The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-02-04
1he Clergy Talk of Needed
Reforms.
THE ATTRIBUTES OF A LEADER.
Pastor BRINE Says Righteousness Is
One-Parkhurst a Model-Mr. Peck
Talks About Gambling and In
dorses the Advertiser-Other Notes.

off one man of you shall Chase
twenty thousand" was Mr.. Birnie':
text yesterday morning. And the
question was: What is it thai
makes it possible for a man to lead?'
1t was the narrative of Joshua and
the Hebrews, where be said they
We're good men, but they made
mighty poor soldiers. He said that
God with one man could be made a
majority and the prophecy could be
made history when God finds that one
man. Every evil in common can be
overthrOwn, but 1t needs leadership to
accomplish it. This does not apply
simply to places outside Of Honolulu,
but to this place also, and to Honolulu
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.. Brine, "there ale three points.
The first is: The call to leadership
implies a call to Preparations train
ing in history of things past and
kuowle ge of the state of affairs as
they exist at present. He must read
up on what has been done and famil.
larize himself. Joshua's ability to
address the people was due to his
training AS a soldier; he saw where
he men, good men were poor soldiers.
He could not have told them how to
lay bricks, because he was not brick
layer. go
The second point is: The necessity
for divine assistance. God must be
with the man AMI the man with him
REV. Parkhurst," said Mr.. Brine,
is a leader" To be a leader he mus:
ne gu the side of righte BUSINESS 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. III
A leader must not be self h man
he must not be leader for the pur-
pose Of making money or to get in '
fuence. In the United States there ,
are men who go into Office not to do
good but for the money there is in it. {
When u man >. eks to became leader \
IN anything the community watches
hun TO see what object he has.
A leader must be houest. He can
not lead il there is any doubt as to his
honesty of purpose. Mr.. Parkhurst
VAS leader because he is the en- \
1Odiment Of all things good aud when
he became leater in the crusade
'gainst iniquity in New York he
ucceeded because he wanted nothing .
'ut to purify the city
In the Methodist church last night
Rev. H. ". Peck delivered the third in
lis series of sermons against the evils
II today in Honolulu, the subject
icing "Gamblers and Gamb ing"
n preface to his sermon he said:
"Since began preaching this series
# sermons there has been a great deal /
f talk about the effect il would have
Ipon tile congregation. / believe |
ave been censured for preaching
gaiDst such evils from the pulpit
We all know that it is customary in I
ur homes and in the churches to talk
f the good examples. but we seldom
axe the bad examples except in a
heOfetIcal way.
81 have adopted a course different :,
rom that, and whenever 1 fluid a +
1rong existing 1 believe it is my :,
u'y to endeavor to correct it by
reaching against it,"
Referring to the efforts OF this paper 7
, suppress certain evils, he expressed
re opinion that there are white men
l the community more dangerous to
'ciety than the japanese
The church was. quite we'll flied, l
nd the audience paid close attention
Mr.. Peck's remarks.