The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-03
IN GOLDEN RULE
IS MILLENNIUM
Judge DoIe's Address Before the
Elks' Lodge of Sorrow
Yesterday.
tFrom Monday Advortiser)

.
Lodge of Sorrow held by the Order of
Elks in the Hawaiian Opera House yes
terday, is as follows:
"Whcn Jesus was asked by PLATE,
What is TRUTH although probably bet
ter qualified than any one to answer
the question, He made no reply. The
dictionaries have made a try at 1t, but
have left much to be desired. But there
is in the heart of man, whether educat-
ed or ignorant, whether civilized or
savage. a recognition of vital truth. |
The soul back of the mind perceives
without training, through 'the light
that lghteth every man that cometh |
into the world what is true and what |
is false in the great issues of life.
"The aboriginal Hawaiians had their
oiaio, used in the same relation to con
duet and to questions as our Enghsh
word truth is used. They had pono ana
hewa, the good and the bad, and many
other words relative to conduct. me
real man is respected by abby those
even VINO do not respect themselves or
who may dislike him. They cannot
help it. The Judgment of the soul is
master. The miscellaneous throng OF
men and boys that crowd the upper
nallpTlGS VI Il IHtdltls WIN tiii VI '''N
thoughtless abandon, are strict judges
of certain aspects of the drama The
relation of cause and effect in the story
of life in its deeper problems cannot
/ be safely set aside with the eXpecta-
ton OF their applause. Mankind may
not be able to answer PLATE S question,
but it recognizes truth at sight.
$50, without priest or rubric, men
may come together with advantage
upon the foundation of those great
| things that all, in their inmost souls,
must perforce recognize: the things that
make for personal honor and with that,
as consequently as the leaf buds unfold
IN the springtime, fair play, unobstru-
sive helpfuness when and where need
ed, and courage especially moral cour-
age-that consummate flower of honor.
"Do Goods and BE Goods"
cat meeting of this society-sim-
liar to the present one-a few years
ago, | listened with interest to the
speaker on that occasion. L remember
that he laid down with some emphasis
distinction between the do goods
and the be goods, as he phrased these
two supposed classes, and much to the
advantage of the do goods. / remem-
I Der IldI L tlublScN HIS COhNluSAOh ~
cheorfully, and yet | looked in vain for
further analysis of his distinction be-
tween the two, which felt was desir-
able in order fully to have a complete
understanding of the relation between
conduct and character: in other words,
does the exercise of charity, fair play
and fraternal good will depend upon
character? If it does, then has not
being good or trying for it, relation
to doing good that is vitala
eff the 'be goods have sometimes
repealed one and another through their
fancied assumption of superior virtue
or through the emphasis they may ap-
pear to give certain mental or spiritual
. attitudes toward the principles OF
tenets of their respective organizations
as necessary to that condition of feel
2 ing accepted as paramount to all other
l personal conditions, may we not, in the
spirit of fair play, allow that the sense
/ of necessary preparation for doing
D good by being good, has been really at
:, the bottom of such supposed NANTES
e tations, though perhaps not always con
sciously recognized or even dimly per
ceived.
Z" And may we not the more cheer
e fully do this when we consider the great
! development of practical philanthropy
among the professedly religious organi
cations in the century pasti As the sci
: fish motive in religiOn--the Other
: worldlness," as phrased by George
: Eliot, is shamed into the background
I will not the foundation motive which is
/ fairly suggested by the three sigma
+ words of your fraternity, i.e., Charity
Brotherly Love, Justice, come into its
i own and hold sway in human hearts,
T And will not character then assume hei
rightful place as its loyal handmade
: If this is so, then shall we not heartily
: welcome this truth, which we have al
i ways perhaps been more or less con
l. scious of. as n necessary reinforcement
to our philanthropic program7
The Golden Rule.
cit is probably possible for every
normal person of Honolulu upon wax
ing some morning, to make Hp his or hel
mind to follow the Golden Rule for that
day in every relation to others, and Il
K carry out such a resolution substantial
h ly well for one day. If this is done, il
, will be easier to do it through the next
a day, and so on. There are undoubtedly
4 some who do this now with fair sue
n cess. Establishing the will 10 do this
~ NhhidNbplD hht hbink IL N AhiAAN'h
4 How clearly the one is the foundation
4 of the otherl What great results spring
from the harmonious combination OF
= these two things Let MS suppose thai
y some day all normal persons OF THU
. community begin and carry out such q
: program and keep il up the next day
= and the next indefinitely, As the days
= go on would we not begin to notice o
: perceptible change in the atmosphere
= of the place9 After week of THU
= policy people would begin 10 wonder
, what had happened 20 the social aud
! business spirit Of Honolulu,
"Persons would not be held sO rigid
~ 20 unfortunate bargninsi the pound
= Of flesh would not be- insisted oni -
p cinl gossip would be do'um Or nerl
q mouy and uukind c0ncluHl0nsi ihe fn
! y0Fnble explanation would boz sought
p rhpu as tlr works went on enc pnllr'
would begin go notice that they had Tess
40 d0j Tho sessions of ihr police r1un
. would become shorter and shorter nnd