Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-06-09


satisfied vi d the world II has al.
ready cong lered-
These men, in private life, are
the very cram OF the world; they
are hospitable. even where the
stranger has at times entered
their doom but to betray the
faults and ioibles OF their family
circle; the are moral and relig-
ious. oferirg to the God of their
fathers their daily lives in hum
bic effort o follow thst Of His
Son; they IRE charitable, using
that term in application to a
desire to Hess aud help others,
so that most of them do some
thing for Il e education and sup
port of Hawaiian youth.
This is Il e individual life; now
would that the same could be
written of the associated life OF
the community. but in truth. it
cannot. 1t is no easier for them
to make this the kingdom OF
heaven than it was for the rich
man to enter it burdened with his
wealth in the days when the
teacher Of Nazareth stated the
difficulty. And therefore we find
them lacking in that charity
which thinketh no evil, beareth
all things, seeketh not her own
and believeth all things.
That which they have said of
their queen. the stories they have
circulated Of the private life of
some of her adherents. could be
readily reel )rocated In kind. Let
the Royals the Hawaiian, have
this to his credit; he has never
descended t; that K nd of warfare.
But is it no sad that the scandal
and the gos lip of this civil strife
should have come from lips on
which the notes of prayer have
scarce been hushed? That for real
forbearance and that silence which
is golden, va must look not to the
children of he missionary but to
the descendant of the savage or
the family OF the unbeliever.
1t is not forgotten here that the
only detrac ion from the merits
of the marty red priest of Molokai
came from one of their number
after the lips which had prayed
for the dying leper every day for
nearly twenty years were cold and
silent; with rs this is dead issue,
but since ! have been here two
articles have appeared in native
newspaper rssenting the old SLAM
der of Fathe Damien S character.
For these Hawaiians feel; they
bear wrong in silence, but the
heart is heavy and sore.
They think We are Indifferent
said full looded Hawaiian to
me. These people who have
tried to barter away our nation;
and why? We do not deny that
they have been our friends. We
love our frie Ids; we meet them in
private life lst as we always did;
we try to treat them Hospitality
and courteogisly, we say nothing
of the wrong they have done our
queen, and what is our returni
They send word to other nations
that we do MT care; that we will
cheerfully submit to loss of ma
tionality. They are utterly wrong;
we feel our position and snffer,
keenly. sadly. though silently"
Other testimony at my COM
mand mostly confirms the above.
No person ignorant of the Hawai-
ian temperament can appreciate
the intense 'ieiicaey of this peo-
pie. Oh, how they love their |
flag! No wonder that the pro- |
7isionalists PARTY. having sought |
% obliterste the nation. now are
considering sundry designs for
changing radically the national
'nsign. thos, colors which were
'nce before hauled hown by a
oreign powar. but which the
lative. to lis great Joy. saw
estored after nearly six months
" the same power. Thus there is
precedent for their simple, /
Christian faith that the
United States will do as honora-
'ly by then as was done by
,onarohieal Great Britain, and
be first act of Colonel Blount
ave the color of truth to this
Inference.
But how did they greet the
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