The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-30

|BI LOSING
ItIsn Of the Higher
| SUBLIME PARADOX
\, 4 Sermon by Rev. J. ?.
',.im,o A, Central Union
Church Yesterday.

....s Of Rev. MI, hincald w
.,,aehsd yesterday on the
.sososver would save his life
~, and whosoever shah lose his
80 shaii and H." Matt. 1874
80. IN part ~ follows
Awe an important truth which
=. .,.,ass upon others We make
- y. h. fepetglon. When We read
~. N another and Ind GER
800 ar principle repeated again
=. conclude that this ~ Inn
,be eyes n the author. Now
- prlnclple seems 20 apply TO
'..snlnga Certain life principles
.'sstsm are on repeated ~ Him.
~ 40 thus made emphatic N
-. truths are ~ vital impor-
me- dlaoiplrs and we must be-
~ .,,,t Importance IN the mind OF
Our test ls one Of these truths
.wenailc BY repetition.
!. suf iiiforont occasions Christ re-
-. sflnclple Each time u was 90
- rho FIRST waa spoken TO
-. ma, before they we're sent out
- In the villages the gospel Of
,..,lom. Tho Master was seeking 90
,,.fo 10 aeif sacrifice and faithful
4. IN no rork before them. Again.
! g,llp and Andrew bring certain
!. 10 Jsuua. ITO sets forth this same
1. n Wa tho NE principle OF Ills
80 and Ia was well she Greeks
"a understand al tho outset the kind
n demanded by this Heavenly King.
I'D. chFat repeated "a when speaking
[ n sven,a of tho Feast Days. seeming
..,h mat even 10 the very end this
I.N,ls Gas 10 hold true and was 90
4. instrument shaping every life.
n ar tcxt W. hear the words again
k,,s TO comfort tho disciples. 10 pre-
I. Asn Tor their nfe work. 90 teach
I. .lf.dsnlal and conservation. 90 H.
Las iila own manner % lifc and the
IL ior Ills willingness 10 die.
|,rbs laid this down AZ n universal
~ livery pcrlod. every phase Of man :
sss 70 10 controlled and shaped by
J. gsclple- hnaing by losing" n II
.nAos. We say Aye. trtiei Yet u
" meaningless and barren. a. " the
y pmdox Here We have living
Ia n 10 not q mere Jingle % words
f-.rr no thought n Is an epigram.
10 statement ~ n principle vital "a
J. ,rslilte NE. The paradox lies IN
y sulhess between fading and losing
|, IA socks 10 save shall lose. but NJ
II sses shall and
Nsr W Rad these words Of Christ
NJ compelled 10 stop and ask our.
80 what 10 iifef'' what IL IN,
~ What constitutes the ufe % TN
'ar We read tho philosophy OF Plato
y ~ hls Threshold division OF soul
u and plrlt-the soul the non-lntelll
~ aoh-uprltual animal. The life O.
y psl The merc brute life % man
'sNt aomethinE higher and fuller q
'ss' w our teSt The Ife spoken o
gf'st must include every faculty o
~ Ne whole bsing. hut stu the dues
n /. Unanswered Upon what facult,
usn what side OF this composite cren
~ rsn-shall We place the emphasis
M 10 llp't herr that the difference q
Ae sgpears
nan W. place tho emphasis upon ex
fials upon circumstances. upon onvI
'amsn,s' Does a mans life consist .
= seundance ~ things which no pos
'.~hf one may possess an ahundanc
w-lih, may be In prosperous circum
- - ana zee be far from the true'
VAT ~ place the emphasis upon IN
sas,tual side upon mind development
~ . mans llfe consist In the abunt
re- q ,hlnGs he knows. In his ability
'esn oxicaliy. % absorb factaf "
W ~en mon who have studied for ven
w snur'ng energy IN order 20 mast
- serartment % science. 90 solve son
= ven of nature. Their eyes have be,
's'ssed on their works. their time m
'sshs Devoted entirely 20 this fsvorl
~ Finally the victory H. won. Il
80 ere sathered, tho problem solve
y ~ Mere 10 a new name OF note h
" NE world-a famous man, Rut VIII
Ass bought ~ such a price. In see
ave bic lfe he has lost all m
- most precious. FOR whosoev
- w NA' AHNll 1850 "
.ns words % cur text make "a W
- statement concerning life. y
- IN al sEoa have taken them q
Nssnuy have been reckless % IN
- hut does our text mean that
~ careless of our physical bein
ssinH This higher life must we thr,
~ eur possessions. our health, our nj
% Must We become soiemn-fas
',.ssi Loos Al Christ. lie h q
ICY euf great pattern. some M
i ,,.a Nat lie was primarily an asc
!, Many ~ tlis day. that Ills thous
~ as NE we're dominated by the 4.
~ ls" peculiar monkish sect OF
the Esneuea.
'.srs vas no neglect Of physical be
- pat % Christ. no ascetic reckis
,,.s hs Ne. We ind Him eati
s ard resting lie In now a "
fn~l a. a marriage feast. now d
fh1riaees house, now enjoy
smble hospitality % that favo
-, w hethany. fle took delight IN
~ snd trollc % children. and enjo.
and the true IN all things.
- - ~ Wv" F"Vpie tt ttta VI
IN ~ principle Of our text domino
Is"-e things ite did, these things
n, ~ bot tils lie was not In tn
ae seek Il here. n was al
~yohd these In other words.
49,. ssmsnt lila circumstances. v
~. hents fIls real ME was II
~. Heavenly Father.
evident then that there must
~ o. tho Old nfe before the No,
-. " " necessary. too, that n \
hi. change. There must be a ,
IN. ~unite surrender OF the lower
h. sher. All hope. all dcsira OF an,
-. Wee mundane things must
49,. ~ but this h hard. There u
mat e ear,a,y IN our hearts, q
~ hrishtness and glitter TO q
80 hlhra, that our eyes are daz
h = selnated. and We cannot look an
h, my when We are brought TO n
- lus Tie these. whatsoever W
M, s We shall lose a." that we
Ivy Of our course. We hear Cha
sylnr. And whosoever shall
,' ior MY sake shall find a." an,
- We have not been governed by
sr.at prlnciple % life.
We change % IDEAL. the chanl