Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-04-17

Of her race, bad been IN idol worship
er. In heraheart lived the fears Sol
centuries of traditions planting MUIR
tured by the religion of her ancestors
watered by the streams Of supers:i
ton, they had taken on terrible pro
portions as the child, Kapiolanf
passed to matnreF years. OF all the
gods and goddesses before whom the
Hawaiian nation Bonded the rnee
few others held more despotic sway
than did Pele. Pele, whose strong
hold was in the fiery furnace oil
Kilauea, had decree, through her
priests, a death penalty to anyone ap.
preaching her Sacred realms and eat
ing of the berries growing near the
crater's rim. Kapiolani heard the
story of the missionary; she came to
love Jehovah AS the light Of truth
dawned upon her mind, the letters OF
ages unclasped their grasp. Tradi.
tons yoke fell at her feet and the
bands of superstition we're sundered.
Her fear Of Peie was supplanted by a
loving faith in Jehovah On the arm
Of TINS newly found Savior, she set
out to prove her faith by her works.
In spite Of the strenuous opposition
of her friends, the wailing OF her fam
lily. she travelled a distance of 100
miles afoot in defiance of the gods of
her ancestors. On reaching the era
ter of Kilauea she defied Pele to her
face she ate of her sacred berries and
called to the people to bear witness.
Jehovah is my God" she said. He
kindled these fires; fear not Pele.
If / perish by her anger then con-
in Jehovah and He preserves me while
breaking her tabu law then YOU
must fear and serve him" Pele fail
ed TO rise to the occasion and ever
since has remained behind the
scenes.
From the coming of the missionary
Hawaii's story changes. A new life
sprung up With the armament of
civilization pressing upon him, the
native Hawaiian fell the victim of his
own ignorance and Instability. While
the pioneer workers Of New England
erected schools developed industries,
encouraged commerce and preached
the. gospel, they woye q gradual con-
trolling influence otheI very fabric,
of gopernnentaRanie finsnriaB affairs,
95aS whose bnly den6wledge Wasit8 ffshs
t1np1a1t thro! dHndo Tbaski inrdhel
warmth Ufisunshihe, could not conf
pete with the master minds. He
studied In the schools Of the mission:
airy; he read his books he played his
games and served his God; but for him
the soil gave not the wealth which,
she yields to wisdorn's pillow. So he
gave his land for favor; and he sold
his lands for clothes and he paid
with his lands and his country the
price Of his ignorance.
But If to these children Of the
southland has come this less of coun-
try, to them also has come the gain
Of strong protecting arm. for destiny
lad prepared them q refuge at the
right hand Of the greatest of nations.
Whatever may be said of the right or
wrong motives involved In the lifting
Of these islands into the arms of Uncle
Sam, we must look to the missionary
and thank him for our progress; we
must look to the missionary and thank
him for our schools; we must be
grateful to him for industrial. COM
and educational development.
ano we must thank HIN for preparing
us for the achievement Of social, po-
litical and economic prosperity. In
SO doing we must look with even more
witnesses to others un.
selfish efforts; and to those testimon-
les of Hawaiian regeneration express
ed in hospitals and homes, schools
and halls-evidences Of ignorance and
lessened-of human COM
passion enthroned. In the first rude
to our seeming misfortune,
some may forget the blessings that
have come to US; but in the calm and
quiet reflection, one can not fail to
discerns the guidance Of an ALLOWING
hand For what would have been
the fate of these undefended islands
had not the friendly hand of America
reached out to help them while the
stormy waves of political aspirations
surged toward their shores?
The scourges of many foreign ma
tons have cast their blight upon them.
China brought them leprosy; Japan,
the bubonic, plague and cholera; j. the
of tAiaskal introduced the
course Of liquor Hithall the debasiig
evils following in"1ts atraind 8 'Ins each
of these crises the hand of the mis-
sionary is raised in their defense, and
10! in the veins of the rising genera
ton is mingled the blood of both peo-
pies. Then, is it not better to forget
those thing that are behind and press
onward to that which Is before-like
the brave daughter of Hilo's
chief, cast out the seeds of our fore
fathers planting. the old man with the
deeds and put in the new?
One cloud hovers over Hawaii's
doorway-the cloud OF race extinction,
for there are only 10000 of all who
first came to make Hawaii their home
And you hear it said that "civilization
has done this thing" But is this real
ly true? Let us pause and ask our