Ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, Volume I, Number 41, 3 July 1862 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

W Eia mai kekalii pttl*ptl* i kw* ia iia k*k*hi haole mi§ioneri i k*k*u, oU boi b$ mi*iou*ri mamoa oo i*, *k*, q* i*<rfbaii* i keU mMta, Aoa hapii oi* i ka aki*ki i* h*i, ka poe kole*a* ole oU e booi«l*u mai aL Peoei:— Tb fht Publviker cf Ihe Hoku ohn Pakipikū. Sm >-I have )*trlj commenc«i * eoane of public mini«lration io Honolulu, *od io riiitiog from bou«e to hou»«, 1 find th*t tbe Bobu o ka Pakipikū. is eierting * b*oefui iafloenc« upoo the m&r*l* of the people. Being **eet for th« defeoce of the Qospei, N I «haii f«el compelled to carry oo * cruit*4e tgainst it i§ ft is now oooducte<i. H*d rour *hafU been i|nreled agaiost the fraiitiea of miiaion*Hes ttertlv, I shotild have oothiog to s*y; but stbce jrour aim aeemn to be to sap the foutkdatiou of Bible Chriatianity, 1 am bound to oppo#e jou. ChrißtiatiitT i> founded in good wili to man. II iifheaven f s best gift. It is u boon, and the man who laborß to ondermine it, betrayn a heart opposed to the well*being of his raoe. Let me add f that the heathenish songa with wiiieh the Hoku o ka Pakipika ia intnr« spersed, have * tendency the vcry antipodes of civiii«at(on. If the people mu«t have poetry, why not give thera translationB from the po<UM of christian cotintries? It is not by turning the minds cf thc peo* ple back to the obscenities of heathenism, that the Hawaiian nation is to be elevated and enlightened, but by leading them forward to a glorious futurt. Wilh the hope that the Hoku o kū Pakipika may be donducted upon better principles, 1 shali wait for one month. If no chnnge takes plaee in its atyle, I shall, at the expiration of that time, eommenee the attack. " Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts." J. Bick.vkix, Servant of Jesus Christ. Honoiuln, June 25, 1862. Ika mea nana e hoopuka ika Hoku o kti Pa• kipikūi Auhea oe:—Ua hoomaka mai nei au i ka hana kahunapuio ana ma Honolulu nei, a i kuu hele ana inai kela hale a keia hale, ike iho la au, ke hoohuli ino nei ka Hoku 0 ka Pakipika i ka manao o ka lehulehu. No kuu "hoonoho ia ana e hoakaka aku i kaolelo maikai * ke Akua," ke hookon<K kono ia nei au e hoomaka he kh.ua kue ia ia, iua e hoomau ia kana hana e hana ia nei. "■ ua pana ia kou mau pua i na kioō- o na miaionan wale no, ina la aoie au hoohaiahala iki; aku, no kou maoāo e hoohiolo i ke kuhua o ke Kristiano Buibala, nolaila, ka'u no ia e kue aku ia oe. Ua hookahua ia ka hoomana Krietiano raa ka inanao lokoino ole aua i kanaka! oia ka inakana maikai loa oka lani. He alana no ia, a o ke kanaka nana e hooikaika e hoohiolo ia, ua hoiko mai no ia he naau kue 1 ka pomaikai o ko ke ao nei. Eia mele pegana i lahaia iloko o ka Hoku o ka Pakipika, lie kue maoli no ia ika hoonaauao ia ana. Ina e makemake ana o kanaka i na no ke aha la i unuhi ole ai i na mele o ka poe haku inele o na aina Kristiano ? Aole no ma ka hoohuli ana ae o ka manao o ka lahui Hawaii, e hoi hou i ke kuulala o ka pegana ana e hookiekie ia a hoonaauao ia, aka, ma ke alakai ana ia lakou imua i na mea nani e hiki mai ana. Mē ka manao laua e hoopuka ana k* Hoku o ka Pakipika, ma ke ano oi o ka maikai i ko keia manawa, e kakali ana au i hookahi mahina, a ina aole e hoano e ole ia kona ano, i ka pau ana oia manawa e hoomaka ana au ika hoouka aku. "Aole ma ka mana, aole ma ka ikaika, aka f ma kuu uhane, wahi a lehova o ka lehulehu." J. BICKNKtt, Kauwa a lesu Kristo. Honolulu, lune 25, 18651 Akahi no a ike inakou ua hookohuia o Mr. Bickuell e ke Akoa e kaapuni hele kue i ka Hoku oka Pakipiktu Kainoa ua poniia oia e iilo i Kahunapule, ehai aku ma keakea i ka olelo hoopakele a ke Akua, aole oke kue i kekahi nupepa maoli. Eia ka makou olelo ao ia ia : K pono no ke hele kela me ka hai aku i ka olelo a ke Akua, a na ia olelo no e alakai kanaka ma ke aianui pololei e hiki ako ai ika ola. tfa ike nō kela ua hookumuia keia nupepa e paiia ai na manao o na kanaka maoli, aole no ke kokua ana i kekahi aoao hoomana; a h<t mea mau ona nupepa oia ano, e awili pu na m&nao hooiealea me na manao e pili an&i ka ohane o ke kanaka. Noiaila, eia ka {woo lōi, e hele o Mr. Bickneil e h*i aku i ka *iH>m*oit o ke Akua, me ka hookohukohu ole he mea paahana ia i hookohuia e ke Akua, aoie pono kehele ia e •kiaki i* hai uo ko lakoo lookahi ole o ka manaomeia. Aka, ke waihō aku nei makou i» ioea imoli o ke «keā, na lakoō noe hooholo i ka pono a me ka pono ole o kei* nupepa. Ua aneane oō e pau loa kekue aoa o n* miskmari mua, eia k* ke ku mai nei he u D»nieU hou." Ua loaa mai ia makou he palapala oa J. H. Kapaiki, no Kalaoa, Kona, Hawaii, e olelo an* oa hoili mai he Olelo Hooiaha me ka dala po, laaeae pai *i maloko o ka makou nupepa, aole nae i kM* i*Mdtoci*p*l*paU; oa haak p*h>» a knlofrai>