Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XIII, Number 31, 1 August 1874 — Ka Ekalesia maimai, me ka Ekalesia maimai ole. [ARTICLE]

Ka Ekalesia maimai, me ka Ekalesia maimai ole.

Ma ka nona'ku ma Hoikeana 3:1, he ekalesia make kekahi, he inoa no ma ke ola, ua make nae. Ama ka paukn 17, he makapo kekahi ekaleaia. Ua kapaia kekahi poe, he poe make i ka mai, no ka paapu i na mai. Ao ka makapo kekahi oua mau mai. E nnna kakou i na hoailona o ka ekalesia maimai. 1. Ka palaka. Aole he palaka haalela loa i na hana ekalesia, na halawai, na kuia Sabst>, oa kokua, na ahaaina a ka Ilaku, he make loa ia. Aka, he palaka iae i ka haalele ia mm mea i kekahi monawa, a no kahi kumu i manao ole ia, ioa he wahi hana a mea kino. Ile hana kike, he la hana, ho la haoa ole ; he la hoea ra»i, he Ia hoea ole. Ina he hana kino, he hana hoolimalima, he hana lealea paha, aolo no he la kike.

Hele mau no, hana mau no. Mahea oe i ke Sabati iho nei ? Aole oe ma ka halawai, aole hoi ma ke kula Sabati. He wahi mai ko'u, he wahi oa lulu, ho kunu kekahi, makau hoi i ka ua, no ka mea, ma ka nana 'ku, e ua mai ana puha. A pane mai kekahi, ua noho au e uialama i ka meamai. A, olelo kekahi, he auu, he wela, he loihi, he oopa. Ua hele nae keia poe a pau i na bana kino, i na lealea kino, aole i haule. Pili no keia hoailona i ka poe hele mau i na halawai, a i na kula Sabati. He komo hope kekahi, ua pau kekahi hapa o ka bana. He noho wale kekahi poe, aole hui pu me ka poe pule, me ka poe himeni, aole pule, aole himeni ; lilo ka maka i ka naua'na i na lole, i na papale, nalipine ; a, i ka haiolelo ana a ke kahuna, aole huli 5 ke kumu olelo, aole hoi i malama. aia no ke kunou la, a kulou la na poo, a lalau la ka maka, a lohe ole na pepeiao. A pau ka halawai, me ke kula Sabati paha ; aia la ma keaha e Hlo la ko kamailio ana ? ma na mea anei i haiia, i paipaiia, i aoia mai e ke kahuna, e ke kahu kula Sabati ? Aole, aia no ia ma na mea e pili ana i ke kino, i ka makamaka. Ma na halawai haipule ma na la noa, a la Sabati hoi, ane oki loa ia, he Ikakaikahi ka i hoea mai. Aia mahea ka nui ? Ma ka hnna kino kekahi, a ma ka noho wale ka nni. A, oki loa no ia mau halawai ma kekahi mau ekalesia. 2. Ke kau ana o ka ekaleaia i na hana a pau maluna o na Kahunapule, a ine na kahu ekaleaia. Aia a ala, a alakai, u paipai na kahuoa, alaila ala a haoa paha ka ekalesia, hana ole paha. I ke Kahunapule no ka hana, kapule, ka hoomaemae i ka luaki-

ni, ka hookani i ka bele, ka waele i kapa me ke alaoui. ka hoala i na aha kokua, oa aha kinai rama, kinai baka ; ka hele paipai i kau haie, e ike ika poe aiai, ka poe ilihune ; e hoihoi mai i ka poe auwaua, a ia ia hoi ka iini aoa i koua ola kiao. Na hoailona xeia o ka ekalesiu maimai. Ina e pili ana ia i kekahi mau ekalesia Hawaii, ua maiinai ia mau ekaleaia, a e make aua ke mihi ole a hoohunau hou oleia inai. Ka ekulcsia maimai ole, oia hoi ka ekalesia ola pouo, e like me ke ola maikai o ke kino. Heaha na hoailona o keia ola? Ka inau aua o ka hele i na halawai haipule, halawai malama bou, uu kula Sibati, kula Baibalu. Aole loa eae ana i kekahi kumu uuku e aoho ui, e haalele ai i na uana hoomana. E houle ana i ko komo, e hooikaika aua, e makaala ana i komo i ka hora kupono. E hui pu ana o ka leo, o ka naau, me ka pule, a me ka himeui. Ina ho leo ole, he naau no aae, a me ia e pule pu si me ke kahuua, a e mele pu ai me ka poe ioe!e. [Ja Uko hoi ia ekalesia i ka Baibala, a Inlau no, a huli no i ke kuinu olelo, a i na pauku kuhikuhi ma na kula Sabati. Na Inna o ia ekalesia. na diakona, na luna hana, hoahanau ikaika lakou. Aole lakou i kali a paipai ke kahuna e hana. Xa ka luna manao oloko i paipai ia lakou e ala, e hana, e alakai, e kuhikuhi, e malama i ua halawai haipule, e kokua ma ua knla Subati, e liele i kauhale e paipai, e iuii i ka poe hewa, ka poo mai, a ilihune, a mahhini, a lnulou, a kaumaha.

Ikaika lakou i ka hapai i no lima o na kahunapule. Lakon na Aarona ua Dura, na Levi. Ikaika i ka imi i ke olti kino o ke kahu ekalesia. Ikaika hoi lakou iko kokua ana i ke kaliu i ka hoomaemae ana i ka ekalesia. Na lakou e iini ika poe hihia, a paipai e mihi, ole, lawe ia lakou imua o ke kahu. Ana lakon hoi e imi ika poe hnli mai, a lawe ia lakou imua o ke kahu, i hookomoia lakou iloko o ka ekalesia.

Nana hoi na luua i ka hina i pono ke hanaia ; ka hana hou ana i ka luakini, ka hoomaemae ana, ke pena hou aua, ka hookani ana i kn be!e, ka imi ana i hele hou, i bele maikai loa, i OgMua. i Melodiana paha, ka waele ana i kapu, ka hana hou ana i ka puka &.c. A ikaika hoi lakou ika hoala ana, i ka hoohana ana 1 na aha kokua, na aha kinai rama, kiuai baka, Scc. Na honiloua keia o ka ekalesia maimai ole, ka ekaleaia ola pono. Ehia ekaleaia o keia ano ma keia pae aina ? Aole paha au e kuhi hewa ke pane aku, he kakaikahi paha. Aole au i ike maka ika nui aua ekaleala ; Ka'u wale no ka'u e ike maka nei. He ekalcsia maimai ka'u. E pule na haipule nona. E hele mai hoi e lapaau, e wiki mai nae o make e. E hai mai na kahu i oa ekaiesia maimai, i hiki i ka poe maimai ole ke pule no lakou ika wa e koe ana ke aho, malia paha e hoolohe ke Akua i ka pule, a lapaau ia lakou, a pohala mai, a ala mai, a ola maikai. lla»vaii