The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-10
TALK FOR MONEY
Rev ]. A. Cruzan's APP
peal for Mission Funds
Real CivIng-Sacrlf.cs Must Be In
voivsd-SeveraI Anecdotes-A
Test Case accounted.

tFrom the sermon OF Re-. J. \. CRU
IAN at the Home Mission rally. Con-
trail Union church, June :. 1888
The conversion OF the world. cf ia
waii. is not a question OF men. bat of
money. The consecrated men and wo-
men stand ready To- obey the Masters
command. And Christian men and
women have the money to- send them.
America is the richest nation in the
world: English-speaking Hawaii Is
the richest part OF that richest nation.
Not long since n keenly observant
English visitor told us, i'm the chastely
severe dialect OF his native island that
ous," We understood him without diff
ficulty. We knew that he told the
truth. And that Is also true OF Eng
disappearing Hawaii. We have no
lack of money. What we lack is the
conservation of our money.
We owe this to God. We are not our
own. All that we have and own belong
to- Him. And this is rs true OF the poor
mans dollar as IL is OF the rich mans
millions. We should change the form
of our question. We ask. How much
ought I to give to the Lords work.
We ought to ask. How much OF my
Lords money ought to- use for my
self?" Such a change OF questions
would change the lives of some Chris
tians. as for example. that churchman
OF whom Bishop Potter tells who gives
So per year to- missions and $500 a sea-
son for an opera box. IL would change
as radically the lives of some poor
men, who give nickels with an air that
says:
When we asunder part II gives us in
ward pain.
But we shall still be Joined in heart
and hope to- meet again"
We owe this conservation of our
money to our fellow men. With sub
lime confidence Jesus committed the
redemption of the race to- his church.
1t is an awful responsibility. II has
not been met as IL ought. Sixty gen
erations. a vast host OF at least thirty
billions unevangelized heatheTe have
gone to- the judgment seat OF Christ
since he gave that commission to His
church.
We are not responsible for the past.
but we are responsible for the present.
We are responsible for the evangelical
ton OF the remnant of the Hawaiian
race. for the thousands OF laborers or
our plantations. out OF whose toll We
are making immense fortunes. How
are we going to answer To- Almighty
God for these heather men and wo-
men? What shall we do. i'm the day of
account, with the silver. and the gold.
that we have withheld from the Lords
treasury?
We owe the conservation OF our
money TO ourselves. The church to-
day is in danger of perishing in luxury
and worldliness. The reason why so
many Christians have only a name to-
live is that they are sponges fastened
TO the rock OF materialism. taking in
but never giving out. In all life using
is essential to gaining. II Is a univer-
sal law that we get only by giving
He that loseth his life shall find IL"
The law OF seif-preservation demands
that you think. plan. give. live for 9TH
degree that you limit your sympathy
to yourself. your family. your COM
munity. MIR. Lydgate tells us that
some Kauai Christians will give only
for work on that island. That tyne of
Christian is not confined to- Kauai. He
lives on Maui. Hawaii. even in Hilo.
He is like the wealthy man who never
gave for anything, who astonished his
neighbors by making n liberal dona-
ton for town clock. When asked the
reason, he said: Il give my money only
where / can hear IL tick Such n mar
row. selfish outlook brings spiritual
stasnation, atrophy. paralysis. death.
The love and self-sacrifice you put in
to any good cause comes back to- you
IN moral strength. growth. grace and
beauty.
II is written OF Jesus that For the
JOY that was set before Him He went
TO Calvary. The Joy OF self-sacrifice,
There IS none other so sweet. 4 few
find II in giving. More than fifty
years ago Nathaniel Cobb. in his Bos-
ton counting room. wrote this cove
nant: by the grace OF God will
never lie worth more than $50. 1000. BY
the grace OF God I will give one
fourth or the net profits of my bust
ness 20 charitable and religious uses
II am ever worth $50. 900 / will give
one-half my profits; If / am ever worth
100000 / will give three-fourths. and
the whole after $4,000. So help me
God. or give TO more faithful stew
ard and set me aside.' God tested and
tried him. but Nathaniel Cobb stood
the test. He died worth n little less
than $4,000. On his death-bed he
said: How good God has been to me,
| have had the joy OF giving away
more than 100000" cannot under
stand how a Christian man can die
worth million dollars. should
think he would feel like old DIR. En-
mons. He was passiCnately fond OF
mince pie. One nichr he ntn manly q