The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-23

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and ha low O1 30 thc word eternity mud .
De found uo noaeo until he was prepared F.
fof that great futurc. DO yuu know what .
paasaee DO u8a thut caused Martin l.uther
30 set the tfuthf The just shall live by
faith Do SOU know there BE- one just
one passage chat brought Augustine from
q Doe 0i dissipation "put ye on The Lord
Jesus Christ ond make uo provision Tor
the 1psh tU fuldi the lusts thereof" 10
was just one passage that converted Hedley
Wears. Che great soldier 20 Christ, The
blood of Jesus Christ CicBuseth from all
sin" DO you know that the Holy Spirit
used ONE passage of Scripture to save iona.
than Edwards Now unto the King eter-
nal. immortal, invisible, the only wise God,
our Saviour, he glory
one year ago on Thanksgiving day ]
read for my text "Oh, give thanks unto the
Lord, for bee is good, for his mercy ondureth
forever" And there is young man in the
house to- whose heart the Holy Spirit took
that text for bis eternal redemption.
might speak of my own case will tell
Won j was brought to the peace of the Cos
pei through the Syrop huniciau woman's
cry to Christ. Even the dogs eat Of the
crumbs that fall from the masters table,
SAVING SOULS BY SIMPLE MEANS.
DO YOU know that the Holy Spirit almost
always uses insignificant means' Eloquent
sermons never save anybody; metaphysical
sermons never save anybody philosophical
sermons never save anybody. But the min
lister comes some Sabbath to bis pulpit,
worn out with engagements and the jan
Cling Of n frenzied doorbell; be has only
text and two or three ideas, but he says:
20 Lord help mel Here are a good many
people may never meet again / have not
much TO say. Speak thou through my poor
lips, and before the service is done there
are fearful eyes and solemnity like the
judgment
The great French orator, when the dead
/ king lay before him, looked up and cried,
/ God only is great" And the triumph Of
/ his eloquence has been told by the histori-
ans But | have not heard that one soul
/ was saved by the oratorcal flourish. World
/ ly critics may think that the early preach
] ing of Thomas Chalmers was a masterpiece
/ But Thomas Chalmers says he never began
to preach until he came out of the sick
room, white and emaciated, and told men
the simple story Of Jesus
In the great day of eternity il will be
found that the most souls have been brought
to Christ not by the Bossuets and Massil-
Ions and Bourdaloues, but by humble men,
who in the strength of God and believing
in the eternal Spirit, invited men to Jesus.
There were wise salves, there were excel
lent ointments, ! suppose, in the time OF
Christ for blind or inhamed eyes. But
Jesus turned his back upon them and put
the tip of his finger to his tongue and then
with the spittle that adhered to the finger
he anointed the eyes of the blind man, ant
daylight poured into his blinded soul. St
it is now that the spirit of God takes thai
humble prayer meeting talk, which Seems
TO be the very saliva Of Christian influence
and auoints the eyes of the blind and pours
the sunlight of pardon and peace upon tn,
soul.
Oh, my friend | wish we could feel il
more and more that if any good is done il
is by the power Of Gods omnipotent spirit
do not know what hymn may bring you
to Jesus. ! do not know what words o
the Scripture lessons | read may save you
soul. Perhaps the spirit of God may hur
the very text into your heart, Come, fol
all things are now ready"
ALL READY FOR THE FEAST.
Again, the church is ready. o man, if
could take the curtain off these Christian
hearts, | could show you a great man,
anxieties for your redemption. You thinl
that old man is asleep, because his head il
down and his eyes are shut, No; he ispray
ing for your redemption and hoping thai
the words spoken may strike your heart
Do you know the air is full of prayer DE-
you know that prayer is going up from Full
ton street prayer meeting and from Frida!
evening prayer meeting and going up ever,
, hour of the day for the redemption of tn
peopleY And if you should just start to
ward the door of the Christian church hov
quickly it would fly openl Hundreds o
people would say: Give that man room a
the sacrament. Bring the silver bowl TO
his baptism. Give him the right hand O
; Christian fellowship. Bring him into al
: Christian associations"
l Oh, you wanderer on the cold noun
tains, come into the warm sheepfold.
l let down the bars and bid you come in
I With the Shepherds crook point you til
= way Hundreds of Christian hands becko
4 you into the church of God. A great man
people do not like the church and say it
a great mass of hypocrites, but it is a gle
!, rious church with all its imperfections
u Christ bought it, and hoisted the pillars
l and swung its gates, and lifted its arches
u and curtained it with upholstery crimso
3 with crucitXion carnage. Come into it,
u We are garden walled around,
y Chosen and made peculiar ground,
II A little spot inclOsed by grace,
IS Out of the worlds wild wilderness.
Re Again, the angels Of God are ready.
o great many Christians think that the tai
p about angels is fancful. You say it is
3 very good subject for theological student
who have just begun to sermonize, but Il
= older men it Is improper. There is no MOI
: proof in that Bible that there is a God tina
b that there are angels. Why, do not the
swarm about Jacobs LADDER Are we nc
O told that they conducted Lazarus upward
t that they stand before the throne thei
:. faces covered up with their wings, Will
# they cry, Holy, holy, is the Lord God A
b mighty" Did not David see thousands an
!, thousands? Did not one angel slay 1875, OK
e men in Sennacherib's army? And shall the
T, not be the chief harvesters at the judgment
+ There is a line of loving, holy, might
d angels reaching to heaven. / suppose the
II reach from here to the very gate, and whe
): an audience is assembled for Christian wo
It ship the air is full of them. If each one ,
, you has guardian angel, how many cele
q tials there are here They crowd the plac
Il they hover, they fit about, they rejoic
h Look That spirit is just come from I'll
n throne. A moment ago IL stood befol
a. Christ and heard the doXolOgy of the glor
fed. Look Bright immortal, what new
1t from the golden cityf Speak, spirit bes
10 The response comes melting on the al
I. Come, for all things are now readyw Al
Iy gels ready to bear the tidings, angels read
ie to drop the benediction, angels ready
h kindle the JOY. They have stood in glory,
" they know all about it. They have felt Il
a. Joy that is felt where there are no tears an
e, no graves; immortal health, but no invali
r, ism; songs, but no groans; wedding bell
. but no funeral tOrches-eyes that new
Of weep, hands that never blister, heads thi
lie never faint hearts that never break, frien
n. ships that are never weakened