The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-13
NOT ANGLO-SAxO
Mr.. Brnie Says People OF
u. s. Are Americans.
a Fourth CT jan, Sermon-W Vars fer
Liberty Open Bible and Free
Schools Prophecy

4 Foursh of July sermon was heard
al Central Union Church last evening
0y large congregation OF members
nd visitors Rev ID. F. Birnie took
his text from the 5Srh Chapter of
Isaiah Tie held that prophecy had
materfaIized 10y the ripenng OF events
and conditions at this day, The Gospel
ol these times includes freedom for the
oppressed and relief for the distressed.
The old Hebrews We're of the belief
that religion was for the saving of the
nation as welI as for the salvation of
the individual
The speaker early in his discourse
referred to the particular and peculiar
history of the United States. a coun-
try that had received the training and
guidance of the God of Hosts for it's
work i'm the world At the beginning
in the colonies the striking feature
was the quality of the early settlers
The Pilgrims. the Puritans and the
Hollanders were men of high charac-
ter They had the deepest faith and
used the teachings of the Bible in their
ordinary daily life. So soon as the
right principles settled and rooted
! they were sent west. They have spread
even to these Islands The great vari-
+ ETY. of people in the United States is
notable. The country may have once
+ been Anglo-Saxon, but it is so no
/ longer. Newspapers are published in
no less than twenty-four languages.
/ In the second generation the immi-
grants are Americans only. The vari-
! Gus qualities found in this great vari-
/ ETY. of population are blended into a
national life that is distinctive. The
two great wars in which the United
States has been engaged were of liber-
ty and righteousness
They brought the people into unity
and established and developed the
strength of the common people, The
United States has had the open Bible
and the free school. These have made
the feeling of humanity general, have
met poverty. have clothed and fed the
poor and have enabled a showing of
intelligence. The United States is a
country favored by its location. 1t
stretches from sea to sea. The new
conner has crossed an ocean. The
country has grand and boundless re-
sources. It is separated from European
influences.
The future contains for the United
States the duty of building up the
Kingdom of God within her own Dor
ders. She has tack in learning how
to govern her great cities The labor
question, says Mr.. BRINE, is primarily
religious question. SO are many
Others of the economic and social prob
lens. This is because they involve
the welfare of the whole people.
The United States are bound to do
the same for other nations that they
undertake for their own people Wher-
ever the Union finds a people under
the yoke, a people grievousIy afflicted,
it is her work to relieve them. She
must be for the right everywhere and
all the time. She must resist all show
of brutality at any point. She must
retain claim upon her high standards
and must live up to them. In fine she
must and she will, carry out the pro-
phecy. If she neglect her clear cut
work, she will then surely fall If she
continue in the path before her it may
truly be said of her: 'Thy light shall
rise in the darkness and thy obscurity
shall be as the noon day.