The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-27
DAY
at Central Union
'' =. and ST. Andrews
Cathedral.

1ai'. w. fairly we'll attended. His
VIZ. cav Jno. L. Stevens, United
p's Minister Plenipotentiary, and
9' ,. . and His Honor Chief
1ndd. were among those pres
'' Tho choir, under the leadership
W. Yarndley, sang several
iI .;snI thanksgiving hymns, Miss
,. residing at the large organ.
\. Greeley, of Boston, read the
S' W and the benediction was pro-
,,Dsd by Rev. DR.. Beckwith. Rev.
" HYDE, D. D., delivered the fol-
,ipg discourse;
:. Christian Nation's True
Glory.
vv. 70, "Out of them shall pro-
r. .LsnksgiyiEg, and the voice of
.Sat make merry and | will multi
l .r1' and they shall not be few
..orify them, and they shall not be
e. s''"' ,'''.'
:. the Jewish eXiles in far-off
SrIon came these words of cheer
l oomfort from the prophet of
I,rob Does God thus set the seal
Ills gis approval on mere bigness or
.darical superiority We Ameri-
I. boasting of our nations great
~ are denounced for it as disgusting
-s.r people by our vain glory. If,
yer we grant that there is no
lat excellence in simply being big,
there on the other hand any COM
.1.ating satisfaction in being small?
Inv comes it that men have assumed
= right of dominion over their own
lows? What divine right and au-
1rity can they claim for the rule of
/, strong over the weak ? NimrOd,
: first to found an empire, is said to
gye been a mighty hunter before the
5Iri. Not content with domesticat-
n and using in his service the ami
|1ils nOurished by his care, he in
blged in spOliation and destruction.
|Rt the reign of violence was not
fnjted to the brute creation. The
nightly hunter made a prey of his
tL0w men, and so began that inn
stal rule by which one man reduces
B fellows to the condition of slaves
hhs despOtic will.
But does every nation so begin /?
Vas it in force and fraud that our
american nation had its origin and
TanizatiOn Or are we to look for
he idea of the state and all political
nanizatiOn in some social contract
T which individuals surrendered
Sme of their natural rights to the
smmunity in return for q guarantee
1 their undisturbed enjoyment of
attain privileges? We search the
N0rds of the past in vain for any
ach development of the national
lea, or the national organism. We
New England ancestry are, indeed,
loud of recalling the incident of the
.gning of the compact by our Pilgrim
Fathers on board the Mayf1Ower, as
aOugb that were the germ of Consti-
IiOnal government in all the various
lms of its modern development. We
lOr those yeomen ancestors of ours
len of rugged honesty of purpose,
simple, homelike vertues who
|lded better than they knew. The
|ine of Civil Liberty they erected
Rock has expanded into
{ rOofiess temple that embraces the
mole width of the Continent from
Aine to California, from Puget
aund to Florida.
The problem of human government
scope and it's method, can only be
ightly studied, as we seek light from
e,attent to the call of Providence
S Gods hand unfolds the scroll OF
stiny and points out the Divine
apOse of love and mercy ready to be
UTILIZED. Those who decry what they
as political preaching, be.
ause the preacher speaks out against
ONE man or measure, must read some
'her Bible than the Word of Him
who spake of old to the fathers by the
HOphets, and believe in some other
christ than He who warned his dis.
a;Ples to beware of the leaven Of
HerOd.
Gods Word in the records of the
past, Interpreted in the light o.
nOughts wider vision, clearly indi-
@teS what elements constitute the
True Glory of q Christian Nation
This has presented itself to me as {
altlng theme for your consideration
VI this day of national sOlemnity-
VINO knows how soon to be world
vide in its observance 1t is a!
americans that we gather to-day il
.llS house of worship, as we used t.
ESsem6le on Thanksgiving Day in The
home land.
w. What abundant reason have we
we thankful for Gods guidance anC
%SntFol IN so multiplying our people
lAl we are not few, and so clarifying
IT Z, nation that it is not small!
Ihe United States of America i!
@ ~ country which in the Language
" nglanfs Premier, has "a natura
r vase Tor the greatest continuous EN-
E o ever established by man." Leav
Pps out Russia, all the countries 0
Europe might be placed in it's domain
gan ga and again, without filling tina
o sSt area. From the annual product
SaS 10000 square miles of arabic
d" u II has fed abundantly it's 60,000,
M SSG people, and furnished 100000,
roDt bushels of grain to supply thu
v r%rIS OF European nations. Tel
mars mras ago, the value of its manufac
tbo es Ior a twelvemonth exceeded
F 5pSe OF England by $65O,OOO,OOO
n rULt Its mines the United State
ys ppIles one-half the whole world
;TITSnly product of gold and silver
East Star of Empire, rising in tn
and '1 mas ever beckoned the wealth
Unit INT power of the nations westward
oib i' Today it stands over the cradl
r6ioGb young Empire of the West, t.
otfaT ril The nations are bringing thei
nfblal GAN other series of event
q hue hue history of the world would seen
Yewssdg purpose and value, only whel
as sn Iu IN connection with, or rather
DE GSS reata to the development 0
aem treat Republic of the Western