The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-15

SOL, there came vast ..tlitlE.s uf
relie; ms fervor and moral uplifting
Them followed wonderful develop
mctt ct civil rights. Tn. scrfs W.r.
emaU, ipat"d. Each ON. received hts
porti.I. % lJ-d tn fc. simple Courts
and : Legislature were rv.ltsI. H.
wait fsgau. liberal. constitutional
MuuAl cry This marvellous fruit o.!
the Christian redemption % q he1th.u
people resulted from tUruty-tv. years
OF missionary toll. purirE th. fifty
five years since then vast social. pp-
hit'al and commercial changes have
taken piscc.
But through the Who'll. OF these
changed the Church % Christ vaiyh
the Wi-'iouari.s planted aud uustuT.d.
has grown mighty tn ia. land. IN -X-
ccptiUrally biySj and happ, Christian
land. mvU are wont To- '.sli Hawaii q
Paradise" No paradise was Do tn
thUs, taJ.y days. bug uusiEhtly and
uarrci' A. compared with most
Christ au lands the fear ~ Cod and
reycrcUv" for Ills laws ar. strongly iu
syid.u,
The missionary fathers and mothers
have nearly all departed To- their re-
ward. put che name OF missionary
bless eel OF rvViled. as men love the
Suod or the evil. In our vigorous civil
AMI social order We dwell amid the liv-
ing evidence at the power uf Chris
tian missions to- deliver very dark
heather land from bondage and moral
pestilcnCc. and lift IL into light and
beauty. In n less degree. during the
past forty years. analogous results
have been developing ia the Gilbert.
Marshall and Caroline Islands.
Thus ETaudly Christianizsd. crowned
with splcndor of wealth. education.
and social prosperity. with a new cen
fury dawning. Hawaii now enters upon
new era. 10y reason of our standing
IN the forefront of the vast Pacific civ
ilization. OF which our Mother Amer
lea has just assumed the powerful lead
ership. Just opened tn the gospel iS
the great Philippine group. That group
brings especial claims upon our mis-
sionary love and care. because Amer
lea Is now exercising sovereignty there
Having become an American people
and occupying. rs We do. the farthest
west at American ScaportS. we have
thereby a peculiar responsibility for
promoting the teaching Of Christ to
the many diverse and Contcnding
tribes OF that archipelago. We shall
not fail to hc alert To help in S.izinE
the great opportunity of service Ia
Christ in the Philippines rs the Lord
shall open the way. We wait in
monthly cNpeCtanCe ~ the develop
ment of such opportunity.
But chiefcst OF all comes. the multi
tudinous call. as the sound of many
waters. from those vast uncyangclizcd
Asiatic Empires Ten which Hawaii Is
the nearest point in au ChriStcndom-
| Is actually in close touch. There
dwell more than unc-fuurth uf the
human race. and nearly onc-half Of
earth's more capable races. All they
possess for social uplift or spiritual
Inspiration Is in such dim starlight ms
ConfuCius and Buddha can bring them
IL Is Hawaii's grand opportunity and
privilege tn participate with exception
nj intimacy In the glorious ENTERPRISE
which the churches Of ChriSt.ndnm
are conducting. that at cndnwing
those great and capable but d.ruIX
suffering and darkcncd nations with
the transforming Light IL the sun of
Righteousness.
But let rs refresh our thoughts aud
rccollcCtious and hold clearly tn our
minds what u Is that China and ia
pan vitality lack. and just what are
those glad tidirEs." that living Light
that We. the churches uf Christ. 50
richly possess. and are sending to
them. In these days there are many
whose thoughts have become confused
and their mental vision dazcd by a
new line of inquiry. called Compare
tive Religions" That inquiry is in
FFauN tNa.a
leading. II discovers to what degree
OF light upon moral or spiritual truth
various nations have attained in long
past ages under prophetic leadership.
and how to- some degree they have
thereby been helped in ways OF right
action and social order. and even Of
henefcencc. Hut II correctly and in
diligently understood. all these facts
of Comparative Religion will only en-
nance our sense of the profoundneSs
of every mans vital need Of Christ
and His clear sun-burSt of spiritual
light
What does ConfuCius accomplish for
China, OF which he has been the great
moral leader and prophet? OF rcla-
tions to- God. of duties TO Him. OF the
spiritual and the heavenly. Confucius
teaches nothing. All that Is outsids
of his province. ] will give with some
compression the words OF my honorct
friend. DIR. John T. GuliCk. who has
spent all his active life rs a mission
airy TN China and Japan. He has kind
" contributed n statement for my use
DIR. GuliCk SAYS: The emphasis ~
Confucius' teaching Is so laid upon tn.
duties OF the son to- the father. tina
those 81 the father to the son seem no
to- exist. In China. IL by any miEtaku
the son should innoCently kill hi
father. no amount 81 evidence cuul,
7 save him from death. tn many case
the most cruel death. on the 9th.
|, hand. the life of the son. even II
adult years. Is absolutely in the hand
of his father. II tho fafher Iii hI