The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-20


tell us that the treadmill was never
silent, the pillory and the stacks We're
never empty, the lash and the brand
ing-iron and the gallows were always
the meanings of insane persons save
to hang them up by the thumbs and
fog them until they were quiet from
exhaustion. In Delaware in 1890 there
were no less than twenty crimes
which were punished by death In
| Connecticut the ears of the counter
feiter were mutilated, and in Philadel-
phia the man who dared to clip coins
had the letter branded on his fore
head. In those good GU old days
there were no humane societies and
no laws to protect the lower animals
What an amazing change has been
wrought! The great heart of civilized
humanity was never so tender and
sympathetic as now. We are now care
fully studying the criminal and trying
to make a man out of him Society is
trying to get him to understand that
while it severely condemns his crime
yet it still regards him as possessing
the possibilities of manhood The mod
ern prison is a paradise as compared
with the jail of the olden time In re-
cent years we have enacted laws to-
safeguard the interests of the lower
animals. So it happens that a man
cannot abuse horse with impuniJy
even if he pays 5000 for it and de
clares that it belongs to him and he
can do as he pleases with it. The
humanitarian spirit abroad today
eclipses anything previously known in
human history.
The world is certainly growing bet
ter from a religious standpoint Some
times real good people reach the op
posite conclusion by simply viewing
their local surroundings rather thar
.' studying the great world field The
u gospel of Christ is still the power o
God unto salvation" The world has
grown better in all the respects which
: | have indicated primarily and Target
II because of the influence of the relig
" ion of Christ You cannot mention
single phase of life which Christianit
has not made better, purer and nobleI
" True religion means life, progress
. happiness, human betterment i'm ever
> respect William Jennings Bryan ha
% well said,-"There is more altruism
" the world today han ever before. an
II Christianity is the cause. Go TO tn
y" lands where Buddhism and Mohamm,
L. danism or Confucianism reign 81
v preme and you will find that eXCeI
% for the few things they have bowOwe
from the Christians, they have stoo
" still for two thousand years or NOR,
" Europe that ten centuries ago wei
~ sunk in the mire of obloGuy, Histor
~ shows it is Christianity that has hel
~ ed to make the greatest nations n
III the church of Jesus Christ is not d
III cadent in any sense 1t is still activ
aI ly and intellgently engaged in II
OF great works of making the world be
~ ter Only a century ago there wei
el only few scattered missionaries an
H. only a few people believed in mi
IL sions. Now the Christian world hi
ie awakened and is making the conque
s. of the world her supreme object. Mi
NJ sionaries are counting no sacrifice tC
ne great and are going to the ends
ny the earth for the express purpose
making the world better. The wor
en- is not growing worse. The world
re- not going headlong to the devil. III
Is world is not the paradise of pc
hS' simists.. This is Gods world. 1t
OF growing better There are many thin
las to INSPIRE us with hope and cheer,
Try better day in dawning for humani
lie everywhere The future is brig
nj with promise. Hope thou in Cod
cal This world is not so bad a world
lay AS some would like to make it.
IN But whether good, or whether bad
Depends on how you take it,"
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