The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-11-18
THE PURITAN
SABBATH

Editor dvertiser:-When any pop
ular subject comes to the front 1t is
we'll to obtain an expression of the
views of the various classes of which
society is made up on 1t. The Sab
bath day is no more the property of
the clergy than of any other strata of
society and they are not the sole de-
tenders of it's maintenance. A great
deal depends on training and educa-
ton as to the manner in which 1t
should be kept and much of the pleas
ure, or lack of it, which an individual
may enjoy by observing the Sabbath
depends on his early training.
l heard 1t said by a popular orator
that there We're two principles which
were inherent in the Teutonic race
which would tend towards their domi-
nation of the globe. One was their
maintenance of the Sabbath and the
other was their determination to pre-
serve the purity of their homes.
/ remember many years ago hearing
n short talk from the Rev. Mr.. Nc
KenZe of San Francisco which was
impressed on the tablets of my memory
and which is pertinent to the subject.
Waikiki we asked him If he would
preach for us. He said he was not on
a preaching tour but would ably have
n chat with the people of Wailuku.
He said that from the time he left his
native village in Scotland until his
visit here he had seen no land where
the Sabbath was kept as it was there
and here. In speaking of the Sabbath
he observed that ii was n greater af-
fair than many thought, in that 1t con-
stituted the seventh of any mans life
or of all time. 1t appeared that 1t was
a natural law that II should be kept
and that fact could be demonstrated
in the three kingdoms of nature. Be-
ing agricultural men, said he, 1t Is I'M
necessary to tell you that it is i'm
perative to let your lands lie idle every
seventh year as you know that from
actual experience as well as from the
traditions handed down to you from
your ancestors. To give an incident
proving that 1t Is necessary that the
products of the mineral kingdom should
have n rest, he told of an experience of
one of the great II. r. Companies which
was much troubled with the breaking
of car axles. The Company believed II
had been defrauded by the contractors
who had furnished the material and en-
ployed experts TO determine the cause
of such frequent accidents. After max
ing diligent inquiries the experts DEM
onstrated that the cause for those
accidents was from the continuous use
of the cars and that the metal furnish
ed was of good character, BY sus-
pending n bar of pure swedish iron and
having an automatic hammer tap on II
continually Il was found that such con-
tinuous tapping changed the character
of the iron from It's original tough,
stringy fibre TO graduated consisten-
cy which was much similar to that II
had In its original ore and II thus be-
came exceedingly frangible. They the
experts advised that the ears be given
a rest OF day In seven, which would
have the effect Of causing the metal
10 resume It's nbrous tough nature
which II had acquired In the process OF
converting the ore into metal
In the animal kingdom he Told ~ an |
incident where the natural rest Of "A
day la seven hnd the effect 81 enabling
life. II was recited that on ono occa-
hion the great street car trust ~
philadelphia had skipped Ne annual
dividend ana - many widows ana
ofphans Ners dependent an these Tor
liYnllb00d an Inquiry Mas made into
ihe reason for such failufe 30 pay. u
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