The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-12
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mani lett Wild haI-f Do ls % maniac
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perhaps % few rgsUn his person and lrBg
avrnHhei HH ln terrific Irr1Ny-m With
Mild rgIi and bleeding wounds uf HIS own
Ia#. ration Ha nIH- down tHo hill
Back rH fra BOATS. go fishermen. and
puf Our tH SEQ and e-e8Uc a--as.iuutiuui
But Christ stands his ground. -0 do the
disciples and as this living fury with
crashing rgarh and upliLted fists clashes
at Christ, Christ says. Hands OFF Down
ur my fesf thou poor sufferer and the
dDUHnIHo drops harmless. exhausted. v1r-
ei.ufII Away To DEVILS commanded
Chris. Hnl fHu 5000 Hends which had
he.u rn-uHut.ug the poor man are trans
fuH.d fu tho q. 900 swine. which 20 TO soa
with tngir Hrgur-gd cargo.
The restored demuniac sits down at
CHr.st- feet and wants 90 stay there.
Christ says 90 him practically DO not
stop You have % mission 20 execute.
Wash OF the filth and the wounds In the
s.l smooth your disheveled locks, put ON
decent apparel and 60 straight 10 your des-
oIltgd homo and tell your wife and chill
urgn IhaJ you win no more alright them,
and mo- more do them harm. that YOU are
restored % reason, and that J. the omnip-
oteur son OF God am entitled hereafter
60 the worship of your entire household
Return 90 thine own house and shew how
great things God hath done unto thee. "
Yes the house, the home, is the first
place where our religious gratitude ought
to be demonstrated. In the outside world
We may seem TO have religion when we
have 80 not, but the home tests whether
our religion is genuine or sham. What
makes happy home'
a Happy Home.
Well one would say a house with great
wide halls, and uutlered deer heads, and
parlors with sculpture and brio. -brac.
and dining hall with easy chair and plen-
ty of light, and engravings Of game on the
wall and sleeping apartments commo-
diUus and adorned No. In such a place as
that gigantic wrptChcdness has sometimes
dwclt- while some of you look back to your
fathers house, where they read their BIZ
bic boy the light of "a tallow candle. There
We're no carpets on the floor save those
made from the rags which your mother
cut night by night, you helping wind them
into a ball, and then sent to tho weaver,
who brought them to shape under his slow
shuttle. Not a luxury in all the house,
But you cannot think of 1t this slorning
without fearful and grateful emotion. You
and I have found out that il is not rich
tapestry, or gorgeous architecture, or rare
art that makes a happy home.
The six wise men Of Greece gave pre-
scrptiOns for happy home. Scion says
happy home Is a place where "a mans es-
tate was gotten without injustice kept
without disquietude and spent without re-
paltancc Chilo says that q happy home
T. tine place where a man rules as mon.
arch a kiugdOmI Bias says that a happy
home Is place where a man does volun-
tarily what by law he is compelled TO dc
abroad. But you and I, under a grander
light, give a better prescription. A happy
home Is place where the kindness Of the
gospel Of the Son Of God has full swing.
While I speak this morning there is
knocking at your front door, If he be not
already admitted, one whose locks are wet
with the dews Of the night, who would
take your children into his arms and
wolld throw upon your nursery, and your
sleeping apartments, and your drawing
room, and your entire house blessing.
that will make you rich while you live
and be an inheritance to your children aft
er You have done the last days work for
their support and made for them the last
prayer. II Is the illustriOus one who said
70 the man Of my text, Return to thine
own house and shew how great things
God hath done unto thee " Now, in the
first place, we want religion in our domes-
tic duties
Where Religion Is Needed.
Every housekceper needs great grace. II
Martha had had more religion, she would
not have rushed with such bad temper to
scold Mary in the presence Of Christ. II
Is no small thing 20 keep order and secure
cleanliness, and mend breakages, and
achieve economy, and control all the af-
fairs Of the household advantageOusly.
Expenses viii run up, store bills will come
In Inn IL.
TO be- furniture will wear out, carpets will
unravel and the martyrs OF the fire are
very few IN comparison with the martyrs
Of housekeeping. Yet there are hundreds
OF people in this church this morning who
In their homes are managing all these af-
fairs with cOmpOsure, an adrOitness, an
ingenuity and faithfulness which they
never could have reached but for the grace
Of our practical Christianity The exas-
perutiOns which wear out others have been
10 you spiritual development and sancti1-
cation. Employments which seemed to
relate only 10 an hour have on them all
the grandeurs Of eternal history.
You need the religion Of Christ In the
discipline Of your children. The rod which
In other homes may be the first means
used in yours will be the last There will
be no harsh eplthets-''you knave, you
Nllldlui you scoundfelr III thrash the NE
out Of YOU you are the worst child l ever
knew" All that kind Of chastiscment
makes thieves, pickpockets murderers and
the outlaws Of society That parent who
IN anger strikes his child across the head
deserves the penitentiary. And yet this
work Of discipline must be attended 70.
Gods grace can direct us. Alas, for those
who come % the work with fierce passion
and recklessness Of consequences Between
severity and laxatiyeness there is no choice
Both ruinOus and both destructive. But
there e a healthful medium which the
grace Of God will show to us
Then we need the religion Of Christ to
help us in setting u good example. Cow