The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-15
THURSDAY, FEB. IL. 1894
Mr.. Davies in Reply to The Friend

ares sous, anu he says that no dp-
sires to make h 5 record good ON the
subject. | fear | cannot do much
for the editors record, but | will,
once for all. make a statement which
! challenge him to cOntrOvcrt, and
then | shall leave him to quote il
and to represent il as he may deem
best
We need not go again over th"
names Of the actors Of January. lS!tS.
Some were good, and some wcr"
bad; some were missionaries sons.
and some were not: some fought for
what they regarded a. principle, and
some for booty. | observed. how
ever. that sermons "apprupriate to
the occasion were preached i'll pull
pits that. should hay" Thought.
would be drapcd in black; and 10y
men who. | should have thought.
would he broken down with grief
The Friend was much in evidence.
and invoked the PRAYERS OF the
nation for the blessings uf Heaven
on Mr.. Thur-tOn and his four col
leagues. 4 notice. 10y the way, that
nu rrirrrnrr to these prayers and
blessings was made on the 18th I
January uf MI, year. nor ia tn" mum
her uf the Friend that recorded the
celebration Of that aunversary.)
At al early date after the rovolu-
tion, wrnt" t. a personal friend
who was prominent in the move
mprt
"Onr of tn" lew bright spots in
thi, whole affair. l. thii an earnest
Christian mau lik" yourself il near
the helm. but du You realize what 1t
H. that you arr doug Do you know
that ia" remedy yOu are adopting Il
one that maukind ahhurN1'
That sc'.trur" was written last
March. and | hav" urv"r wuv"r"d ia
my opinion OF the transaction.
publicly stated. in that -aiu" month
that III wa- not plot uC bad m"n
but hlundnr of good men
Where, then, are my accusations
against TIA" missionaries. or their
sons,
But in Jun" was is.url the report
81 tnr Hawaiian Evangelical As.O"i
alton. ia which 1t was announced
that. after resolving that pulitic'
should br excluded from their pul
pits, the members had d"cidri, 10y ;
contested vote. To- call 1' Gu Issuri
diioa upon tn" Provisional Govern
ment.
BY this act. the missionary a~snci
alton furmally accepted Ia" rrspnusi
bility Of what the revolution wa
still striving To accomplish, au'
which was even then d"srril"d a
seeking 10 convey stolen king
dom.
Not satisfied with this official par
ticipatlon III what Wa nj b"st
Qucs' ionnhl" transaction. th" Friend
as late q. Octubrr. declared.
"Ih" Who'll" body OF PrOt"stan
Evangelical Christians are practical
~ unit Tor aun"NatlOu.
ask. uuw. who has dragged ~ TIA
names Of the missionaries. aud VIII
w"r" they dragged in!
The Friend tries t. max" rhUa
capital 10y laying II un NV shoulder
but there are many individual Iuj'
sluuari"s who ar" to-day a. grlev"
a. I am at the Hawaiian a'aSt iuph'
aud whose names would haN" hrr
to day a. ire" A. uIuc j., had nu
Tia" Friend and lts "lr,"udS' dieter
mined that ia" a~-urirlluu ShOIId h
part 81 Tia" revolution. and ui I'll
anu"Aatlun m"y"Iu"ut,
An act - Iiu Drtl,'r. Ind uO wor.'
brCaus,. II j. dunr bN MISSIONARY
son, aud II l. n'r'' "ltp-trap Ter VI
BISHOP To- pr'r"ud that ms cru,ur
against an act which | b"licvu I
have been politically immoral,
directed against ia" actors nrcauS
they were mi-siOnarlc, sons. que.
Iluu very much Wh"th"r som" ,
them would thank Mr.. Blshnp f.
trying to shield lhrm D"hut III
Mission Chiidrrn'S Suri"ty, au
whot her they would not prefer to l.
allowed 10 fight IN tL" open, Ike u
dlnary people
The time has now come, when Ill
religious aud tn" political parts la
better be disassDciat"d from eac
other, Religion in politics may |
very good, but politics in religion
very bad, aud the nam" Ol r"igiC
has taken nothing but harm tro
the alliance into which ia" friru
hurried il.
Even a- political move, tn
whole busin"s, j. what | wrote
year ago, that it would be-. III
l'resld"ut's u"ssagr, Mr.. BlUunt
report, the declarations u th" y"
York Nation and uf ia" Lundo
Times, are all verdi"ts 81 guilty
uHd as such ChriSi'Hd"m "W acc,
them, aud the best that any one sa
in defence is: she was wicked v
man, they were good men, and uu
it cannot be- h"l ped"
That may satisfy politiciau', bD
it is very poor comfort for the thrI
tian associations which have be-,
maunuvcrrd into such "a conflict
My opinion Of the transaction h
been pronounced emphaticaIly fro
the first, and bciicve the transa
tiOn is all that | ever thought II va
My knowledge Of the PERSONAL
Of the actors is the kuuwl.dg" pc
sessed also by others, and II l"aC
me To belicv" that many Of the
would rejoice greatly II they rou
go over again ia" last thrice
months Of their history.
My faith in many ot the n"mbr
oT 1 hn Iut.si,u fuluiIias - sIrL IA