The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-16

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climbing fhu ro,s- ur hcwiug iu the fOr.
usl- Th.n DO would Doe stnlwnrt religion,
90 robust religion % u.lipiuu able Co. digest
thu strong m.It uf thy world instead VI
brug kept 1H th. pap and Cruel OF spirit
uu iuvgli1isIN. To is high time that we
throw uT thc sunday clothes of sickly SON
timontulity and pint on the workday dr. IS
of an EARNEST, nC,iyc Christianity.
H,rC is Brooklyn, here Is New York,
here are the United States, here is the
whole world To- DC converted 1t is ,s14
years since Christ came, and yet Europe,
Asia, Africa, North and South America
are -till unevnng'liacd. More people born
every year into the world than arr born
into the kingdom of God. At that rate .
ask any one who can do u simple sum in .
arithmetic to calculate when this world
will be brought to Jesus. At that ratio
never, never ncvurl And yet we know
that it is to be brought to Christ But the
church will have tochanRc its tack and take
a wider sweep with the gospel net than
any it has yet taken. ! believe that the
great masses Of the people are now ready
to receive the gospel If we give them u
chance
boy goes along the street at night and
sees fine house beautifully lighted up
and hears music, and he says II wish /
was in there, but | have not been invited"
and so he pas rs on. Here is the church of
God, lighted up with fcstivity and holy
mirth, and the world passes along outside,
hears the music and sometimes wishes it
was inside, but says that it is not invited.
Oh, invite the world to come in! Go out
| into the hig, ways and hedges. Send
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words, Come, for all things are now
/ ready. -
Buried In Sin.
Some years ago 200 men were buried IN
the Hartley collicry of England. The
queen of England from her throne tele-
graphed, is there any hope for the men"
After awhile the answer came over the
wires mo hope. They are dead" Here
is q whole raGo buried in sin and darkne IS
and woe. The question that thrills up to
the throne of God today is, rs there any
hope for the menu Answering intclli-
gence comes back from the throne of God,
thrilling through the worlds darkness,
thrilling through the worlds woe Yes.
Hope for onc Hope for all Whosoevcr
will, let him come. And the Spirit and
the Bride say, Come And let him that is
athirSt come
We have had conventions all over the
country discussing the subject, How Shall
the Great Masses BE Brought to Christi
They have passed splendid resolutions at
the close Of the meeting-a long list of
s, lOur Il have been read, and then the pre-
siding officer has said, An those in favor
of the resolutions for the conversion of the
world, purifying the cities and rcdeeming
the masses, and making everything all
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voices An opposed no" 1.-The ayes have
it" There, the word is converted All,
we do not seem to get along by such a
process.
If this world IS ever to be brought to
God, it will MT be by the handful Of min
listers we have in Ibis country. 1t will be
by the great masses of Christian men and
women dischgrg their duty. If the pri-
vate church membership of this country
would but put Oh their armor and go forth,
believe that in 10 years this whole land
would be redeemed for Christ. Would God
that all the people We're prophets! l am
never afraid 20 lear man say that he is
going to preach. If he cannot preach, peo-
pie will not 60 to hear him. If he can, lie
has a message from the Almighty, and !
would have him deliver it. Look out how
you interfere with him.
Closing Words.
Since we have been together as pastor
and people how many have been promoted
to the glories of heaven! They died sweet
w. calmly, as only Christians can die.
They have put down the staff of their pill
grimage; they have taken up the palm of
the victor The Lord Jesus has swung his
arm through this church good many
: times He has been up and down all these
, at -, 10 hoe t.ly lao la oh
the dear little children. He came down
into the garden to gather the lilies and the
aged as well. One who sat right here, &c
that when l used to preach l could almost
put my hand on his head when l came
back from my summer vacation was gone
Oh, how the glorios of heaven shone around
that old mans face as he sat here Sabbath
after Sabbath Gone now, happy spirit
u Happy with all those who have passed thi
n aood
u One army of the living God
Y To his com mand we bow.
# Part Of The most have crossed the food
. And part are crossing now.
n thank you for all your kindness, 70
Il all your sympathy, for all your prayers 70
. me as pastor. 1t is sorrow to me that
a am to be absent even for few months
= have worked to the full extent of physical
p mental and spiritual endurance for thl
n church.
II Now we start out on our twcnty-sixtI
Il year. How many Of us will close it here
is know not But living or dying, let Il
" cling to Christ Oh, that all the peopl
NJ would love himl wish that could tai,
h this audience ,his morning and wreathe i
# around the heart Of my Lord Jesus Chris
n Oh he is such "a dear Saviour! He is sucl
# a loving jesus He is so precious He i
n all the world 10 lie. He is heaven to me
Al He washed away my sins. He comfortet
\ me in days Of darkness and trouble. II
, is mine. o blessed Jesusl Sweetest sount
I ever heard or ever expect TO hear is tn,
:, namel
!. My closing prayer this morning is tina
a God will have mercy on the dying popula
ton of our great cities, and that the who'll
q earth will put on bridal array for the com
ing of her Lord. Ride on, King Jesus
ride onl Blessed be the Lord God of Israe
from everlasting to everlasting and let tn
? whole earth be filed with his glory Amer
and amen!
{ Pounded Religion Into Him.
The new muscular Christianity he
u many advantages over the older tim
. preaching method of gathering convert
u to Christ, but among the old school min
. listers of the gospel 1t is not so popular u
U 1t might be. But, then, as it is only re-
= Gently that college athletics have become
popular, the objection Of the now gra,
b haired dominies is perhaps not so very sur
! prising. There recently visited Buffalo
young theological student who came from
New Jersey town, and though an Epis
I copalian he was a graduate of historic oil,
. Princeton, where he was a leading spir
in all kinds of hcalthful sport. He attend
ed mission meeting, and upon being in
PRODUCED TO the congregation of worshiper
the introducor told of the young man
exploits in the football field and the bast
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