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Text Of a Natives Sermon Given
in ElgliSl.
A MOST CREDlTABLE EFFORT
One of the Theological Students Here-The
Art Of Strueture-Figures ana
Lessons.
THE ART OF STRUCTURE.

would call your attention, first OF
all. to the buildings which we have
now in this city; in order that we may
get a clear idea about our subject.
AS we are here in this church, we see
the beauty of these walls, we see the
strong pillars which sustain these
great galleries, we also meet with our
eyes the hanging lights, these rows of
seats where you now sit, this platform
where | am now stading, in other
words, we see the beauty of the inter
Tor of this church.
AS we walk the streets of Honolulu
we see on both sides numerous great
buildings, which have been built of
stone, brick, lumber and other mater
iaIs. Some of the buildings lift their
lofty spires into the air, while their
bases are placed on solid foundations.
When we see these beautiful build
ings we admire the skill of the carpen-
tiers, architects, painters, draughtsmen
and masons who helped to build them;
but my dear friends, there is another
feature in these buildings which we
must not forget, and that is the fOun-
datiOn. 1t was this of which Paul has
spoken in the text Let every man take
heed how he buildeth thereupOn." The
first thing that every man must do
who builds a house is to make a solid
foundation He first of all digs a
hole, according to the size of the build
ing which is to be built, then the
hole is filled, not with dirt, but with
cemented stones. OF this material,
walls should be built of a reasonable
thickness and height. These we call
the foundations. Upon some of these
the walls of the buildings should be
erected Others are for the support
of the partitions, and which form
rooms within themselves. called cell
lars
This is the kind of foundations
most of our buildings have. You can
find such foundations in the Executive |
Building, in Kawaiahao Church, and
in many others. Some builders have |
their foundations without cellars, but |
entirely filled with cemented stone, |
like that of the Government building, |
Bishop Hall and the Museum at the |
Kamehameha Schools.
Now, you see how strong these |
foundations are! How firmly they |
stand. And in order to have such |
for our buildings, we must call on
those who understand the Art of |
Building" such as Architect, Carpen-
ter and Mason. But there are other
buildings beside these of which 1 want
TO speak. There are Gods buildings.
"Ye are Gods buildings" Paul said
And as these buildings in Honolulu
need firm and sound foundations, so
with ourselves, we need such founda-
tions as will never fail. and so we
must go to him who knows how to
lay such foundation.
God is the only being who has all
wisdom. He knows that every one,
who would build a noble character,
must begin it on a firm foundation,
and so God sent his only begotten son
into this world to be this foundation
that whatsoever should establish him
self on Him, should never fall. If a
house be built out of good materials,
on weak foundation, that house
could not stand long because it has
not enough strength to resist the earth
quakes and storms. That house will
sometime fall, and the man who built |
it will be like unto the foolish man
who built his house upon the sand.
and the rain descended and the floods I
came and the winds blew and beat | +
upon that house, and it fell and great {
was the fall of it,
There are men like this, who do not
seek the Lord Jesus, and do not want L
to be Christians, who have not taken b
him as their foundation, but have a
built themselves on the things of this y
world, and live on those things; these q
men could not exist long. So, dear O
friends let us build ourselves on Jesus, 2
or he is our only sure foundation.
But after we have done this. care
must be observed about the quality of
materials we are to build with. We :,
aust build Of materials which CORES d
Ond to Christ. We must select ma a
erials only of the best kind, if we
hould not, then our house will soon be
lined 90,
If you build a house out of weak 70
laterials on a sound foundation, that -
ouse will sometime fall not because as
be
, the foundation, but because of the ba
aterials. Let us have our houses 81