The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-12-16
Address Of Rev. c. N. HYDE
at Central Union.
USED the WORD Or PAUL
A strons Crostlns Given a, the
installation A Cordial Wei.
come to the Work.

Following Is the address OF Rev.
Chas NJ hyde. ID. D. ON extending TO
Rev VIM Morris kinoaid the right
hand OF fellowship as pastor Of the
Central Union Church, December ~,
1895:
When ! was asked this morning To
take the part that has been assigned to
me in these installation services, there
came to my mind-why, ! cannot tell
these words OF Paul, Il knew man IN
Christ, whether in the body or cut OF
the body | cannot tell" but there was
this variation in the thought | count
ii one OF the felicities of my earthly
pilgrimage that here In the body have
come to know you as a brother in
Christ, with such outspoken utterance
Of personal trust in the saving grace
OF Jesus, King of Love, and such in
tense earnestness in bringing every
one whom your voice can reach to in
slant and constant fealty to the King
sedness of the communion OF the
saints in light, but every one of US,
while In this garb Of flesh, knows what
II Is to long as our Master did for the
COmpdnlOnship of sympathiZing
friends. II is TO circle of esteem and
affection that | welcome you, whose
links are forged of tried and approved
personal qualities, not made out of
manufactured ties OF concentrated self
interest. II so happens that We two
have come at an interval of many years
from the same academic family, housed
I'm that old New England College, built
among the green meadows and marble
ridges of the westeTnmOst county of
the old Bay State Trained there in
our youth, under the careful restraints
OF New England life, We have been
transplanted for the work Of mature
years in these trOpic surroundings OF
palm groves and sugar plantations. As
an older resident ! heartily welcome
you to your labors in these sunny isles
amid summer seas, and to the duties
OF the new citizenship on relaylng the
foundations of a Christian community
amid changed political and social re-
lations. can assure you that You will
| find your sphere of influence expanding
in these new relations, despite the
| limitations OF insular communities.
taking on even imperial rank such az
mere position gives TO persons and
places otherwise insignificant. You
will ind this community, as have had
abundant occasion to know, ready 10
rally to your support In the furtherance
at nh Ia. 4,
ment for the general welfare, as the
lsraelItes Cheered on Ezra, their priest
and leader, in the reconstruction OF
their social system. Arise, for this
matter belOngeth until thee; We also
will be with thee; be of good courage
and do it," welcome you to the var
iOus departments OF Christian work
you will here find already In active Op.
Grafton, to cooperation in carrying out
Gods design Of Human Redemption
that covers In its scope the life OF the
whole race OF men, and finds its fulfill.
ment only In the infinite blessedness OF
eternity. Other men have labored, and
we enter into their labors. ] need not
remind you that missionary and min
, lister are simply convenient terms Of
distinction, but imply no difference Of
spirit or purpose. You know well thai
| this work to which We welcome you II
J not merely ethical or educational
| though ethical and educational II mus
. be II II Is to be in the line OF Gods
work in the past. II Is something more
and higher, however, touching no
comfort or culture merely, but the Is
sues of life and death, here and here
= after: as you yourself have described 4
3 the reconciliation of men with thu
2 Father OF Infinite Majesty and Mercy
= the Sovereign Arbiter of all Human
3 Destiny. You will do this, we know
D from what you have already done her
in the spirit OF the Divine Mediator
. whom the common people heard glad
ly and wondered at the gracious word
that proceeded out OF his mouth. 70,
; will be content, as He was, with bring
:, ing the truth to the minds OF men, ain
, leaving 1t as the lever to do its specif
work of healing, purifying an,
strengthening; not hurting immatur
!. rebukes as dynamite into the hard an,
: unholy forces OF opposition wher
sin and unbelief have entrenched them
, /, selves. welcome you to the joys tina
are inseparable from such service TO
the Master, assured that the annoy
, ances and Inconvenience incidental u
1t are incidental to all human effor
= in this early life OF toll and pains.
, Is not in view OF these veXations am
, dlscomforts that Paul exclaimed "Wh'
a Is sufficient for these things? He saw
. with Amounted vision, as you hay
, seen, the causes and consequences o
sin, that Is in its essence rebellion
against God, leading II not arrested b,
Gods grace to Gods withdrawal from
[ the sinner according to the souls per
yerted desires. Who can change thi
| settled animosity and antagonism O
o the human heart and will, but Co
Himself revealing His forgiving an
4 sanctifying face In the cross on Cal
Z vary and the baptism of the Hol.
4 Spirit? II Is to JOY In witnessing thl
4 woodworking form OF Holy Love tina
t welcome you and to anticipation O
= victory such as we are authorized 4
claim In the divine declaration that n
. work In the Lord Is in vain. 1t Is no
: the benediction OF an aged patriarcl
r that am expected to pronounce upol
: You and your work. Rather do ! Civ
you here and now this right hand O