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VOYAGE OF THE POTOMAC. 
[August, 
In vain with lavish kindness, 
The gifts of God, are strewn, 
The heathen, in his blindness, 
Bows down to wood and stone. 
3. " Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high, 
Shall we, to men benighted. 
The lamp of life, deny % 
Salvation ! oh, salvation ! 
The joyful sound proclaim ; 
Till each remotest nation, 
Has learn'd Messiah's name." 
The missionaries at Oahu translated this hymn for the benefit 
of the heathen, and pubHshed it in a tract, containing other 
reUgious matters, in the following words of the Hawaiian 
tongue : — 
" HIMENI MISIONARI. 
" No ha hooulu ana i ka olelo a ke Akua i na aina a pau lea.* 
1. " Aloha ko na mauna, 
I paa mau i ka hau, 
A me ko Aitiopa, 
Ko Inia me Makao, 
Na muliwai kahiko, 
Na moku, na papu ; ^ 
Kii mai ko laila pio, 
I ola no lakou. 
2. "Auwe na lahuiaina 
0 na akua e ! ■ 
Ka make o na aina 
1 kulou i ke kii ; 
Ko Aferika pouli ! 
Ko Asia naaupo ! 
Ko Mahomeda pule ! • 
Ko Roma hewa hou ! 
3. "Pehea la ke hoole 
Kakou i aoia mai 
I kanaka pouli, ; ,. 
■ la lama e ola'i 1 
Ke ola! 0 ke ola' 
Hoolaha ae kakou, 
I lohe i ka Mesia, 
' A e huli ko ke ao." 
* IJa hooleaia'ku ia Tp.hova, mahope iho o ka ke Alii olelo ma Waimea a rae 
Kailua, Hawaii 
