The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-19

Inc controlling Influence of the Rib,e
a aIouSn tne missionaries in securing
tbs eI me I'm OF Rights in 1899 and next
NJ CONSTITUTION of 1910. is apparent OF
ens constitution IL Is recorded: ''It was
: ,omH step onward. 1t established the
danmndI, Islands as a civilized and in
uspenutnt nation, and led to their recoy-
nition as such by the United states IN
Rlecember' 1872. and by Great Britain and
regarded IA Commodore Wilkes esteem
e1 ~ among the most obvious dement's
OF missionary labors. -" (See ''The Max.
or the many incidents cd nf in M The bistorv =,
the HawLiians which might be cited by
WY OF Illustrating the dominant inf1u-
ence OF the Bible, two will serve our nIIr-
pose. The first is that critical interyiat,,
between kinau and her brother. Kane.
hsmeha III. when she said to him I'VE
tsaa war with the word of God be-
t"tcn us Inc second incident ia the
occasion upon which the national motto
g tis nateu me King, Kamehameha III
,,au gone 10 kawaiahao Church TO attend
a thanksgiving service arranged In oro =;
tuue Tor the withdrawal of the RIittsb
lam 10 sovereignty over the Islands ma
ne RESTORATION OF the native monarcbv
ne addressed the people there assemhIsd
| ana used the words which in "SsS o,i
DVie speech are translated. ."rhe hraa =
VI the land endures in righteousness :,
rendarod o,a sa., Alexander's History are
Hsated by Righteousness. Let :, - Perpet-
roa to.'en that this excellent nation nt
KswaiaSao Cb bs1 proclaimed Del me- in historic
public Thanksgiving TO AIO oGtcSaslon OF
tnrpugh Jesus Christ the Lord zoo
,b moreover, IL should be rememb.raa
n re s .,ais motto is but an abbreyiation M
a. passage from the Bible. IL IS Tecord o oi
T m gIenagf,onomy s2as.47 The faithful
p prsi nee, ~. The King had probably reed
I ia, pondered IL carefully, for the transl
romnI,s I,, ihe entire Bible had been ac.
event previous TO this
The words of the Scripture were or,,,
nation sps9X oyer s by Moses to the Hebrew
/ diren to observe to do ali The y ,urs chll.
,n,s Jaw. For II Is no vain thing ~,
I ~ because IL Is your life. and throueh
, ulis thing We shall prolong your DAYS
l the RibIe Ia IL Inc part performed by
| sutcnal commercial and political evol,i-
ZION OF Hawaii, II would require volumes
a a. ussGTslhhe; Honolulu and the Islands
faith I'm God and in His Son Jesus rbr ine
Mhlch, yielded as its ripe fruitage love
20 zoo ana TO mankind-the churches. the
/ sSnOOIs, the colleges and kindergartens
sa,s MISSIONARY ms py institutions, the hospi-
scented CHARITIES, the humane move
1 menus, the Young Mems Christian Asso-
chiatIon; the Young ,Women's Christian
association: the high standard of iour-
ualism devoted TO the best Interests OF
society, the conscientious discharge OF
tne duties OF citizenship by the many
me lnteSrity. Justice and fidelity of pub
mJ men IN general, Christian homes
dWen, the Christian manhood and noble
WCmanhood here developed-all attest
Inc benefcent influence of the Bible
/ True. II Island pity tits tits true-many
antagonistic forces have from the adyen,
| or the Bible in these Islands opposed
hampered, restricted and weakened its