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

influence. All the more evident is its di-
vine ,a power and glory. What a Taradi Use
had ali M tbe nea 5s place have become
study, love and obey Gods holy volume
The influence of the Bible upon Ha-
wan progress is but an exhibition in
this field of what the open Bible has
wrought for the welfare Of every people
10 whose hearts and homes it has been
Samoan Islands, we may read concern
az there the testimony of an impartial
witness, Robert Louis Stevenson. He
lice against Missions IN the seath p se5a
but had no sooner come here than that
prejudice Was at first reduced. and at
ate against missions have only one
spot Va
Another unbiased witness is Darwin.
who was aStonished by the change
wrought by the Bible in the Patagonians
a sh I4rthwith became a subscriber to
hold that land of intellectual and moral
rlches surpassed-Scotland. Scotland
S Mas ~ tSe Lr6m being deprived Of the Bi-
less warfare under God against priestIy
plots. To the Bible Scotland's poet.
thi Justly ascribes her superiority. In
trays family worship. The loved Bible
having been read in the humble home, the
next act is described:
Then kneeling down to Heav'n's eternal
King,
The saint: the father, and the hus-
wing
That thus they all shall meet in flu
There. ever bask in uncreated DAYS.
NO more to sigh or shed the bitter
Together. hymning their Creator $
praise
In such society yet still more dear:
"hiie clrcllng time moves round In an
eternal sphere.
From scenes like these old Scotia's gran
deur springs.
That makes her 1ov'd at home. rever-
ed abroad;
Princes and lords are but the breath of
kings.
An honest mans the noblest work of
God;
And certes. in fair virtues heavenly
The cottage leaves the palace far be-
hind.
What is lordling's pomp?-a cumbrous
Disgusting oft wretch of human
kind
Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness
refund;
20 Scotia, my dear, my native soil.
For whom my warmest wish to heav-
Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toll
BE blest with health. and peace. and
sweet content.
And o. may Heaven their simple lives
prevent
From luxury's contagion weak and
vile,
Then, howe'er crowns and coropats be
rent,
A virtuous populace may rise the
while
And stand a wall of fire around their
much-loved isle.
And what of England, with all her
faults, so truly great? Let an incident
in her recent history be recalled. Some
years ago the Shah of Persia visited the
British Isles. After journeying here and
dences of ner wealth and power, he in
quired. What is the secret of England's
greatness? Queen Victoria, whose long
and prosperous reign bears innumerable
proofs that justice and mercy and piety
are profitable for the life which now is,
presented the Persian ruler with a Bible
saying as she did so. This is the secret
of England'S greatness" Her judg-
ment in way differed from that of
for on numerous occasions he uttered the
conviction expressed in his words, Con
stantly ! study the Word. The Holy
Scripture Is an impregnable rock. The
acceptance of Jesus will solve all the
great problems of the day"
Concerning our own beloved nation, we
will at this time quote only one mesSag e,
and that from rugged old Andrew Jack
son: 1.-THE Bible. sir. is the rock on
which our republic rests"
ON Sunday, July 1. Mr.. Hay will de-
liver the second part of this address.
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