The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-11
"P|Ty OF GOD"
a sermon byProfessor
W.. E. Howell.
REACHED at the Seventh Day Adyen-
fist Church at the Satur-
udy oeIWCeS.

AZ the Seventh Day Adv.n,,..
On saturday Professor w. = Ii",,
p'e@Sheo as follows on the sun,ao, '.'
rIty OIL uoa''; SUBJECT The
Il Like as n father pitietb ia. -,
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| ray - born OF loye Low. 10 -. -,
u Ieiates himseu TO those VINO -
| 800, 80 .ne most enuear1ng rsiatlou 80
~ ,i " lhe human LIinu, tii,lt OF tn
eI anu ehild. Ia the same rnanner aS =
uue lalher pities his suuerIng rhiia "
fe~iahS ~ ne IS powerless 10 re,I.v.. a.
| ,DOu pl'ies them that tear Num- isut A.
s.ilO. oe SAID That goa pIties us IN me
same degree as the eartnIy father ar %
nis Shila. Tor Goa Is INFINITE IN All ais
,,f ,.so' man IS nnIte. The operation
u rou pity ~ revealed in the linn i1th
anu lfth verses OF fsaim IO3
! rs the heaven ~ hIgn above the earth
80 80 sIsst IL his mercy toward them Thai
rear rim. Mercy Is the child of MI
/ now hIgn Is heaven abuye .artb5 49,
nearest heavenly bOay is the moon 2i6ws,
a,il,s instant, ten times the distance
-. a.
oie 10 our mite Minus Inc next nsar
est OBJECT ia the heavens is Venus wntcb
az htI closest proximity to the eartn "a
-'''"',VV mhes aWay-lUO times as far as
the mOoh-thus extending our minImunn
ueasuIe OF GOds mercy 100 times ITSELF
Du' Hne heaven IL unlimited, ana We
are at liberty to use any object i'm tts ~
/ unite eNPansc as the end OF our measure
Heht. lie sun Is y3OyO,OOO miles distant
/ - nunlDer that would require a clock
.'Nlhs seconds TO tick nearly three wears
10 count. The planet Jupiter now yisIble
IN the eastern sky In the early evening
Us more IMAM four times as far away as
,he sun, bearing Its silent witness 10 the
incalcuiabie greatness OF Gods mercy
towards His creatures that fear Him
ne nearest liked star Is 10000 tunes the
Instance OF the sun, reading us still more
into the unfathomable depths of the mer-
| cy OF our God toward fallen man THE
role star Is i've times "a distant as the
nearest hNed star, while the remoteness
OF AlCyone would require light, travelling
ho,VyO miles per second. 40 years TO
reach us-so great an Illustration of the
oNerawing length, breath and depth of
hls mercy, has God revealed To our nm
aided mortal visioni Why go further Ia
not His mercy sufficient. sinner, for you
and for me2
Verse II. AS far as the east IL from
the west so far hath He removed our
". ds sIli is from us" IL the sun liz
E3,Wp,VcO miles distant when IL rises In the
east and 93,O0,0O0 miles when N sets in
tGe west. then the distance of the east
from the west, as measured by the stand
|
dear friend IL removed from us half uav
around the globe, we feel the immensity
OF the gaping gulf of separation. III he
poaes ie ~ , lS.vo times that far our
tade away In despair. But SO far nv the
almost minimum standard OF measure
tie removed the transgressions OF those /
that fear Him; and as much further
ZOO az double the distance of Jupiter, the
dtaftst nxed star. the Pole Star Alcyone
ana all the others. Is the measure 81
Gods pity toward them that fear Him
.s,n man onea Shali We not learn the be-
sinhlhg OF wisdom, In the fear of Him?
Verse ~, lie knoweth our frame: He
fememOereth that We are dust" ''The
l.ord God formed man of the dust OF the
ground. Gen. 2:7. Dust thou ART and
unto aust shalt thou return, Gen. 2.l9
hls breath goeth forth: he returneth to
lls esr :! IA tnat very day his thoughts
art mindful OF him2 And the son of man
mat thou visitest hmG' Is 81 But al
though man Is little else than dust and
water. although his days are few and fuiI
| OF trouble Dob H:D. and although whom
MS breath goeth forth and he returneth
70 ms earth, his whole being, even to his
NeIy thoughts, utterly perishes; yet the
tfod OF pity and mercy assures us thar
ne remembers US, keeps us in mind. that
We are put dust-and but handful at
that. as the residue from human inciner
atom attests oh, that we might be as
/ thoughtful OF ourselves, and depend who'll
~ upon God and Him only, for all that
| = hRfN Ills lnDInte mercy to
hecome-chidren OF the Heavenly KinRf
/ ~ We need any further means OF I'M
dermining our conceit, OF humbling our
/ selfish pride. and OF removing our CON
tempt for others created in the Same
/ image as ourselves-that OF God himself
Let US reflect little on Isaiah i0.I5
] Behold. the nations are a drop Of a
l bucket, and are counted as the small dust
/ OF the balance. Divide the volume OF a
| drop % water by the number Of inhabit-
/ ants upon our globe-abOut n billion and
/ "A half-and with the help Of n microscope
select one OF the grains OF dust that do
4 not AFFECT the balance, and we get some
aggregate capacity and volume, physical
and mental, in comparison with the
/ boundless immensely of the universe
/ And N that Is not sufficient to abase US
read verse II. "All the nations before him
are as nothing; they are counted to Him
less than nothing" Divide nothing by
/ a billion and n half. and then. to leave
i no room for doubt, use the same divisor
/ for Tess than nothing" and then COM
pare our sef-esteem with the resultant
/ vacuum.
/ But the overwhelming thought that
| though thus Insignificant and unworthy OF
notice by the high and lofty One that
/ inhabiteth eternity" We are simple
/ enough to believe that the Unreasonable
/ love. pity and mercy OF our God would
| still have given His only begotten Son
4 that whatsoever believeth IN Him should
/ not perish. but have everlasting life,"
even N that whatsoever had been only
1 I myself.