The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-09-28
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sleep iho salm is an attempt to d,s-
cribe Jrho,,h. The spirit ut Got draws
back the veii which hangs between aud
there is revealed 10 the writer the vision
of the true God. with colors Of earth
he attempts to paint the picture, 10y the
word Of his mouth he strives to tell the
glad tiding.. The message is too great
for uttcrance, yet by his word he leads
us into some apprehension oi the splen-
did truth. God is here IN His world
! living, loving, strong. lie Is not lar
away, abuve the clouds, but near to Hts
children. The world is no huge ma.
chine which lie has constructed and then
set in motion. Jehovah is no absent
manufactures with his mills running
" der orders. God n here, in Him We
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laws are the outgoing of His will, the
forthputting of His energy. Tireess
sleepless lie watches over His world.
sorrowing over sin, rejoicing in the
good, everywhere aud always seeking t.
save. This is the revelation, this the
gospel. In this world we are not bat.
Ting with blind forces, nor strugg Cling
! in the midst OF heartless laws. Pestilence
/ is no accident 20 the machine. Prayer
is not the cry to u forgetting God to re.
member his creatures, for the Lord is IN
His world.
This truth is the basis for sound liv,
ing, apart from it there is despair and
disaster. On this eternal fact is based
the only lasting operation Of mer
with each other and with the forces OF
nature. Upon this foundation standi
the only sound philosophy of prayer.
During the last three weeks we have
learned many lessons. One standi
clearly before the eyes of all. Diseas,
attacked the city, the safety Of all wa
endangered. Ii we were to win tn,
victory over the common enemy co
operation was an essential. No race
no party, no class was able single-hand
ed to save the town. Each man, wo
man, and child must share tn
responsibility and take some part in tn
conflict. The swift moving power o
plague soon crossed all artificial bound
aries. 1t asked not the color of man
skin. View taught in "A quick an,
terrible way that we were one commu
nifty We have heard that Scriptur,
saith "None of us liveth to himself ant
no man dieth to himself" Now W
know it to he true. Hereafter no maj
in Honolulu dare deny that text. NJ
man deth to himself aye more, W
found that the very burial of tn
bodies of the dead was a matter whic
concerned the whole city. Co operation
was an immediate necessity. One o
the luminous points in the dark week
has been the noble way in which me
and women of divergent views an
many races have laid aside the differ
ence and joined hands ia the work O
saving the city-were II not for this ei
ficient closing of the ranks into a soil
column, the plague would be with us tC
; day unconquered.
There has come at the same time
blessing to the individual. Everyon
who has responded to the call of dut
and given of strength or time or none
in united effort to save fellow men froi
death, has taken one step nearer to tn
Lord who is keeping Israel in sleeple,
vigil. The Almighty came to earth i
Jesus Christ, that he might seek an
find the lost and save them from dealt
So far as any one of us has at fort
his effort to save, he has drawn near,
, to God and has been blet sod IN his stI
vice. The citizen has been doing goo
to his neighbor stricken by disease an
lraI'a op,tla ,rill him, f., h.
kindly deed. Granting then that I'll
victory was won through co operation
: that the result to the city and to the il
dividual has been fine, we seek for
! permanent foundation upon whic
a to build it. for we would retain til
good that has come to us in the struggle
One thing il sure, the basis Is not To |
found in common fear. Men can not |
scared into vital unity. When the te
! ror goes, then dispersion ensues. Me
can not long be frightened into Ia
/ mony. AS soon as the smoke cleal
away from the battle field then the arm,
disbands. The unity of the city must |
. more than that of u bundle of twigs tie
D together by fright.
r There is only one basis upon whiC
men will stand and each help the othe
Brotherhood flows from fatherhoo,
D., Only man who can say "Our Father
: believes in his neighbor as brother. FIR
ternity depends upon God in all an
over all, and the one Kingdom of Il
) one King, God of Justice, alive, quic
G to see and to hear, who remembers sill
d and will punish. A God loving, scare
A ing for the good i'm men, ready to he
- and to bless, a God who is no respect
/ of persons and observes no color line
+ race prejudice. II we are to have pc
O manent CO operation in this city, con
Q mon veal must be wrought out
common effort. Vital unity of all eli
c zens requires in the hearts OF men
living faith in living, present Go
n Apart from this there is no cohesio
Atheism means dissension and death.
God is absent, away, forgotten, or dea
II then strife and bitterness, each man
j. himself and the weaker to the wa
i Mutually dependent, mutually helpful
children of the one household, obedie
y to the one Father, this is the ide
ST When we turn from tine social order
lie that which we call nature. we find /
/, conditions of victory the same. Scien
is revealing to us the magnifice
VI abundance of energy. Invention
A telling us how to utilize 1t in the mic
re OF strong forces that the world hasDe'
known, but that all this power was
the disposal of makind if he but KIN,
DE- how to use it, this is new. I
lie lightning il meant to carry
message across the land and unt
-, the ocean. Man was created for bet
ie purpose than to be a pack animal, "A
&c electricity will carry his burden as W
as steam. The discoveries of medic
n has been marvellous IN these later y e
IA Mighty has been the power to allevi
III suffering and overcome disease.
RS microscope has revealed the secret
] disease. Now we are beginning to
no derstand that we must cooperate W
e the forces about, work with nalu
III Honolulu will be taught tomorrow d
n, the very sun in the heavens has
G. power to kill the germ OF disease, if n
AT will allow it to operate. The int