The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-03-31
Che 9ailg 8nllEtin,
TUESDAY, MARCH 81, 1885.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
nm ANaLIcNN cArnEpNAL.

Last Sunday evenings attendance
at the English Episcopal church was
moderately large. The Rev. Geo.
Wallace read the prayers and the
Bishop of Honolulu the lessons. The
sermon was preached by the Rev. G..
b. Simeon. Sin was the subject of
plain, practical, pointed address,
which occupied the greater part of
an hour in delivery, and was listened
to attentively throughout. The text
was taken from the cpistle of James,
1st chapter, 10th verse: When
lust hath conceived, it bringcth forth
sin; and sin, when it is finished,
bringeth forth death" The preacher
considered it quite unnecessary and
waste of time to adduce proof in
evidence of the existence of sin, be-
cause the marks and fruits of sin are
distinctly visible on every hand.
Suffering, distress, trouble are the
results of sin, if not of the sin of the
sufferer, of some ones sin. And
yet there is disposition on the part
of men to treat sin lightly, and not
as the dreadful thing it is. The
world looks not at sin, but at its
effects only. Men are apt to regard
sin as mere falling short, whereas
to commit sin is doing a wrong. The
Scriptures speak of sin as dreadful
evil, and not in the light way in
which we often speak of it. We are
apt to confess our sins in way to
exoneratc ourselves, in way to
imply that the fault is not ours, that
we cannot help it. This is in reality
an excuse of ourselves, and an ac-
cusation of our Creator. Sin lies in
our will, not in our feelings-in the
will that consents. Sin has been de-
fined to be ga thought, word, or a
deed against the eternal Lord" Sin
is not sin because God forbids it,
but God forbids it because it is sin.
There are certain eternal principles
of right and wrong. God cannot
commit a wrong. If we allow our
selves to come under the dominion
of sin in this world we cannot escape
from it on the other side OF the
grave. a man becomes conscious
of sin in proportion to his advance
ment in holiness, because he sees
and feels the contrast; just as the
soiled condition of piece of cloth
is more noticeable when compared
with an unsoiled piece. SO also
man becomes less conscious of sin in
proportion to his sinfulncss. Sin
hardens the sinner, and the sense of
guilt lessons as the guilt increases.
1t may be laid down as an axiom
that man who has no sense of sin
is in sad state. TO feel sin is
good sign. 1t is noteworthy that
the most dreadful things recorded in
the Bible of sin and its consequences
were uttered by our Lord himself,
and his life and suffcrings show its
horribleness. In Him, too, is mans
only hope of dcliverance from sin.
He has made provision for our saliva
ton, and sent his ministers to de-
clare the remission of original sin by
baptism and actual sin by absolution
of all who sincerely repent and be-
lieve in him. lie can do no more:
he will not force our will: it is left
for us to accept.
MISSIONS IN CHINA.
Sunday evening Rev. DR.. Happier
of the North China Mission, spoke
on " Missions in China" in the
Bethel Union Church. lie gave a
brief description of the geography
and topography of China. 1t was
4 mistake to regard the government
of China as dcspotic, for the EN-
peror ruled by the counsel of the
literary classes. Forty years ago
the population of the Empire was
estimated at from three to four
hundred millions. Now, however,
it was considered to be not moro
than $50, 100000, some placing it at
100000, 900. Wars and fanines had
cut the population down by untold
millions. OF the three religions of
China, Confucianism and the Taouist
are Indigenous, and Buddhism was
imported from India. A vast majority
of the Chinese were Confucianists,
contrary TO an impression sought to
be made by opponents of Christianity
that they were nearly all Buddhists.
Christianity was introduced long
ago by Roman Catholic missionaries
but in 1893 new Emperor turned
against and prosecuted them. They
were under the ban until 1874. DR.,
Morrison WAS the pioneer Protestant
missionary, going out in 1907. He
made a dictionary, which the EaS
India Company gave $4,000 t.
publish. The speaker went to Chin:
in 1914, when there we're 80 mission
aries, English, American, and Ger
man. All but ten of them haC