The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-13

m... lf o. aI tle tiri.H.n h.su
rlu f.el and tar christian sft can fr.
NIi cafrNing forward The tfumilf ui
Christ aud linn cruoiied.
VIII Nuu ift ur allen fnN that Irsus It
In inI mtla u nil tfun thfisiian ftpif
Ienrr. aW always impressed ht uut
4 .iri'H invitation Tonne unto uH nil
te thai Hhlf anl uft hentf laden anl q
sill give Nuu fNHf WHIST a Vunafrful
usf-unai Invitation ID b. -uorsnull bob fIr
as be b. addressed to two cla-s,s. Who
arU specified. Boz it ia especially pefsun.
al. ns % intiies us tu abe lurl Iesua
Himself. w have at times lu our rIl.
ie-iHut faith fallen into the etrlf of dis.
approving ~ the action of fhuaa who
stand over against us as The representa-.
lives of another faith. We have nui
Jesus too far away from us. We have
put Him su Tar away that We almost
need mrdistor between our seeking
and aiuful suul. aud fhp seeking nud
loving SAVIOR of the Loot have given
tuo much Importance Go certrin church
ute-. ceremonies and m~n; re have
made these things stand between us and
Je-us Christ. jrsus said "tnme unto
me This o. NOT Hn Invitation o zap.
tism. Il is not su invitation 60 common.
iuu; % b. uut au iusiiniiou Co rhurch
membership. Bapii-m Jhc l.ofd's sup
per ana Church mpuh,rship ui vastly
imprrta In th,ir proper pliccs. aud ln
their tue r-iatinnH one o. another. but
they must NOT come bf'twruu prniteut
soul ard q seeking Sivuur We are
lust SHEEP Christ h. ihr good sh,uhrrd.
H. has leit the nih,tr aud nine ~ the
wilderness. and perhaps thi- very
it,
in tins audience. Who dare come be-
tween the lust sheep and tLe ilving
Shepherd! Oh. loving shepherd, take
thine arm this morning aud gather the
wandering ONES 10 thy bosom, iu the
midst Of Christian experience b. je-u-
Christ.
look back often with a JOY that !
cannot adequately describe 10 the DAY
when I knew mat Jesus Chfi-t was niy
Saviour Past oil rites aud ceremonies
| went to bis feet and looking up INTO
has face found peace and joy in be-.
liesing IN him.
You remember that Il L. said that an
Indian chief crossed a river. claimed a
hlll and planted ihe stafi pf his tr,he on
the side of the hill ana uttered the sen
tence which Is now the name OF one Of
the States Alabama which beng
interpreted means "here we rest but
his hope WAS vain. TO- the white man
followed him and drove him on ami on
aud there whs no rest for the sole Of
biz foot. on ricn and women. there
viii be no rest In your soul until YOU
90 past al human nedintOrs and hll
ecclesiastical rites % the very heart of
Jesus Christ. There uplifting your
face you can look into his face and
cry Alabama
Christ Is not only Ia the midst of our
Christian experience and all through
our Christian lives, Tut H. IL IN the
midst of the redeemed in glory. That
is wof,leTful illustration We have
given rs ia the book OF Revelation,
when the curtain lifts and Ne see the
throne Of God; there 10 one IN the midst
AZ lamb that had been slain.
What Is heaven? To he like Jesus.
Where is heaveny To be with jesus.
We have heaven now In pr portion as
we are like Jesus; iD proportion az We
are with Jesus. Heaven is place.
| know, for Christ has ~ said. but heaven
is a condition as well - "A place. Men
sometimes think that God Is harsh aud
arbitrary; that he sends one man down
and another man up. God never 70
| treats men. challenge Intelligent con.
/ tradiction. ! say it with the utmost
reverence, that IL "A man will not love
and obey jesus Christ. God caunot keep
him out of he'll. With equal reverence.
| say, thar If u nian does obey aud be-
/ come like Jesus, he cannot by all
the powers Of lladcs be kept ont Of
heaven. Why! lie is 10 heaven Milton
WAS right when he makes his satan ~,
"Whirh way | iiy Is hell; myself an
he'll. v No man will ever go iBto heavea
,cnder, except heaven goes into hin
here. No man can be kept out of hri
yonder. except hell II driven out Of him
here.
| There are moral laws governing ih'
moral universe as well n physirHl law,
the physical unIyerre. No msn esrr
/ br kr a law OF nature A man rum
AGAINST the laws OF nature aud they
break HIM. IL Is not that he breaks The
law, hut IL breaks HIM. And thrhe lav 4
of the moral universe are universal as
the laws of the physical universe. Now
/ am snrr that cry Christian man and
woman Ia this audience responds Ia
| truth this morning. VIII you pardon
me this perropRl reference: When a
christian man whom ! knew lay dying,
lie sent for his children 10 speak the
/ itnA Nhiur W ilto
were given, and then he becane uncon'
scIons: those about him could not gei
his attention; he knew neither wifi,
nor child but someone pronounced The
name OF Jesus Ia his mother
tongue. Then the glory Of HEAVIER
came over his face; his eye
opened and amid the swelling waves OF
JUr' an, Jesus was near IN death. A.
we walk the streets of glory IL will be
Jesus in the midst of heaven. Some oi
you have. as | have, Fathers and
Mothers IN heaven. Some Of you. as
have not. have children Ia heaven. We
all hope To meet these again some day,
when we will be able 10 cast ourselves
at Jesus feet and l0ok into his fac,
with triumphant joy, but past al
earthly friends we shall press on and cast
our crowns before Jesus Christ. SO
thank God il he Will enable me today te
put Jesus IN the midst Of yOnr hearts.
would put him into the midst Of yonl
home; into the midst of your bnsiness
into the midst VI your recreation; int
the midst Of "verything. Then you and
will see Him at the last da. In Ih'
midst Of heaven.
God bless you all for HIS Sons sake
Amen,
WOkDfRElIl GOLD lEAE