The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-21
SERVICES YESTERDAY.
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"Thc Perfect Man In Christ" using
Ephesians l:l3 as text This sermon
will appear in the STAR Tomorrow.
In the evening the church was filed
from pulpit TO vcstibules. The large
asscmbiagc was representative body
OF the intelligent Christian element in
this community, assembled for the pur-
pose OF hearing Dr. Twombly's farewell
address. The speaker, from the an
nouncoment OF text to the close of his
remarks was slow, deliberate and i'm
pressive, and the subject being one in
which the spirit Of the audience joined,
the great assemblege listened with more
than usual interest.
The speaker, said he had resided but
four months in the country. yet attach.
ments had been formed which
made separation painful. Two
months ago it would have made but
little difference; but now familiar faces
could be seen throughout the congrega-
ton and many children were known to
him by their Christian names. He left
with regrets but hoped to return.
Central Union church congregation
was as large family. The unexampled
unison of the society's membership,
religiously and socially, had been the
motive power which had given it
strength ..and success in disseminating
knowledge and religion, as in Christ
Jesus throughout the land. This con-
dition was pillar of strength within
itself
This Christian fellowship was also a
blessed thing from social point of
view. That perfect understanding and
condition of kindred aims existing be-
tween the individual parts of the gem
eral heart were attainments worth pre-
serving. Nothing was a more reliable
surity for peace and happiness. The
community was envied by all civilized
nations on this account All should
take care that these links retain their
binding qualities.
Dangers were ahead, however. The
country was being filled by devious
nationalities, many of them deficient in
the sentiments and traits of nature
which had incurred The present order of
things. Division mn, hit result and that
deplorable disintegration of the body
accrue, separating the society into many
branches of the Christian church. This
outcome would be incompatible with
enlightenment. intellectual, social and
religious development in the commun-
ity.
Again, annexation to some great
power might, in time, work change of
system, and a shift of present day con-
ditions. All such dangers should be
fought.
The political status of the country
was unfortunate. The general harmony
of island life had been impaired. The
natives were hardly displaying aprecia-
tion of the great work the white man
had done among them. The disposition
was not to anneal but to agitate, to
wrangle, to separate and TO move
farther apart. This was all wrong
Changes were to be made in the Gov
eminent. permanent form would
soon be instituted. 1t should be founded
on righteousness and the perfect laws of
God.
The present regime conducted affairs
in q remarkably open-handed manner.
Never before in any country had he
g ,f ,,,l,, tool
the pains to prepare and publish a
weekly statement of accounts-the re-
celpts, disbursements and condition of
the department throughout. 1t was
highly commendable and betrayed a
proper desire to keep the people in touch
with the Government, and further
showed that there was no disposition on
the part of those in power to conceal
anything from the inhabitants of the
realm. A day of final triumph, of
peace and prosperity was in prospect.
Twas hard to say farewell. Changes
take place rapidly, and preacher and
again. But far up the mountain side,
only reached by a lifetime of climbing,
striving and fulfilment, a silvery spring,
cool and refreshing, gurgled and sparkled
in the light of perfect day, and,
around this, speaker and hearers might
one sweet day assemble, there to drink,
to live in eternal companionship, and to
bask in the light of His love-forever
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
In the forenoon Rev. A. Macintosh
preached from Revelation AS, "And
obey rest not day and night, saying,
Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty
which was and is and is to come" In
these words, repeated in the lessons and
in the Epistle for Trinity Sunday, the
preacher said: eve have plain indica-
lions of the Holy Trinity, the three per.
sons in the Godhead, the fundamental
pillar of the Christian faith. The nature
of this Godhead was indeed mysterious
to mans finite understanding, but nc
more so than were all things pertaining
to God.
But the operation of the Godhead was
not mysterious. Creation, redemption
and sanctification were works open and
plain enough to every understanding.
Mans duty was to love with all his mind
and soul and bring forth to the glory OF
God the fruits of that love. He must
trust in Gods scheme for his redemp
ton. and so restore the image in which
he was first created, but which he has
by his iniquity greatly marred.
Other systems had good in them
might be in IA great measure good-but
Gods scheme, Christianity, was al