The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-10

he world was not worthy there IL stahuN' |
the giant Of sin, Mohammedunism, with |
one foot ON the heart OF woman and the
other on the heart OF Christ, while 1t mum
bes from its minarets this stupendou-
"God is great AID Moham
med is his prophet Let the Christian |
printing presses at Beyroot and Constan. |
tiuople keep on with their work, and the
men and women of God in the mission |
fields toll until tho Lord crowns them, but |
what we are all hoping for is something |
supernatural from the heavens, as yet I'M |
seen, something stretched down out of the
skies something like an arm uncovered,
the bare arm Of the God of nationsl
EVILS OF THE DAY.
There stands also the arch demon of al
cohulism. Its throne is white and made
of bleached human skulls On one side of
that throne of skulls kneels in obeisance
and worship democracy, and on the other
side republicanism, and the one that
kisses the cancerous and gangrened foot
of this despot the oftenest gets the most
benedictions There is Hudson river, an
Ohio Mississippi of strong drink rolling
through this nation but as the rivers from
which | take my figure of speech empty
into the Atlantic or the gulf this mightier
food Of sickness aId insanity and domes-
tic ruin and crime and bankruptcy and
woe empties into the hearts, and the
homes, and the churches, and the time,
and the eternity of multitude beyond
all statistics TO number or describe. All
nations are mauled and scarifled with
baleful stimulus or killing narcotic. The
puluue of Mexico, the Cashew of Brazil
the hasheesh of Persia, the opium of China
the guavo Of Honduras, the wedro of Rus
l.. . 1ssV.4 a.
Morocco, the aral of Arabia, the mastic
of Syria, the raki Of Turkey, the beer of
Germany. the whisky of Scotland, the ale
of England, the all drinks of America,
are doing their best to stupefy inname,
dement, impovcrish, brutalize and Stay
the human race Human power, unless re.
enforced from the heavens, can never eX-
tirpate the evils mention.
Much good has been accomplished by
the heroism and fidelity of Christian re
formers, but the fact remains that there
are more splendid men and magnificent
women this moment going over the Ming
ara abysm of inebrcty than at any time
| since the first grape was turned into wine
/ and the first head of rye began to soak in
/ a brewery. When people touch this sub
/ iect, they are apt to give statistics as to
! how many millions are in drunkards'
graves or with quick tread marching on
toward them. The land Is full of talk of
high tariff and low tariff, but what about
the highest of all tariffs in this country,
the tariff of 5000 900 900 which rum put
upon the United States in 1891, for that is
what it cost Us? You do not tremble or
turn pale when Isay that. The fact is we
have become hardened by statistics, and
they make little impression. But If some
one could gather into one mighty lake all
the tears that have been wrunE out of
orphanage and widowhood, or into one
organ diapason all the groans that have
been uttered by the suffering victims of
this holocaust, or into one whirlwind all
the signs of centuries of dissipation, or
from the wicket of one immense prison
have look upon us the glazing eyes of all
those whom strong drink has cndungeuned
we might perhaps realize the appalling
desuaton. But no, no; the sight would
forever blast our vision; the sound would
forever stun our souls. Go on with your
temperance literature; go on with you
i temperance platforms; go on with you
temperance laws. But we are all hop
ing for something from above, and while
the bare arm of suffering, and the bar,
arm of invalidism and the bare arm q
poverty, and the bare arm of domestic
desolation from which rum hath torn thu
sleeve are lifted up in beggary and suppl
cation and despair let the bare arm of Coz
strike the breweries, and the liquor stores
and the corrupt politics, and the licens
laws, and the whole inferno of grogshop
all around the world. Down, thou nc
cursed bottle, from the throne Into til
dust, thou king of the demiiohn! Parchc
be thy lips, thou wine cup, with fires tina
shall never be quenched
PLENTY OF AMMUNITION.
; But have no time to specify the mani
fold evils that challenge Christianity. An
think / have seen in some Christians
and read in some newspapers, and hear
, from some pulpits u disbursement, n
though Christianity were so worsted tina
it is hardly worth while to attempt to wi
this world for God, and that all Christia
work would collapse, and that it is no us
for you to teach a Sabbath class or distrit
ute tracts or eNhort in prayer meetings q
> preach in a pulpit, as satan is gainin
round. To rebuke that pessmism, tn
gospel OF smashup, preach this sermon
: showing that You are On the winning side
Go ahead Fight on! What | want I
make out today is that our ammunition
not eXhausted; that all which has bee
. accomplished has been only the skirmisl
ing before the great Armagcddon; tina
not more than one Of the thousand -four
tains of beauty in the Kings park has b.
gun TO play: that not more than one bril
ade of the innumerable hosts to be ma
shaded by the rider on the white hors
; has yet taken the field; that what Go
has done yet has been with arm folded !
flowing robe, but that the time is comm
. when he will rise from his throne, an
throw off that robe, and come out of I'll
Z palaces of eternity, and come down I'll
= stairs # heaven with all conQuering stel
and halt in the presence of eXpectant nj
tons, and flashing his Omniscient eye
across the work to be done will put bac
the sleeve of his right arm to the should,
y and roll it up there and for the world
final and complete rescue make bare h
arm. Who can doubt the result whel
y, according to my text, Jehovah does h
,, best, when the last reserve force of omni
Otence takes the field when the la
sword of eternal might leaps from its sea
II bardy Do you know what decided the ba
> tie of Sedan2 The hills thousand fe,
II high. Eleven hundred cannon on the hill
y Artillery on the heights of Givonne an
y l2 German batteries on the heights of ]
u Moncello. The crown prince of Saxon
= watched the scene from the heights
e Marry. Between n quarter to o'clock
z the morning and o'clock in the afte
noon of Sept. 2, 1870, the hills dropped Il
shells that shattered the French host
II the valley. The French emperor and Il
d 5000 Of his army captured by the hill
So in this conflict now raging betwet
holiness and sin "our eyes are unto Il
!, hills" Down here in the valleys of cart
Is we must he valiant soldiers of the eros
Is but the Commander of our hosts walks Il
d heights and views the scene far bett
d than we can in the valleys, and Mt Il
It right day and the right hour all heavC
e will open its batteries on our side, and Il
!. commander of the hosts of unrighteou
/, ness, with all his followers, will sure
;, der, and 1t will take eternity to fully Gel
,, brate the universal victory through OF
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