The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-02
90 sREsPoNDENoF.

Opei % eUery shade Of opinion on party o.
grievance Correspondence must not DC n6et-
tUUs or indecent and n,uSt be accompanied on
Tie adme of The writcr, not necessarily for pup
ttcdtion, bit as a guarantee Of good fdtth.)
Ed. THE lNDEPENDENT:-
"Mercy and Justice" On the
heghts, heavenly musings.
IF with honest. hearted love for
God and man, day by day thou fnd
us doing what we can, Thou who
giv'st the seed time wilt give large
increase.
81 want to be an angel, and with
the angels sing" An angel you can
never BE- my dea friend; that's an
other order Of being you know;
whether we can sing with the angels
or even hear them sing (there may
be gulf fixed) will depend there's
some wood to be sawed, split and
piled first, or our drill in theology
is all mistake.
Homer says that earth is bound
to heaven by a chain Of gold, aud
Tennyson emphasizes the same.
But, neither aver that Honolulu
is "a little bridge to heaven" across
which we can run and shake handa
with Moses, Elias, King David, ST..
Paul and others Of the celestial coun-
try without doing our work here
first-the struggle, the strife, the
eight, battle-victory perchance at
last.
"To early rise and strengthened
by His grace go forth to meet our
foes, to conquer bravely inch by
inch the ground, now here, now
there, little all around; to lie
down weary when the night draws
on-Telle est la vie To bear the
bitter taunt, the scoffing look, to
see our motives all misunderstood;
10 weary day by day for others
good, yet seem to fall to lose our
t'ustful hope; to grow to doubt our
very love and faith-Telle est la viel"
If we here, half decent, try to
love our neighbor indeed aud word
70 help him get out of the mud
puudle ON to the side walk, visit the
Door (nol eat the corn aud fir h.
shucks), the sick aud those in prison
If we carry on up-lifted arms OF
prayer the poor l-pers everywhere;
the prisoners OF Siberia, the wretch
ed convicts OF Georgia, the perseru
- Jews, and all who are d-solate
and oppressed; if we try to take
wide, earth-wide views, aud read
something daily (the Bible, N. A.
R'view, etc.) that we may take these
nnrirrs 8udiogly--uol STAYING
t,"s, i.isndo grow bigored aud
nareo", rusty aud little, uncharita-
Ie and censorious, aud finally
"ndlng 10 vacant chit-chat and
ched gossip - Heaven Forbid
rhen, may We hope for mercy for
our own miserable shortcomings,
alas!
How about those poor prisoners9
It is useless (there's wool in our
srs) for you TO tell how comfort
able they are, how wicked they've
pren, AID Us DOT common sense to
want them out-only few fanatics
who talk of it'll "One and God is
authority; we want these men to
have another chance!! III say unto
thee not nine times bnt ninety and
nine" Dare you measure Gods in
finite mercy with your weak breath,
here to- day and where before to
morrow might mayhap9
"Justice" Shades of Benton and
Rufus Choatel Injustice AID Ha-
wall. Give us a pound sterling OF
golden opinions from ali sorts Of
people--a jug of silver-edged sym
pathy. Champagne-no sham pain
in the end-cboleral "L1ok within
while yet there's time"
II said in my haste, all men are
liars" You're just the ones that
will get the grip soon as it begins to