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


territory Of truth before and around us, which
l an now taking you to, dear friends that you
may look at It over and over again and become
thoroughly and practically familiar with X
Behold yondcr life now swallowed Or in
the victory OF death, and understand from it
as think, you can and VIII, whatI 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. wl,ich. with ali its faiseloods and
vanities, is by nothing 90 powerfully iufu-
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 it
is known the less it is esteemed. II was un-
der the close inspection Of intimate aoquan-
ianceship that Father Lyman's character ap-
peared best. He never did say il indeed (he
never said anything 10 call special attention
to HIMSELF still be might have said it and
that too, most truthfully and impariially.
"Behold / and the children thou hast given
me" Where arc those children? Not where
are they on The surface OF the physical Garth /:
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, "a lected as
human beings necessarily are by those with
whom they are intimately associated, must
not these children have concluded, funcon-
ciously undoubtedly still concluded) that their
fathers and mothers trust in Christ was
treasure worth possessing For while in this
world Of atheism and sin, filial non-eouversion
does not disproye parental faithfulness, the
conversion Of every one Of large family does
on the other hand, forbid parental uniaithful-
ness and neglect.
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 nniaithiul IN
ents are never encouraged and commended by
seeing al their children brought in 10 the
kingdom before themselves arrive safely in
Zion before God. The joy in their children
accorded Father and Mother Lyman has bat
few parallels in the experience Of Christian
parents living anywhere within the boundaries
OF Chrslendom.
Nor children alone; neighbors acquaintance
and friends have found themselves looking
fayorably and kindly towards Christ, because
their gaze has been turned thither-vard by
klAl NhAlaNANA VI NAlG NUN Autl IQulu uQk uGip
admiring and who mauifestly chad been with
Christ and learned Of him." for many a tongue
that has spoken i'll Of missionaries and mission
airy work having so spoken has Immediately
added, g But Father Lyman is good man
believe in him."
Nor should it be overlooked, that the beauty
Of holiness, which SO specially and peculiarly
marks the character Of Mother Lyman, must
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 aud ap-
proved of men: Father Lyman was approved
Of men, acquaintance with him compelled ad-
miradon, he let his light SO shine, actually
and as 4 matter Of fact, that others seeing his
good works if they did not glorify did still
incline more favorably towards God in Christ;
while as towards the great light Of the world,
that enabled him thus to shine, his position
and attitude was that Of the humblest contri-
ton and self-abnegalion; it being the language
Of his heart eyernore and ever and anon Of
his lips as we'll, mot by works Of righteous
ness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved US, by the washing Of regene-
ration and renewing Of the Holy Ghost.
Fast passing away almost gone from us in
fact are the old missionaries, who for now
more than sixty years have lived and labored
on these islands; the last venerable form will
soon be sleeping in the embrace Of death here
below and the last toiling trusting spirit have
gone to the embrace OF the master above. We
are loath, hor loath to bid them farewell
through the tears in our eyes we behold their
new-made graves, from which we Turn away
to that mysterious and as in our grief we feel
it 10 be, desolate future before Us. However
lsraels God will be with us, as He was with
them and will be our guide to the end.
The grave is not all darkness, the particular
grave indeed, is filled and radient with food
Of light, illuminating and enabling US thus
clearly to spell out these two words, which, as
an inscription l seem to sec written over it,
" PATH AND FA1THFULNEss :" faith being
trust without doing, and failhfulness, trust
with and in doing.
Father Lyman in common with all true
saints was faid,fd because he had fdid; he
let Christ do it all doing nothing himself but
trust So far as his own salvation was con-
cerned aud then, saved himself, went forward
in deTOut gratitude to DO with his might to
save others.
viii VIC (for this is the lesson that comes to
US from all graves containing the bodies Of the
Saints) will we frHa as preliminary to trying
exercise fail as preparatory to being 1triLlfui;
plant our feet firmly on the "rOck Of ages"
that so surely as we lift ourselves wo shall
have ample leverage and ability TO uplift
humanity about us.