Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 2, 10 January 1885 — Ka huakai i ka Aina Gula o Kaleponi. [ARTICLE]

Ka huakai i ka Aina Gula o Kaleponi.

' ( Kahiiuia no Kuoke i.) | Koena mai lea hela 6 mai. j Ika pau ana oke anaina pule, ua : hele aku la au e makaikai i ko lakou | Kula Sahati, O keia Kula Sabati oia ke Kula Sabati nui loa ma ka mokuaina o Kaleponi ; oka averiga mau o na haumana o keia ku\a he 800, a i kekahi manawa he 1000 a oi iki aku, a o ka 600 paha ka haahaa loa. Oke ano ona lawelawe ana he ku ika eleu; ua laweia mai na mea kani oia ka ohe, vaiolina, ame kekahi mau mea e ae, i mau mea alakai ma ka himeni ana r a he ku maoli no i ka nani ke hooloh? aku. 1 ka pau ana o mau himeni, ua noiia mai la au e hoike aku i kekahi mau mea e pili ana no na Kula Sabati Hawaii, a ua kamailio pokole au e like me ka hiki ia'u, a ua pule au 1 ka pule a ka Haku ma ka olelo Hawaii; ua noi mai lakou ia'u e himeni aku i kekahi mau himeni o ko kakou mau Kula Sabati, a ua himeni au, a i ka pau ana, ua oaipai a hehihehi lakou, aole paha no ka maikai o ko'u wahi leo, oiai, he wahi ieo maikai ole ko'u i ka himeni, aka, no ko lakou lohe ana paha i ka olelo ilawaii. Ua laweia au ma kekahi mau rumi e aku kahi e malamaia ana na keiki liiiii loa mai ka 5 a hiki i ka 6 makahiki; a o ke ano o ka lakou mau haawina, hē mau kii Baibaia i kahaia raa ka papa eleele a malaila e kuhikuhi ai ke kumu, a e hoakaka ai ia lakou e pili ana no na inoolelo Baibaia; he haneri paha a oi iki na haumana ma keia rumi; ua v himeni au iimia 0 lakou, ua paipai lakou me ka hauoli. Ua hele hou aku la au ma ka rumi o na keiki iki ae, mai ka 6 a hiki 1 ka 12 makahi ki; ua himeni no au ma keia rumi, ua hauoli no lakou. ua nui kou mahalo i keia Kula Sabati no ka makauk#iu o na kumu a me ke kahu, ma ka hooholo wx\ ana i na hana e pomoih'i ni na opio; ma ko'u hakilo pono ana, aole au i ike iki e hoopaapaa ana na haumana me na kumu, a e lawe mai ana i na ninau hoakamai i mea hoopaapaa e like me kekahi mau Kula Sabati Hawaii; nolaila, ua holomua keia lala o ka pono ma keia ekalesia. Ika pau ana o ko'u homakaikaiia ana e ke kahu, ua kono mai la oia ia } u e hele ma kona hale e paina pu ine ia; he nui ka lokomaikai o keia kahu ia'u. He pomaikai nui no'u ka halawai pu ana me ia a me kana wahine oluolu. Ika pau ana oka paina. ua hele pu au me ka hope kahu, a Kahukula Sabati hoi o ia ekalesia i kekahi kula apana o lakou, he elua paha mile a oi iki ka mamao, a o keia kula he kula keia no na keiki e hele ole mai ana ma ka luakini. O ka nui o na haumana, he haneri me kanakolu paha, a o keia poe keiki he mau keiki na ki poe ilihune ka hapa nui, ua paipai au imua o lakou, a ua hoike pu no hoi no na Kula Sabati o Hawaii nei; he nui ko lakou hauoli ika lohe ana no ke o na kaikamahine Hawiii ika himeni, a ua noi mai la lakou la'u e himeni, aua himeni au i ka himeni 38 o ka Hoku Ao Nani, "Home Maikai." Ika wa a*u e himeni ana, ua lohe no au i ko lakou hawanawana ana : "Home, Sweet Home," oiai he himeni kaulana loa keia ia iwaena o lakou. Ika pau ana o ka'u himeni ana, ua noi aku ko lakou Kahu ia lakou, ekau ealima o ka poe makemake e haawi Iko lakou aloha i na opio Hawaii, ua kau mat la ko lakou mau lima a pau loa me ka hoihoi o ko lakou mau helehelena.

Ua hoi nmi au no Kapalakiko ia ahi» ahi, a ua hele au i ka pu)e ma ka halepule o ka Rev. Dr. Bairow, ua piha loa ka luakim me na kanaka he ekolu paha tausani ka nui, a ua kahikoia ka luakini me na pua nani ua waeia hoi he roau hioieni maikai loa, oiai he anaina hoonani keia i ke Akua no kona malama ana me ke aloha i ke ola o ko lakou Kahu, oiai oia ma kana huakai hooluolu ma ka hikina. A o na hana a'u i ike ma kela po kamahao, he mea

sna u e poina oīe ai na himeni ineane, ,na noeau a tne ke anaina nui me aa maka hoihou He anaina kamahao maoli no, a"u e ike hou o!e iku ai ma kti?- ir.ua aku.