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Harold W. Percival

KAHUKU

ʻO nā hōʻailona a me nā hana o Freemasonry, ke ʻano fraternal o Masonry, he hoʻohui nui i ka ʻike nui ʻana iā mākou iho, ke ao, a ma waho aʻe; Eia nō naʻe, hiki i ka pinepine ke nānā ʻia ʻole, hiki paha i kekahi Masona. Masonry a me kāna mau Hōʻailona Mālamalama i ke ʻano, ʻano a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia mau ʻano geometrical. Ke ʻike mākou i ke ʻano nui o kēia mau hōʻailona, ​​ua pono hoʻi iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ko mākou hope hope loa i ke ola. 'O kēlā ka hana i kēlā me kēia kanaka, i kekahi ola, e hoʻi hou i kona kino kūlohelohe kanaka, laila e kūkulu hou i ke kino kūpono kūpono, ka wahine like ʻole. Kuhi ʻia kēia ma Masonry ʻo "ka lua o ka luakini" ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka mua.

Hāʻawi aku ʻo Mr. Percival i ka ʻike hohonu o kekahi o nā mea ikaika ma Masonry, ka hana hou ʻana o ka luakini o King Solomon. ʻAʻole naʻe e hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia me he hale ʻaina i hana ʻia ma ka palā a i ʻole ka mea kila, akā "ʻo ka luakini ʻaʻole i hana ʻia e nā lima." Wahi a ka mea kākau, Freemasonry hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ke kanaka no laila e hana hou ke kolohe i ke kino make i loko o kahi ʻuhane ʻuhane make "he mau loa ma ka lani."

ʻO ka hoʻāla hou ʻana i ko mākou kino kino ka hopena o ke kanaka, ko mākou ala hope loa, ʻoiai he ʻano paʻakikī. Akā me ka maopopo maoli o ko mākou maoli, a pehea mākou i hiki mai ai i kēia ao honua, hoʻomohala mākou i ka kūleʻa i ka pono i ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā e aʻo "i ka mea e hana ai a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hana" i kēlā me kēia kūlana a mākou e hālāwai ai. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia no ka mea e kā mākou pane i kēlā mau hanana ola e hoʻoholo i ko mākou ala e hoʻomaopopo ai i nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka mea i pae nui i ka kaʻina hana hou.

Inā makemake ka poʻe e noiʻi hou i kēia kumuhana, Manaʻo a Hoʻopau hiki ke lawelawe ma ka papa kuhikuhi. Ua paʻi mua ʻia ma 1946 a i kēia manawa i loko o kāna paʻi ʻehā ʻumikūmāhā, loaʻa nō hoʻi ia e heluhelu ma kā mākou pūnaewele. Ma loko o kēia puke piha a ʻike ākea ka mea i hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa ka ʻike e pili ana i ka piha āpau o ke ao holoʻokoʻa a me ke kanaka, e komo pū me ka lōʻihi o ka poina i hala.

Ua manaʻo mua ka mea kākau i kēlā Masonry a me kāna mau Hōʻailona e komo me kahi mokuna ma Manaʻo a Hoʻopau. Ua hoʻoholo hope ʻo ia e kāpae i kēlā puke mai ka kākau a paʻi i lalo ma ka uhi kaawale. No ka mea, ua piʻi aʻe kekahi o nā huaʻōlelo i loko Manaʻo a Hoʻopau e kōkua nō i ka mea heluhelu, ua ʻae ʻia kēia mau mea i loko o kahi aNā wehewehe'ʻĀpana o kēia puke. No ka maʻalahi o ka hōʻike, ua kuhi ʻia nā hōʻailona i nā mea kākau e kāna "Hōʻike i nā Hōʻailona"Ua komo pū kekahi.

Ka nui a me ka hohonu o ka waiwai i hāʻawi ʻia ma Manaʻo a Hoʻopau pono e hānai i ka ʻimi a kekahi kanaka no ka ʻike o ko mākou kumu maoli a me ke kumu i ke ola. Me kēia ʻike, Masonry a me kāna mau Hōʻailona ʻaʻole e lilo i maopopo hou ʻia, akā hiki ke kau ʻia kekahi ola i kahi papa hou.

ʻO ka Word Foundation
November, 2014

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