Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-18

Tyndal and Huxley, and name Farra-
day the greatest of chemists, Gray the
botanist, Newton, Kepler, Agassiz,
Dawson, Hugh Miller, Sir Humphry |
Davy. You mention the Liteydh and |
the same is true. You mention a
Renan and reply Walter Scott. The |
great statesmen-yo mention Brad |
laugh and I'll mention Wm l.. Glad
stone, you name. senator ingalls, and
I'll name Vice President Wilson and
Colfax, name patriot who was an
infidel and I'll name score who were
Christians. You name one great in
fdel lawyer and I'll name Kent, Story,
and Blackstone, the three greatest
minds in legal learning, and then bring
Greenleaf whose "evidences of testi-
mony' is a standard work in every
Court in the United States. Beloved,
if this question Of the advancing reign
of Christ is to be settled by the majorl
ty of the greatest minds since the
Christian era, you will find them bow
ing in humble submission before the
sublime truth and import of the Christ
ian religion. Again, in the question of
education, the advancing reign of
Christ is plainly seen Inhdelity has
been prating deal of late about educa
ton and schools; but its volubility has
far exceeded its deeds. 1t is to be
noticed that Infdelity has supported
very few schools that have not been
wrung out Of it by governmental taxa
ton. The chief apostle of Atheism IN
America, facetiously dubbed "Pope
Bob Ingersoll," has been proclaiming
to the American people to send schools
to, and build railroads into Utah and
heather lands, instead of wasting money
on cantins priests and missionaries. But
again, the generosity of their words has
exceeded their gifts and the work is
left to the Christian Church, while the
sarcastic Tobiases stay-at-home retain
their god and ridicule the toll and
sacrifice of the good. Let it be borne
in mind that out of the vast number of
colleges in America only one has been
built by infdel money-Girard. Even
that is not an infdel school, for the
president is an active, earnest Christian,
Sabbath school worker. Articles have
recently appeared to prove that Mr..
Girard was not much of an inhdel, but
had an nnconquerable dislike for minis
tiers; be that as it may, the college is
officered by Christian men. Another
fact, there is not a college in America
of standing and repute that has an
infdel president or faculty. The vast
majority of these presidents are minis
tiers of the Gospel The vast majority,
also, of principals of the academies and
high schools of America are pronounc-
ed Christians. The greatest colleges
Of America were founded by the 0olnn-
tazy offerings of Christian people; so
that the educational forces augur the
advancing reign of Christ. What has
been said of America is also largely
true OF the old world The rationalis
tic college of Germany has barely
enough students to keep together the
| faculty, while the Christian college at
| Halle has crowded recitation rooms.
! While education here in Hawaii teaches
infdelity to hide her brazen face and
blush for shame, because of her mali
cious and immodest ridicule of the
missionaries
The advancing reign of Christ is
seen in the progressive attitude of the
church. The church has made mis-
takes in the past, but each succeeding
generation she grows better. Her re-
forms always arise from within, not
without. The church profits by the
defects of the past and to-day the great
questions that are agitating her the
most are: Nearness to God, the evan
glization of the masses, and the con-
version of the heather world. What a
trinity of purpose. How incompara-
bly, above the swish and swash of inf
deity and the smirking assumptions of
philosophical skepticism.
But we are informed by these wise
acres that Christianity is dying out All,
how profoundly thankful the Christian
public ought to be for this piece of in
formation. Christianity moribund.
That is rather strange when we remem-
Der that in the last eighty years Christ
ianity has gained more adherents than
it did in the first eighteen centuries.
In the year 1900 one in every fifteen
was member of the Church, and in
1880 one person in every five was a
member Oh, that the Church may
die out at this rate during the goth
century. Sharon Turner, an English
lawyer and statistician, as well as DR..
Dorchester, gives the following statis-
tics: There were in the first century, $780,
900 Christians; second century, 2,ooo,-
900; third century, 5,coo,o 900; fourth
century, 10000, 900; fifth century, 49,
100000; sixth century, 10000, 900;
seventh century, 25,ooo,ooo; eighth
century, 10000, 900; ninth century, 4o,-
100000; tenth century, 10000, 900;
eighteenth century, 200, 100000
In 1880 there were 4Io,ooo,ooo
Christians. In 1880 there were 22S,-
100000, in I84o, 100000, 900, in
1850, 342, 900, 900, in 1876, 3o4,ooo,-
600, and in 1850, 4Io,ooo,ooo; at the
same rate Of increase there ought to be
In 1886, 4So. 900. 900. Saws DIR. Dorches-