Through all of her struggles during her reign as Queen of Hawaii, Liliʻuokalani never quiet focused on religion. But as you can tell here, she truly struggled with the matter of Christianity in Hawaii. She claims that she always gave respect to her Christian followers and rejected the idea of uncooperative people. As you read, though, you can tell that she was still torn between acceptance and forgiveness. This quote is so powerful because she is asking the Christian’s who came in and took over her throne why they did it. She wants to know what she ever did to them to make them feel this way. Just by reading it I automatically feel her anguish in asking them Why?
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Queen of Hawaii
Quote: “Does it make nothing for us that we have always recognized our Christian teachers as worthy of authority in our councils, and repudiated those whose influence or character was vicious or irreligious? That while four-fifths of the population of our Islands was swept out of existence by the vices introduced by foreigners, the ruling class clung to Christian morality, and gave its unvarying support and service to the work of saving and civilizing the masses?” (Ch. LVII)
Through all of her struggles during her reign as Queen of Hawaii, Liliʻuokalani never quiet focused on religion. But as you can tell here, she truly struggled with the matter of Christianity in Hawaii. She claims that she always gave respect to her Christian followers and rejected the idea of uncooperative people. As you read, though, you can tell that she was still torn between acceptance and forgiveness. This quote is so powerful because she is asking the Christian’s who came in and took over her throne why they did it. She wants to know what she ever did to them to make them feel this way. Just by reading it I automatically feel her anguish in asking them Why?
Through all of her struggles during her reign as Queen of Hawaii, Liliʻuokalani never quiet focused on religion. But as you can tell here, she truly struggled with the matter of Christianity in Hawaii. She claims that she always gave respect to her Christian followers and rejected the idea of uncooperative people. As you read, though, you can tell that she was still torn between acceptance and forgiveness. This quote is so powerful because she is asking the Christian’s who came in and took over her throne why they did it. She wants to know what she ever did to them to make them feel this way. Just by reading it I automatically feel her anguish in asking them Why?
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