Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-12
Attributes OF CHRISTIANS
Rev. Hugh Price Hughes Tells How They
Are to Be Distinguished

Rev. Hugh Price Hughes Tells How They
Are to Be Distinguished.
The fame Of Rev. Hugh Price Hughes. the
great leader of the forward movement in
London, whose mission work among the poor
of the west end is familiar to manv in this
country, drew to the Mt. Vernon Place ME
church yesterday morning a gathering that
filed the auditorium. For an hour Mr.. Hughes
held the large assemblaRes attention while he
spoke Of the attributes of Christianity-an old
subject, but treated in such an earnest. simple
and yet scholarly way that with each division
OF his argument he threw fresh light on the
subject. MIR. Hughes strongly resembles the
printed portraits OF O'Brien. the Irish leader
man OF middle height. dark brown short
| beard, somewhat pointed, dark hair, with ewes
| looking through spectacles he gives one the
| idea Of student. His enunciation is precise
and distinct. and except in the rather broad
"a in such words as rather he can hardly
be distinguished by his tones from an Ameri-
can. rather free use of full-arm gestures
gives life to his delivery. of which earnestness
seems to be the characteristic. Mr.. Hughes
spoke from notes, but he had his subject so
well in hand that reference TIC them did not i'm
pede the huency of his speech His text was
| the forty-seventh verse of the fifth CHAPTER of
St. Matthew-''What do We more than othersY''
More is used here, he explained, in the sense
| OF extra"
AN ETHICAL EXTRA.
"Christianity is an extra, not a substitute.
but supplement to everything else that is
good in the world" he said in beginning his
sermon. christianity must be an ethical
extra Christians must prove that they possess
| some ethical qualities not possessed by any one
| else Let US then this morning take up every
form OF goodness that existed in the world
z, 900 years ago, and let us show that in adti.
ton there is one good thing not then in exist
| ence. Two thousand years ago there was the
GENTLE and the Jew. In the Gentle world all
| that was best can be summe up in two words,
| European and Asiatic-Socrates and Buddha.
| Socratic goodness in its most perfect form il
found in the republic Of Plato Its attrib utes
| were wisdom, courage, Temperance and JUS
tice. Christianity claims all four of these. The
| typical Christian must possess them all.
''Buddha in many respects was greatly in
| ferior to Socrates. We Christians feel a sort
Of grievance against Sir Edward Arnold for his
picture Of Buddha in The Light of Asia But
SIR EDWARD Arnold has idealized Buddha. He
has Christianized Buddha. The Buddha of Sir
Edward Arnold is a Christian. 1t is G Buddha
| lmmeasurably superior to the Asiatic Buddha.
But Sir Edward Arnold has in this Light of
the World drawn Christ and shown how supe-
rlor He is to Buddha. In the first place Jesus
Christ has given a much more workable ethic
than anything OF Buddha; u practical rulo OF
| conduct Is laid down. The Christian religion is
. much more joyous religion than Buddhism.
You can tell Methodist BY the twinkle in his
eye, or, rather, in his two eyes He is glad all
the time. As one Of Charles Wesley's hymns
puts 1t he wants to dance and rejoice that
Jesus Christ il his. Buddha maintained abso-
Lutte silence regarding the existence of God;
Jesus Christ has spoken OF God so simply tina:
even children can understand Him. Then the
Christian religion teaches the true selAcssness.
The Buddhist disciple does things for his own
sake-to enter Nirvana. Christianity teaches
| man to cherish his neighbor as himself. In
the words OF Christ, "A new command have
given unto you, that you love one another even
| as have loved you
| THE JEWISH RELIGION.
| 'The Jewish religion issummed up in the Ten
Commandments. It il a plain and simple
morality, greatly superior to the Socratic and
Buddhist morality. It produced men Of q
greater and loftier type than was possible under
/, the Greek or Asiatic morality.
The old Greek morality produced noble
men, tho teachings Of the hcathen wrought
beautiful characters, the Jewish religion
brought out admirable qualities. What then
/ In there in Christianity that 10 better? an
sometimes afraid whom see the tablets Of the
Ten Commandments displayed 70 prominently
in our churches that our people may think
that their whole duty lies in them. The ser.
| mon on the mount shows that the Jewish codG
fell far below tho demands Of Christianity