The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-17
REV. c, \. YATMAN
Farewell Sermon an ELOQUENT
Discourse.
HIS NNDlInESS FOR ALL
Honolulu Friends - Love for the
PIace-Pictures Of the Four
Square City Above.

Rev. &. II. Yatman preached his fare-
well sermon "Wednesday night TO a fuli
house al the First Methodist church
His Scripture lesson was the thirty.
fifth chapter OF Isiah, which the SPEAK
or designated as the Great Sunshine
Chapter OF the Bible" His text was
Rev. 21-13; theme. Heaven. the City
Four square.
| Rev. Mr.. Yatman preached perhaps
the strongest sermon OF the series.
This was the verdict of a great many
who have heard nearly all OF his dis
courses.
At the opening Of the service Rev.
Mr.. Yatman said: Il want To- make
known TO you how happy I have been
in coming here again to preach the
Gospel 10 this people. NJ heart to-
night is full of gratitude TO you all. for
III have been met only with the open
hand and the warm. generous heart OF
this dear folk OF the Paradise OF the
Pacific and ] leave YOU with a deep
er love for you than / have ever had.
but ] have always had great love for
you ever since my first visit to- YOU
about three years ago. and | wish to
publicly thank you for your Open
hearted generosity in entertaining me.
and for the many acts OF kindness
| shown me. ! wish to- thank all who
have in any way contributed 90 the sue
cess of these meetings. | will never
see YOU all again here. may return
| TO YOU again some time. but | Will not
find you all, but / want to meet YOU all
up there. Every nationality to- whom
| il has been my privilege to- preach.
1 want this chapter OF Scripture I have
read To he for YOU till We meet again.
My text is in the Heaven chapter of
| the Bible. Heaven-ths city that Heth
| four square. Heaven-our Fathers
lhouse-home-land. l want you all to
open wide the doors OF your hearts that
the seed of the Word may fall in good
ground. whose soil will he the kind out
OF which the lilies grow in their pure
whiteness and whose perfume shall as
cend to the Father as incense from his
altar. which is well pleasing In His
sight.
We are not all alike here. We are
all different. We are misunderstood.
We are all queer people. But wait I'M
til We step out, up. and in. and all will
be right then, for we shall see Him "a
He is; for now we see through n glass
darkly, but then, face TO face When
We reach the City Four Square. the
fountain OF tears will DE taken away.
and in it's place will be- the fountain
of JOY.
''On the east are three gates. These
are for the children-the infants who
have stopped here for day and gone
on. Tharfk God all the children are in
Heaven. Hell has no children in it
not one. Heaven has all the children
and all the music. Three gates on the
south-these are for those who have
had all their lives nothing but joy and
happiness and have been reared iu the
warm, tropical sunshine of Gods love
but wait until you get up there. God
has more in store for you than YOU
ever dreamed of. Three gates on the
north. Did you ever live where the
mercury was 90 degrees below zero?
There may be hearts here tonight who
have never known aught but the chill
ling frosts OF life. Not a kind word or
gentle loving hand To help smooth the
pathway of life, and they have been all
their lives coopcd up in this prison
house-waiting the time OF their liber-
ation-the prisoners OF Hope. But by
and by they will pass out and up and
in through the gates on the north into
the City Four Square-God's city
Heaven, And there are three gates on
the west. for those who have borne the
burden and heat of the day-have
| toiled all the day long, and at its close.
| rs the sun sinks to rest in the west.
the gates are opened wide with this
welcome: Come mp higher. thou hast
been faithful TO the end. enter thou in
10 the joys OF thy Lord
AT the close OF the service the con
gregation babe Mr.. Yatman good-ble.
| with many God bless you. Brother
t NarmaD