The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-11-26

territory Of truth before and around us, which
am now taking you to, dear friends that you
may look at it over and over again and become
thoroughly and practically familiar with It.
Behold yonder life now swallowed up in
the victory of death, and understand from il
as think, you can and viii, what am now
trying to describe in words. By Just being
what he was without trying to be more or else
than the grace of God enabled him to be, did
Father Lyman do good and great good, in a
world, which, with all its falsehoods aud
vanities, is by nothing so powerfully in1u-
enced as BY reality and truth; for that style
OF character, which the more intimately and
thoroughly it is known the more it is esteemed,
is more valuable by far than that other style,
which the more intimately and thoroughly il
is known the less it is esteemed. 1t was un-
der the close inspection Of intimate acquan-
tanceship that Father Lyman's character ap-
peared best. He never did say it indeed (he
never said anything TO call special attention
to himself,l still he might have said ii and
that too, most truthfulIy and impartialIy
"Behold and the children thou hast given
me-" Where are those children? Not where
are they on the surface Of the physical earth
but where are they as related to God, heaven
and everlasting life? Are they not all of them
without exception Christian men and women
of the staunchcst and most reliable sort And
as things are in this world, -asected as
human beings necessarily are by those with
whom they arc intimately associated, must
not these children have concluded, (uncon-
ciously undoubtedly still concluded) that their
fathers and mothers trust in Christ was a
treasure worth possessing? For while in this
world of atheism and sin, filial non-conversiou
does not disprove parental faithfulness, the
conversion of every one Of a large family does
on the other hand, forbid parental unfaithful-
ness and neglect. t3Ts H .F.
The faith of faithful parents is often tried
by seeing the children committed TO its charge
remaining through long years outside, The
kingdom of heaven; however nnlaithful ur-
ents are never encouraged and commended 10y
seeing all their children brought in TO the
kingdom before themselves arrive safely il
Zion beiure God. The joy in their children
accorded Father and Mother Lyman has bu
lew parallels in tie experience of Christian
parents living anywhere within the boundaries
of Christendom.
Nor children alone; neighbors acquaintance
| and friends have found themselves looking
favorably and kindly towards Christ, because
| their gaze has been turned thither-ward by
the character of one whom they could not helI
admiring and who manifestly chad been witt
Christ and learned of him." for many tongue
that has spoken i'll of missionaries and mission.
airy work having SO spoken has Immediately
added, =" But Father Lyman is good man
believe in him."
Nor should il be overlooked, that the beaut,
Of holiness, which SO specially and peculiarly
marks the character of Mother Lyman, mus
have greatly enhanced the influence for good
which went out from him to whom the Lord
| gave to be his companion one so truly help
meet. HE that in these things serves Christ,
says inspiration, is accepted of God and ap
proved of men: Father Lyman was approves
of men, acquaintance with him compelled ad
miration, he let his light 30 shine, actual,
and as matter Of fact, that others seeing hi
good works if they did not glorify did still
incline more favorably towards God in Christ
while as towards the great light Of tho world
that enabled him thus to shine, his position
and attitude was that of the humblest contri
ton and self-abnegation; it being the languag
OIL his heart cvermore and ever and anon o
his lips as wells "not by works Of righteous
ness which we have done, but according to hi
mercy he saved us, by the washing of regene
ration and renewing of the Holy Ghost.
Fast passing away almost gone from us il
fact are the old missionaries, who for noy
more than sixty ears have lived and lahore,
on these islands; the last venerable form will
soon be sleeping in the embrace of death her
below and the last toiling trusting spirit hav
gone to the embrace of the master above. W
are loath, h0t1 ldath to bid :hem farewell
through the tears in our eyes we behold thei
new-made graves, from which we turn ava,
to that mysterious and as in our grief we fee
1t to be, desolate future before us. Howeve
lsrael's God will be with us, as He was wit
them and will be our guide to the end.
The grave is not all darkness, the particula
grave indeed, is filled and radient with a foo
of light, illuminating and enabling us thu
clearly to spell out these two words, which, a
an inscription l seem to see written over il
FAITH AND FAITHFULNEss :" faith bein
trust without doing, and faithfulness, trus
with and in doing. - Il 49,
Father Lyman in common with all tru
saints was yfailJfm because he had faith;
let Christ do it all doing nothing himself bu
trust so far as his own salvation was con
cerned and then, saved himself, went forwar
in devout gratitude to do with his might t
save others.
viii we (for this is the lesson that comes t
US from all graves containing the bodies of th
saints) will we trust as preliminary to tryin
exercise faith as preparatory to being flitdfu
plant our feet firmly on the crock of ages
that so surely as we lift ourselves we sha
have ample leverage and ability to upli
humanity about us.
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