The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-02

H@lEl ANU anu AlFl III tIt outs oNf
in religion, one in common interests.
one in liberty. and believe they ar,
bound 10 be one in final victory, or In
final defeat"
The Methodist Church.
At the Methodist Episcopal church
last evening, the pastor. Rev. G. l..
L. Pearson. preached on Some Fallac-
.ous Reasoning" His text was Come
Now and Let Us Reason Together Saith
The Lord" Isa. lis. The following
is brief outline:
Reason is that capacity OF the soul
that distinguishes IL nom the inierol
animals. lt Is the faculty by when
We are enaD.ed 10 discern tru,h nom
4EIsenOOd. right from wrong; and by
wnI,n We Combine meaAs 20 attain 10
pal tiCular results. ms ciOWnIng
faculty Of man rs the means by winch
We secure our knowledge OF truth an
the sciences and PHILOSOPHERS. and the
principles of moral and religious he.
God made man a rational animal and
treats hlm as such, lie calls upon man
to use this capacity of his soul regard
ing all his higher interests and he viii
measure man according to his fidelity
To honest and thorough reasoning on
the truth which he may secure.
A wise man Is not onIy careful
reasoner, but he is true to the deduc-
tIOns he may make. As wise reason
ing is helpful i'm secular matters 80
is it in things which are spiritual. The
great interest of the soul demands the
most ,aI eiul reasoning. Many men who
are thorough in things secular are very
Indifferent reasonsrs reka.dIng TINS.
Judged by their actions many reason
/ f1lsev or they are unwise not TO fol-
low the results OF their reasoning. This
is easily seen In those WAC hi,a -uie
lneIr ueyOuon to Christ by the loyalty
of others. or by the relation OF othei $
to themselves: those who sock as w. 90
important the temporal; who excuse
turu. sew - Do ON i, ...L 20 o. % Itht
because there are "Hyprocrites in the
church," because the gospel is a hard
way, OF tne gospel 10 40, suHlCient Tor
their need.
All who thus think raagor ~ too
short a course. They leave too many
things out OF their thought. a good
God. Reason with Good and obey your
tvDsCtC4.Oc.
/ At the Christian Church.
Zeal for the Word OF God was Mr.
Hays subject yesterday morning al
the Christian Church. The best in.
terests of the people in this life ar,
secured by the dil.gent study ant
teaching of the tru,h taught in the
Scriptures. II all cen.ers in che person
and work of Christ Therefore q
preach Christ is to preach the word
The supreme value OF the truth Is its
power to convert and sanctlfy, as tn,
instrument OF Uhe holy spirit Hence
il is declared TO be the power OF God
unto sdiyauon 10 al those VINO be
lieve.
1he teaching OF Christ constitutes ;
perfect sy- tom-Cne complete whole
To mu..la,e the system by subtract
ing from 81, adding to IL. or in an.
way changing II. is TO impair It's per
lection and weaken its power. Henc'
the warnings contained in the Scrip
lures against so doing. Zeal for tn
word requires therefore a constant Wig
lance and sincere endeavor to know
the truth as taught by the Master anC
unfolded by his apostles.
Disciples in every age and among al
peoples have experienced the Llessing
conferred by the Word OF God In pro
portion to their earnestness in obey
ing the truth. This experience IL &c
cording 10 the saying OF { ir1st: mo
every enc that saith unto me Lord
Lord, shall enter into the kingdom o
heaven. but he that doeth the will o
my Father which Is in heaven" Tn,
wise builder 70 he who hears EnC
obe,-s: the foolish builder is he whc
hears and obeys not.