaiian prosperity-y0H are tn
al ones to whom the younger generatio
10 turns expectant, Now, If ever. we nee
is your experience and your counse
,e The sin Of intolerance, now, would b
;r the sin Of sins.
er II does not follow that the men {
a to-day will be, or ought to be, led b
Mt the men of yesterday. Mr.. w. {
es Smiths eloquent plea tor the youn
It, men Of to-day is valid plea To thel
x. the nation must look for action. "