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


good enough religion for Iapsr. one
hears 90 plantation maua-~rs who
want TO Christian preachers fnr sh.ir
japanese lllus"ge. ts.at..s thry ram
have Buddhist rrsesse
ut this religion ~. GuIlsk sayss
hers. Who have sEs hzhT uf th~
sun. need not .'"iittir the iiEht ~ th.
stars . h4N. never heard q mission
4gl -ssmru even Ltut that the teach
.uE. 90 tav ancient s..Es-s u-r.. ~ NO
uE'- Vet g missionary must stop and
cons .Hy What lieht did thaf ancient
t'-rrsr Grd.lhs profess o. haze Eaiu.si
aud what method does b. rrussps.s fur
i"StatiuE th. suguuus ut mankind
Why dii his followers call him Isud-
dha. the EuiiEht.acd one uid ~
profess tn have found h1u snTruu TO-.
turned into Jog.
His followers called hlm tGs In
. jiEht~u~d one brUaus- b. had s.-~u
through al. illusion az all lif.. The
Culy d~liv-rausc from despair that h.
Vas able to point uut. vas cessation
from all hope. from ali desire. from all
.ud~avur. Life iu al its phases is a
d-lusiuu. a mirage. and the mtsrri~s
uf men are never healed because they
I are ever following this d~iusiun. The
highest td-als uT -nd.aVurs ar- but
/ TRANSPORTED Wtll-u'-thr-Nt ssas. aud Ntl1
never bring peace ~ u-st to the soul.
All conception uf living loving. per-
suual Cod. to whom the u-ak and
the fatutinE one may commit his iifc
- overwhelmed by the irresistible
rush uf an all-iuyuiVinE fate. The
mos, that Buddha hoped to teach WAs
how Ten alleviate the f-vfinE of d~.pair.
hy training ones s-if not tn care. tn.
-.
ltt. not worth living or worth reform
ing. The priesthood tends to sink into
dchauCh-gy. and the people are con
tent to have ID so. Neither laN. nor
public sentiment. nor religious scutt-
mcnt. objects to displays of a mos; de-
muralizinE character.
Popular Buddhism has passed
through tnnumcrabl. phases. some of
4 these testify tn the need ot th. human
heart for a personal God Nho can
hear and help. A. Buddha's dpctrinc
did not teach of any Such God. pop
ular faith has made of Buddha himself
n god to pray to-
And nov. dear. fclloW-diScipl.x Of
Christ. let us for a few moments recall
the glad tidinEs Wc have to send these
great peoples What are those Divine
gloricS OF revealed truth that Christ
has enriched us with. and which ne
are glad tn confer on the sons az Asia >
/ We have to tell them of the Father
at God. the Infinite. IN. All-Encom-
passing. the Pure One. the Scarchcr
of all Hearts. yet tender. gracious. the
compassionate. Father. To Him ~.
teach them tn pray. knowing his loving
heart tn BE- alert to the fccbl-st cry of
every hungry. suffering soul
hss Easas
We teach them to enter into close and
deep communion. CPiiftcd On wings
Of faith. they come adoriuE into sol
cmn. joyful. transccndcnt thought Of
God. lifting their dark souls high
above the earth and freshly lukik. so
that In Gods love they shall count all
things but loss
But in teaching them Of an. Holy
One. We fll them with painful sense
of guilt. Of shame. az bondage e. sin.
So We have to tell them also uf the
curc-of the Forgiveness OF Sins. Of
Peace with Cod. of the Adoption as
Sons. We tell of th. incarnatc Sou.
who died a Sacrifice for sin. atoning for
and rcdccminE ia. fallen. uniting us
to- the Fathers love and fellowship.
We bear to them the Joy and po~cr
ot the Holy Ghost. al. Comf1rrrr.
SInCtihcr. RcVcaicr. Who dtSclos~s 90
believers the divine presence. and ait
ncsscs within their hearts that they
are Gods children.
And then there is the Hcavcniy
Hope. of things unseen and eternal -
at the celestial body. and the endless
lif. in God. AS wrote Poul. u reckon
that the SuffcTinE4 of the present lif.
are not worthy to - compared Wtth
the glory tn ~ revealed in US
4 All these high r.VcalinEs. all Sh-S.
wondrous experiences lin heavenly
places in Christ" Wc possess. and have
to confer upon the souls of Asia. in
place Of the barren philosophy and tor
pid ethics of Confucius. and of tho i'm
passive bcneficcncc and negative future
of Buddha. We hav. to bring them
aspiration. Joy. strength. purity. peace
in Christ and the Father. Who hath
delivered us from the power of dark
! ness. and translated us into the king
iom Of his dear Son
I speak thes. things to you. dear
brothers and sisters In Christ. who
have tasted thes. gifts and joys and
find them q living experience. b~causr
! you know that they are real. AM that
IN" suffering millions of earth need
. them. We possess this glorious truth
/ Of Christ. and tie has told us 60 dis
: Cipls all uatiuua" Herewith. Tho great
O. nations and tribes u" outspr.ad before
us. Just across this broad ocean. ~ith
its busy fleets rushing hith.r and yun
Z What are ~. duinE-Nhat can 80 81
/. to- give them a." light uf Christ
4 What q majestic opportunity is ours
4 At last the great dark world lies ug,cr
. wide tu the messengers uf Christ. tbs
: barriers that tilI lately barred then
4 ont an. mainly MruL.n .-ma-rt Inn al