The islands of Hawaii in the mid of Pacific Ocean are now 50th state of the US. Since childhood I was fascinated by these remote Islands of Pacific Ocean. The mainland USA is 2300 miles away in the east. Hawaii was an independent state till 1890. In 1893 Queen Lili'uokalani was dethroned by Americans. She sent the following message to the American people. The message contains pain and a sense of betrayal. I post the message so that we remember the sad story of the annexation of Hawaii by US whenever we see fun filled pictures of Hawaii.
" Do not covet the little vineyards of Naboth so far from your shores, lest the punishment of Ahab fall upon you, if not in your day, in that of your children, for ' be not decieved, God is not mocked.' The people to whom your fathers told of the living God, and taught them to call 'Father,' and whom the sons now seek to despoil and destroy, are crying to Him in their time of trouble; and He will keep his promise, and will listen to the voices of His Hawaiian children lamenting for their homes."
Such a pain, such a grief.
2 comments:
You obviously never lived in Hawaii as I did from the time I was born until I got out of college. You have the foggiest idea about what you're writing. A little more research is in order.
For those who are interested in the history of Hawaii I will recommend the following article.
http://www.moolelo.com/conquest-of-hawaii-orig.html
More information is available on wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii
The sory of Ahab is a bible story and can be found at the following link.
http://www.amazingchange.org/story_Naboth.htm
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