The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-02-17

sacred trust. How shall a queen |
sway the nations sceptre9 With !
what sweet gentleness? With what
beautiful humility? With what low
ing benignitya With what womanly
sympathy? With what unselfsh
fidelity? With what impartial
equity. With what outreaching
charity? With what spotless puritys
With what wise guidance? With
what willing selfsacriice for the
peoples well being? How shall a
queen become the nations nursing
mother? This is the sacred duty
given our new sovereign in trust.
And there has been no other queen
on the throne to teach the lesson.
She must learn it for herself alone.
So delicate and difficult task is set
before her. And she will need all
the cheer that loving people can
give her. Let us help Her Majesty,
then, by large, and generous, and
uplifting loyalty. Let us give her
the confidence that begets confidence.
Let US give her such glad welcome
to the throne of the land we love, as
will fill her with grand enthusiasm
in her queenly duties and dignities.
Let US expect such a wholesome and
happy reign of our gracious Sover
eign as will give her perpetual cheer
of her sacred trust, and inspire her
with an eager longing and stead
fast purpose to fulfill the highest
hopes of her loyal and loving people.
Never before, in the whole history of
the Kingdom, has such an oppor-
tunity come to any sister woman to
do herself and her nation honor. The
first queen of the realm, it is given
her to show what queen of the Ha-
waiian Kingdom should do. 1t is put
In her power to become an example
for all successive queens of this ''sea-
girt nation" so that it may be proud
ly said, "They walked in the ways
of the good Queen Liliuokalani, who
made the nation glad"
And to such happy reign all
things are inviting. She has come to
the throne in the midst of peace.
The very sound of partisan strife is
hushed. She has come to the throne
amidst the glad acclaim of all the
loyal land. Not a voice among all
her subjects that is not saying, "Long
live Liliuokalani." She has come
to the throne at time of Astounding
prosperity. Never before was there
such hum of busy industry, or such
waiting wealth for willing hands.
Never before was there such a swift
speeding of the worlds commerce to
and from our shores, or such a set
ting in upon us of the tides of the
worlds travel, or such an interest
gathering about us of the worlds
diplomacies. It is time of growth
and of possible greatness. And she
has come to the throne, may we not
humbly hope, at the dawning of a
day of promise for the nations cul-
ture and character; at time when
| the schools are multiplying and rap
idly progressing in means, and
methods, and aims; and when the
churches are reaching out more
hopefully after the people; and when
the tides of the toiling immigrants
out of the heather lands are begin
ming to be turned toward the way oil
life. It certainly is time wher
things seem so be Frightening to
ward the breaking of the day.
And SO, with expectant hope, we
may say to our gracious Queen
"Who knoweth whether thou ar
come to the Kingdom for such {
time as this7" It is a time te
show the sweet winsomeness o.
womanhood in helping the people
up into higher and purer life; {
time for an example in high places
of all beautiful virtues and all holy
activities; a time for the outreach
ing of a queenly hand to lead the
people up into new heart hope. Ant
if our gentle queen has come to the
throne for this, to walk before thu
nation in the beauty of a Christliks
womanhood, to love her people will
motherly devotion, to stoop from
her throne low enough to get neal
peoples hearts and homes, and tt
bear good will and give good cheer
to the work of redeeming the lanC
for Christ, then this reign so auspi
ciously begun will be remembered
long as the happy reign of the good
Queen Liliuokalani. And for that i
is ours to pray. And for that it il
ours to give all needed sympathy
and all possible helpfulness.
So much we owe of personal favor
to our sovereign Queen.
But that is not all the reach O.
the tribute we ought to render w,
have not only good wishes to give
but we have good work to do. Ever
a queen cannot redeem her lanC
alone. And so go on to say tina
we are summoned to special ser
vice under the new regime. W,
want it to be illustrlous. We wan
the reign of our first queen to be thu
most benign and beneficent in al
the nations history. How can it b,
made that? Only by making it thu
period of the greatest moral pro
gress. And that is our opportunity
to secure a grand uplifting of tn,
social and spiritual life of the PEG
pie. The reign of our late King will
long be remembered as the period O
the genesis of the nations fnancia
prosperity. That honor belongs t.
the administration of Kalakaua
And it is no small honor. But it il
not the highest possible honor
Better the people saved than the
wealth saved. Better the culture O
hearts than the culture of cane
fields. Better more morality thar