The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-05
NUI me-
Mr.. Brine Says People of
u. S. Are Americans.
A Fourth Of July Sermon-Wars for
Liberty-Open Bible and Free
Schools-Prophecy.

A Fourth of July sermon was heard
at Central Union Church last evening
by a large congregation Of members
and visitors. Rev. d. p. Brine took
his text from the 5Sth Chapter Of
Isaiah. He held that prophecy had
materialized by the ripening Of events
and conditions at this day. The Gospel
of these times includes freedom for the
oppressed and relief for the distressed.
The old Hebrews were of the belief
that religion was for the saving Of the
nation as we'll 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 its
work in 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 1t 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-
OTIS 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 showing of
intelligence. The United States is a
country favored by its location. 1t
from sea to sea. The new
conner has crossed an ocean. The
country has grand and boundless re-
1t is separated from European
influences.
The future contains for the United
States the duty of building up the
Kingdom OF God within her own bor-
ders. She has tack in learning how
to govern her great cities. The labor
question, says Mr.. Birnle, is primarily
a 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 grievously afflicted.
1t 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. II she neglect her clear cut
work, she will then surely fall. II she
continue In the path before her 1t may
truly be said Of her: "Thy light shall
rise in the darkness and thy obscurity
shall be as the noon day"