The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-09
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SERMON
Preached ~ Dr.. L. II Guliek. in Fort ST
Church. Honolulu. Jan. Cd. 1869.

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T=.-a -Ir-iasH-s Is-l 80 on- @ ra.
r4t rr n - aa- 81 ea.t-'- l-es
,[r- U-t. 49,
Z---i-a wl- one .r the latest % tie Ola
--- @ iew sears lr.=. lie utel and
r-- -e4 daring Gle --- r1-- &C the cab and
.l- s &c -a- 9TH century, IH-.-c t.u--- @
century .e.-c Jer-a-.. IrI-EElS. and 2. sc
rfFl llL t.-l-a- Gle taxing Jerusalem. r.c
-----e4la " Gle Gem, ami te E'v.aal-
aglE. -.- -.ei- -.Tty-.e- lad received t-eir
E-lt aelr about - wears before Omit Dag
5r- re e.-iviry- Eaal aud DAME. sustained
-G- s r- t-l. III -lelr revelations And Do
Ul- after t- return. and gle rrHu.HIHr 1i ttc
temple. taat Ls-li. L-.a..4-. ana Aitl-e-i were
ga.4-.Ie..
Ire prophecy from which tic words u- al- Tex.
IS taken. w-- uttered ,l ref-g @. o. question 1ut
ry t-- Jews 81 -o whether t.-r -aHl.4 sal. OH
-e--e 49, % -l-.E rs fasting and prayer -ie month
60. Jc--a-el's destruction. U'N ,.at tuc holy
city w1- gam occupied, after % period ID! seventy
yrlH clTu.I-y 10 Babylon. .- la-eruixri wi,a
warning ana eXho-tltilu~sr IE.f.e-ies 1i lr--
Iellty AMI enlargement % Jerusalem. tai 81
length gae mighty nations II 81 lLn-ua-es would
ie-1Ile tie wursuIpers u jehovah. and lI.l tae,n-
selves . lis people"
Mauy u the utterances or other prophets are
very similar IN spirir. Isaiah. Two centuries be-
fore. alter predicting ami- then distant. in
t4s later I1r5 u hs volume comforts and su~
tliu- tie lI.iu- hopes u 1H4s people. ana SAYS:
The La.d shall arise uIOu tLtc: and tie Gen
r.e- shall come - thy light. and kings 10 the
l-.-. tEe-s u! tiny rising. Lit up thine eyes
r1-Ll about. and see. "a! they gather themselves
s1-c,Lc.. they e.mc % thee. lisa. u: =, -
Micah. l-aiah's contemporary. says: Is IN
sle Lass 10y it shall come = lss-. tAlt tie noun
tain VI the house OF the Lord, shall be established
lu tie top ~ tie mountains, and IL SHALL bc eX-
al-cl aIJse tie hIL-, and People shall iOS unto
~ and many nations shall come, and say, come,
ami let u - Up - tac mountain Of the Lord.
AID . ;Ac house Of the I'D ~ Jacob (Aiicah
~. ID
save Jonathan Eiwarls. There never hap
IeueI anything. from Iae time OF tie prophet
LccLaIIah - tie coming Of Christ. 70 answer this
prophecy. and il can have ID illiIlment, but
either IL tire calling u the GeHtiles ia AMI after
the days o! tie Apostles. or III tic future glorious
enlargement Oi tlc church VI God III tie latter
age VI the world. 81 often ioIct..t by the lroph-
e. 70! t-e Oh Testament. and by the prophet
LeeAaTl4L IN particular. Ia tie text We have
an account u h0,r this glorious advancement Of
The church u cod should lie Introduced, VIZ.
BY great multitude indifferent towns and c5un-
tlIes taking up a joint resolution. and coming
into an express and visible agreement. that thew
Will, bg uuitei AM extraordinary prayer, seek -
cd, that be- would come and manifest himself,
and grant tie tokens and fruits Of his gracious
Irc-enc-.' (iuInblc Attempt. &c.)
The exIre--iJus u-ed Of seeking the Lord, and
PRAYING before tic Lord, Indicate not Only "a gen
er-l rcslElHg %! Interest Ia the worship OF God,
bat, more sleeiErally. tells OF e. spirit u praying
uulrediy- Il J.. tie sane manifestation as that
spoken %: in a -ub-equeut chapter Oi LechaIiah
wien be Gays. Il viii pour uIon tie house Of
Oakland upon the inhabitants ol Jerusalem
thc spirit Of grace aud Of =uIEIicltiuUs.' (Chap.
Al. iu.J And the phrs~ ego -~Ueciily,' midi
e4te- great carUr-tuc-- u desire. being in the
original Hebrew, q very intensive form VI cxprc--
SION.
An accompaniment Of the latter day glorics,
and o. tie complete triumph 90 Gods kingdom
uInu earth. j. u spirit 90 ieTycut, united prayer
30 tae u4I--c- who profess loss Irmc. Such an in
crease Oi iHpDrtuuate concert 10 PRAYING j. ever
the i.Terfuner Of auy local increase VI good; and
. = general Increase 90 thi- sI!-.t tokens tire draw
iuz ou 1t tic time VIXEN .'all nations shall call
lllL blessed"
- set tie stream Of prayer winds Ike a gentle
H4 irJiH heart % heart about car world. Il j.
unHctc-d hy the wi-e wording ~ a power in the
worlds history. but tAc spiritual o. may trace
% from CITY 90 city and land b. land. even through
thc ARD wastes Oi many a sail AcltAcn people.
by the gentle green Of heavenly grIcc- along ali
IT, margin: This j, tie fibre o.: connection aud
union winch J. destiHe! % grow and swell ,Ui IL
absorb every other power, and prove tie bond Of
national, 10 les- ;istn spiritual, union, between
81! tie tribes OF earth. Tbs j. the method VI
union wlic'. j. real AMI true, for il Oblitcrales
none Cf gur various -iaIc- of thought Ia our
vuriols branches of the church that hold % thc
truth a. Il j. IN jesus. while IL develops more and
more q union ia the ccHtz! spirit Of dependence
On God. Union iH Paying l. more dian an OBJ
Iteration Of tie various distinctions Of doctrines
between different religious denominations. Union
iu praying, unite- az in the vital point; and il Is
iuimateriai whether we differ in dcnJILiuati1nal
jrr--, il one IN spirit.
some arc yaiulv looking for great increase of
power 70 Christianity, 5y the union of the several
iIiefaTchie1l churches Of oar day. But they are
boxing III the wrong direction. Christi king
- growing in directions outside the vision Of
those that look u cxternais. lli- kingdom comes
not o the observation 81 any such worldly eye.
IL the Spirit and Practice Of United PRAYER
among Christians, 80 grows his kingdom.
And woe 10 the denomination or the church
which ~ these days, when the ends of the earth
arc being drawn together, ana when information
81 every kind. and. not least, religious intciii-
5encc, flies Or tic wings Of steam and tightening
10 every corner Of the carth-wrc / sav 20 tire
.hUrch or denomination that. holding it-clf aloOf.
not join in the calls that speed from city to
,ity, from those who love Gyd, inviting % go
.Pecdily to pray before the Lord, and u seek the
ord God Of hosts. =
Passing By the earlier ages Of the Christian
let me briefly indicate the growth of the
dea and practice Of united prayer among differ
evangelical denominations in modern times.
There must have been much PRAYING during
be fifteenth and sixteenth centuries by Christians
II England and Europe, but the means Of inter
'Jursc between different countries and different
arts 81 the same country were - limited and
.iintOry that We DO not hear Of much dcfuitcness
+ concert in prayer. The Puritan Fathers who
cttlcd New England. We're remarkable for union
praying for specific objects within their own
'-Iic- polite, and the answers recorded during
Lc sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are a 4
reat Iuyi-prariau 70 faith. Tire earliest call / Z
found o Christians Of England 10 unite in {
mayer was IN tue year lIl2. during the last Of
l.ecu AIMEE reign, when there was much fear
& French domination and Of PoTish supremacy. \
.Ie call Wa tp sTcni from seven @, eight O'Clock l
very Tuesday morning I'm solemn seeking of l
sod. each one IN hi- own closet. You have. 9
says, :. formerly been called upon - the like