The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-09-20

Iht world hsi fhs ufhi 10 mftfaf1
} . mah " iiis sihnasgat b. bsf soaf
,afili trsalsd ana pnbilgly as'lapa ..
takes q fof ssasssa tha' No. s. slhosp
y voala b. nnias, 10 bsllsss oihsi
eiss n h. snnuusss - s,nnaafa
,h.fs cas be- ~ mofs ,ummsni % he
obligations than uroa ihs insoluniagy
oulisaiions ~hieb Do upon al mon.
Ths man ~ho hss pulaicls created
q standard ~ conduc, iof himself. ,hai.
lenges tb. world 30 hold him 40 10 u.
lusi ~ the poei challenges ths world 30
measure hls pocirs and h. Who plays
IA. violin challenges bic sadlenoe 10
compare bic execution With that u the
musical standards There IL this &C.
malnlns that when death seals biz
lips. those who review his professions
are bound Ia the utmost imparlality
" one voluntarily chooses 10 boc0mc
The disciple Of Him, who declared that
% IL easier for camel TO go through
the eye OF a needle than d IL Cor rich
man 20 enter the Kingdom OF Heaven.
be openly challenges the world 20
measure his services. while living. aud
after his death his record. lie invites
men TO become spectators OF his efforts
20 reach the Kingdom In spite OF
moasureless obstacles.
when the Master said Let your
light 80 shine. etc" Was 81. or Was Il
not a divine command that the follower
hold up his life for rigid inspection?
When a man voluntarily, and In his
sane moments. declares before the
world that he will love his neighbor.as
he loves himself he challenges criti-
cisn. especially II the incident Of sud
den wealth puts him In a very awk-
ward situation. The world holds a man
20 his contracts Ia business affairs. Is
ne 10 be absoved from contracts In
yolying divine affairs?
A the world grows older, aud its
humanity broadens u looks To deeds
rather than creeds. In spite OF all
preaching II estimates that which -
done. and not that which Is protested.
God. In his Infinite wisdom, puts be-
fore his creatures many contrasts.
Here Is one of them:
Last January, the semi-centennary OF
Girard College was celebrated In Phil
adelphla. Girard, a Frenchman, fol-
lower Of Voltaire and Rousseau, pro
fessed inddel," left 5000 900 for the
education of orphan boys. The fund
has now reached the sum OF xZO,O0o,-
/ 900 The college that he founded Is one
OF the most richly endowed In the
world. IN 1896, seventeen hundred
boys, all orphans, were within its
walls. Five thousand homeless. father
less boys have been fed, educated and
given a start In life, since II opened.
GiraTd declared by his will that no
minister OF the gospel should ever pass
the college doors. He had freely fur
nlshed food to Washington starry
ing army. when, In 1914. the British
had burned the Capitol, and the. Gov
eminent asked for a loan Of $5,OoO,0OO
and offered bonus OF 30 per cent,
only $4,000 was subscribed after a
long canvass. Coming to the rescue,
Girard took the entire balance. When
Philadelphia was scourged by yellow
fever In 1893. this ''inhdel," carried the
victims Of the fever in his own arms 20
his carriage. and took them to the hos
pitfalls. He left $4,000 TO his relatives
so that they were made comfortable.
The only comment ON this that may
here be cited are the words of dis
tlnguished scholar OF Philadelphia who
said some years ago that mo Ameri-
can had done 80 much real Christian
philanthropy as that crotchety French
man, Girard. In fact he had set
standard OF enlightened love for his
neighbor that the Christian literature
OF America did not present"
Perhaps II Is wicked world that
notices these singular discrepancies In
human conduct. While II fails itself to
live up to what II comedies are just and
righteous standards, II smiles when men
voluntarily and publicly give their pro-
missory notes TO Heaven for all Of their
possessions, payable on demand, but
secretly shave" them at ninety-nine
cents on the dollar.
THE fROCk COAT.