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

A. oid raahioosd Oosrei risa tuufhtd iu .
wofds ~ sarrssins fioausnss ths .
fss.t Proposed BY ni,ins Poser 40 .
Easnsst rstafaiion.
Buooetty Ian s Tho usual large ON.
ilencc assembled iH thf Tabernacle tol1r
ana listened fl sermon ~ remarkable
power aud interest hy Heg Dr Ta.mago,
ihe subject being "EtsUyIty Ihe text
selected was Luke Ny ~ Come for nll
things aro NOW ready
10 was one nf che most exciting times boo
English history when Queen Elizabeth VIE.
tied Lord Leicester no kenlwurth castle
The moment of Dor arrival was considered
90 important that uIlthe clock ui tuecastle
were stopped so that The hands might point
20 that one moment as being the most sig
nifcaut OF gll She was greeted t1the gate
with floating islands and torches and the
thunder of cannon and fireworks that set
the night nhiare and a great burst Of mu-
sic that lifted the whole scene into perfect
euchautmeut Then she was introduced In
dining hall, che Injuries Of which aston
ished the world -Four hundred servants
waited upon the guests. The entertainment
cost $500 each day Lord Leicester made
that great supper in KeniIworth castle
Cardinal Wolsey entertained the French
ambassadors az Hampton court The best
cooks in all the land prepared for the ban
quet purvcvors went ont and travelled all
the kingdom over TO find spells for the ia
BILE The time came. The guests were
kept during the day hunting in the king
park. so that theirappetites might be Keen,
and then in the evening 20 the sound OF
the trumpeters they were introduced into
a hall hung with silk and cloth Of gold,
and there were tables aglitter with impe-
rial plate aud laden with the rarest Of
meats and ablush with the costliest wines.
And when the second course of the feast
came it was found that the articles Of food
had been fashioned into the shape of men,
birds and beasts, and groups dancing, and
iousting parties riding against each other
with lances Lords and princes and em-
bassadors out of cups filled TO the brim
drank the health first Of the king OF Eng
land and next of the king Of France. Car
diual Wolsey prepared that great supper in
Hampton court.
A DIVINE BANQUET.
But have TO tell YOU of a grander enter
tanment My Lord the King is the ban
queter Angels are the cupbearers All
the redeemed are the guests. The halls of
eternal love, frescocd with light aud paved
beauty, are the banqueting place The
harmonies Of eternity are the music. The
chalices of heaven are the plate and 1 am
one of the servants coming out with both
hands filed with invitations, scattering
them everywhere, and, oh, that for your
selves you might break the seal of the in.
vitation and read the words written in red
ink of blood by the tremulous hand OF q
dying Christ, Come now, for all thingi
are ready"
There have been grand entertainment
where was a taking off-the wine gave out
or the servants We're rebelliOus, or the ligh
failed, but ! have gone all around abou
this subject and looked at the redemption
which Christ has provided, and ] come her
TO tell you It Is complete, and | swing ope
the door of the feast, telling you that al
things are now ready"
In the first place, have to announce tina
the Lord Jesus Christ himself is ready
Cardinal Wolsey came into the feast afte
the first course He came in booted ant
spurred, and the guests arose and cheere'
him. But Christ comes in at the very be
ginning of the feast-aye, he has been wait
ing l, 1874 years for his guests. He has bee
standing on his mangled feet. He has ha
his sore hand on his punctured side, or h
mas Deeu pressing ulo lbCtIdLtu ltupltS-
waiting, waiting.
1t is wonderful that he has not been in
patient, and that he has not said Shut tn
door, and let the laggard stay out" but b
has been waiting. No banqueter ever wait
ed for his guests s. patiently as Christ ha
waited for us. To prove how willing he
to receive us, gather all the tears tina
rolled down his cheeks in sympathy fc
your sorrows. | gather all the drops c
blood that chauneled his brow, and hi
back, and his hands and feet, in trying t
purchase your redemption. / gather all til
groans that he uttered in midnight chill
and in mountain hunger, and in desel
loneliness, and twist them into one cry
bitter, agonizing, overwhelming.
/ gather all the pains that shot fror
spear and spike and cross jolting into on
pang-remorseless, grinding, excruciatinl
take that one drop Of sweat on his brow
aud under the gospel glass that drop el
larges until | see in it lakes Of sorrow an
an ocean Of agony. That being standin
before you now, emaciated and gashed an
CORY, coaxes for your love with pathos
which every word is heartbreak and e
cry sentence martyrdom. How can yo
think he trihesi
FEAST FOR ALL ETERNITY.
Ahasuerus prepared feast for $50 day
but this feast is for all eternity Lords al
princes were invited to that. You and
and all our world are invited TO this. Chri
is ready. You know that the banquete
of olden time used to wrap themselves
robes prepared for the occasion. So II
Lord Jesus hath wrapped himself in a
that is beautiful. See how fair he is. II
eye, his brow, his cheek, so radiant that Il
stars have no CLEAN and the morning
brilliancy compared with it. His face
fecting all the joys of the redeemed, b
hand having the omnipotent surgery vii
which he opened blind eyes and straigh
ened crooked limbs and hoisted the pilla
of heaven and swung the ~ gates whiC
are IL pearls.
There are not enough cups in heaven
dip up this ocean of beauty. There are n
ladders enough to scale this height of Low
There are not enough cymbals to clap,
harps to thrum, or trumpets to peal for
the praises of this one altogether fair. o
thou flower of eternity, thy breath is b
perfume of heavenl Oh, blissful daybrea
let all people clap their hands in thy RAJ
ANGEL Chorus: Come, men and saints al
cherubim and seraphim and archangel-i
heights all depths, all immensities Chorr
Roll him through the heavens in a chart
of universal acclaim, over bridges of
sannas, under arches of coronation, aloI
by the great towers Ginning with etern
Jubilee Chorus: Unto him who ha
loved us and washed us from our sins
his own blood, to him be glory, world wit
out endp'
have a word of five letters, but no she
white enough on which to write it aud
pen good enough with which to inscribe
Give me the fairest leaf from the heaven
records-give me the pencil with which t
angel records his victory-and then, wi
my hand strung to supernatural costa
and my pen dipped in the light of the MOI
ing will write il out in capitals Of lo'
JESUS" Il is this one, infinitely ia
10 NHolI yOu are lANIt1u. CuIisJ 10 wdlJl
for you, waiting as a banqueter waits
the delayed guest-the meats smoking, t
beakers trimming, the MINISTRIES with