The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-11-30

anu tuc IeDllnB VI responsibility
will miugle with our song Of thanks
giving and harmonious note of
Humility.
"All preciousness
To mortal hearts is guarded by a
fear.
All love fears loss, and most that
loss supreme,
Its own perfection"
In the very centres of our civil
ization-in London and in New
York-under the very shadow of our
churches there are deeds committed
and evils suffered which are
shame to our humanity. These ma
tional sores are only healed by ma
tional sacrifice. We thank God for
the example of our forefathers in
making sacrifice for the mantle they
have let fall upon us to emulate
their spirit. Here we have greater
wealth than in mine or prairie. "The
greatest gift hero leaves his race
is to have been q hero" We praise
God then with our hearts and voices
for the legacies of the past, as well
as for the treasures of the present.
But we need to make our thanks
giving practical, to "show forth our
praise not only with our lips but in
our lives" "a
/. Let our thanksgiving then
open our eyes, lest we allow evil
growths around us, which by and
bye will imperil our life. Let us not
wait for effects but root up causes.
Let our law be archie and critic as
well as restrictive.
2. Let it strengthen our hands.
What we shall receive in the future
depends upon how we use what we
have. "To him that hath shall be
given" if he use it. This is the
lesson of the seed corn planted in
faith, to bring forth a hundredfold.
This is the lesson of our Lords
miracle where He used the loaves
to feed q multitude.
8. And it should open our
hearts. See how it does this in the
Psalm The harvest of corn intro
duces the thought of wider har
vest. The narrow Jew opens his
heart to welcome the ingathering of
the Gentiles. On this day alone 20
bullocks were offered for the 20
Gentle nations. tThe nations shall
praise Thee, o God, yea, all the
nations shall praise Thee"
And is not this the case generally
with national thanksgivings as with
national sorrows? Did not the heart
of the world go forth to Victoria as
she celebrated the jubilee of her
glorious reign? Did not the world
gather in sympathy at the tomb of
those hero of that sister
nation Of The great Teutonic stock ?
Thus ever may the heart of the
world expand, till nations like indi-
viduals rejoice with those that re-
joice and weep with those that weep
till every barrier is broken down
and all unite in the great building
of the city of God.
elbow came you here? said anothe
For you are not of us.
Let him build, said the maste
builder,
1t will never be built but thus"
Patriotism must never die, but VIZ
trust the time will come when ma
tions will find cooperation better in
the long run than competition-love
better than rivalry, and Christlike
humanity better than zeal for 8
party. There are battles enough tc
fight against vice and crime. To
win these is the mission of all Chris.
tian nations, and with this high
purpose before them they neee
never fear to drop YEARLY the lamp
of noble influence, but "God shall
bless them, and all the ends of the
world shall fear Him."
Are there thunders moaning ii
the distance?
Are there spectres moving in thu
darkness?
Trust the Lord of Light to lead Hi
people,
Till the thunders pass, the spectre
vanish,
And the Light is victor, and thu
darkness
Dawns into the Jubilee of the Ages