Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-12
WILL CROSS EACH BRIDGE
As 1t is Reached, So Says Minister
ThurstOn of Hawaii

TnurstOn OF Hawaii.
Minister Lorrin A. Thurston addressed a
large audience at the Foundry Methodist
Church last evening on Hawaii and its fu-
ture and was greeted with great applause
when he referred indirectly to annexation.
He said, in beginning his address, that he
was invited to come there, IL only to show
himself as one of those Hawaiians who
were in danger of having their heads cut
off. Hawaii, he continued, is not as far
away from civilization as many people
imagine. AS matter Of fact, it is nearer
the geographical center of the United States
than Washington is. The Aleutian Islands
extend out in the Pacific 1000 miles west
Of Hawaii, making San Francisco the geo.
graphical center of this country; so that
Honolulu is thousand miles nearer the
Golden Gate than Washington is.
Referring to the latitude and climate OF
the young republic, the speaker said 1t was
in the same latitude as Cuba. but there was
this difference, that the japanese gulf
stream, called, made the temperature
in Hawaii twelve degrees less than in Cuba.
The climate ranges from 81 degrees to 80
degrees in winter and summer. making the
country a veritable paradise. Hawaii. he
declared, is a child of the United States. If
ever any country was the child of another.
Americans found the islands inhabited by
people one step advanced from barbarians.
introduced and arranged laws modelled at
ter those of the United States.
From a religious point of view. the Ha-
waiians set a good example Of brotherly
love among denominations. for all the Pro-
testants there worshiped in one church.
Even the 5000 Mor1nons there were not
polygamists. There were no social distinc-
tons, and the natives were as kindly and
lovable q race as existed on the face of the
globe.
The recent trouble, he declares, has been
caused by foreigners stirring up race pref
udice. To this day. said the speaker, there
is no more danger of an uprising among
the natives than there is from the natives
In Washington. The danger is from the
foreign element, who are a sort of ward
politicians from England and America, and
who make the poor natives pull the chest
nuts out OF the fire for their use.
The Gem of the Ocean.
The speaker then showed how Hawaii
nese immigration for self protection and
even self preservation. He paid high
tribute to the Portuguese, who, he said.
were a home-loving people, and the best
kind of immigrants to have.
In reply to the question What are we
going to do?" the speaker said: 1--WE are
going to cross each bridge when we get to
1t. We do not propose to allow the country,
after seventy years of development, to
lapse again into despotic heathenism. We
Will endeaVor to hold the country to the
best of our ability, meeting each problem
with the help of Almighty God and the
American people. and ] believe that we
snail succeed in keeping Hawaii as the gem
OF the ocean. the brightest and best land of
liberty in the Pacific" The big audience
vigorously applauded this sentiment.
The meeting was the regular anniversary
or the Sunday School Missionary Society of
the Foundry Church. and Mr.. w. H. Kerr
presided. The opening exercises were mark
ed by singing by Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Fos-
ter, and after the address of the evening
there was solo by Mr.. j. o. Ball Mr.
Thurston and Mr.. Kerr were made life
members of the society.