Ka Elele Poakolu, Volume I, Number 3, 22 September 1880 — OUR CHURCHES. [ARTICLE]

OUR CHURCHES.

At tiie Kawaiahao nat.ive nh-unHi-aL — ffi&rmng 8crvice tbc Rev. ]j. H. Parker took for hiu text : l-Kiūpe, i8 cbap., 17 — 48 -vereet'. 'Phe foliowing is tbe 8ub8tanee o f bl8'di8cour&e : — " Sbouhi'ctī)y oūe ol'you examine t|)e Book of bod ii'Oin beginniDg to end, you wiil find tbi» , pe ou ] iar i ty about it. It. besitatee not to pub)ieh xrbioad 4i)e^vi4-ae- welP-a8 -tBe good -of-cbaracterr. tbat it repreeents. froui Adam down all are repreeented there, adoording to tbeir merite, wbetber they be Kings or communerB. Noah ih repree.?nt-e.d in tbie book a? one of tbe ehoeen of Hod, ae the good man of tbe earth, yet when be fell into ein and lay in drunken ehame, wantonly — ri3icule3 Ey hie ow-n eone, tbie book beeitatee not nor attempte coDcealment, but publi6h.es to a'll men and.-tb a 1 1 times liie ehameleee conduet with as mueh plainmw. as it bad previously, and did alter commend liie virtaes. ,, The Bible bas lifted i •ipin nheoiut.e :ruth an.d wiLb.Qut.Jear tn -tbo-i 8ight of all 'eoming ages the pine ot great and I powerful men, and that is tbe reason why it I bofdp its.exalted poeition. T* " " ~ ' I - % :he Bible we see that n ) mam* buwever ex- | al:ed and pow'orfuI ean «upprc66 the tnit"Ti, (I say ; the :ra:b. for i: the ]>ih]i> had no: to)d the aheoluie truth, i: would long «inee been driven | into ob)ivion.j 'lhu? Hy uur text, we see that ' tbe man <>i trutli faeed t!iat !alse hearted Kin" ' L , , , ..." ; .. - a 4 7" •" Abat) 7hJ cor)»-3]<)uness <>f right being his on!y 1 1 ; • ;B1 suffici''nt ieienee against the King) andt~ r>«a>d* J have not troubled ]8raels but thoa and t!iy fnther s hoi?se. \'q man, wheiher King or pea-"'*" faanr, need fear any fa!se oharges made ngains't ' hitn, but <t tbey be true, t!ien he may will treinble. Lej. no man in exalted poeition, let no roinjs:erof the (So«pel, let no one o: you who wgjk8 ini tne path o' evil. or c.her.i«lie8 an evil boart, deldtle yourse)l wit]i the vam drearu ihat vou ,an hide these )eprous spoīs from tbe cyes ■.)[ m'D' J bat whieh is done away within īhe bouse whall be proclaimed abroad from tbe houee tope. " ihe very birds of tbe air will conepire againBt

you and bear hitber and thither your fatal seoret. '• YDU;"8e]f aDd the epirit of Hod will surge it out over ttie ),and, aDd it will be known to all men. 'i'hie ifi trutb and it ie well tbai it is bo, else miglit tbe Righteoue wel) give up in defipair and look wab reiief for their eall henee. The life and eharacter ol any_one seeking and rifiing ihto exaLed position above tbe people ie the property of t.bat jieople and of all. Their virtuee to follow, tboir evi-l« and folii«j to avoI<I. *.TBjb.jb tbe in- / aiienahle rigbt of ruan,.and powereand principal)ties cannot deprive him of it. But bear jn mind tbi« ifi man'n right on)y, eo far a« he dea)fi m iruth bfcyood tb'at it in wieke^neee. «oine of that daymight have thought. The truth, bad Jibelled Noah in tbue hoJding , up bi« eine, but thiB great book our guide and eneample, thinkn not 8o. He tbat hath ear n to bear, l^.hun iiean" WhUei. admittipg vvitb tbe praaeher, tbat plain Bpeaking m a,n attribute' ol' tbe Bible, we roay veofcure to recali to hk reeol)ect.ori tbe «evere cen8ure pafteed prf'Ham fbr taking on him- j «olf to relato 1jw, fatbpj'B «hame, V;(;n. fjX. 25. WV.JNK 6p«tTjB 0N BVNMy l<)f„ iNh'l'. yit Fort Btreet Cfa|iycb on tbe vven,ng Bervice ! 1Uv- Mr' Vr<W *ook'for hi« text Hebrewe XI vemw24 and 25. '' By faith Mom when be vw i oome \o yeart, refU8ed to be ea]led tbe mm ofPharapb'e daugbter ; phooeiog ratber to mihr ^ieHon with Iho^Kwpie of God, tban t0 bnjoy the plmum ofma forammo." nfprmb* ■ /

er dwelt on tbe 8ublimity of the cbaracter of' Moeee and. after p'9inting out tbat ihe ehoiee whieh Moeee bad to make differed D0t in kind but only in tbe circumetances Burrounding it fromThe eleeīion whieh eaeh one of ue must make for himeelf, he compared tbe alternativee submitted to hie hearers to thoee whieh presented theinselves before Moeee, aDd urged in earneet laaguage that . they Bhouid iollow-hw illust.ri-ou8 -exaa>pl-e. - At St. Andrewe at matine the Revi T. Blackburn preachea from t.he text •• and gave * * " to every man his work " Mark XIII verse 34. He poiDt-ed out tbat thougb religion is too ulten looked upon as a mere matter of ei)oti«D the Chri8tian religion is far more thau this and includee aīnong its cbaracteristic one whieh ie predomiDant viz that ol l>eing an inAuenee bringing about the performanee of work. He set forth the various phases ut tbe work whieh the Chri8tian Church provides lor all its members, and pointed . outvLhat the word8 ut -the Jext are txue for'evei'V ' one of ue urging thac none Bbould run the risk of 1 being found to be slothful eervants when an aecount of ,fhe work given us t-u do hy our Maeter is requirer uf us. ■ At the Bethel the Rev. Mr. Jones eommentin<> < upon the wurds <>f Phillip addressed 1,0 the Kumueh, Aet-s VIII verse _30. •• I!ndgr8tande6t i thou what thou readeet ? " reinarked upon thc ■ partiality of Jhe moet of I>i hio readers. Some • did not like tu read portions adverse to pet ideas. : Such readere would 1 i k ē to have an expurgated ' edition. Luther did nut iike the Hpietle of Jairre8. We couid judge ot a uian'e eharacter. aswe)l as hie faith, n we had all his iavorite i passages.in ehe Scriptures marked. We should I read all parts of the inepired JBook 111 a spirit of 1 truth. Let ue read unpaiatabie truths, ae well j as wh-at eeeme 10 be a plea8ing cuiifirmation of j our pet views. And so. we eay, let "aggrieved'' j poluieal sympathirers read ail sides,— of the Ai)vtRi^SKR k.ii'KE??, ae well ae the " oppoeition Prfss, ' and eo get a wuie, healchy,' libera) miūded view of thinge.

13r Lditors who lo-inil t!i<-ir artioles on intorma- , tion !iiri)islied oy anreliut)ie correspundeots are api īo (al) inio absurd missutemt>nts. The Editor ol the S. F. Bulletin grav.-)y iniorms his readers as ; foilows; » The Ho (Jliung went iirst to Honolulu with Momio 011 board. Tue moel extraordinary «aei is tliat during tbs ^on etay ot the steemer at tbe lelaniie. .Moienu eontrived to inliuenee the Kmg 10 hucIj an oxten!, that be dierfiiB8«d the Cabi1 btt/ It si:ems ipiiie enie) io have fco in!orm thĪ8 ! l-,(:wil<i,'red j tor that he, whom be takos to be a ^ Horct'j'f:r, eapuhle o( inaking captive a king at firet siglj(, bud been re8iding here :'iglit month8 b«fore 1 tbe Hochiing arrived, Hj« Him I'ramisi;<> ol' <Sept, ,'Jrd, haHthree uolumiiH d'-voted to Hawaiian ahaini' | iwo of Hh lengthy arf,ic)eh rend uh if i|,,.y lm(t h(mn | writu:n bere. and weie irjfcended ior pennial berc < mber tha„ 0,1 ih,- T>m Mmihanl 1» known ! <D repreK(:ni )„t,ere8t.8 ol fchafc Heeīion 0/ thc mereaMi.le commui,ity h, Ka,, Eianeiueo whieh ,,,'eon.. ndcted witb tl.e Hawniian t,rade, »nd fcl.e i'aeille and t,he large epaee p, (Jevol,e8 to <>»>' aHaii'h )h fcl.erefo,(: not a mMlcr for 8,irpri,:e. If our 1 oōal oppoi,itin„ papen: wo«jld imiLale tbe tor,e and ternper in wliie!, ,,(„< mhkh jn l)j(; • -e wrnje„ W0(|Jd ^ (l W)ftrk<,d < >» 1,1(1 etiara';fcer ol oui woekly liP:ratiir«, «i cltt il? , : t '<

' |gy The Alia California ih its issue of tk« 4th inst., has a very contemptuous srticle on the sffairs • of thie Kingdom headed, " Sensation in Lillipuī, Kalakaua ignoree the CoD8titutioti." Recent oe- 4 -7 currences here are related in a tone whioh corces- <; / ponds with the first ol thesE headings and with an ' inaccuracy in many particulare, whieh is on a par ,l/ 17 ' v;:th that :lisplāyed īii 'tho secon;I of them. Ab an instancethe, people of San Francisoo are informecJ * tbat the Free Rum Bill was " very obDOxious " to the people when īn point of fact it was a very popular measure, and was vetoed by tbe King against the wish of the majority of tbe people — an " uneonstitu:ional '' proceeding no doubt, but a very wiee Aīihn ■ H. CIem'etsbaw who h"as gaineu so * mueh ■"/ notoriety in connection with the Kalloch-De Y oung % atlair, has been seutenced to fourteen years in the penitentiary. He denied his guilt of intentional mie-statement, and said he had not been influencedby Mayor Kalloeh in giving hie testimony. - v777 BIRTH. ln this <ity.< i! the 22d instant.tothewife.of MarX kohmeen, f. soh. - - —