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characters of our people, maintained
after the war.-Garland, Maine, De-
cember 19, 1883.
Voice from the Sandwich Islands.
REV. TITUS CoAN.
BEHOLD MAKE ALL THINGS NEW"
Take courage, then, beloved brother
take courage, all ye sons OF peace.
"Let the children of Zion be joyful in
their King" Put on the "Breastplate
of Righteousness" and the "Helmet of
Salvation :" grasp the "Shield of
Faith" and draw the "Sword of the
Spirit" These weapons are not car
nal, b but they are "mighty through
We preach no war gospel to the Ha-
waiians. No war of nations, of races
or of sects, and God has honored the
gospel of peace" and truth. We
have enjoyed profound peace in this
once savage and blood-soaked land for
fifty years. Professed Christian ships
and Christian fighters have often come
here to draw our fire, and they have
drawn it to their discontinue and
shame. When they threatened, we
prayed. When they drew their flash
Ing sabres, we unsheathed "the sword
of the Spirit" When they "cleared
decks for action" removed tempions
loaded with internal missiles, and
lighted the Plutonic match, we opened
the batteries of the Law and Gospel
upon them, and discharged park after
park of heavens high artillery.
Thus, and thus only, have the batter
lies of our foes been silenced, and the
I"Prince of Peace" the great captain
of our salvation, ," has slain his enc
mics with the sword of his mouth. -"
While the vast armies of enlightened
and boasting Christian nations are roll
ling and raging like ocean waves un-
der the lashings and howlings of the
tempest, and while they are soaking
the earth with human gore, and caus-
ing it to tremble under their Internal
charges, and toss up its awfnl walls of
anguish and terror to the heavens, we
are permitted to sit in peace under our
vines and fig-trees, with "none to
make us afraid"
If Christian nations will let us
alone, or if they will come to us only
sin the fulness of the blessings Of the
gospel of peace" these islands will
Hlearn war no more" and never again
will 'sviolence be heard in our land, or
wasting or destruction be seen within
our borders" "Peace and good wilp'
constitutes the very essence of the gos-
pel, and when men love and practice
the right, there will be true peace.
Hitherto, "the nations have been
mad % and that madness has infected
and paralyzed the churches. But the
day is breaking. The long, sad, dreary
night of selfish ambition, Of cruel hate
and revenge, is passing slowly away,
and the glorious sun of Righteousness,
so long obscured by the clouds and
hustling storms of human passions, ls
coming forth from the darkness OF
ages to- "shine more and more unto the
perfect day."
I do long to see the whole church
arise and slime in the light of God. I
long to see all her ministers "put on the
armor of light" and all her members
walking "as children of light" And
long to see all who love peace, give of
the silver and gold, which God says
"are mine," to help this blessed heav-
en-born work.
When Christians will give one
tenth. or one-hundredth, of what they
give to support the cruel and diabolical
art of war, for the cause of peace, that
blessed angel will again come forth
from heaven on joyful wings, and pro.
claim, amidst the acclamations of
countless hosts of earth and heaven,
that, "peace on earth" is an accom-
plished fact. God of eternal love, has
ten it.
I long to see all the children of our
Sabbath-schools throughout Christen-
dom instructed in the principles of
peace, and thoroughly permeated with
this radical gospel doctrine. fear
that this kind of teaching is, in many
cases, too much neglected, if not, in
some schools, ignored aud, instead, q
national vanity, and false patriotism
inculcated.
1t is sad and painful sight to wit.
ness the giddy enthusiasm of many
children in view of the gilded trap
pings and glittering show of military
glory. Did holy or fallen angels first
deck and paint military review =?
And who are those who attempt to
throw glinting light over battlefield,
while they throw q mantle over all
that is CHASTITY and Internal? o, that
art would cease to paint in false colors,
and the limner dip his pencil only in
the light of heaven.
SHE AwoKE TOO SooN,-"For forty
long years have my good old wife and
7 travelled hand in hand adown life's
thorny road said old Deacon Gush at
an apple-paring party the other eve
ming, and in all those years not one
single harsh, hasty, unkind word has
passed our lips when speaking to each
other. Isn't that true, mother ?"
Mother had quietly fallen asleep on
the sofa by Mr.. Gush's side, and as he
laid his hand caressingly on her shoul-
der she gave little snort of defiance
and said, sharply: -,
"Get UP yourself and build the fire
Sam Gush. built it last, and I'll see
you in Guinea before I'll build it this
4 morning, you-oh-Oh-I-I-
where am +? T guess dropped off to
sleep.n
And I guess you'd better have stayed
asleep, Lily Gush," hissed Samuel into
her ear as the crowd around the sofa
made a rush for the door and dark
corners, where giggling and tittering
could be INDUCED in freely.
If am faithful to the duties of the
present, God will provide for the fu-
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