The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-02

hiul, anu tONtlbltNlitSS Ol the NbINl MINI,
and falsehpod-pretrnding to be decent
when he is not-and maltrcats his parents
10y disCracing their name, If they were
good BE careful therefore, how You
charge that sin against any man either in
high place or low place, either in Office or
out of office, because when you make that
charge against man YOU charge him with
all vllanic~, with all Disgusting propcnsi
ties, with all ru,trnucss.
A lbertine is a baas-, lower than the YER
min that crawl over a summer carcass
lower than the SWINE for the swine has no
Intelligence 10 sin against BE careful, then,
how you charge that against any man.
You must he so certain that mathematic-
al demonstration is doubtful as compared
with it.
And then, when you investigate a man
on such subjects, you must 90 to the whole
. length Of investigation and find out wheth-
er or not he has repented. He may have
been on his knees before God and implored
the divine forgiveness, and he may have
implored the forgiveness of society and he
forgiveness of the world. Although il a
man commit that sin ut 30 or 81 years of
age, there is not one case out Of thousand
where he ever repents. You must in your
investigation see il It is possible that the
one case investigated may not have been
the exception But do not chop off the
seventh commandment TO suit the case Do
not change Fairbanks scale to suit what
you are weighing with it. Do not cut off a
| yardstick to suit the dry goods you are
measuring Let the law stand and never
tamper with it.
| Above all, charge you do not join in the
cry that | have heard-for 10, 20 years
have heard it--that there is no such thing
as purity. If you make that charge, you
are foul mouthed scandaler of the human
race. You are "A leper Make room for
| that leper When man, by pen or type
or tongue, utters such Islander on the hu.
man race that there is no such thing as
| purity, know right away that that man
! himself is a walking lazaretto, reeking
ulcer, and is fit for no society better than
that of devils damned. We may enlarge
our charities in such case, but in no such
case let us shave off the Ten Command
nents.. Let them stand as the everlasting
defense of society and of the church of God
The committing of one sin opens the
/ door for the commission of other sins. You
see it every day. Those embezzlers, those
I bank cashiers absconding as soon as they
are brought to justice develop the fact that
( they We're in all kinds of sin. No excep-
ton to the rule. They all kept bad COM
pany, they nearly all gambled, they all
went to places where they ought not. Why?
The commission of the one sin opened the
gate for all the other sins. Sins 30 in
| Hocks, in droves ard in herds You open
the door for one sin, that invites in all the
miserable segregation.
THE LETTER OF THE DECALoGUE.
Some of the campaign orators this au.
tumn-some OF theiil-D Darulhg the sur
ferlng Candidates all the Week Will THINK
no wrong IN ,SaObath breaking. All the
week hurllng the elShth commandment at
one candidate the seventh commandment
AT another canuluate ana the ninth COM
manqment at sui announcer what are they
doing with the ,oufth commandment, he
member tne SaDDa'h day 10 Keep IL holyF
breaking H. Is MOI 'he iourth command
ment as important as the elEhth, us the
seventh, as the hillh!
Some Oh these polltlcai campaign orators
as nave seen thelli reported III other years
ana as nave hearu IL III regard TO them
bombardlhS the suffering Candidates al
the Week. YET tossing the name OF uou IRON
their lips rechlessly, guilty. Oh profanity
what are they DONG with the thlrd com
mandmenty is not the third command
ment, which says, Ihou shaIt not take TN
name OF the i-ord my uou IN Nall' Tor Tn
Lord will not hold nm gullt!cSs That taketl
his name III VAN not the third com
mandment as important AS the other seven
On, yes we ma IN all department men ar
huflllS lheir Indignation against SINS per
maps 10 "hlcn they are hoI especiaiIy- tempt
ed-nurlinS IL against inquiry TOWARD
which they are not particularly drawn.
nave inns DOCK lor my authority whei
say that the man who swears or the MAJ
who breaks the sabbath Is AS culpable he
fore God as those candidates who breal
other commandments. what right have
you and to select which commandment
we Will Keep and winch we Will break
Better not try to measure the thunderbolts
OF the Almighty saying TINS has less blaze
this has less momentum. Better not han
die the guns, better not experiment much
with the divine ammunition.
Cicero said he saw the "liiad" written on a
nutshell, and you and have seen the Lords
Prayer written on a o cent piece, but the
whole tendency of these times is to write
the Ten Commandments so small nobod,
can see them protest this day against
the attempt to revise the Decalogue which
WAS given on Mount Sinai amid the blast o
trumpets, and the cracking of the rocks
and the paroXysm of the mountain O
Arabia Petraa.
bring up the candidates for ward an,
township and city and state office / brini
them up, and try them by this decalo..ue
OF course they are imperfect. We are al
imperfect We say th.u.,S we ought not t
say; we do things we ought not to do. w
nave an p oe. s MiIs t;d we nave an uoh