The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-21

in Pauahi hall last evening, is given
in full
| THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN.
1t would i'll become a student on the
! very threshold of lifes work to at
| tempt anything original upon the
Brotherhood of Man" Youth have
| much to learn, and the world is all be-
| fore them where to choose. Still
youth must have ideals-craving for
what is great, noble and true. This
| is an inalienable right; freedom of
| thought and speech are requisite to
| the progress of the race
| We have little or no evidence that
| the ancients had any conception of
| the brotherhood of nations The idea
| that the powers of the earth consti
| tute a great commonwealth, and ought
| to act towards one another as mem
| bers of one common family, had no
place in their minds The Greeks, in
their palmiest days, knew nothing of
| a humanity that exceeded their own
territorial limits. All other nations
were regarded as barbarians. Their
great philosopher, Aristotle, asserted
that foreigners were intended by ma
| ture to be slaves to the Greeks. To
| the Hebrews, there were only two
classes of men-Jews and Gentiles. 1t
was the custom of the Romans to an
| initiate the nations that would not
| become subject to them. While the
ancient Germans held hospitality sa-
cred, they regarded foreigners as hav-
| ing no rights, and never hesitated to
deprive them of their lands, or even
of their lives, if occasion seemed to
demand.
| Such was not the doctrine OF Our
Lord. He came to teach the Father
hood of God" and the Brotherhood of
Man" The world did not receive Him,
because it did not understand but las
He power to become children Of God
even to those who believed upon His
Name" The little leaven is leavening
the whole mass. Through the dark
ness of the Middle Ages, there was a
silent, profound working Of the great
reforming power of the world" With
the invention of printing in the six
teenth century, the Bible became the
common property Of the nations OF
Europe, and the tremendous impetus
thus given to civilization has induced
historians to reckon modern history
| from that time.
| Still, at this late day, it is hard
task for the most civilized peoples to
understand fully their relationship to
their brethren of other races, and thus
they resort to arms in settling inter
national disputes. The powers of the
world are realizing more than they
have ever before, the advisable of a
| closer union between the nations, and
have brought about the conference at
The Hague, where the representatives
of the leading governments are now
discussing the problems of universal
peace.
| The British Empire, on which the
sun never sets, makes it's iron hand
felt in every quarter of the globe. Its
government has been harsh and stern
at times, but on the whole, it has been
for the betterment of inferior races.
| There is another country, on whose
territory also the sun never sets-the
Republic of North America, the ma
ballot, free thought and free religion.
| You Americans feel a touch OF pride,
| when you think of your national
greatness, your wonderful growth and
your present power; you feel a thrill
of pride, l say, when you behold the
Stars and Stripes; but do you ever
think what that flag means to other
peoples TO the poor and oppressed of
Europe, who have poured into your
county in a steady stream for many
years; TO the people of Cuba and Porto
Rico, who are beginning to learn that
it means good government and clean
life? The inhabitants Of the Philip
pines, though suffering from ages of
misrule, will sometime know the adj
vantages of living under that flag.
There are other nations and other
peoples. who are waiting-the inhabi-
tants of the Dark Continent of Africa.
the teeming millions of Asia. and of
the islands of the sea.
May the day OF their awakening be
near at hand! May the dawn of the
approaching century give promise of
a brighter and more glorious day,
when we shall see not alone union
! of five great powers-no, not even an
Anglo-American alliance, but union