The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-11-28

giving with its sacrifice be sweet smell
ing SAVIOR unto our God.
But this day is the day OF reckon
ing. This is the day the bills become
due. We must draw our balance TO /
see how We stand Very few OF us bnt .
will find that in our duty TO God Se have .
very little. If any, OF the credit side. /
| Now is the time TO pay our debts. They /
| cannot be paid in gold always. We have |
vows to pay. Notiye offerings that are
| richer than gold. There is the sacrifice
| OF personal ease and comfort; the gift OF
| time; the inconvenience suffered with
out murmuring. Not few of these VOWS
have been paid, but they must be re-
newed and paid again, il We wish TO gain
the promised eternal reward OF His love.
The charitable institutions OF the islands
are not allowed to languish, and much
private benefaction OF which the world
knows very little is constantly being car
ried on. AS our intercourse with the
outer world increases. and our commu-
nicatiOn with other countries becomes
more frequent, we must expect TO be
visited with the sorrows as we'll as the
Joys, the poor as well as the rich, OF the
world, and We must make preparation
for every contingency. There is one
) islands, is perhaps one into which our
i people more readily fall and that is weary
ing in we'll doing. The most necessary acts
of charity become wearisome il not per
:, formed in the true spirit of Thanksgiving
: and OF paying VOWS TO God for his mer-
. cies vouchsafed already. ] his is the only
spirit which will sustain us in our good
works. All other motives lose in energy
E and strength, and the good work begun
with much enthusiasm and carried OF
q for time with energy will finally fiicke
D. and die out. This is the dav on which
Ii to revive the right spirit, to offer earnest
10 heartfelt prayer to God TO give Us Hi
@ holy spirit to guide us and strengthen u
. when we fail, so that no good work ceas
h through our shortening. II we hav
approached our God with true sense @
gratitude for His mercies, His blessings
s. His preservation of us and His protectio
ie our immunity from the extremes {
natures powers and from the firmnes
OF of human passions-Our thanksgivin
OF will not end with the day, but from thi
1g time our lives will be devoted to His SCI
lis vice. We shall count nothing our owl
We and ourselves rs only His stewards, eve
nj ready to minister to the wants of his pei
ne pie in everything in our power. He VIII
he in full by one days devotion is maxim
re- a grievous mistake, and he must be pr
ne pared to render an account to the Jud.
OF of all the earth at his coming. How jo
ess full will be the Thanksgiving of all tho
gs who make this day the time for deepe
eir ing their love and gratitude-the startir
lls point for new efforts, the registering
rst new vows, who come before God
og- throne not only to offer the praise
lgs thanksgiving with their lips, but to off
see freely the devotion of loving, faithf
by and true heart, and intend to show for
o. this devotion in their lives by Il
our holy spirit of God, which they
oW fervently pray for, and which God W
an most assuredly give, seeing that his e
Iou is ever open to the prayers OF his peOpl
zen Let each one of us be as just towar
IN God as we expect Him to be just towar
ing us, and then we shall not find ourselv
l. Withholding from any his just dr
inc Being just towards God we cannot
Ihe unjust towards cur neighbor.
Us; True sacrifice OF thanksgiving will n
yea allow us to become so entirely absorb
or, in the cares and pleasures or the sorro'
KS OF this life. Neither shall we be cCnte
ost with what we Go, or rest in the thong
MS that we are ministerng unto God frc
ow- our own goodness of heart. God
yer- ouires nothing from rs He ia +
red Creator and Giver of all good things.
us l am hungry will not tell thee, He sa
en- for every beast Of the forest is mine, al
the so are the cattle on thousand hill
me Therefore let us offer unto God thanl
llie giving and pay our VOWS unto the Nj
nat High, out of pure and unfeigned Il
ant from grateful heart and so shall
the join the whole creation in the song
ong praise which will reach to the Heaven
but Heavens