The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-26
MUST Be LOYAL
TO CONVICTIONS
rLcm, Oi the Baccalaurtatc
Sermon to Oahu
Graduates

night nc Central Union Church by Rev.
William NJ. klhcald TO the graduating
class of oahu College, the first part OF
which was published yesterday morn
ing:
But the effect does not stop with our.
selves. II IL did. the matter would bc
much less serious II passes on. to our
friends and associates. tn all who know
MS or are influenced by us. and even to
generations unborn II We live Loyalty
others will catch the loyal irit from
us. The noble contagion of our fidelity
will spread ON every side II viii CON
tinue after we are dead Thus 10y the
moral strength OF our lives We shall
strengthen innumcrahlc other lives. But
II we are untrue. then our Influence does
not bless others; It curses them. II makes
all who know us n little less faithful than
they would he. II lowers the moral stand
ard in the community I'm which we live;
instead OF helping on, II does n little to
hinder the moral progress of the world.
who of us wants to live In way TO leave
such results us these behind?
I wonder how many of us have ever
stopped to think what the progress OF
the world really means and how II is Of
fected?
We are living in n world in which man
is slowly rising from the brute to the hu-
man-from barbarism to civilization. We
are not yet civilized: we are simply NOV
ing, slowly and painfully moving, toward
civilization. None of us are yet clear
fror, Tho h,,to. Some of ne are a rrent
wav from IL Inst ns Won SEQ i'm this
meme ,,ce and nat tbe loci, of a fox of
wolf. of Il hound. Of "A bull dog, of
hog, of n jackal. of an eagle, so In the
souls of us all there are more or less OF
these qualities and characteristics OF
,yroye,lin,, instincts ana nroncnsities we
ore only on tho way toward tho rool man
-,vbo yin hn brave without heinp brutal
- Iii t., .,.nr,, ,,,,r., sro,,nro,,s OH -.
a,rous ,ns,iGsb seIf.ccntSred nohlo Xyc
ara on our way toward n better state of
49,, ~, ,bo r.,,,t a,,is IN, ro,,.
aro horo ,,,ror,n"o hign,r,, s,nars,ition
tyrannv nnreIicved and homeless povertv'
y,rsri,5. r,,,,,o ,.,ll ho In f., lar,.o meas
urn gorG icrt bnhind as tho hidcous
srou'n NJ 4, darker nos,
Nnu Wi'aS are "se,I r,' w Wiz" a" -, n
vance Is ehecteG ihey eIe tMo' rlIsN
ihs,snt' secunu, loSa'tE' riS' must So,','
inslSht-ht" views "l ruin ana rlSilt,
hut tneSe ' 0l themselves IAN ueIo'''i'i ,S
nothlhE' iHa' 50" " t"r l"Vr ~ -"
t'leC'utHH VI SPi l'o"'S '"''V' ',itt ne
i.uoWs, anu tncltLore upit 10 svo l"'. NJ
aNahs hOtnlhE' Unless t,,louEh nun ultN
~ 'l ~
ON the mountain Top 10 eaten a NOR
Elor' 'S, VISION VI tni"ss 'n .i tuos' Az
d,no,tors T., NO ,,oIr,,, ,,,,,st also he shown
tbn ,,ision t,ot tbc,y foo MAY, hc blessed
M, histnr,, or tbS ,ynrld has hoen the
bistor,' nf mo mon whose now vicys Of
,,,,tI, b.,,,. ,rr,,,.,, ana d,onnrod into CON
,'t,tians ,,i,,it,, L,,rrino snitbaNvvhIrh
~, ala noe bolJ merely snecmI,tively
Iii, ttafr irtaitnct, ~ hoii.,,od Win
aii t,,ai,. is,,t,y. h,,iio,,.d 60 IoonI,, mai
,bo,, must and l,yonid darIorc thcn ia
their fcllow-men. 1t has been men of this
spirit who have led the worlds intellect
ual and moral advance IN the past; and
only such men can lead the advance Of
the future.
60 then II &c aas,. to soc yyI,v we ought
ali ~ 10 ',a,,sI in conyictjon Not onIy.
is s,,cI, lo,,,i}, ~ tho hishast irnnortonco
Coy. o,,r Am moral Iifo INT II ia IndIsncn-
sobIe for he worlds advance. The cues
tion whether NO viii ba IovaI IN the
truth which v,e soc ts simnIy Tho oIcs-
tion whether we WIN ioin tho honored
companv Of those who are rolling tho
world from darkness 10 lIrbt
or So, -. a. -, it'll,