The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1895-11-15

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Y. NJ. C. 4. hall was well filled
by people who were anxious t.
hear the celebrated evangelist
As prelude Miss Boyer, a young
lady who has been residing OF
Kauai sang"Areyou watching da.
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At the close Mr.. Yatman an
nOunced that this talk about
Daniel was the first of three char
acter addresses. Il wish yor
could all hear them. 1t may
sound egotistical to you to heal
me coax you TO come and hear
preacher, but | am going to ash
you to come tomorrow night
Some of you 1 dare say get tired
of my telling you that "a reviva
is needed in Honolulu, but it is g
fact, and they need it in the
churches too. 1 am a preacher
myself but | need to be revived
continually and | don't mind tell
ing you that l do.
This sermon of mine tonight is
on Daniel and is in two parts
During the first you must keep
awake; in the second you may
slumber if you choose.
BY my experience wherever
have preached or led revival ser.
vices / have learned that it is a
hard thing for the human mind
and heart to get hold of Christ.
In this sermon tonight / will
show you a character that will be
a stepping stone for you all. If
you will read in the book of
Daniel the life of this great man
and ponder over it there should be
no trouble' for your hearts to be
revived. All. my friends, L pity
the man or woman who comes
short of finding Christ. He has
missed the most valuable thing in
life. Daniel was man of char
acter both marvellous and eminent
and the secret of his life was his
trust in God. You who have read
the Bible know what his faith in
God amounted to and knowing it
/ want to bring you TO know God
to-night-not at another time.
Don't put it off my friends, to-
night is when you should see God.
Daniel had several things to
make him great and he had a
God-the God of the heavens and
earth. You know and / know
there are lots of people on earth
who have different things to wor-
ship. Some of them. and there are
lots of them who worship gold. 1
call that the yellow fever. Some
people worship | wish | had a
knowledge of your God. l would
know better how to talk to you.
There are may here tonight who
think a great deal more of pleas
ure than they do of God but let
me tell you that you do not have
to wear long faces to be pious.
1t is all right to have pleasure, its
all right to have gold, but let me
advise you never TO allow gold to
come between you and your God,
never gold before God, never
dance before Deity.
Daniel had a purpose in life and
you should have one too; and let
your purpose in life be a noble one.
You should find some place in the
Church of Christ and there work
until you die-let that be the aim
Of your life. Remember how easy |
it is to get a right aim and a wrong
one. Let your purpose in life be
the right one. | remember once
an international rifle
match and one of the marksmen,
4 bright looking man, raised his
yun and blazed away in the most
manner imaginable and he
'ound when the smoke had cleared
lway that he had struck the target
square in the center but it did
lot count because he aimed at the
wrong target. If he had been
Is careful in the selection of his
-arget as he was in his aim his
object in life would have been
attained. Ny friends be careful
o select the right target.
You must have a purpose in life
md let that purpose be a good
me. Never do right for policy
axe, do right because it is right.
stand by it whatever comes, stand
" it for the sake of God. / know
here are some people in Honolulu
Who are good and upright here
because in this little community