The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-26

that aud nothing more or less. No
prelate or bishop has power to change
one part of the word of God. Until
God remodels His word it stands, and
10 tribunal can change it, and that is
where there is trouble.
All Protestant parties believe what
l shall tell you now. There was a
grievous falling away and departure
from the simplicity of the apostolic
faith and practice until Christianity
was almost lost sight of. This is
shown in all the efforts of the reform
ers to come back to the true church
and for which men gave their lives at
the stake. Look at the noble efforts
OF Wickliffe, Jerome, Martin Luther,
John Knox, Wesley and Fox in get
ting away from the corruptions of the
church and back to the word of God.
l don't admit any man loves those
grand men more than l do. L see in
Calvin with all his severity, and in
John Knox, whose prayers the Queen
feared more than armies, great men.
All efforts since the thirteenth cen
fury have been strong to get back to
the original. But has full and COM
plete success been attained, and is
there nothing more to do?
Our mission is to aid in restoring
the teachi rs and practices of the
church in the first century. To get
the original survey, the surveyors
duty is to run the true line, and not
his duty to change it from that, and
We should acquiesce when the sur
veyor has so placed it. The Holy
Spirit notes in Gods Word the start
ing point, which is Christ the corner
stone. The surveyor must 60 hack to
the original starting point-the Sec
ton corner of the government survey
then he can go forward with his
work, and the survey leaves US to
accept the result. The survey of Gods
Word leaves me to accept the truth
aud put myself where l ought TO he
We are here today, sitting and en-
joying largely under what mission
aries did seventy-five years ago, and,
with the light they had, they went to
work and did lift up, and place the
people in new life and light. Has
complete success been attained? If
not, there is something yet to be done.
AS my God lives, large successes have
been attained bur perfection is not
reached. We do not undervalue the
labors of the earnest workers in va
rious churches here, but there are
large things yet 70 be done before the
work is completed here OF the world
rescued to Christ.
Christs prayer can never be au-
swered as the churches are today.
There is something more yet to be
done, as union cannot be secured on
denominatioualism. l appreciate all
that has been done; say simply there
is yet need of more, and / am 10 Ho-
nolulu TO help do some OF the more,
yet to be done. My position is that |
ask you to take Gods word alone,
which needs no change. Is an instru
meDt that is changed what it was be-
fore? II it is right, why change it;
and if it is changed why may it not be
rs imperfect a. the former? Creeds
are humanisms and must change, and
are being torn to pieces. Rally round
the word of God alone. Don't put
creed between yourself or man and the
word of God.
What right to take names after one
is Christian? Let us have Scrip
tural name and the only Scriptural
word. Read "The
Acts" Peters preaching, and
the interview of the two on the way
to GAIA TIE mistake is in not fol-
lowing the original pattern and direc-
tions. Our mission is to ask Chris
tians to drop things no part OF the
church, but come together on the
things we agree about. Go back TO
the old will aud read it, and see what
1t says.
There are often differences regard
ing the disposition Of property, bur
wben the will is brought out aud read
it sets matters right. Let US take the |
Fathers will ana open it up and read
again and live by it. Can it burt a
mans religion to honestly investigate
and see if he is right? When did you
read the Fathers will? Are you ready |
to reopen the case and say am ready