The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-15

There is a truth at the heart OF the
symbol, in its creation. We learn from
the masters OF our modern time that
tue primal reasons for the wonder may
be traced TO a grain of flint which has
invaded the close-epcrusting shell and
stabbed the delicate creature, down
there in the deeps, so that from its
own life the ichor flows for help and
protection against the hurt. covering
the flint slowly. but surely, and round
ing to the pearl. Or, they say. Il Is a
parasite with which the creature must
do battle by encasing the invader. fold
ON fold, and then dying: but there Is
the jewel born OF the battle. And again
that it comes from the frustrated
promise OF another life-a promise
which can never be made good: but
the Illustration finally grows to the
pearl. And the poet sings:
So the pr shelfish OF the Indian Sea
Lies seven years sick of its sore NAL
ady.
Its pearl Celebrates in the unresting
main,
IN worth proportional TO the creatures
pain,
Unul, in rosy luster. perfect grown,
1t comes To light as worthy OF n
crown"
May We not blend the imaginations
of the old time with the revelation OF
40 r,a n I In tah
in some poor fashion. is of the myster-
les which we can never fathom, yet
must ever ponder. while we also have
to suffer the impact OF the flints, 20
fight the parasites, and to meet the
Illustrations OF life-the great and
beautiful mystery, to me. OF the way
some noble treasures may be Won for
the worlds life and our own through
the flintS of circumstances, the staying
of some dear hope and joy, and the
angels tear falling athwart the bolt
in the old imagination; the shining
treasure which may not and cannot be
won through ease and pieasantness and
the wealth OF a good which knows OF
no hearts bruise. no sore invasion of
our life in the shell of this human tab
ernacle, no blighted hope and no sore
burden; but by these, rather. and
Through them, the jewels brought forth
in your life and mine. find IN the
worlds life through all the ages-and
always true to the proverb, Where
pain ends, gain ends"
Glance first toward the nations which
have won the priceless pearl OF the
freedom to be men and not mere serfs.
or pawns for the chessboard OF kings.
Search their story down to the deeps
and you will always find the flint and
the parasite in the advent OF the pearl.
1t is the story OF my motherland
Through thousand years. The reason
for the great charter lies there. and for
the great rebellion when the manhood
of England set its foot on the neck OF
her king. The finest ichor OF that man.
hood is the secret OF the pearl; and the
lsplendor of the jewel marks the burden
of the pain through which the man.
hood must pass to its purpose.
II is the story of that long. stern
lstrife in the mountains of Switzerland,
when one humble hero was only an in
stance OF the grand manhood which
won the treasure. the hero who gath
cred all the spears he could clutch TO
his breast that so he might clear the
way to freedom and create the pearl.
1t is the story OF the mighty passion OF
1.-THE Hollander to be free from the bitter
and base yoke OF Spain-always base
and always bitter, be ii within the