The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-02-03
The Clergy Talk of Needed
Reforms.
THE ATTRIBUTES OF A LEADER,
Pastor Birnie Says Righteousness Is
One-Parkhurst a Model-Mr. Peck
Talks About Gambling and In
dorses the eAdvertfser-Other Notes.

q" Ii one man of you shall chase
twenty thousand" was Mr.. Birnie q
text yesterday morning. And the
question was +: What is it that
makes it possible for man to lead?"
1t was the narrative of Joshua and
the Hebrews, where he said they
were good men, but they made
mighty poor soldiers. He said that
God with one man could be made
majority and the prophecy could be
made history when God finds that one
man. Every evil in common can be
overthrown, but it needs leadership to
accomplish it. This does not apply
simply to places outside of eHonOIulu,
but TO this place also, and to Honolu lu
as it did to the Hebrews.
Referring to modern crusades he
said: Citizens leagues all over the
world are stirring up evils which
exist in the communities, but before
anything is done the question is ask
ed: Where will we get leader?'
"In the matter of leadership" said
Mr.. Birnie, "there are three points.
The first is: The call to leadership
implies call TO preparation-a train
ing in history of things past and
knowledge of the state of affairs as
they exist at present. He must read
up on what has been done aud famiI-
iariZe himself. Joshua's ability to
address the people was due to his
training as a soldier; he saw where
the men, good men were poor soldiers.
He could hot have told them how to
lay bricks, because he was not brick
layer.
The second point is: The necessity
for divine assistance. God must be
with the man and the man with him.
''Rev. Parkhurst,'' said Mr.. Birnie,
''is leader" To be a leader he must
be on the side of righteousness and
there must be capacity in the man.
The third point is the stuff that
goes into the man, something apart
from the man himself.
A leader must not be a selfi4h man
be must not be leader for the pur-
pose OF making money or to get in
f1uence. Iu the United States there
are men who go into Office not to do
good but for the money there is in it.
When man seeks to became a leader
in anything the community watches
him to see what object be has.
A leader must be honest. He cam
not lead if there is any doubt as to his |
honesty of purpose. Mr.. Parkhurst |
bOdiment of all things good and when |
be became a leader in the crusade |
against iniquity in New York he |
because he wanted nothing |
out to purify the city,
In the Methodist church last night
Rev. III. w. Peck delivered the third in
lis series of sermons against the evils
Of today in Honolulu, the subject
being "Gamblers and Gambling "
In preface to his sermon he said:
" Since began preaching this series
If sermons there has been a great deal
If talk about the effect it would have
lpon the congregation. L believe [
nave been censured' for preaching
against such evils from the pulpit
We all know that it is customary in
'ur MONIES and in the churches to talk
'f the good examples, bat we seldom
axe the bad examples except in a
theoretical way.
have adopted a course different
rom that, and whenever [ fiud a
wrong existing / believe it is my
iuty to endeavor to correct it by
against it,"
Referring to the eff brts of this paper
o suppress certain evils, he expressed
lie opiuion that thee are white men
II The community more dangerous TO
Ociety than the japanese
The church was quite well filed,
ni the auiien~e pail close attention
U Mr.. Peck'o remarks.