Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 150, 12 October 1893 — He Poe i Hilinaiia na Keiki Misionari. [ARTICLE]

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He Poe i Hilinaiia na Keiki Misionari.

He mea mau ma Hawaii nei ka hoino wale aku i ka poe i kapaia ma kela inoa he poe “keiki misionari. : ’ 0 ka poe i kapaia ma kela inoa. oia no na keiki ponoi a na makua misionan, a me na moopuna aku. Aole hoi o lakou wale no, aka, o na haole lehulehu e ae kekahi i pili pu ia lakou mamuli o ka mare ana, mamuli no hoi o ka launa oluolu pu mau ana maloko o na ekalesia, a me na hui oihana e ae. 0 ka hapanui o kela poe, he poe haipule a me ka hoopololei ma na hana. He maikai a me ba hooponoio ko lakou kulana a me ka noho ana ma ka aina. 0 kekahi kumu nui i kapaia ai kela poe a pau na keiki misionan, oia no keia, ua ili mai ia lakou na manao alakai o na makua misiouari; he haipule, he malama i ua kanawai o Iesu, he hooikaika ma na hana a pau e pouo ai ka lehulehn. He nui hoi ko lakou haawi mauawalea, a me ka hooluhi pu ana ma na hana maikai o ke aupuni o ke Akua. He poe kue ikaika no hoi lakou i ka inu waiona, i ke puhi opiuma, i ka piliwaiwai a me ka noho haumia ana. 0 kekahi haawina nui i ili mai i na keiki misiouari mai na makua mai, oia no ka hailiili ia a me ka hoino wale ia mai. Ua maa loa na makua misionari i kela mea, o ka hoiuo ia mai. I na makahiki he 80, a he 50 a he 60 mamua iho nei, ua piha mau ke ea o Honolulu nei i ka uahi eleele o na huaolelo hoino i ua misionari. Ke ike nei kakou i keia wa i na olelo penei: “Ea, o na makua misionari, he poe maikai, he aloha, he kokua mau i ka pono, aka, o na keiki a lakou, ua haalele i ka aoao maikai o na makua, a he nui wale ke iuo o ka lakou mau hana.” Aole pela, e like me bo na tnakua hooikaika mau ana ma ka pono a kue i na hana ano haumia o ka noho ana, pela no ka lakou poe keiki e uoho nei. E like loa hoi me na makua i hoiuo wale ia ai mamua, pela no na keiki e hoino ia nei. Ua like me ka Iesu i olelo ai, “E pomaikai ana no oukou ke hoiuo mai kanaka ia oukou, ke hoomaau mai no hoi, a no’u nei e olelo wahahee mai ai ia oukou i na mea ino a pau.” 0 keia poe keiki misionari e nuku ia mai nei, oia no ka poe i hilinai loa ia ma Hawaii nei, no ka pololei o ka hana. Penei e akaka ai. Ina paha he makemake kekahi kanaka i kahu malama waiwai no kana wahine a me na keiki mahope o kona make ana, alaila na makemake oia i kekahi o keia poe keiki misionari uana e raal'ama ia waiwai, no ka mea, he poe hilinai ia lakou. Malia paha o ua kanaka la, oiai he ikaika kona kino, ua hailiili wale aku i na keiki misionari, aka, i kona make ana, o keia poe ae la kana poe i hilinai aku ai. 0 keia poe keiki misionari,

oia no ka poe kelakela i ke aloha aina ma Hawaii nei. He nui wale ko lakou aloha ika aina hanau a me ka minamina i kona pono, nolaila, lokahi lakou i ka makemake e komo aku o Hawaii punahele malalo iho o ka malu hoopomaikai o Ameiika Hmpuia, He mea e pomaikai ai no na kanaka Hawaii a pau ke hilinai aku i keia poe keiki misionaii aloha, a e hahai pu aku mahope o ka lakou maualakai ana.