The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-10-08
An unerrins Detective.



reverend speaker ereatly Impressed his au3iencs
by his sarrs. maui,es in the graphic references tc
she evils 81 sim, aad was listened to throaseoai
Wiz undivided aiteatioa. His discourse Was frOrn
texts-Nurrbers X. - 1sl bs sars yesr So siH
fai sas org. Romans 8. Is Tis sgges ~ SOS Is
- ,i, i-s DO eii - Gsf, etc.
FuE sxscoS.
Sin X more than q theory Il iSa terrible. otnni-
pruSeut fac.. IL Is fact which has tonched every
GRE OF as. Ihe Bible In The most rncomplimeniary
way tells every uaan that be Is Lost sinner. And
ccnscisnee and human experience Is lust as IN
complimentary. There Is IN the very best men a
soIneiaing, or DESIRE. watch goes on all toarS
These texts. tbea, concern every one Of rs. They
have both present and 4 frture outlook. an
MOI expert IN doCriafEiug about the future; nv
work Is 70 persuade men to sbAn3ca sin nov. But
y you press me for NY views about the SINNER ;
future, thins, without auy doEnatiSrn. We can
say shat this Blclc, AID common sense. teach AZ
least three things I. We know that II there ee
any future for u1a, be must reap there What he
has sowa hers. =. We kuow that We cannot escape
from ourselves.
Wicked men, facing death. shuddeE because they
thlnk they can1o. escape from an angry God. Ihe
avfrl fast Is they cannot escape from themselves
God VIII not change; he Will SIN be the eubcdi-
nent OF .1ye and bclgvulsnce- We Will no; change.
Death sal change neither the sinner nor his God.
Hence. s. God Siu isIYc Us fire there IS here
God vii Sill Dc Gc3; ucar viii stin be man. with
all his powers Of choice and fire Will
Buy INK FUTURE Is cons;
Who have 10 DO with the present. Thank
God. that Is still ours. In order that may rightly
use the present, we ueyi to have. l. right sense
Of SIN Stu Is Ei3re than mistake, or rnisfor-
tune, II Is irreplrabls calamity. 1t turns men
away from ths real work of life. What Is the rel
WORK % lfet' Cht-acter- building. With all YOUR
get;in; AID yOcr gaining, II 10 years from nov,
what VIII De the net gam OF life Tor yOus HE
character which these years have formed. And
u.
yourc. Youth Is the time for laying foundations
Victor Hugo makes the pyramid say: My strength
5 N my foundation. That Is true OF every man ;
character So the line of condCct chosen by yuunc
people between the cradle and . Is largely deei-
sIyg. Are youuc people careful or cAreleSSl pru-
dent o. iraprutertE truthful OF untruthful! clean
or uucleaut temperate Or incorporated Cody o.
ungodlys As YOU have been, and are now, 50 you
WI, IN all probability 80 through life, and unto
eternity. Carist ssiys- must s1ggeS;ively. Who
ever hsarcth these sayings Of mine and dOeth them
l VII hEel him % 5 man who bulldeth his house
upon rock. MlGr SORT o. tOundatlqyl have
yoG laid: how axe You building. You are, IN the
present fixing your tutlre. If sin Is the architect
then AK l not right slsu I sly that sin Is more
than ulsfcrture-iE Is an irreparabie calamity
.. Suffering l. Iuseplrabls from sin. God SAYS,
He that sJwetl 10 the desh shall Of the flesh reap
not tssh, but flesh that Is rotten, putridi-~cor-
rupsiolr Gods lLES hold Us as IN Il wise. his
moral laws are as universal and as indexible
as His natural Laws, and Of his moral laws IS;
Mel.-tCiu-, and HAPPINESS, syil-dolug and misery
are linked together. This law touches the body.
Obedience 10 Gods laws gives it strength, beauty
and manly vlg1rs sinful excuses su1ite Il with dis
ease and premature decay.
saw rHE SULTAN TO-DAY,
From Cous.antiuople years ago, wrote
home a thoughtful traveller. " de Is only. forty
four yulrs OF age. but he is an old MANY Sins
cup Of pleasure contains its poisoned serpent
which stlugs IrrepJrably manly yi-ur. But IL his
soul does slu bring 70 man its most terrible PEN
atty. And the sinner does not need 10 wait for
death 70 enter he'll. Tns old Uniyersalists IN
teaching 50 prominently sins terrible penalty IN
this lie pressed d needed and half-forgotten
truth. Literature Is full Of this truth. Read HRw
thorue % scarlet Letter for most graphic PIC
J1rg Of how SIN rgmo-selCssly brushes Joy and
hops cut OF the life Of the sinner All the masters
Of literature 5llr the sLus witness, that there Is
10 burden Ike the busduu Of past sin, no torture
ike TIE torture OF remursa. TIE dead conscience
has strange RESTRICTIONS; and when conscience
does rlss from the dead her ghost is 4 terrible
presence Ills was that Nemesis which the
classic writers portrayed as syer-puTsuing the
eyer-dasIug and E5y5r-sscIpin. criminal Take
up your " Oliver Twist = this was the vision that
haunted the brutal Bill Sykes teeing from the
pursuing eyes OF the murdered Nancy. He Ned !.
they followed he stopped 20 drink from q flowing
spring BY tie roadside they looked at him re-
prolChfully from the clear waters face. He lay
upon his back they looked down upon him from
the blue SKY above de buried his face IN his
hands 10 hide the horrible vision, and knew it to
be close at hand looking over his shoulder Night
DID not hide nor daylight lay this apparitiOn.
InIs was the torment tELt drove Lady Macbeth
mad. who with all her washing, could not wash
oct tue bllod-stalns upon her hand This ghost
Of dead past tsuuted the last hours Of Cardinal
Ncissy, burnt the mark Of Cain upon the brow of
Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr, and has driven
many a Judas Iscariot 10 au IsClriOt's death 8.
And this Suggests, thas SIN Is
AZ USERENG DETECTIVE.
!.
Hugo, IN his masterpiece Les Mesirables
makes the SIN Of the galley-slave &c shadow" him
for years, and though he for time escapes, builds
factory town, and is the very life Of that COM
luuItyr still the escape Is only temporary at last
this uusrrIn detective lays its hand the galley
slaves shoulder We axe 50 made that We fear de-
lection. Sin caused Cain to hide away from God,
and as LIZ went 70 CRY cut. Dc Every mans hand
VIII be against me " while no one thought Of
haEuing the wratched. trembling fratricide.
Some burglar Killing a summer house, could not
bear that even the marble ewes Of q bust OF
Guldo,s Christ sh0uli look upon their deed bat
with theIr grluIy hands turned its face to the
vail In q reczut sermon Mr.. Beecher said
IS Sin, however sweet, and smooth and safe 1t NAV
seem, Is not safe. Ii viii ind YOU oct, and gen
orally lst NJ the time, when you do not expect it.
God shows DIS love IL this. he constantly warns
uea, and would make i. hard to sin. Beware how
you trIts with Gods laws that sleep not, nor rest
but ever 20 with you. The constable sleeps, the
sheriff mods, and the judge does not know, bot
the broken Law OF God follows man by day and
b. night, and never leaves him. Il Is safe To do
right 1. Is dangerous 20 do vroug. Just When
YOU seem most securs the invisible hand Of Gods
detective vii be upon your shoulder.
: EEEaE AST suCc0a F0E SOUL 50 FURsuED:
Any angel Who can write hope within the heart
Of s1al who has entered this Inferno of sin over
whose portal Is the inscription ' Who enters here
must leave hope behind ANY dsliverer who can
open the door Of this Hell and lead the captive
a rar has 4 u-r~ffa-E-t i've
claase - The wages the earuinCsl Of sin Is death:
but the gift Of God is eternal life = Deliverance
radical, elective Is freely offered
as gift 2 -NEy,', you say, Il cannot under
stand that = No. tbs angels cannot But we can
accept the blessed fact, and It Is a fact. l look
down the ages and 1 see JeE-a bitter, relentless
hater Of Christ and CuEl=tiauity-ou journey
the object CT which Is persecution de is stricken
down. He rises changed man. de dsvotes his
life to TIE service OF ha Christ aud His followers
whom he formerly hated he eudures prisons
stripes, perIl5 and CsqrIvatiJus, for the sake Of
Christ. and counts u all i1y. Whether We can
understand 1t or not, hers Is a fact-instautly the
current Of life Is changed, and what he once hated
he begins to love. l do not say, Of course. that
saul came to strong manhood in this new
life no that vas the work Of years. But instantly
his life vas chauged-the old life vas abandoned,
and neI lie begun. o. But Paul vas inspired.
and nIiracgl0usly couTerted-H Well, l see another
man, an EuElishman, sou Of a Gypssy mother
the l0Eest OF the loT-so lOw at last that a vile
woman fEurUTES him. blE the Dei1verer comes
into the depths Of the man.s sin. 1 see John Bun
yan, changed, redeemed. looking through the
the prison bars Of Bedford JAN, while be gave
rests on the heights Of ths delsctable mountains
and his cleanssd thoughts take the fOEm Of his
wonderful Pilgrims Progress, and learn that
there Is one Who can deliver.
uE a E1CT.
Do y0a feel the peril Of siag Do YOU CRY out for
delIysrances l0uter on the mountains Is one
alone, eagerly sslschin- for Something. / see
Him as the night darkeus, eagerly listening.
searching still. At last q faint CRY strikes upon
his ear; with swift steps, IN the i@gEed teeth Of
EJysu rock the Sheppard stands az last beside the
lost sheep. With no stroke or Gliding word. but
with infinite love he lifts It il his strong arms,
and as be bears II oft Of its danger and peril he
turns his shining face out toward all time and the
multit1dss Of earth saying, -For the son Of Man
Is come to saTe that which Is lOst.' Do you know
Who de Is: He Only can and he gladly will open
the prison doors Of y01r sin
International Medical Congress
We axe iadebsi to friend Tor the folIozing
translation from Danish papeE-
The eighth &c international Medical Congress =
met this year at CopaHhageu, Denmark, and held
It's general and sectional meeting fro The 10th to
the IGth Of August inclusive At the f1rmer meet
ing Of the Congress az London, there vas 1000 for
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