The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-15

the green lands and loved AGNES. vel
coming the water iioods AID counting
all things else but loss fos the excel
lent glory % the pearl.
And IN the ever glowing. passion %
your fathers-frum the coming % the
Pilgrims. whose story has touched The
heart OF every home-bCra man aud
gone AL around the world. from their
landing 20 the advent 90 tn. republic
and the revolution: IN the great strif.
for the integrity OF the republic. and
jus; now in the s;raaEiiuE of oppr.s-
sion at the threshold OF our land
through all the years. you aad The
ichor OF your finest Hfe poured out 20
bring forth the jewel.
Do ~, turn from the nations 10 the
treasures which have made our life 40
rich in these las; times. and lifted so
many sore burdens of labor and pasns
cannot find one OF the finest worth
over which men have not poured IN.
ichor OF their life for the pearl when
the p1ng has struck them.
Turn To what We call the fnrg arts.
and We think OF mea lik. the creator
OF The AnEelus" and The Scwsr--
men OF whom the world was not
! worthy. doing their noblsst work paia.
cd by the flint. pouring their Iits into
the treasure. while many a time 4 vas
their fortune 20 de that the pearl
might be perfected in splsauoT and
noblest worth: while with some Ne
also remember that what We call IN.
fortune" came To these who opea the
shell and clutch the pearl. or OF an
other fine soul who. az he Law on hfs
deathbed. said To his friend. "Llft me
up" the picture was his pearl. he
would touch IL with one NOR. Eican OF
radiance. and this done he fell on sleep
TO awake in the city whose gates. to the
seer's vision. were OF pearl. aud every
several gate one pearl.
Or. turning to- the treasure that has
come to- us in great and noble books
and lives, Il IL once more to- BE- aware
of the mystery. the supremacy. OF the
kingdom of heaven. Milton. old. blind.
poor and outCast. flashing forth in the
dark encFustinE shell the peerless
splendors OF the Paradise Lost for
q sum the meanest laboriuE man in
England would despisc for days wages
when you count the days. And Bun
van. in his dee trying to- earn a crust
OF bread for the veans and wife. while
the small blind wean sit near him
Il
pouring over the flint OF evil circum-
stances the ichor which has won the
worlds worship in hts matchicss pearl
OF the Pilgrims Progress 20 the City
Iof God"
And Robert Burns. tormented by the
pang OF the flint. fighting the parasite
or mourning the frustrated hoPe-foT
here all the plaques seem to meet in
the shell OF one human life-Robcrt
Burns. pouring out the ichor OF his
heart. great as the world in It's sym
patty. and sweet TN its tenderness az
His heart who spake the parable: the
grandest man OF his time in grand old
Scotland. making his motheTiand Eior-
ious in songs that stir you like the
sound OF trumpsts on the eve os great
battles. draw you to- n mouse in tender
pity. and 90 his human family with
the chords OF the man. to so sweet and
true a purpose that. of all our great
singers and strong and true. he ia "a
me the sweetest and strongest. the man
above all other men OF our age who
was sent from God To hasten the time
When men 20 men the world DER
Shall brothers be for n that.
And Charles Lamb. turning from his
Il
less he would some day cali my wife.
buTying his dream In level grave that
he might make a home for that hapicss
sister Mary. through more than forty
years. lin single doubleness' AS he
writes his friend-this man giving u.
the jewel shining with a light that
never lay on land or sea. nasc precious
by the angels tear that fell through
the bolt of doom on the troubled home
OF his early manhood. and the rich and
rare beauty born of the flint.
Shall We turn to the sacred story
1.-THE life which holds for us the very
light OF this supremacy OF heaven and
Iof God? II Is the story which touches
1.-The prophets and saints OF all time
and the things said and the deeds done
lin dungeons. while the headsman was
waiting at the gates. These in all The
lagos have given vs. the pearls OF great
lprice through tribulation and distress
while TO my own heart he sits enihrun
led OF whom e was written 1t pleaseS
him in whom all fuilness dweils q
make the captain Of their salvation
. perfect through suffering mai
Christ Jesus. who bore the cross an'
ldespised the shame that We might pos
sess the pearl beyond all price. ans
) hold 10 for all time.
And / have brooded over the lowell
: similitude as memories have touches
I me OF the many / have known an'
: loved in all these years, some OF then
, far away in time and space. and som
Ino more on earth-those who ha'
, borne sore burdens so bravely and -
. sweetly that. as the poor human shei
wore away. the pearl shons ever IN
> clearer through: OF those who ha'
fallen on sad and sore Illustration o
, our human hope and Joy. but had s;oo'
; firm by the white banner OF faith
faith in the supremacy OF heaven an
OF God over all. and had kept thcl
5 rank and number to- the end and lef
I us the pearl OF great price.
And ever as have listened 10 voice
4 speaking so tenderiy OF courage and
, patience which seemed TO be one Wit