The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-23

0f heaven The pIllor of thoir lnst sics.
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lv .Irk, ncycfmurr tp c.Hrh nDsprmorH
90 limp novctmurp tu d. old, uovrrmuun
~ weep They nw watching from those
heights tu sco " through Christ YOU can
take that fort and whether you will rush
in upon thoU-viCtors They know that
upon this bnttlc depends whether You will
ever join their socicty Up' ~irkc harlcrl
Charge morc bra,clyl Remember that cv.
cry inch you gain puts you IN much far
Their ON toward that heavenly reunion.
victory cr Dcnthi
II this morning while l speak you could
hear the cnnnonadc Of foreign enemy
which was to dcspoil your city, aud II they
really should succeed In carrying your fam
ilcs away from you, how long would we
take before we resolved To 80 after thcmY
Every weapon, whether fresh from tho
armory or old and rusty in the garrett,
would he brought out, and we would urge
on, and coming In front Of the Toe wo
would look mt them and then look at our
families, and the cry would be, Victory
or DEATH and when the ammunition was
gone we would take the captors ON the
point of the bayunct or under the brccch
Of the gun.
the getting back of your earthly friends,
will you not make as much struggle for
the ginning Of the eternal companionship
Of your heavenly fricndsy oh, yes, we
must join thcml We must sit i'm their
holy society. We must sing with them
the song. We must celebrate with them
the triumph Let it never he told on earth
or in heaven that David and his men push
ed out with Drawer hearts for the getting
back of their earthly friends for few
years ON earth than we to get our depart
ed
You say that all this implies that our
departed Christian friends are alive. WHY.
had you any idea they were deadY They
have only moved. If you should go on the
"a of May To house where one of your
friends lived and find him gone, you would
not think that he was dead. You would
Inquire next door where he had moved to-
Our departed Christian friends have only
taken another house The secret is that
they are richer now than they once were
and can afford "a better residence. They
once drank out of carthcnware. they now
drink from the Kings chalice Joseph is
yet alive" and Jacob will go up and see
him. Living, are thcyY Why, if a man can
liVein this damp, dark dungeon of earthly
captivity can he not live where he brcathcs
the bracing atmosphere of the mountains
of heaveni Oh, yes, they are living!
Faint, Yet Pursuing.
Do you think that Paul is so near dead
now as he was when he was living in the
Roman dungeon Do you think that Fred
cricll Robertson of Brighton is as near
dead now as he was when, year after year,
he slept seated on the floor, his head on
the bottom of a chair, because he could
find case in no other positionY Do you
think that Robert Hall Is as near dead
now as when, on his couch, he tossed in
physical fortunes? No. Death gave them
the few black drops that cured them. That
is all death docs To u Christian-curcs him
| know that what ! have said implies that
they are living. There Is no question about
that. The only question this morning is
whether you will ever join them.
But ! must not forget those 200 men
who tainted by the brook Besor They
could not take another step farther Their
feet were sore; their head achcd; their en-
tire nature was exhausted Besides that,
they were broken hearted because their
homes Were gone. Ziklag in ashes! And
yet David, when he comes up to Them
divides the spoils among them. He says
they shall have some of the Jewels, some OF
over this audience this morning, and l
find at least 200 who have tainted by the
brook Besor-thc brook of tears. You feel
as if you could not take another step far
Their, AS though you could never look up
again. But am going To initiate David
and divide among you some glorious tro-
phics. Here is IA robe, "All things work to-
gcthcr- for good to those who love God. "
Wrap yourself in that glorious promise.
Here is for your neck Il string of pearls,
made out of crystallizcd tears, Weeping
may endure for night, but joy comcth
In the morning" Here is a coronct, BE
thou faithful unto death, and / will give
thee IA crown of life" Oh We fainting ones
by the brook Bcsor, dip your blistered feet
in the running stream of Gods mercy
Battle your brow at the wells of salvation
SOothe your wounds with the basam that
exudes from trees of life. God will not ut
terly cast you off, o broken hearted man,
q broken hearted woman, fainting by the
brook Besor.
shepherd finds that his musical pipe is
bruised. He says: II can't get any more
music out Of this instrument so / will
just break ii, and I will throw this reed
away Then will get another reed, and
will play music on that" But God saws
he will not cast you of because all the
music has gone out of your soul THE
bruised reed he will not break" As far
as l can tell the diagnosis of your disease,
you want divine nursing, and it is prom
iscd you, AS one whom his mother COM
forteth, so will l comfort you" God will
sec you all the way through, o troubled
soul, and when you come down to the Jor-
dan of death you will find it to be as thin
brook as Besor, for DIR. Robinson says
that in April Bcsor dries up and there is |
no brook at all And in your last moment
you will be as placid as the Kentucky min |
lister who went up to God, saying in the |
dying hour: Write to my sister Kate and |
tell her not to be worried and frightened |
about the story of the horrors around the |
deathbod. Tell her there is not a word of |
truth in it, for am there now and Jesus |
is with me, and l find it very happy way,
not because am good man, for am not |
i am nothing but poor, miserable sim
ner-but l have an Almighty Saviour, |
and both of his arms are around me-"
May God Almighty, through the blood |
OF the everlasting covenant, bring us into |
the companionship of our loved ones who |
have already entered the heavenly land and |
INTO the presence of Christ, whom, not |
having seen, we love, and so David shall |
recover all, "and as his part is that goeth |
down to the battle, so shall his part be that |
tarrieth by the stuff.
Grandms's Observation.
Grandma had not been to the circus for |