The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-03-06
Demases Among Hawaiian Mis-
sionaries.
EDITOR Bulletin

Good name in man AMI woman.
is the immediate jewel Of their souls,
Who steals my purse, steals trash; It's
something, no hing;
Twas mine, tits his, and has been slave
to thousands;
But he who hlrhcS from me my good
name,
RObs me Of that which not enriches him,
And masses me poor indeed"
Emerson, in his essay on compen-
sation, aIiirms that popular theolo-
gy has gained in decorum and not in
principle over the superstitions it
has displaced" The fact is that the
average preacher is obtrusively dog
matte. and when entrusted with the
elevation of primitive and subor-
dinate pc pile is but too apt to pro-
claim their defects from the church
steeplc, while the every. day business
man who is brought into more
free and close contact with the peo-
pie, can see the compensating side
of character which is frequently
masked from the gaze of the foreign
pastor.
The zeal with which almost the
Whole Union Church aud pastorate
Of the congregational missionary
colony, are attempting to cast dark
shadow over Hawaiian character, is
prominent among the remarkable
features OF the present political tur-
mol. II illustrates the lawyers
maxim; NO case, abuse the other
side" There never was any case to
go before the court OF public opinion
on the question Of depriving the
Hawaiian people Of their indepen-
dence, aud the bakers dozen who.
aided with the Ranking of United
states troops. performed the revolu-
ton act on the 18th Of January,
ls!B, were struttiug in guilty con
sciences when they sneaked up To
their place Of rendezvous by twos
aud thrrcs 40 escape observation by
the police" Such il their own testi-
mouy before Commissioner Blount,
aud that seems To he about as burg.
larious 3 style Of proceeding about a
piece OF national business as could
bc well conceived. Yet that mode
Uf procedure meets with the silent
acqui"sccnce Of DR.. Hyde, while he
iuvcighs against the M brality and
want Of capacity OF the Hawaiians
to such an extent a. To suggest the
query Of whether the Reverend Prin.
cipal If the Theological Institute
was strictly moral himself in con
tinuiug in all these years, to draw
a subst antial salary for labor in such
! an unfruitful vineyard.
/ In 1888, n chief from the Marquesas
, Islands arrived ut Labaina with the
request Tor missionary To visit, wit b
the view of laboring permanently in
those distant islands. The Rev. B
W. Parker, the vcnerated father oI
the present esteemed pastor OF ka.
waiahao church, sailed with two Ha
waiiau pastors for the new field.
The following advice on the enter,
prise is firm the volume entitled
sandwich Island Notes." and may
10 studied with pleasure and profit
by all friends Of missionary work oI
whatever denomination, at the pre-
sent time:
Look to il, yc pioneers, that non.
Of you dabblr IN the political couu
ellis az wariIkc chicftains. Should
commerce send the white-wingcd
clipper Ia your shores, throw M
obstacles IN the way Of trade, a
many have dome in the Sandwich
lands. In your attempt to Chris
tiauiE" those warrior tribes civiliZ,
them on generous commercial
basis. Should the chiefs ever desir,
n revenue from commercial rcla
tions, stand alunf from fuancia
matters, aud SEQ to il that the finger
Of your compe"rS are kept out Of th,
treasury, otherwise your efforts 1,
benefit that people will he a. useles
as tn" attempts of tidal influx I,
wash away a continent"
l. il not pUs-ihl" that the lamen
over he drcad"mc" If the spiritua
life Of tho Hawaiian is misplace,
effort aud descendant! Achille
would have been invulnerabla ha,
not Thctis considered il nccessar
to hold on to his hccl when she dip
ped him in the Styx. How man,
missionaries to the Hawaiian ca
claim that they are not commercia
men aud stock .jnbbers. and canno
all the neophytrS 81" how they elm
> tenaciouSly, with both hands, to tn
heels of uSury aud politics,
; KuMr 40.