The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-15
THE UNION RALLY
Continued from Page One.)


would you do if you got up TO make
a speech and had nothing 70 say?' one
bright little boy shouted I'D say
amen and sit down" I'm not like that
man. | have something to say which
| want you all 10 hear, and | promise
you that the amen" will come in at
the place appointed by the committee
want to congratulate the Sunday
School Union on the great success OF
this demonstration. BY your gifts or
thought and time and labor you have
secured a great achievement. which
will not only be appreciated by many
but must surely bear fruit TO the glory
of the Master. | congratulate you, Of
ficers and teachers, on the evidences
which | see Of your painstaking deyo-
ton TO your respective schools. You
are engaged in most important WORK
| None can be more noble nor more
| fruitful of good results. Constrained
| by the love of Jesus you labor in the
interests of the individual, the home,
the church, the state. The field Is
| large; the harvest is ready. He that
reapeth receiveth wages. May this
| demonstration awaken greater interest
| in this important work.
| congratulate you, scholars, on the
large number of friends you have,
| friends who prove their friendship by
| their works. | congratulate you on
| the fine demonstration you have made
| today and upon your interest in the
Sunday schools.
| / congratulate you upon the fact
that you have Sunday schools; schools
| that have banners and songs and good
cheer: that have holy associations,
Christian instruction and elevating
spiritual life.
l call your attention to the wise OBJ
ject of the Sunday school. 1t is not to
have banners and songs and parades-
| a great demonstration like this one.
These are good, but we cannot have
| one very often. The best rally may be
| had fifty-two times year, when we
rally round the Sunday school banners
at our churches.
| The true object of the Sunday school
| is not 10 give Christmas trees and
picnics. Some scholars seem to think
| so. and about Christmas time they go
TO Sunday school, but soon after they
are sick and unable to attend again
until about picnic time. Christmas
trees and picnics are al right. Songs,
| swings, games, banners, gifts, cake,
pie soda water, ice cream, who does
not like a Sunday school picnic? |
hope you all may have one this sum-
mer. What about the boys and girls
who were ashamed TO march with us
today, shall we let them go to our pic
mics? Yes; let us forgive them. AS
many as will forgive them and invite
them to our picnics say Aye CA
| hearty respOnse.)
The great object of the Sunday
school is to teach the Bible. Officers
and teachers, teach the Bible. Have
your scholars learn it. The Bible is
the greatest book. It is Gods book.
| Let Us teach It.
We teach the Bible because it gives
us the true religion From it We learn
| of God and how to worship him. We
| do not bow down to snakes and lizards
| and toads and dogs and cats and other
animals nor do We worship hideOus
| images carved from wood or stone. We
worship God, Our Heavenly Father,
who is great and good, who loves us
and helps us, who has redeemed us by
| His son. From the Bible We learn
what we should he-pure; not sinful;
gentle and kind, not harsh and cruel.
We learn what We should do. Do good,
not evil: make others better, not
worse; do all things to the glory OF
God" 1t teaches Us of the heavenly
home. where Gods children shall live
forever and it tells Us how to get
because it makes us better and fills our
lives with peace and JOY, and the hope
of glorious home above.
The Bible says this religion is the
pearl OF great price 1t sis more
precious than rubies'' Pearls and
rubies can not make Us better, can not
take us home to heaven, but religion
can.
1t is ''the tree OF life Trees give
shelter, food medicine; all this re-
ligion is to our souls. May you find the
true religion N the Sunday school and
then by being faithful to the end OF
this life YOU can join the great Rally
which John the Apostle saw. There Is
the golden city, the great white throne
where God is, Ten thousand times
ten thousand and thousands Of thou
sands of angels who sing Worthy is
the Lamb to receive power and riches
and wisdom and strength and honor
and glory and blessing" And all the
heavenly hosts, out Of every nation and
tribe and people Of the earth shall join
in singing Blessing and honor and
glory and power be unto Him that sit |
teth upon the throne and unto the |
Lamb forever and ever"
Here is the place for the "amen." I |
want you all, officers and scholars, to |
join with me in saying it.
AS many as desire to love and obey |
God. to live pure and holy lives, to do
good in the world, TO join the great
rally in Heaven, say Amen" "a loud |
and prolonged "Amen.O
This rally was the conception of
Theo Richards and its success due in
a very large measure to his hard and