The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1883-04-25

the meet ng an exceed rs ly neat
and humorous speech in which he
alluded to the mental sponsiness
whichprevailed here, outwardly large,
but giving way When leaned on. The
tenor Of his remarks is ezqu sitely
limned in the hymn quoted at the
close
10 lea mc, Lord, that may lead
The wan ering an the wave ing feet
o feed me, Lord, thai ma feed
Thy hungcring one " it'll mama sweet
40 trength me that, while stand
Firm on tue Ro k and strong in Thee
may stretch TIA loving hand
To wrestleis wi Il the troubled sea-"
Mr.. Cruzan was next called, and
after alluding briefly to the lateness
If the hour (after 8 o'clock) and
the fact that the refreshments were
waiting, gave a powerful speech of
which the following is synopsis:
"This building will stand us a
monument of the loving, practical,
self-sacrifcing thought of Christian
ty for young men. Lcssint has
we'll said, that "when the world
inds out which church does the
most good in the world, and most
completely satisfies the instinc 5 and
longings of the human soul, then the
world will know in which church to
believe" 1t is fair test, not only
for churches but for all govern
ments, systems, beliefs. This is an
age of religious unrest, especially
among young men. Superficial
thinking turns contcmptuously from
the Bible. But this is also an age
of utility. 1t tries everything by
Lessing's test. 1t stands with bal
ance in haud, on the cross-beam of
which it has written as its motto,
twill it pay?" Christianity willing.
ly takes its place in one scale, and
demands that intidelity shall take its
place in the other, and that young
men shall trv them by this practical
test of W It they have done and are
ding for the race. Where has in
tideli y e>e. founded an institu ion
of learning, built hospital, an asy-
lum, or ho ne for the aged? Search
the cities of the world, and where
will you fin building like this,
bui by intilels for the benefit of
young mon? Christianity has dotted!
the w,r.d with her benevolent insti-
tutions. Out of the self-denying
gifts of her believers she builds
alo gsile the Christian Church, the
Christi IN College, and her homes
and as unls for the worlds need.
TO sne is easy and cheap. BIT
Christi !. ity builds such institutions
as this Y. NJ. c. A. building. They
are yer s Did. They cannot be over.
thrown with q sncer. They stand as
her m numents. Until intidelity
builds q few such she had better
sneer lis, and zo a little more for
the ben fit of the race
The lresident then called OH Mr..
p. G Jones, who stated that there
was deficiency of S436 still on the
building fund, and the sum Of S 1000
was needed for furnishing, and that
he would like to raise that amount
before going on with the collation..
In about ten minutes, amidst much
amusement, s bids of 500 each
(Mr. Jones leading the list) were
put down, 6 of $50 each, and ~ of
S25 each; this brought up the con-
tributions to within 500 Of the sum
needed, and Mr.. Jones said he would
give that himself sooner than ask
any more. The liberality and good
humor which prevailed during this
portion of the exercises we're emf
neutly characteristic of Honolulu
audience. DR.. Hyde then pronounc-
ed the benediction.
Part of the audience remained up.
stairs, but great many went right
downstairs where the collation. was
served. Those upstairs were not
forgotten, and the ice-cream and
cakes, sandwiches and coffee, cir
culate amongst the busy groups of
conversationists, and formed, occa-
sionally, from their excellence, the
theme of praise. No slinting was
necessary, owing to the liberal sup
ply Of good things, and everybody
was served with whatever they need
ed. The whole credit of the excel.
lent way in which the refreshments
were served is due to the energy of
the ladies' committee who superin-
tended and obtained it. Their names
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