The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-10-26
Bishop Hip on the SinfuInes>
of San Francisco.
H, R,Puala;e, S.nd.y Dinner. and FieuIe..

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W Inzraiam Kip. Bi-bop Of CzliGruia. liz
addr~-d a e pastoral lerter" - the Cburcnmen
Of Sn Fnnci-1o. in which he says:
In this city. WIRE population / composed Il al
nations. and where the Lxity Of foreign life l.
brJlShr II o lower the hizh standard which. In
9ur oil l1Iue-. va alone re5lzn5zei a. u - god
report there are DJt wanting topics on which /
might rai-e a warnir. voice. Blr / wi-h. az pre-
ent- u -pcak y you on the Dissertation oi tie
Loriis Day.
am ID advocate fr tie severity Of a Jewish
Sabbath but there : such . thing - 4 Christian
Lord's Day. and the experiences u the world has
proved that- when IL -auctity ! broken down,
and IT, h9uT- merged INTO TIE h1ur q common
lie. religion it-eif tetay-. and al j. swallowed up
m an absorbing worlclIne~. And ! IL not true
that this i an Increasing evil among U.s. For
YEAR We have zen it-wbere We expected else
n Our foreign population, and among the who
2~csn1wleL-c n religious restraints. But IL seems
a. Il lately i lad injected those who - profess and
csl themselves Christians and tie members Of
oGr Church have lent their uameS and. influence -
wre-t from their Master the !it;le portion Of time
which he claims a. His own. ! might point You
. the sunday dinner Iarty. where al the sacred
hes Of the day i lot in ~f-tiyity. and hosts and
cue--- are prevented attending the public wo--Lip
Of the church / might speak Of the Saturday
night hail. continued until the morning hour OF
GScs holy day came 70 those who bore their
Masters name. but found them hagyari and
we.ried with a night # worldly dissipation. How
PREPARED were they for the services 70 which The
- ehureh-gOing bell summoned them or how
could they -. frc-h from such UnhallOWed scenes,
u Eneel before God?
But wore than all this i the Sunday picnic.
\ / write these words, Iay brethren, l confess /
can scarcely realize that any Who hear upOn them
the solemn VOWS Of the Church could have been
ia - glaTing = violation Of Ode holy
day. i feel. too. when kindred and friends IT the
Ea-t read tle-c line-, they viii hardly crelit IL
only that any who eali themselves Christians
oJuli have been ju-Jly liable - this reproJf. but
that any who lay claim ~ refinement and respect
ability could have lent their sanction. Yet - it
ha- been And when the gay party passed through
tie country % tie APPOINTED scene OF ~ie>tiyity.
what Wa- the les-On Conveyed u those who wit
Ie--ed I2 When, too the day had closed, while
through al IL hours friyolity had held carnival
md devotion kept Lent. when YOU repaired 70
Wa IL u ask Gods blessing on the way YOU
iad spent lis holy day?
But wDr-e, If possible, than the influence upon
rOur-elye-, has Leen that upon =. them that are
Infdelity has been strengthened. and
religion loudly gloried IN the sight. Again and
gain have i myself heard quote! the IEimes of
,UE communicable Who shared in this dissertation,
y those who wished an excuse for license and
yOrldlines, and the question triumpLantly asked, [.
What d. they more than Others? Why should
cucumber my.eli with the VOWS which they -
eckle-sly break ?" Thus, Christ Las been |
rounded in the house of his friend-," in Il way {
HI III III t2lfllflttE III I'M tllE- nave .
ever seen equaIed. The ~mingling Of our COM
in these scenes has been the greatest Z
candal which / have known to beiail tine Church,
ven ia this land. I
Nv Christian brethren In sOrrow and shame a
lat that such things can be, / call upon you, BY d
be vows resting on you, 10 lend your influence 20 d
e forth for tie future a hOlier example. # YOU v
annOt Do il, who will? II this restless, worldly :
O~pulati0n i ever 70 be nodded into a better form, i.
III inspired with more elevated principles. il =
be by You who profess to be "a peculiar !
eDFle-' 1t we are ever 20 = Tighten the dark 4,
e-s which u around u-, We mUzt depend upon =
Re Christian example Of those who profess % be 4
} the world, but not Of the world. Set Your Il
amp Of r~eproiatiOn upon the violation Of Gods e
law. Make yourselves the centres Of a higher g
ituence. that the pure and the true-hearted may Il
ltEer around YOU, and wOrldline-s be forced 70 Il
knowledge the dignity Of Christian character.
- teachers Of thiz PEOPLE. The pulpit has been i
He'd the living power Of rebuke," and such :!
lu must make IL. Ii these giarin. violations Of =
dds law take place before Your eyes, and YOU q
main silent, fearful will be the responsibility =
"a incur. And If all gentler means should fail. :.
nj warning ana exhortatiDn are UNDECIDED. YOU :,
ave It'll the discipline Of the Church. If these "
enes are repeated, let this be enforced. l. not u
e open yiOlatOr Of Gods holy day an .seyil al
ger, whose life shows the absence Of Christian te
And i not the Sunday picnic a scan o;
i by which Chii-t Is dishOn0rel, and . the con- 10
thereby Ofended - These are cases. Al
~eTeivFe, where you can advertise them. that Z
ey presume not to come - the Lords table, -
It'll they lave openly declared themselves 10 have -
uly rcIented." And in this discipline, /, n y
'ur Bi-nop, will uphold you. You must teach 81
e world that the Church Of Cbri.t is not the ~
iy organization whose laws can be r~ecklessly as
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