The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-23

IS gentleman wont tuu friend of min,
] iN tHD City u Mn.hiH CON and asked tlni
/ through him hr might e.t % cousulship to
I .uc fUrien port My friend snid to him.
/ 'Whut do Nou want ~ tu AWAY from yout
I lWnutiih homie r o. into iuriln port b"
] uh, hr rpIi"d my home g.. ruuO' Ms
/ six chillru ur. dc1I must n.t nwny.
/ sir cant stand 30 in thi. country any
/ longer Hihlug boo U.hc-'
Nshcs " tile.
Why these long shadows VI bereavement
/ across this audience why h. 1t that i'm al.
/ most every neamb'1.c black Is the pre-
dominant color Of ire apparel l. IL be
/ cnu-o you do mot lit' afrun or brown or
| yiolct' on, mol luu -ay, Tho world Is
| not 80 bright to US as once II was, 90 and
| there Is u story ct ilout voices and Of still
| feet and ui lu.,d ones gone, and when YOU
/ look over the hil'i expecting only beauty
and luvuliue ., y.u find only devastation
and WOO I,E'ar In ushcsl
ono day For 4 lstcr county, y. y, the
village ca.uH was decorated until the
| fragrance g. Sc flowers was almost bcwil.
/ dcring. The maidCns of the village had
cmpticd the place Of flowers upon one mar.
| ri1gc altar ono Of their own number was
alliancod to "a minister Of Christ, who had
come to take her to his own home. With
hands joined, amid congratulntory au-
dicncc, the vows were taken. In three
days from that time one Of those who stood
at the altar exchanged earth for heaven
| The wedding march broke down into the
funeral dirgc There were not enough
1 flowers now for the coffin lid because they
had all been taken for the bridal hour
! The dead minister of Christ is brought to
another village
He had gone out from them less than a
week before in his strength; now ho comes
home lifeless. The whole church hcwailed
him. The solemn procession moved around
to look upon the still face that once had
/ bcamcd the messages of salvation. Little
children were lifted up to look at him.
] And some Of those whom hc had Comfortcd
in days of sorrow, when thCy passed that
| silent form, made the place dreadful with
their weeping Another village Cmpticd of
! its tlowcrs--sumc Of them put in the shape
OF a cross to symbolic his hope, others put
! in the shape of a crown to symbolic his
triumph. \ hundred lights blown out in
one strong gust from the open door of a
scpulchcr Hiklag in ashcsl
A Rally Cry.
! l preach this sermon today because l
want to rally You rs David rallied his men,
! for tho recovery of the loved and the lost
l want not only to win heaven, but | want
all this congregation to 90 along with me
l feel that somehow | have responsibility
in your arriving at that great city. Do
! you really want to join the companionship
of your loved ones who have gomez Are
you as anxious to join them as David and
his men were To join their families? Then
| am here, in the name of God, to say that
| you may and TO tell you how
remark, in the first place if you want
! to join your loved ones in glory, you must
travel the same way they went No sooner
had the half dead Egyptian been rcsusci-
tat"d than he pointed tine way the captors
and tho captives had gone, and David and
! his mon followed after. So our Christian
| friends have gone into another country,
and If we want to reach their companion
/ ship we must take the same road. They
| rcpcntcd; we must repent. They prayed;
we must pray They trusted in Christ; we
must trust i'm Christ. They lived IA rcli-
| gious life; we must live religious life.
/ They were in some things like ourselves
l know, now that they are gone, there is
halo around their Names but they had
their faults. They said and did things
| they ought never to have said or done.
They were sometimes rcbcllious some.
times cast down. They were far from be-
ing perfect. So | suppose that when we
have gone some things in us that are now
only tolcrablc may be almost rcsplendcnt.
| But as they were like us in deficiencies we
| ought to be like them in taking IA supcrnal
| Christ to make mp for the deficits Had it
not been for Jesus they would have all per-
| ishcd, but Christ confronted them and
said, 81 am the way" and they took it.
| have also to say to you that the path
| that these captivcS trod was II troubled
| path, and that David and his men had to
| go over the same difficult way. While
these captivcS were being taken off they
said, "Oh, we are SO tired; we are so sick;
we are so hungryl' But the men who had
charge of them said: stop this crying.
| Go on!' David and his men also found it
a hard way, They had to travel it. Our
| friends have gone into glory, and it is
through much tribulation that we are to
enter into the kingdom. How our loved
ones used to have to struggle! How their
old hearts achcd! How sometimes they had
a tusslc for bread! In our childhood we
wondered why there were so many wrin-
| klcs on their faces. We did not know that
what were called crows feet on their
faces were the marks of the black raven
people, seated by the evening stand, talk
over their early trials, their hardships, the
accidents, the burials, the disappoint-
mcnts, the empty flour barrel when there
were SO many hungry ones 10 feed, the
| sickness almost unto death, where the next
dose of morphine decided between CHASTITY
bereavement and an unbrokcn home cir
cleS Oh, yes, it was trouble that whitened
their hair! II was trouble that shook the
cup in their hands. 1t was trouble that
washed the lustcr from their eyes with the
rain of tears until they needed spcctacles
1t was trouble that made the cane ne
cesslty for their journey. Do you never
remember seeing your old mother sitting,
on some rainy day, looking out of the win
dow, her elbow on the window sill, her
hand to her brow-looking out not SEQ
ing the falling shower at all-you well
knew she was looking into the distant
past-until the apron came up to her eyes,
because the memory was too much for
herr
Oft the big, unbidden tear,
Stealing down the furrowed cheek,
Told in eloquence sincere
Tales of woe they could not speak,
But, this scene of weeping DER,
Past this scene of toll and pain,
They shall feel distress no more,
Never, never weep again.
Call to Effort.
"Who are these under the ALTAR" the
question was asked, and the response came,
THESE are they which came out of grcat
tribulation and have washed their robes
and made them white in the blood of the
Lamb" Our friends went by path Of
tears into glory. BE not surprised if we
have to travel the same pathway.
remark, again, If we want to win tho
society of our friends in heaven, we will
not only have to travel path of faith and
path of tribulation, but we will also have
10 positively battle for their companion-
ship. David and his men never wanted
sharp swords and invulncrablc shields and
thick brcastplatcs so much as they wanted