The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1880-08-11
Gu1isy Opinions.

The distinction between fIcfs and hs0ri-s
Is 50 clear that It ought net To be 50 frequently
isnored- 1t Is customarily recognized in
science 1t Is equally important in religion
II i f4ct, which all eyes verify, that there Is
II the heavens lumiRoEs body, which shines
with great bFiIliance, and Is the source Of light
and heat TO the earth Is Is an opinion, based
on di61cult and complicated calculations, that
this body IS v1cid million ard half times
l4rger than the earth, amt about 81 zoe 900
miles distant frum Is. Very few men nave the
HenEal ability TO make these calculations OF
verify this opinion We take It from those
who have The ability. Precisely the sane
distinction exists IN religion There are rsIi-
gl0G< flazs and there are religious 1is5riss.
Il i 4 fact, which any one may verify for
himself, that there are four Gospels; that IN
them L the portrait OF 4 character and the
story Of i Life absolutely unique and transcend
eut II It's supreme and spotIess excellence.
worthy Of the highest reverence and affection.
the most sedHloGs imitation; so high, so pure,
20 tue, 80 patient 50 her1ic II lis seIf-saeri
ice tlar the highest dream Of the human soul
falls below II, that no conception which the
human mind has ever formed Of Gad EQUALS II
n mGrzl grandeur. Is Is ! theory based on
critical study OF documents ard On rheoEoaieaI
and philosophical study Of probabilities thar
these Gospels were written N the first cen
Eury b tie ImmedIats disciples Of Jesus. and
that he was the Sau Of God. horn CT 4 virgin.
begutrsn b. the Holy Chest
Now 10 deny the flrfs Of science, EASILY at
Tasted uy anyone with ordinary mental efI4iu-
7leuEr shows mental ohligEIry; ID deny she
f1Ezs CT religion, easily artestssi By auy one
EIEh ordinary moral equipment, shows moral
ooi1lGIty- IL man reading the life az Jesus
sees IA kiH 10 beauty that he should desire In
him, II this life which las won from such m
believers zs Renal, kHeneu and John Stuarr
Mil ine1pressibie adnirarisu- WIS none frvu
him. Il y because be Is blind and deaf B1s
recognizing the moral sGhiimity IN that he.
seeing II hin character beyond all cpupare
II human history, the i1EeIIeet nay draw the
corcias5cu tha- he E1s the Spirit cf God n
tte body at man-thzt L, he nav be Swedez-
hoSgI1n II his thenry Of Christ; CT that he
Vas trad and man. 4 composite bsinz ezri0ssfE
and IneIplieably canjoiHefi IN oue-tIlat i. he
nay &c AthzHasIzn n his theory Of Christ
CT thaE ne was man guided, governed md
Possessed By the Spiriz of God, with full
assa never seen IN any ether Han-fhat i. he
may &c AriaH III his theory Of Chrss1--irh1at
any nsrzI obliqaity. The difference n the
spiritual appreciation Of Christ il moral. the
differences N the intellectual theory about
Christ Z mental Moral Judgments possess
11nrzI character; pGrsIF intellectual oFEnious
d net The cue ara deteruiaed By the neral
character 0f the man. the ether by his intel
IecfgaI cnIrare- F
Il n o. caghk 60 Be- zzi1zzzfic that NJ pure
~ intellectual opinion = or czn be Guilty.
Intellectual erT1E i afEea misfortune L Il
never crIne- BGE moral and spiritnaI iudif-
ference u The great faers of Eznlan experience
i unrs than an ezT1rs L i SIN Tie Bile 90
rzatsIri and mankind universally 20 regards ID.