The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-08-07
EVANGELIST MEETING.
The Discourse by 7. D. Garvin at
Harmony Hall Yesterday.
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7. D. Garvin, the evangelist, has
commenced a series of meetings in
Honolulu. The first one was held
in Harmony Hall yesterday, and
was quite largely attended. He
said in part:
At the Creation, God could have
peopled the earth as easily with TO-
900 as with two persons, man and a
woman; and later, when He had des-
trOyed the peoples from the face of
| the earth, He chose to start anew
with but eight souls, and from these
| have grown the mightiest nations of
the earth with all the achievements
which have been accomplished.
With a single prophet he confronted
the 400 priests of Baal and proved that
Jehovah was the true God and would
deliver those who trust and serve
Him. With Gideon's selected little
band of 800 He put to flight and COM
plete route the joint armies of the
Midianites and Amalikites with their
allies and delivered the people of
Israel.
The mustard seed is small and in
significant, yet in some countries it
grows to be quite tree, and by the
scattering of its myriad seeds soon
covers large tracts of land; so are the
mighty purposes of God developed
from small beginnings. In every un-
dertaking needing permanent growth
and development quantities should
not be considered so much as quality.
In a new enterprise courage, stead
fastness and self-sacrifice are neces-
sary. Everything depends upon a
right start and with the right
quality of material. God did not
depend upon numbers in any of
His work but when a work is under
taken it is necessary to have God on
our side. The late General Garfield
had said: "Being in the right, one
with God was a majority" Luther,
with God had defied Rome and her
power.
Christ, in establishing His church
on the earth, did not select the wise
and the mighty as His ambassadors.
He chose the illIterate, the poor and
the despised. The fishermen and the
publican, and with these He has
wrought the mighty work which has
subdued nations, and, with single
eXception-the Apostle Paul-He car
ried the light of His gospel to the
gentle and heather nations, and His
truth shall yet prevail and "cover the
earth as the waters cover the mighty
deep"
At the evening talk Mr.. Garvin took
for his theme, "Shall man be con-
demned for not believing the Bible"
He read from John, third chapter,
pleasant, fluent speaker, and shows a |
mind richly stored with biblical study |
and research. Mr.. Garvin asked If the |
testimony of the Bible is sufficient? |
Men too often followed feelings rather |
than the testimony, and the Bible was
not always presented as its truths
stand. If conflicting teachings were
taken away, and men amended their
lives, more would believe it; but there
would be some who do not follow it
because they preferred to go wrong
from choice.
Faith was belief in testimony, and
divine evidence was sufficient to pro-
believe, / am not responsible. BY
clear and lucid chain of prophecy, God
had proven His testimony, and the
speaker gave many illustrations and
examples as verified in the worlds
history, and it was possible for every
man to believe, and ought so to do.
The Book is clothed in such language
and testimony that no mortal can
deny.
"The Word of God is true, and we
should take Him at His word and do
His bidding with childlike faith, and
in this is the true happiness of man."