The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-06-09
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Discourse Appropriate tr emo GENERA
uous Vast, Present aud rbo., to Come.
The Distinguished Pastor Announces The
Scope eft ISIS Coming Vacation.
Bgo0kAE Nav U-rms was eput
day 600 the history uf the brooklyn T8bul.
IH.lu II. Figures loo flowers back oft the .
fHUum. lsUp and lsUi indicated Row .
lr I1lmaeo timo of coming tu Brooklyn .
and Che present celebration. and were go.
truducf0y tntho grcat meetings 600 honor
of DR. IulwugU pustUratC to take place
ON the following Thursday and Friday.
presided over ly the mayor Of the city and
ES SECRETARY of the Navy General Tracy, .
and t1 hc participated Goo 10y senators and
governors and prominent men from north,
south. east and west The subject of the
-cru ou today was The Generations, " the
text being Ecclc,iastcs {, 4, One genera.
tiou pas,Cth away, and another generation
cumC,h.
According 20 the longevity of people i'm
their particular century has % generation
been called 100 years, or DO years. or 80
years. by common consent i'm our nine
tccnth century generation is fixed at 20
years
SIS the procession of years, and the greatest
army that ever marched is the army Of
generations In each generation there arc
about nine full regiments OF days. These
@, l25 days I'm each generation march with
wonderful precision. They never break
ranks. They never ground arms. They
never pitch tents. They never halt They
are never of ON furlouRh. They came out
Of the eternity past and they move on to-
ward the eternity future They cross rivers
without any bridge or boats. The 600 i'm
mortals Of the Crimea dashing into them
cause no confusion They move as rapidly
Ut midnight as at midnOon. Their haver-
sacks are fun of good bread and bitter
alocs, clusters of richest vintage and bot
ties Of ugonizing tears. With "a regular
tread that no order Of double quick" can
hasten, or obstacle can slackcn, their tramp
IS ON and on and on and on while noun
tains crumble and pyramids die. lone
generation passcth, and another generation
cOmoth. 30
An Anniversary.
This is my twenty fifth anniversary ser
mon, 1869 and 1894. 1t is 20 years since |
assumed the Brooklyn pastorate. A whole
generation has passed Three generations
we have known-that which preceded our
own, that which is now at the front and
the one coming on. We are at the heels
Of our predecessors, and our SUCCESSORS are
at our heels. What generation it was
that preceded us We who are now in the
front regiment are the only ones competent
O. tell the new generation just now com
ing in sight who our predecessors were.
Biography cannot tell it. Autobiogra-
pixies cannot tell It, Biographies are gen
orally written by special friends of the
departed, perhaps by wife or son or daugh-
ter, and they only tell the good things.
The biOgraphcrs of one of the first prCsi-
dents of the United States make no record
of the presidents account books, now in
the archives at the capitol, which | have
seen, telling how much he lost or gained
daily at the gaming table The biographcrs
of one Of the early secretaries of the United
States never described the scene that day
witnessed when the secretary was carried
dead drunk from the state apartments to
his own home Autobiography is written
by the man himself, and no one would
record for future times his own weaknesses
and moral deficits Those who keep diaries
put down only things that read well. No
man or woman that ever lived would dare
to make full record of all the thoughts and
words Of a lifetime. We who saw and
heard much Of the generation marching
just ahead Of us are far more able than
any book to describe accurately to our sue
eessors who our predecessors were. Very
much like ourselves thank you. Human
nature in them very much like human ma
ture in us. At our time of life they were
very much like we now are. At the time
they were in their teens they were very
much like you who are in your teens, and
at the time they We're in their twenties
they We're very much like you who are in
your twenties. Human nature got an aw-
full twist under n fruit tree in Eden, and
though the grace of God does much to
straightcn things every new generation
has the same twist, and the same work of
strengthening out has to be done over
again
Glance at History.
A mother in the country districts ex-
pecting the neighbors at her table on some
gala night had with her own hands ar
ranged everything in taste, and as she was
about to turn from it to receive her guests
saw her little child by accident upset a
pitcher all over the white cloth and soil
everything, and the mother lifted her hand
to slap the child, but she suddenly remem-
bered the time when, little child herself,
in her fathers house, where they had al
ways before been used to candles, on the
purchase of a lamp which was matter of
rarity and pride, she took it in her hands
and dropped it, crashing into pieces, and
looking up in her fathers face expecting
chastisement heard only the words: 1t is
a sad loss, but never mind. You did not
mean to do it," History repeats itself
Generations wonderfully alike. Among
that generation that is past, as in our own
and as it will be in the generation follow
ing us, those who succeeded became the
target, shot mt by those who did not sue
coed. In those times, as in ours, mans
bitterest enemies We're those whom he haC
befriended and helped. Hates jealousiea
and revenges were just as lively in 1856!
as in 1894. Hypocrisy SMILED and looked
solemn then as now. There was just "a
much avariCe among the apple barrels a
now among the cotton bales and amoni
the wheelbarrows as among the lOcomo
tiyes. The tallow candles saw the sam
sins that are now found under the electri
lights. Homespun was just as proud as
the modern fashion plate. Twenty-hv
years-yea, % centuries-have not change
human nature particle. l say this for tn
encouragement of those who think that on
times monopolize all the denominations q
the ages, One minute after Adam got out
side Of paradise he was just like you,
mani One step after Eve left the gate sh
was just like you, o woman! All the fault
and vices are many times centcnarians
Yea, the cities Sodum, Gomorrah, Pom
pcii, Herculaneum, HeliOpolis and ancien
Memphis were as much worse than GU
modern cities as you might expect fror
the fact that the modern cities have some
what yielded TO the restraints of Christian
ity, while those ancient cities were no
limited in their denominations.
Born at the Right Time.
Yea, that generation which passed OF
within the last 20 years had their bereavC
ments, their temptations, their struggles
their disappointments, their successes
their failures, their gladnesses and theil
gricls, like these two generations now in
ElmLE. thnL in nlNnnnn nnl LLuL fnllnIrinn