Ke Koo o Hawaii, Volume I, Number 2, 29 August 1883 — Ka Lamaku Malamalama. [ARTICLE]

Ka Lamaku Malamalama.

He nui na lahui e kipa io kakou nei; a ma-waena o ia mau ano lahui, o ka Pake ka nui. He mea hiki ole ke* hoole ae i ke ino o kahi p*oe Pake, no ka mea, o ka huna ana, oia no ka hoopunipuni; oiai, ua ike ia kekahi mau hana ino a kahi poe 0 lakou. Aka, ke hoohalike ia nae ko lakou heluna me -h<jlnna o kahi m.au lahui eae e noho nei me kakou; hookuku pu aku me kolakou kulana ma ke ano noho'na Karisitiano, e ike ia ana, aole o ka lahui Pake ka oi o ka hoomau ma na hana lapuwale, aka, o kahi mau ano lahui okoa aku. He mea hiki ole no hoi ke olelo ae he lahui Karisitiano ka lahui Pāke; t*o ka mea, āolß~tto lakou he po3 Karisitiano. Aka, he mea ku nae i ka mahaloia ko lakou noho maluhia iwaena o ko lakou heluna nui he mau tausani ma Hawaii nei, me ka hooikaika mau ma ka hana me ka pauaho ole, e hoolilo ana i na kulapanoa a me na mahakea waiwai ole~o ko kakou aina i mau lua gula. Me he la, he lahui kupono loa keia na Hawaii e hookipa mai ai e like me ka hookipa ana mai i na lahui e ae. He poe hoohaahaa, he poe hooikaika i ka hana, he poe male i na wahine Hawaii a he malama pono loa wahine; a he poe hikiwawe i ka hoolehulehu ana i na keiki me ka hiipoi ia lakou; a he poe hoowaiwai i ka aina me ka malama i na kanawai o ke aupuni. Me he la, wale iho no paha wahi kumu kuihe i koe mawaena o kahi poe, a oia—ko lakou noho'na ma ke ano jDegana—oia- hoi, ka hapa nui o lakou. Ahe oiaio no ia. Aka, he mea hauoli ka hoomaopopo'ana, ua hoala ia a ke hoala ia nei na luakini haipule Karisitiano ma kekahi mau i noho nui ia e na Pake ma ko kakou paemoku nei. Maloko o keia kulanakauhale, he luakini nani ko lakou, a he heluna nui o iakou ua lilo he mau hoahanau* Ua ku ko lakou kula, akeao ia „nei na keiki ike ala oke ola. Ma kelealii mau apana .okoa 'aku, ke kukulu nei na luakini, a ke hulinei na Pake 1 ka pono, a ike iho i ko lakou kuhihewa. Nolaila, mamuli o na hooikaika ana a ka poe alolia a makee i ka uhano o kanaka, me ke ake nui e lioolilo i ko lakou noho ? na ma keia ao i noho'na jjono, ua loaa i keia lahui he haawina pomaikai i oi ae mamua o ka mea o loaa ana ialakou ma kolakou aina hanan, he pomaikai aole 110 ko, kino wale, aka, ho pomaikai nui kekahi no ka uliane. He mea ku i ka mahalo nui ia na makamaka e hapai nei i koia hana nui o ka hoonaauao a hookarisitiano ana j keia laliui e noho pouli neimaHawaii nei ma na mea pili iko lakou Akua oiāio. Ke hapai nei lakou i ka liana a ka Haku, a ma ia hapai ana ia hana, ua hapai i>u lakou i ka hana o ka hoolilo'ana ia poe i pilikana ponoi no ka lahui Hawaii ma ka noho ana. "Ao ko makou manaolana—a mo he la, ua ikea na hiona oka pomaikai—e kokualiko namea'a pau ma keia hana nui a hana jnaikai ; a e loaanui na hopena o ka pomaikai.