Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume XXIV, Number 14, 4 April 1885 — Not good enough. Aole i makaukau. [ARTICLE]

Not good enough. Aole i makaukau.

Ahea oe e komo iloko o ka ekalesia ? Komo au i ka ekalesia ? Aole au i makaukau. He wahi maemae ka ekalesia, Aole au i maemae. Aole pau kuu hewa. Ke puhi baka nei au, Ke inu rama no. Ke hakaka nei no me kuu hoaioha. Nui hoi kuu mau hana lealea.

A pehea ? Ke manao nei anei oe e loaa ka makaukau ma keia hope aku ?

Aole akaka ia ia'u, aole paha e loaa ana. Nolaila, ke manao nei anei oe e hele i ka lua ahi ?

E hele anei au ika lua ahi ? Aole loa o'u manao e hele ika lua ahi, Piha ioa au i ka weliweli a ane make. E hele au ike ahi pio ole o Gehena ! Auwe ! Auwe !! Aole o'u manao e hele ilaila. -A-ka, e hele akn ana oe ikiia ke loa£ ole ka makaukau e komo ai iloko o ka ekalesia. Auwe ! .Kuhihewa au. Kuhi au, e hiki ia'u ke* noho mawaho o ka ekalesia me ke puhi' baka no, me ka hana i na hana lealea, me ka hele ole i na halawai me ka hoahewa ole ia.

No ka mea, aole au he hoahanau aole au i hoohiki e haalele i ka ipu baka, i ke kiaha rama, me na hana lealea. Hiki paha īa'u ke naho mawaho, me ka pule paha i kekahi manawa. Ae, kuhihewa io oe. Aole pela. Ua hewa oe no kou hoohiki ole, no kou malama ole i ke kauoha a lesu, e mihi, a e bapetizo ia. Ae, pela no. A ina ua makaukau au, e malama no au ia kauoha. Auwe ! Ke noho nei ka oe me ka malama ole ika lesu mau kauoha. O ka poe malama i ka lesu mau kauoha, lakou wale no ke ola, Nolaila, aole oe e oh ana, e hele ana no i ka make, i ke ahi o Gehena.

Aole au i makaukau e komo iloko o ka ekalesia. Aole au i good enough. Oiai ua ike au i ke ano oka ekalesia. Nui ka hana pono ole o kekahi poe eka!esia, he Kuhu, he hakaka, he holoholo olelo, he hoopunipuni, he hookamani, he hoomauhala, he puni waiwai, he alunu, he īnu rama, h'e puhi baka. Aole o*u makemake e komo iloko o ka ekalesia. O ! Oka ekalesia ka i makaukau ole, aole ka oe. Aole oe i makemake e komo iloko o ka eka!esia, no ka mea, |ua hana hewa kekahi poe hoahanau. i Aole ka oe i hoomanao e hui pu ana oe me ia poe iioko o ka iua ahi ke mihi ole oe a nianaoio ia lesu. Aole ou makemake e noho iloko o kou ohana, no ka mea, ua hewa kekahi lala. Aole ou makemake e noho iloko 0 kekahi kulanakauhale, no ka mea, ua hewa kekahi poe oiaila. Eia kou pono, e mihi ano, e manao īa lesu, e bapetizo, .a e komo iloko o ka ekalesia, a e kekua i ka hoomaemae ana i ka ekalesia, i ka hookaawale ana 1 ka poe pono oie inai ka ekalesia aku. He oiaio no, aole oe i makaukau, aole hoi e makaukau ana ma kou pono iho. E noi aku la lesu e haawi mai i ka makaukau» e ka!a roai i kou mau hewa, a e hoohanau hou mai ia oe me ka Uhane Hemoiele. H- M. i