The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-25
Discourse Of Central Union Pastor
ON a Lesson.
NEW POSITION OF THE REPUBLIC
Her Great Sphere e-Far-Reachinr
Present "ism"-StIrrins Thanks
giving Day Service.

There was a large congregation.
magnificent music and special decora-
tons for the Union Thanksgiving ser
vice at Central Union Church at IL
yesterday forenoon. While many of
the regular attendants were engaged
with the dinners TO American soldiers,
every pew was filed and the gallery
was occupied. The features OF the
musical program were the organ play
ing OF Professor Ingalls, and the solo
by Professor Yarndley, whose voice was
never heard to better advantage. The
sermon by Rev. wm. Morris Kincaid
was a strong and thoughtful one. was
commented upon favorably after the
service and seemed To- meet with re-
sponse and approval as IL was being
delivered.
Rev. Ir. Kincaid opened his dis
course on The New America" by lay
ing down this proposition: II there is
one lesson that the events OF the past
few months have been teaching IL Is
that when a great nation standing
among the other great nations OF the
world for light and truth, for justice
and liberty Is true to God and His
principles, knowing no compromise or
hesitation; when IL lives thus and
these principles incorporates into its
own laws and constitution. and builds
them into the code BY which IL gov
erns its international relations and so
far as IL has within its power insists
upon other nations honoring them and
administering their affair by them, IL
is sure TO win the day and to rule as
a mighty influence among the other
great nations OF the world and slowly
but surely TO lift them up TO its own
high level OF civilization. The follow
ing is a summary of the sermon:
We meet today In this house OF wor-
ship AZ the call OF the President of
the United States to- celebrate the
great national home festival day of the
American people. for the first time as
an integral part OF the territory OF the
United States and II i eminently fit-
ting that we should take the oppor->
tunity which the occasion affords TO
consider some of the lessons which the
America OF the past teaches US. and
what those lessons have 30 say about
the America OF today and the America
OF the future and 10 this and we ask
what are thoe great ideas which Amer
ica has stood for in the p2SiZ What
was IL that the American fo-efathers
dreamed OF, when I22 years ago they
took up arms against Great Britain
and won the day? They looked for
ward to something entirely new in the
history OF the world-a country based
on manhood and manhood only. Every
other nation had been based on priv
ilege and rank and birth. The wonder
ful founders OF the American Repub-
lie believed in God and in spite OF the
teaching OF the prevalent creed Of
their times. which told them human
nature was totally depraved, they be-
lieyed in man. They proceeded to or
ganiZe a government where man would
ue free 10 live each his own individual
life as he chose. They proposed that
men should govern themselves. not
because they were fully able TO govern
themselves. but because they could do
il better than some one else That
vas their ideal.
What mas been achieved2 We have
organized "A government based solely
on manhood. We have applied the
principles OF government TO an extent
never dreamed Of before. We have
built ~ civilization in which there