The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-12-13
Rev. VIM. Kincaid Installed as
Central Union Pastor.
WAS AN IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
Council Session Two Charges.
Prayers and Music - Handl
Of Fellowship.

1here was quite large congregation
at Central Union church last evening
for the formal induction of Rev. w. Nj.
Kincaid into the pastorate AT a meet
ing in the forenoon there had been a
council, with Rev J. A. Cruzan presid-
ing and Rev. j. w. Leadingham acting
as secretary. Rev. Mr.. Kincaid at that
time had made of record his beliefs and
replied to many questions. The vote to
confirm Rev. Mr.. Kincaid to the pulpit
was unanimous. w. w. Hall, was pres
ent as clerk of the church
The installation service was serious
and impressive, without in any way,
being ritualistic. 1t began at 7:30
There was special music. A report was
made by Rev. Mr.. Leadingham. Prayer
was offered by Rev. G. L. Pearson, of
the First Methodist church. Rev. o. H.
Gulick read the Scripture lesson. The
installation invocation was by Rev o.
P. Emerson. Rev. H. H. Parker was
strong and characteristic in the charge
to the pastor and Rev. S. E. Bishop
was earnest in the charge to the peo-
pie. The right hand of fellowship was
deeply touched by his portion of the
service. The benediction was pro-
nounced by the new pastor At the
conclusion of the program all went for
ward to meet Rev. Mr.. Kincaid. Fol-
lowing is the substance of the excellent
ING fol1 lott ~: 1>..
J. "A. Cruzan, pastor of the Foreign
church at Hilo:
Ezekiel 47:9. And everything shall
live whittier the river cometh.
AS the Southern California deserts,
covered only by cacti and sage-brush,
when some one had tapped the natural
reservoirs in the Sierra Madre noun
tains and led down the life-giving wat
er, "blossomed like the rose," and be-
came an earthly paradise, SO this old
prophet sees the sin-cursed earth: It
lies like a desert in the bHstering sun;
but stream issues from under the
temple and flows eastward; at first mar
row and shallow, it reaches only to the
ankles; but it broadens and deepens
till it reaches the knees, then the lOins,
and at last it bears him on it's resist
less current, "And everything lives
whittier the river cometh.'
This allegory is prophetic OF Christ's
redemptive work. 1t is to cover the
earth, and everywhere bring life. Was
it only a dream, or is it blessed fact?
In order to answer the question we
need to close our eyes upon our pres
ent environment-to step back nine
teen centuries and listen and look
around, while Gods century clock is
striking one In Imagination we do
this. We stand in Judea, in the first
century, beside a Jewish priest; he
and we listen while the NaZarene Car
penter talks to the crowd on the moun-
tain side. This old Jewish philosopher
reasons: "Can it be possible that these
truths bare and naked as sunbeam,
will ever displace Judaism, with its
temple, it's ritual and gorgeous cere-
monies? Impossiblei" We look down
the ages: Christianity refuses to die,
but lives and gains victories such as
Judaism never dreamed of, but the
temple, with its ritual and ceremonies,
perish.
Take another point of view: We
stand in Athens, on Mars Hill, and lis
ten while little Jew, in that center of
culture, literature and art. tells the
story of the cross. 'tDoeS this madman
think says the erudite Greek philOso-
Dher, .that these revolutionary ideas,
received from condemned felon, will
ever supercede our Greek culture and
philosophy? Absurd" And yet Greek
culture and philosophy perished. Her
aItar-fireS became dead ashes, her
academic halls dust. But on this
mighty stream flowing from the throne
of God. has been borne to the world a
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