Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-09-08
ANNALS wAKAPAI.A BY THE SEA.
(XXVIII.)
THE RESURRECTION.
/. BY ANNE MARIE PRESCOTT.

on me, and carried me out in the
Spirit of the Lord, and set me
down in tIre midst of the valley
which was full of bones, and caus-
ed me to pass by them round
about; and, behold, there were
very many in the open valley; and,
10, they were very dry. And ho
said unto me, Son of man, can
these bones live ? And / answer
ed, o Lord God, thou knowest.
Again he said unto me, Prophesy
upon these bones, and say unto
them, o We dry bones, hear the
word of the Lord. Thus saith the
Lord GOO unto these bones: Be
hold, | will cause breath to enter
into you, and ye shall live"
We have had as complete
type Of the Resurrection as we
want, here in these precincts, un-
less we could see some one rise
from the dead; and we do not be-
lieve that it would make our faith
in that Article, Il believe in the
resurrection of the dead" any
stronger than it now is if we
should.
When we came here in Novem-
ber of last year we soon noticed a
row Of large bushes perfectly dry
and brown, not sign of a leaf or
bad from end to end of that row.
We have never seen i'll winter
time in New England a more per-
feet sleep in any form of the
vegetable kingdom. We then ex-
amined them and they seemed
saplesS and we said mentally:
What can have killed this row of
large shrubs? 1t may be the
strong winds blowing this way off
the sea. At all.rates they are
dead" From time to time we
glanced at ;hem and saw that they
too were choked with the grass,
but did not care of course. We
had not been near to
them iur months or we should
have seen that the sap was
running up, and the branches
swelling; until one morning just
before Whit-Sunday, we noticed
pink flower tpeach-blossom
colOr) and one or two very small
leaves at the end of the twig. We
then learned at once, that they
We're all-aiive. In two weeks
time, every bta2ch was, literally,
lined from end to end with bios.
sons, as thick MS il basted on with
a needle-perfect leis; and very
few and delicate leaves. We have
never known like transforma-
ton, excepting in our almond. bush
at home. This flower, as you
likely know, is very much in form
and marking like the flag or heur-
de lis. On Whit-Sunday, we
broke off long pieces for the altar.
Since then, the blossoms have near
ly all disappeared, and the bushes
are now a mass of yerdure from
head to foot.
You say, reader, my house Is
very small, and that the entire
lot is but an acre. What OF that?
Have l not the entire armament
over my head, and all the planets
Of the sky I? Is not the sea be-
hind my cottage, the hill country
in front of me. If you can count
your land by hundreds of fences
ana stone walls, your town house
anu your country house, your
yards of bank account, what of
tha'? 1t is but mite, after all
Is said, just "spec." of yours, in
comparison of the wealth of this
world, not 10 speak of Jupiter and
all Of the other billions GOD
spake 'apd they were done; he
commanded and they stood forth"
Can you ,''read your title, clear,
to mansions in the skies?" That
is the question, o man, o woman!
Your wealth, your station, your
high importance on this little
earth OF which you will know,
10 plaoet seen tonight, with the
naked eye, can boast so small in
siHr ought to weigh AS
little with you as it
does with tAe writer. 1t is fool
ishuess TO speak of such tritles,
vain mani. It will not aid you a
cent in the great Assize where
God the Crucifed One will sit as
Judge, Gas refiuer and purifier of
CuuD silver" Have you those
RI hes that hold no base ALLOW Z?