Show ENDED IDOLATRY IN HAWAII Brave Act Act of Daughter of Chief Resulted In Establishing Christianity There No longer do do dothe the the fire lakes In th the great crater of ot Kilauea Kilauea- carry terror to the soul of Hawaii as a a message from the dreaded fire god Pele It Is a century cen- cen cen ceri- tury since Kapiolani daughter of Kea- Kea high chief of the district of ot HIlo and wife ot of Nathe high chief of Kona- Kona and the national orator defied the fire go goddess dess and turned her people people peo pee pIe from the Idolatry Prior to that time tinie the superstition ran that whenever whenever whenever when when- ever Pele stamped her foot on the bottom bottom bot hot tom torn of tI the e volcano volcano Ipa her er House of ot Everlasting Fire there vere were earthquakes If she became angered angered an In- with rUh hapless lovers hapless lovers or any who failed tailed to w worship her she was cred credited ted with Hh poring out k torrents of or lava and flame All Ail who went n near the he crater were expected to do so with humility hu hUe and sacrifice and high priests of the goddess kept the people In awe People gave their dead t to the volcano hoping they would became ghost gods to aid them Then Kapiolani h in 1820 after three years rears teaching at the feet of ot missionaries missionaries- accepted Christianity and did what is recorded as as one as-one one of ot the greatest acts of moral courage ever performed She visited the tho volcano against the advice advice of of her husband and friends and hurled stones into the pit and ate of the enchanted berries near It She Sime defied the the goddess Before goIn goin goIng go- go In Ing up sl she e left a message saying that If sh she didn't return her ber people should continue to worship Pele but If It she shedid shedid shedid did they should accept the new t teach ings Her lIer return safely banish d th the th hold of ot idolatry In n Hawaii |