The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-03

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All JOY OF life, all dignitv y. w hsva
worth OF soul, all are utter, pi esins,
from truth. And truthfuInays. A'epsr..
"or.iiihess are strength OF a,o ahd trVr.
one can only ask, then, hon very ~ LIE
pass that truth is all this to ;, Y cOnt,n
must ne because the world 10 use wcrll i
ana IN the light of this do no ,uil Of Goa 4
OF christ become fun Of sipnis l NE sJt,,
ne says, 1 am the TRUTH; 0ih,'ca n.e vAs
eaI realty is not some vagua nm ms Spirit
Iorce, tnen' 1t is not a thin a. npersOaa
not am form 10 the distaaaA he at
Enrise is the truth. Its yitai'.t leu
llie; ITS independence is His y Is Va
ence; Its struggle is His st,, lnteDeM
ana ana an through the ages It's ,rrss.e-ya
/ And now let US look -,
clause or the text for n,orns me 'eOOss
ing-'But for the truth" II N 10.
we all are to assail the truth p pvehi .
able to assist it. Do you as,, ansl
that peg Can he who s nov nov "a,
thwart be strong to assistr II potent to
" paradox to say that he can =" no EN-
not hinder the truths OF astro, lou car,
think or it-those miracles OF s,nI but
GERS shone unrecognized for 10y SoO
mere street lamps OF the cit, @s~ h.
waiting TOT the man whose d,yir Eight
osity should pierce the curtairs lille C0'k
chambers; and how much diS TIER
| Tor the truths OF astronomy wb, %a %
the hrst telescope against tho NNeilea
the midnight armament? yo' o.
hinder the truths OF medicine aahN
secrets wait for the patient ana ~ Net
research OF man; and how mpcs Jug
| tnet man DO Tor the truths o, rnase ws
VINO IKE a fasteur or a Jenner s ns1s
new remedy Tor some hitherto ncn,sns.
diseasef You cannot revoke the lo-s
! Sience; they are the same TODAY aS -,
The dawn OF the world broke; I'm, "a, ~,
AK In silence, awaiting the approaos
the intellect OF man. You can az
none OF THESE FORCES, but how mucs ~
can do for them! 1t is even a. Nan ~
Kingdom of spiritual truth-the kn,a.
CT Jesus Christ. You cannot des,ro,s
out you can aid 1t; the mightiest car
hinder ITS certain victory, but the lo,s
est and the humblest can, by h,s A.
tor, and his love. hasten its com.,.
Picture to yourselves Paul entering ,s.
great pagan city. On every side hs 49,
tie pomp or martial power, the luxu, !,
sensual life. There vast temples rim. M
affairs smoke to Jupiter; there pplor
pliers dispute, and yonder go bright RI,
landed professions, with the sound
flutes, and with dancing to unholy ,s.
walls. Soldiers march with STEADY trar,
and everywhere the silver eagles q, a,
empire CLEAN. But to him fresh ,-cr
lonely and spiritual ecstacy, and ,rr
ceep bordering on the lessons Of The cra
cified, all this seems strange and SAD an,
hateful.
"i1e looks upon the city every side
Far and wide,
All the mountains topped with teup,s
glade
Colonnades.
All the causeys, bridges. aQueducts s,t
then,
All the men"
Is 1t possible that all this can De chang
Cd, and changed by the gospel Of One who
died the death Of felon? And then h
turns aside into some lowly street, and
s,mio the humblest people begins TO preac
that strange gospel OF Jesus Christ AM
what happens? In three centuries not a
heathen temple Is left in Rome; the cross
has everywhere triumphed over the eagt
, as love must always conquer n~
: strength. The truth as it is in Jesus va
, but as a little leaven, but II was sutncie.,
to heaven the whole lump Of corrupt %.
gan world.
o ] call you this morning TO a new a.
! nobler enthusiasm for this kingdom
q truth-this kingdom of Christ Enthut
a asm Is the true fire of manhood, the puk
of action, the soul Of heroism; and VIE
, that leaves a man, a church, a peopk /
h nation, their true glory Is departed En-
9 oires, great causes and reforms, vlc;crs
=, for the truth are not won without S-
. forgetting valor and devotion Fix this I
: your minds; You can help the truth IL
!, humblest life may be inspired by sphsl
!, al honesty, by resolute sincerity, tysI
fl,nching allegiance TO that which tsI
ogIIiZes to be best and highest.
Do you remember Ruskins descrl.l|
> of the Matterhorn?-thatl lone and tisi
y full peak, thrust up like 4 huge ga
wedge into the everlasting blue, so SO
Z that the snow can do scarce more ni
u powder it, so terrific in its grandelf Ia
all the other mountains seem hudde
> it's feet In terror? If there ever was
! tyre of majestic strength. says Rushr
! Is the Matterhorn; and he bids US -
% science how the Matterhorn was NAP
, and the answer will be that ages y
ie there We're drifting m!ca-fiakes 70 y
l. /, 8bysmal sea, and one by one they So
~ together, and were beaten into haFals
d and consistence, and grew in DUE WV
~ at last the waters rolled back, and 'aa,
ie was uncovered that vast Alpine ~
against which the wild north WINDS =
~ IN vain, and the great war of ne III,
~ ment burst, yet stir II not. b'el /.
~ Christ's kingdom of truth is built W. ~
~ tie by little, life by life, it grows
~ built up inch by inch, until at last \ =,
y mighty, impregnable, and the ss''s
~ hell are not able to prevail againS ~.
nc Shall our lives be added, is I'VE,
H. stones, to this growing grandeur
VI shall they be fretted out in DING '''
~ lion against this rock on which men
10 broken, and which, when it fans - ~
,e men to powder? For or against va.
40 shall it be? But before we ans"e' 4
&c us remember that I'VE may Kior
~ truth, and the truth will make " -.
v also that I'VE can do nothing asAI'
III truth, but for the truth"
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