The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-05-19

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wniDr know that frm fho flri thnt
most uf tho world g. wuf.r liut when I
find Christ in such constant cUmmondn.
tim of water know ho was personally
nont although he mingled much among
very rough populations aid took such long
Journeys ON dusty Highways Tie WON bis
hair long. according to tlc custom of his
land and tlmo, but neither trouble nor
old urc had thinnDd or injured his locks.
which were mover worn shaggy or nm.
kcmpt Nca, on his habits Of personal APP.
pcnrnncc wCw lovely
Suhricty was also AN established habit
of his life In addition 10 the water he
drank the juice Of the grape. When nt q
wedding party this beverage gave ont, he
made gallons on gallons O. grape juice, but
it was as unlike what the world makes in
our time rs health Is diffo rcnt from disease
and rs calm pulses are different from the
paroXysms Of delrum trcmcns. There was
no strychniuc in that beverage or lo1wuod
or nuX vomicn.
The tipplcrs and the sots who now quote
the wincmakng in Cana of Galilce as an
excuse for the fiery and damning beverages
of the nineteenth century forget that the
wine mt the New Testament wedding had
two characteristics, the one that the Lord
made it and the other that It was made
out of water. Buy all you can of that kind
and drink 1t at least three times day
and send n barrel Of it around to my cellar
You cannot make me believe that the
blessed Christ who went up and down
healing the sick would create for man that
a a a
! moro than all other causes combined, or
that he who Gained the maniacs into their
right mind would create that style of
drink which does more than anything else
to fill insane asylums, or that he who was
so helpful to the poor would make style
of drink that crowds the earth with pau
perism, or that he who came to save the
nations from sin would create n liquor
that is the source of most of the crime that
now stuffs the pcnitentiaTies A lovely So
/ briefly was written all over his face, from
/ the hair line of the forehead to the bottom
of the bearded chin.
Christ Loved Home.
Domesticity was also his habit. Though
too poor to have a home of his own, he
went out to spend the night at Bethany,
two or three miles walk from Jerusalem,
and over a rough and hilly road that made
I
cry morning and night going to and fro
l would rather walk from here to Central
park, or walk from Edinburgh to Arthur
Seat, or in London clear around Hyde
park, than to walk that road that Christ
walked twice day from Jerusalem to
Bethany. But he liked the quietude of
home life and he was lovely in his domes-
ITCHY
How he enjoyed handing over the res
directed boy to his mother and the rcsur-
rected girl to her father and reconstructing
homesteads which disease or death was
breaking up As the song Home, Sweet
Home" was written by a man who at
that time had no home, so l think the
homelessness of Christ added to his ap-
probation of domesticity.
Furthermore, he was lovely in his sym
pathies. Now dropsy is n most distressful
complaint. 1t inGames and swells and tor
lures any limb or physical organ it touches.
AS soon as IA case of that kind is submitted
to Christ he, without any use of diapho-
relics, commands its cure. And what an
eye doctor he was for opening the long
closed gates of sight to the blue of the Sky,
and the yellow of the flower, and the en-
erald of the grassl What Christ he was
for cooling fevcrs without so much as a
spoonful of febrifugc, and strengthening
crooked backs without any pang of sur
gerry, and standing whole choirs of music
along the silent galleries of IA deaf ear, and
giving healthful nervous system to Cata.
lepticsi Sympathy He did not give them
stoical advice or philosoph ize about tho
science of grief He sat down and criet
with them
1t is spoken of as the shortest verse il
the Bible, but to me it is about the longes
and grandest, Jesus wept." All, man!
of us know the meaning Of that When VT
were in great trouble, some one came il
with voluble consolation and quoted th'
Scripture in a sort of hCartless way ant
did not help us at all. But after awhile
some one else came in, and without saying
, a word sat down and burst into Il flood o
r tears at the sight of our woe, and some
how it helped us right away. "Jesu
wept." You see, it was deeply attached
l household, Shat of Mary and Martha ant
: Lazarus. The father and mother wer
dead, and the girls depended on thei
brother. Lazarus had said to them: Now
Mary, now, Martha stop your worrying
l will take care of you. l will be to you
/ both father and mother. My arm il
> strong. Girls, you can depend on me-.
} But now Lazarus was sick-yea, Lazarus
, was dead. All broken up, the sisters 81
disconsolate, and there is n knock at thu
; door Come in, f." says Martha. "ComC
in," says Mary. Christ entered, and h,
Just broke down. 1t was too much fol
him. He had been so often and SO kindly
. entertained in that home before sickness
and death devastated it that he choked NJ
and sobbed aloud, and the tears tricklet
down the sad face of the sympathetic
Christ. Jesus wept" Why do you no
, try that mode of helpingS You say, 81 an
o man of few words, or Il am "a woman
Of few words" Why, you dear soul, word
| are not necessary. Initiate your Lord anC
5 go to those afflicted homes and cry will
= them.
| True sympathy.
John Murphy Well you did not know
him. Once when l was in great bereave
ment he came to my house. Kind minis
tiers of the gospel had come, and talke'
{ beautifully, and prayed with us, and dit
( all they could to console But John Muir
Q ply, one of the best friends ever had,
big souled, glorious Irishman, came in an,
looked into my face, put out his broad
D strong hand and said not a word, but sa
down and cried with us. L am not enough
{ of IA philosopher to say how it was or why /
t was, but somehow from door to door an,
4 from floor to ceiling the room was file,
D with an all pervading comfort. "Jesu
@ wept"
( l think that is what makes Christ sucl
I popular Christ. There are so many VIII
! want sympathy. Miss Fis1e, the famou
? HISTORIAN missionary, was in the chape
Q one day talking TO the heather, and sh
Y was in very poor health, and so weak sh
o sat upon mat while she talked, and fel
Q the need of something to lean against, whel
A she felt woman's form ut her back an,
9 heard woman's voice saying, Lean OIL
5 me-" She leaned "A little but did not wan
! to be too cumbersome, when tine woman
= voice said: Lean hard. If you love me, leal
D hard.
And that makes Christ so lovely. HI
3 wants all the sick and troubled and wear
I to lean against him, and he says; Lea
hard If YOU love me- lean hard - Ave. h