Hawaii Holomua, Volume II, Number 11, 13 January 1894 — Rev. Hyde's Christianity. [ARTICLE]

Rev. Hyde's Christianity.

Rev. Cht»rles M. IIvde, in a i letter written frora Honolulu to the New York Independent says: ' Letno one heed tbe whining complaints about the disregard of indefeasible hereditarv rights" of seltish misrule nud social degeneration. The new Hawaji has lier face tnrned to the Iight from heaveu that shines for all. Her ear is attuned to the eall of i God’s providence to eome np j higher and look abroad. Her hauds are ready for the labor now devolved upon her of laving | ileep in polilieai righteonsness the foundation of a new sociaI |' onier. Let it rise, and be all that human natnre shonld be, a teraple in whieh to consecrate all ' work, all hopes. &11 lif© to tbe | service of God io the develop- ! m ent of a regenerated humanitv ; through the grace of onr Lord | ] Jesos Cbrist, source aud ootliow i i of ali that is nohle. lovely, and i goovl in any uiau. or any raee.” jl This hasa pretty soond, bot to ’ < our miuds relig!oas refoim. the ! < fouudation of wLieh if laid ia 1 disregurd of the principles of | s justice and of the people for ’ e whose benetit the reform is i iateuded is neither good i 1 0linst! anity nor enlighteaed e | policy.— Pr*u.

Mr. Steven3’3 Explanation. Ex Minister Stevena made a speech to a Boston audience yesterd»j eveuing. Mr. Stevens had a g’H>.l Jeal to say about the incontestible virtnes of the Ameriean fiag, about the beroes who sleep in the Soutbern graves and abont otber matters of more or )ess general interest. Bat touch)prr the ret] potnt at issne in tbe 3aw i ian controversy he was as s.ilent ;;s a Tammaay organ ou tLe J«feat of Mayuanl. Mr. Stevens .»nnounced dramaticallv that at least three qaestions “ap pertain toour interest iu Hawaii. • There is the question of Christian civilization, ’ he said, “thereisthe questiou of Ameriean future power in the Pacific and the third involve« the issne of responsible Government unJer the American fiag. in harmony wfth p!eJged American faith. It is almost unnecessarv to poiut out agam that in JoJgiug (he maiu questiou Mr. Stevens Joes not strengthen hīs case. Christian civ>lizatiou is highlv Jesirable but tlie Minister of the l T niteJ States is not expeeted to enforce it at the point of the ba\ onet. The iuatter of American powei’ in the Pac<fic does not justify a policy of land grabbing without provocation and \vithout reasonable justification. And there is nothing in the “Iogic of Ameiiean historv ‘ or in Ameriean precedent to eall for the seizuro and annexation of territorv 2,000 miles distant from tbe nearest poiut on the Americau cohtinent. An appeal to u “jingo’’ spirit that may at tiiues the American breast is snccessful only so 1ar as it is evasive of the real merits of the iasue, auJ as it Jeceives tha mau who bas a sort of fiimbouyant enthusiasm whieh he takes for patriotism. As he comts to his proper seuses anJ looks at the matter oalmly, he finJs unJer all this confusing rubbish about the flag anJ heroes anJ Ameiiean power anJ Christian civilizution, the pertinent question; Was the power of the UniteJ Staces employeJ without authority anJ without justification? In one proposition Mr. Stevens is right. The Hawaiian question is not a purty issue anJ properly cannot be made one. All jingo ists are not Kepublicans aud all Republicans are not jingoists Doubtless Mr. Stevens believed that in acting in conjunction \vith the insurrectionists he wouU be snstained by the administration and indorsed by the Ameriean public. He eounteJ on the first flush of ‘ - jingo” euthusiasm anJ not ou t!ie sober seconJ thought that wouU follow the ealm anJ Iogicul presentation of the facts. This is what apparently is rattling Mr. Stevens anJ lenJing to his public utterances of so mueh that is irrelevant and foreigu to tbe question. —Kansas City Star.