The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-09-28
The Rev. W. J. Smiths Lecture.
suBJICr-arnr 1oUso mAs's MISSION

On Sunday afternoon the Rev. W. j. Smith of
the Tabernacle Church, San Francisco, delivered
lecture at the Lyceum under the auspices Of the
Y. NJ. C. A. His subject was The Young Mans
Mission" Long before the hour appointed for
opening $50 PM, the hall WIS crowded with ladies
and gentlemen, the young men forming large
proportion of the audience. An unusually large
attendance of children, who each occupied chair,
compelled most of the young men to stand
throughout the lecture. Not only the hall was
filed to overlooking, but each window was throng-
ed with attentive listeners from the outside.
The lecturer read from /. Kings, Chapter 20,
verses 10, Il aud 10. At the outset he said that
the Y. II. c. A. was the grandest instrument in tho
world for the work of Christianity. Antagonism
had been done away with. and By its efforts we
have common interest to work for throughout
America, Europe, Australia, China, and in fact
throughout the whole civilized world. The Y. NJ
C. A. was started in London about 30 years ago by
George Williams By his efforts the work spread
rapidly and at every nightly meeting a victory
wrought for God. The lecturer adverted to the
building which is In prospect for this city, and he
hoped that its walls would be covered with pic
lures, that attractive and instructive entertain
ments would form an important feature in the
work of the institution, which together with a
well furnished library, would form one Of the
mlguIleSI powers IN dOuOluiu 10 VIII anu tleNdtt
the young men. The Y. NJ. G. A. is n training
school for the church, and the young man wants
to be trained 1t was in the Association rooms at
indianapolis, the Mr.. Moody first met Mr.. Sankey
in 1870 who have since worked together hand in
hand i'll the good cause of Christianity. The
church cannot train these young men, so he would
point to the Y, III. c. A. He pointed out that the
grandest instrument 10 reach young man is a
young man. He described how decoy ducks are
used TO entrap the older and willy birds, and he
wanted every young man TO act in the capacity of
decOy duck. He hoped the Old Fathers would
not take exceptions to it. There must be reality
in religion. The advantages of a Y. NJ. c. A. over
the church were many Firstly, they worked I'M
officially. Who ordained Paul, Phillip, Calvin,
and many others that he enumerated9 The
reverend speaker said he wished sometimes that
he had never been dubbed Reverend. That is
trade. When young unordained man speaks it
has an influence that the words of a minister have
not. Secondly, they work undenominationally.
He did not like to hear methodist, a congrega-
tional a baptist, an episcopalian, or reylyalist
preferred. We can all do our work better by be-
ing loyal TO Christ. He did not ask the young
men to join any church When asked what per-
suasion you are, you could answer in the words of
Paul's epistle to the Romans, Sth Chapter, 80 and
80 verses:
'For am persuaded, that neither death, nor
life nor angels nor princpalities, nor things pres
ent, things to come powers, nor height, nor
depth, any other creature shall be able to sep
arate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
Jesus our Lord" What is wanted is the word
ton.
Thirdly, young man had 800 days TO work, and
many other opportunities that minister can never
get.
Fourthly, the masses can be reached by the
young man which the minister cannot reach. An
old and blind member of the Association, when
asked to explain, How to reach the masses walked
TO the edge of the rostrum-and after waiting I'M
til the attention of the whole audience riveted
him, said " Go for them" and then retired.
Ministers may have voices like Apollo, but they
cannot reach the masses. A gentleman whom the
speaker knew, and who had a decided objection to
He refused nine consecutive invitations, and to the
tenth deputation, he replied. "lll go for yorr i'm
pudence." Again, there is the stranger in your
midst. A great many men were trying to reach the
stranger with ten-foot pole. The only way to do
it, was by putting our hearts to their hearts, our
hands to their hands, even though they are be-
smeared with sin. We want to reach out our
hands and help another. In conclusion, he
appealed to the young men to carry out the good
work that had been set foot during the few days
the speaker absent at Hilo, and he hoped at
future date to revisit these islands and
join in the conservation of the Y. NJ. @. AS new
hall.
Mr.. P. C. Jones made few remarks in which
he cordially endorsed the views of the lecturer,
and before sitting down he added $500 to his
former donation, thereby making it $1,000 in all.
MIR. j. I. Waterhouse, ST.. said, l also give
another 81 600"
Mr. Roht Levers doubled his former subscrip-
ton of $3.50 as also did Father Damon by giving
another $50.
An appropriate hymn was sung by the choir and
the audience was dismissed with blessing, a few
minutes before O'Clock.