A HAWAIIAN DISCOURSE ON BREAD AND WINE.

"And God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good."-Genesis, i, 31.

"And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine; and he was the priest of the Most High God."— Genesis, xiv, 18.

HE brown man--the poor native-was not (like

THE

be-pitied-and-to-be-helped Indian) good stuff out of which to make the drunkard. He had lived mostly on poi and fish; he had not followed the chase nor eaten of the spoil. And to-day, even, the Hawaiian cannot be said to covet nor desire the food or drink of the European. But with the white man there came (I regret to say) rum; and with the yellow man there came (worse yet) opium. In this Hawaii-this `richest chain of seven gems-in its chief, even in its capital city,—its "pretty little Honolulu "—is to be seen door after door wide open, with tempting array of glass and bottle, and strains of music are to be heard within to lure the native to quick destruction!

Again, all through and over this country is to be found in choicest and most easily-to-be-got-at spots,

the childlike and bland John, with his neat, compact, tidy little shop, where can be found colored neckerchiefs, of brightest, most radiant dye, calico, spurs, saddles, scissors, beads, brass jewelry, sweet cakes, etc. (offered to tempt and gratify the precise wants of the native), together with fire-water and opium (sub rosa). This is the one fiend portrait I dare not cover.

"Tis true 'tis pity; and pity 'tis 'tis true."

All this evil is to the native an acquired taste-not to the manner born! Certainly there is the native liquor; but it is not always made, nor always attainable, nor in common use-it does not flow like water, on every roadside, at a kinne-kinne a glass!

The pure, sweet heart of the wheat-the blood of the grape-types of man's spiritual food, his soul's refreshment in the journey of life. Bread and winesweet bread, pure wine-his material food, his staff and stimulant! When the Blessed Saviour turned sixty gallons of water into wine at the wedding feast he meant there should be no stint. When he fed the multitude there was enough and to spare! God makes no mistakes. There is wheat enough to feed his children, and hillsides enough in Tropics and in Temperates to add the wine. God never meant there should be hunger or thirst-spiritual or physical. He is still multiplying the bread, still willing to feed the multitude-still turning water into wine. "I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman." Many climbers, but one vine! Good bread (as a rule) is an

unknown quantity, so to speak, at the Islands. Fine, rich, home-made bread, with a heart in it, is very rare, exceptional. However, I did see it when living in the purple, on certain state occasions, or royal visits. Never mind where. I found good bread-in spots. One trouble is, to make good bread in these warm. climates is a great care, you can readily understand; and any extra work there is a burden against which cook and housekeeper rebel. And so baker's bread slips into the household and keeps undisputed sway. And such bread! gracious me! It would be sacrilege, desecration, vandalism to compare it kindly to the delicious wheaten loaf of high civilization, and I plead -not guilty! The little wizen-faced, chalky, chaffy affair! "No use," as the natives say.

I am, indeed, in love with the poet who wrotesummed up—all of man's earthly need, in three lines:

"A loaf of bread, a jug of wine,
And thou singing beside me-

And wilderness were paradise enow,"

Food, drink and companionship-the simple needs of life.

The old saying that " Good flour is bread half made" would hold true to a certain extent, even in that climate, if used. But much of it is very inferior in quality. If bread be the staff of life, then the health and strength of a community depends more or less upon the quality eaten.

"And His disciples say unto Him, Whence should

we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.

"And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled; and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full." (St. Matthew, xv, 33.)

"And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men." (St. Mark, vi, 42.)

"And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now, there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

"And Jesus took the loaves; and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

"When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

"Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

"Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that

Prophet that should come into the world." (St. John, vi, 10-14.)

"And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst.

"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink His blood, ye have no life in you.

"Whoso eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

For My flesh is meat indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

"He that eateth My flesh and drinketh My blood, dwelleth in Me and I in him.

"As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father, so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me.

"This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live forever." (St. John, vi, 35, 53-58.)

"And when they wanted wine the mother of Jesus saith unto Him, They have no wine.

"And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

"Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.

"And He saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.