Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 177, 22 ʻApelila 1891 — A Higher Sandard of Morality. [ARTICLE]

A Higher Sandard of Morality.

The foJlowing is the tail end of the P.iO. A. report of the Y.M.C.A. !ueotir|g touching the proposed closing of th» Hawuiian fcraneh of the Queen Emma Haill:— v The r( commendation seeioed to be favorable to «iany,: and the sub-

ject fully, hy ma«y «f' jthose wlio honrtd v with the workjamong Hiiwaiiane. &nd egpeetally i"egards the n}r'ans ji»f elev?iting th£m to a highet l landard of morality." As usual, it illiisti:ates the dividend aspect of modeĒrn gospel. We ar° ; not given a probable estimate of the : n«mber ōf the Hawaiians who have been benefited by them spiritual!v. or by an apparent refal:mation' in ponduct, or byi having signcd the pledge to keep but of the numerous rum hells of Kuuanu St. ; so we are unable to gbess how inueh 'Hawaiian soul saying and irtcreased borality and the Judge and his c©mmittee would consi(lrr value feceived for f9()0. But we have tbe fareary old stojry about trvin£ to bring up the Hawaiian u to. a higlirr standard of morality 11 and he d«in rttoe the inark wbrth a cent, and .his parcei of gospel is done up in brown paper andready to be hurlcd at him in llie Ul kept grounds and the ill appointed hall; in Nuuanu Btreet, and hedidn't eall around 'for it, and the nation of riatives is dccaying,. and m the estimation of some the whole nat|ive mee is doomed forever anyhoW and not worth a »$9OO effort to save. We hnve more confidence in tl|ie newly elected staff and especially in the Presid<jnt, Mr. G. P. Castle, who we are confident will see that th'e neglect lies in the rmeans" provided to attract, and not close aii institution whieh properly managed is a reai need and e )uld be oaade |a blessing.