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Even the Reverend Dr. Thorn
finds it unbelievable
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that only 43 years ago, when the English
Captain Cook arrived in Hawaii,
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my brothers stood for the first time
face to face with a Christian world
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whose existence
they had never even dreamt of.
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We beheld your weapons,
your tall ships,
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your way with books and numbers,
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and we could not doubt the greatness
of your Christian God.
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In less than one generation
we leveled our temples,
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burnt our pagan idols,
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and stood like waiting children for
the revelation you promised to send us.
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But instead of sending God's words,
you sent adventurers to steal our lands...
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pestilence to ravage our countrysides,
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strong drink to devour
the manhood of our sons,
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and devils in the shape of whalers
to despoil our daughters
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and cast them aside
like little wounded animals...
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to die in torment of that disease
for which we had no name
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until you came.
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We hunger for the word of God.
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Yet in the four years
I've lived among you,
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no one yet has said to me,
"Keoki Kanakoa,
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I will go with you to Hawaii
to save the souls of your people."
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I am coming, I am coming!
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- It's past 3:00.
- I'm sorry, Reverend Thorn.
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You said the lists were closing tonight,
and Brother Hale and I
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- decided to volunteer for Hawaii.
- You have? Come on in.
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Why did you not stand forth with
the others at a more appropriate hour?
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I wasn't sure of my worthiness, sir.
I asked Brother Whipple to stay with me
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and pray for God's direction.
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I assume the Lord
has spoken to you again?
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He has, sir.