The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-13
Rev. KiICaij'S Strong Sermon to
Young Men.
MOST IMPORTANT REQUISITE
Great Peri, q Am sssuess AMI IuteSis
iol- The Examr OF Gsr. Booth.
What TO ID With Life.

Cald > discourse laSI evening WIS IIuu
the thirteenth verge OF the third chap
ter OF the Epistle OF ST. Paul To- the Phi
lippians.
II count not myself to have appTe-
hended. but this one thing do. for
getting those things which are behind.
and reaching forth unto those things
which are before"
Selecting the words II do from the
above-quoted verse. Mr.. Kincaid made
them the basis OF his second lesson.
Purpose" in the series on The Max
ing OF Manhood.
One OF the most conspicuous in
stances OF purpose. unswervinsly fol-
| lowed, Is shown IL the life OF General
/ Booth, the organizer and commander
of the Salvation Army. twenty-five
years ago Booth stood baTeheldcd in
| the lowest OF the slums of London.
| pelted with mud. I.euniless ana friend
| less, called a craCk-bTained fanatic and
a fool, but Notwithstanding all the
indignities heaped upon him he re-
manned steadfast IN his purpose to be-
come a factor in the religious world
! and today his hand Is warmly shaken
by the statesman and church dighitary
tloNuS press dluu4lu NANls GetAAtNk
him savior of society.
The speaker gave an eloquent and
graphic word-picture OF a ship ut sea
drifting about at the will of wind and
current, her captain without any com
pass or chart, who. IL he were spoken
and asked his destination, would re-
ply: Il do not lnow," or who. Il
warned that he was off his course
would respond: Ill get there all thl
same in time" Such a man would b,
considered a fool and a mailman. an,
his action would inevitably result ii
shipwreck and ruin: and so IL Is viii
a young man who starts out upon thi
sea of life without purpose I'm view
a stated course which he Is determine
upon following II its end: who drift
with the tide and allows the world {
blow him hither and thither.
The greatest question young ma
can put to himself IS, What will Il
with my life?" and IL must be answCre
now-in year or Two IL will be tu
late. Now he is his own master. !
sound physical health and its enjoy
ment. his clear brain filled with gre.
thoughts, fountain OF noble speeC
which can be made to thrOb and thri
with the pulses OF emotion.
He belongs to the same order IS So
rates, Shakespeare, Washington. Lii
coin; aye. even Christ himself; aud. n
though to himself lac may. in CompaT
tson with this great world. appear
most Insignificant atom; in reality
is greater than IL. He may utilize
hidden energy, une1rth its hidden my
teries and its wealth. II Is his. IL on
he will use IL with 4 purpose in vieS
but ii he waste his opportunities the
comes a remorseful torture, an indiife
ence to all that Is nigh and noble.
He does not deliberately choose vic
edness; he simply drifts into It. for r,
assured that IL he does not choose
future the devil will soon do IL for hi
Reconstruction as the curse OF ma
kind. Some day" never dawnS. Liy
, are gambled away and youths gold
81 harvest squandered because we CInT
u make up our minds. The cpita
81 which appears on the grave OF an TT
. lish Prince, Here lies n man OF
q very best intentions" could be appl
= to such men.
q The speaker inSttnCCd the lives
q men he had known. who. starting
So at college, possessed of brilliant cal
81 bilities. might have become success
4i theologians, journalists. poets or u
% yeTs had they but possessed the nee
30 saTy concentration CO mind on puTpC
81 Friends would URGE them to COnsi
III their future, but. Ihoughtless or q
2! less as children. they drifted away il
al habit and out OF sigut into darkness.
III Lack OF purpose was manifest tn
"a Franco-PTussian VAR OF 1871. The
al mics OF France were marched alb
"a here and there without any plan
:. campaign. IndeCiSion ruled tn
al councils OF France and spread to
az soldiers. The German army had u
u program and folloNC i IL throughout
- war with the result that the power
France was broken and the nation
inflated. So IL Is in the battle OF
life. Steady. persistent determiuai
is required in following a stated !
pose.
And what is this purpose? II Is L
lew like Christ. BY This Is meant that
C 4 follow in His steps - the most per
Man-one who led an ideal life. SUI
hip latively holy. who was the highest
ponent OF duty. the pattern OF all
is highest and best IA the world. brC
minded, intensely human and truly
vine.
\ man may say, Il can not do tn
but the hardness of discipline Is
$40 portionate to the splendor OF the
= suit. Men make Infinite efforts TO :
wealth. but what effort do they n
a. TO obtain pure manhood. and how N
better is manhood than wealth
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