The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-03-23

an Aaron Burr should be as Ortho-
doX as his grandfather, Jonathan
Edwards, and yet remain the
wicked wretch that he was. a
third class creates what may bt
called the poetic ideal of Christ. 1t is
sentimentalism run to piety. Ii
comes TO the front in ''goody-goody'
hymns, fervid ''BibIe readings, and
what Chalmers called nursery en-.
dearments." 1t produces a poor KIND
of so-called religion which spends its
strength in gushing enthusiasm about
+ Christ, and has none left for right
/ living. Then there is the real Gospel
ideal of Christ. 1t gives us man,
| true, faithful, courageous, loving, sim
less; but the man had a work to do.
/ He is the Redeemer, the sacrifice foI
sin. The true Gospel ideal of Christ
includes all the others. 1t holds all the
history of the Nazarene. 1t has its
theology with Christ at the center.
1t accepts the sentiment; and, as we
follow him, our souls glow with fer
vid enthusiasm; bat beyond every
thing else, it grows solemn and
hushed in the shadow of Calvary,
where the work of atonement for
/ human transgression is completed.
The ideal honestly received touches
not only the head, and the magma
tive, and the feelings, but the whole
man. There will come a day when
this question of the ages, "What
think We of Christi" will be reversed.
Then it will be of the highest mo-
ment to ask, "What does Christ think
of me?"
BETHEL UNION CHURCH.
Services were held at this church
morningand evening as usual, Rev.
Il. G. Oggel, the minister, officiating.
Professor Wayland's lecture was an
nounced for tomorrow evening,under
the auspices of the Women's Chris
tan Temperance Union. Also the
communion sacrament on next Sab
bath. Any person wishing TO unite
with this church is expected at the
Yestry on Wednesday evening at 7
o'clock. The monthly concert was
announced for Wednesday evening,
April 1, Subject, Micronesia" Cap
tain Bray of the Morning Star to be
one of the speakers.
In the evening the subject was the
Sixth of Christ's Utterances from the
Cross-'It is Finished;" John 1880.
The preacher said: off one has the
ability of Christ to put a world of
meaning into a single word, he can
afford to speak briefly and to the
point. Christ does not repeat him
self on the cross. Every one of his
words abounds with comfort, truth
and salvation. TT is finished In
this is contained the history of man
kind, commencing in the garden of
Eden, moving onward from age to
age, and terminating in the everlast-
ing blessedness of a multitude of souls
that no man can number. The utter
ance has reference to human saliva
ton. 1t brings heaven down to earth
and lifts this world to heaven. It is
finished! And the sound of this gIo-
rious salvation is to go forth unto the
uttermOst ends of the earth The
gospel of Jesus Christ is to battle all
nations in flood of light and glory.
1T is finishedp said the Christ, with
a burst of subdued joy. When the
Creator made this fair world the
morning stars sang together, and
when the Almighty looked at His
work, He saw the fabric perfect. Not
a star was out of its place; not ray
of light, tree or flower that
was not where it belonged. So
Jesus Christ said: 1T is fin
ished.' Creation and redemption
are perfect. Any argument or objec-
ton against the Gospel is practically
saying that salvation is not finished.
Our part is to believe, bear fruit, and
work while life and strength endure.
When the last hour shall come; the
winding up of all things; the parting
from those we have known and
loved the farewell to the home and
the loved ones-O, in that closing
hour, with Time to return no more
what will be finished? What will
be the building that we have reared
ask you this Sabbath evening, what
will it be? A life of pleasure, selfish
ness and sin; or "My father and
my God, L have finished the work
which Thou gavest me to do"