Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 28, 10 July 1869 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

A Sabbath ai Omoa.

A;ter a smart cr»ii=e. the 4, Moroing S'ar"' dropped anchor at Omoa. !siand of Fa?usra. She fcrougfct there m!s-sionar»?s. Kaiwi, Hapuku, Kekei* aod Kauwealoha. And (here, wi:h the Hawaiian deieg«te, they had thejr annua! mect':np. There they did bu?iness reiating lo God. tbe soul, heav«o. heiL and etern'tv. How imporUnt. then, was their bi;sinefs ! Then we took the«n back to tbeir ?tations :; cx:ept Kaiwi, whorem vined. But we hrst »pen: a sabhath with lbem on shore. Aūer morning worsbip in the cabin, Capt. Tengsttrom and a few raore went ashore to chur:h. Wh.it! a chur:h, a Cbr;«tianchureh īn the «;nTaqe Marquehas ? Ves. the standird ofthe is reai!y plant?don these eanmhai Chn?t crucified is rea!iv preßcned in the;rh!f ? i ituri€d rai{».'ys. ThereChriMian terr»p'es open ;heir dc»ors ; and wnh beil or hom, in\ ite vjnners to worship. And, this mominp, 1 got a seat in one, near the puij-.it, dp the pa>toT*s wsfe. Alor.g na*:ve men and women, f'\ihr:ī on raiscd bo2rds or on the matted fioor. Thf-v were aii c!othed, more or iess. Aud ?heir bc-haviour was bocoming the house of C> > ar.,i ihe sabbath day. Ia a rude, un» paira< d puij;U. side by side, stood Mr. Kaiwi th< i pastor, and Mr. F< gue the dele£ate. iSni. i;!ig thu:«-, thei>e nmbissadors of Christ attrac:e'i everv e\'e. They prenched a!teriiait iy, or by turns. At»d ihe attcntion was gocd« especialiy N%hen the de!egate preaciied. After service, an old blind women rcj)c-.it< d the firbt t\vo chapters of Mathew. A;ter church, 1 went wnh the C.iptain, Delegate, and n»issionanes to a neigiibouring (>n ti»e inrge c-bbstor»es of tl»e Hoor, bat a r:»iddie-aged man of nobie buiid. He wore a maro or wnist-cloth ; and was tattooed o!i ovt-r. This man was the object of our vjjri{. \Vhat is thc n»atter with hirn ? He is cvident'.y in great pain ; while, on his left hand, lics a great lea(. His wife sits by his sido, atid Ijis henthen neighbours stand iook0!). Whai ls ihe mutter? .\fier drinking eoeoanul rum with a party, Jie tl)jrstcd for the bioodof a neighbour. \ ea, he seized a i, r un to shoot him, for sedncing hi< ndopted danghter. 13ut, in his drunken i pas?ion, iie d;d not lond the gun properiy. .•So when he took aim, und puiied the trigger, i t!ie gun bur.st, biowm£ his thumb ofT, with | the neiphbouririL, parts. Nor is thisstrange.; On soine of tiie othcr islands, the natives ; were dritiking eoeonnui rum, and kiliingone : another. Taking o(I the green ie»f, he showed | v;s ti»e swolien, mutilated hand. It wos a .-ickening sight. Some said, that we should . eiu the hand, with part the arm off. But. otherssaid. "No, if the mundie on our hands, | the natives will blame christianity. M So we; lelt him in danger of mortification, dcath, and hell. At jiartmg, I took him by the whole liand, and said, " Yesu Christo mikai." The poor man hung his heud, evidently e!Tected. lle had been invited to church ; but, like a white sinner, his answer was, 14 By-and-by." He is likelv dead now. After leaving church, Mr. Pogue gr»ve me ; his ii ind, and iisked, if 1 was "going to re« j inain to the sacrament." " Most surely l ntn," j j>aid 1. "ltisa pnvilege." So I went to j t-hurch again ; and sat beside Samuel, well ; known many here. W hen, by faith this j naiive convert "ate the flesh. and drank the j blood " of Christ, he was aftected to tears. lt was sight for the angels. Now I wished that 1 ccnld weep with my dear Christian brotiier! But, aias ! my heurt was too hard for tears, either of joy or sorrow. As I left the ehurch, that noble chief, Makohi joined me. "I want to go with you," saidhe, with smi!e, "Whereto?" lasked. "ToHeaven?" '• Yes, I \vant to go with you to Heaven." " Then." taking his ann, '• let us go togeth- • er." Tiie ehiel laughed with joy. This| . hief belongs Uaj>ou. and is friendly to Kau-j weah iia \vith whom he eame o« board. j Thus li spent a sabbath at Omoa. I saw j the nntive wif»e the tear of faith and repent-1 anee irorn his tattooed face. { heard the j native ehiei'' otler to go with the Christ*an j s.uior to heaven. And I heard the native j woman, oid and blind, repeat chapter after| chapter ot word oi God. In short, 1 saw and j heard enough to convince me, ihat Christian j missions are not a failure. "Glory to God ! in the highest!" B. Tclloch. Aole ana paha e liuliu, a e ano molowa mai ana o Beritania i ka maiama ana i kona mau panalaau nia na wahi be lehulehu. j Ke uku nei oia i na dala he umikumama-| kolu miliona, (S 13,000,000) no.ka malama : ana i nu koa, i mea e maioumia ai ka maiuhia ona panalaau. O kahi loaa mai noio-: ko o ia tnau panalaau, ua oi iki aku ia ma-i mua o akahi hapaumi o na dala 0 hoomau-; naunaia la. j O ka hoopauia ana o ka Una ana ona aumoku manuwa o Bent;4ui ma na kapakai o AK'nkn, he kumu ia e hooia mai ana, ua pau ioa ka lawelawe nna o kn poe kalepa negero ran ui ama nui. O ke kanaka waiwai loa o ke kulanakauhale o Makao, he keiki oia na kekahi kanaka ilihune humuhumu kamaa. Moi ka ili--huuu u hiki i ka waiwai, pau ae la ka pu ufla. O ka heiuna nui o na paahao Keniana, ua hookuu loa ia aku lakou me ka lanakila, a ua hoounnia aku ke kauoha i Nu Holani, e hookuu ika poe i laweia aku iiaila. Ua oleloia, nia maloko o ia poe, o Muckay |*ekahi i ho^akuuia.