The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-10-02
HONOLULU no LONGER
1 CHRISTIAN CITY
1T Is ovERRUy 81 EEATHEN
POPULATION FROM
THE ORIENT.
o. the Course Of The
Republican II Its Fight
Against Vice ct
Iwilei.
IRON the Diocesan Magazine-I


The Honolulu Republican deserves
the commentator OF the whole Christ
ian community toT demanding that, il
vice cannot be suppressed. al least i
shall not aaunt itself abroad. nor ita
haunts be made attractive
In dealing with this sub3-cJ It must
be borne in mind that Honolulu Is nc
longer what Il once was, : Christian
city. Twenty-Five years ago nearly tie
whole population prolessed Christian
.ty. Today the Christians are out
numbered by a heather population
from the Orient Il is impossible 10
expect that the high standard Of NOR
Atty demanded by the gospel can &c
enforced upon those who have not yet
accepted the obligations OF the Christ
ian covenant The position OF Christ
ians today in Honolulu is not dissimi-
lar TO that of the Christian eommuni-
ties in Corinth and EpheSus IN 81.
Paul's day. The solemn language
which ST. Paul found it necessary to
use with regard TO sins of the flesh,
lest those who had been baptised should
fall back into the ways OF the heather,
needs to be repeated now. Read what
he wrote in his first epistle TO the Cor
inthians, Chap. 6. and TO the EphesiaIs
in Chap. ). The danger arising from
the presence of so much evil Is lest
there should creep over those who pro-
feSs to be Christians a blindness as 10
the deadly nature of the sins OF i'm
purity, and lest, like Israel OF old, they
should be mingled among the heather
and learn their works
At such a time the standard of NOR
atty demanded OF all who have been
admitted into the Christian covenant
needs to be clearly AMI plainly stated.
The following utteTaIce OF the bishops
assembled at Lambeth in 1883, based on
the teaching of holy scripture, should
be pondered by all who call themselves
by the name of Christ:
We solemnly declare that life Of
purity is alone worthy OF being created
in the image of God.
We declare that for Christians the
obligation to purity rests upon the
sanctity of the body. which is the tenn
pie of the Holy Ghost.
We declare that life of chastity
for the unmarried is not only possible.
but is commanded by God.
We declare that there is no differ
ence between man and woman in me
sinfulness of sins of unchastity.
We declare that on the man. in his
God-given strength of manhood, rests!
the main responsibility.
We declare that no one known TO be
living an immoral life ought to be rt-
ceiyed in Christian society.
I'VE solemnly protest against all
lowering of the sanctity of marriage.
I'VE would remind all whom our
voice may reach that the wrath of God.
alike in holy scripture and in the his
tory of the world, has been revealed
gressed the law of purity; and we SOL
EMMY record our conviction that
wherever marriage is dishonored AMI
sins of the flesh are lightly regarded.
the home life will be destroyed, and the
nation itself will sooner or later decay
and perish"
To which may be added the following
lines from George Herbert's Church
Porch:
Beware OF lust; it doth pollute and
foul
Whom God in baptism washed with |
his own blood:
II blotS the lesson written in thy soul. |
The holy lines cannot be understood
How dare those eyes upon Bible look. |
Much less towards God. whose lust ia |
all their book,
Wholly abstain or wed. Thy bounte-
Gus Lord
Allows thee choice OF paths; take 10
bye-ways.
But gladly welcome what he doth af-
ford:
Not grudging that thy lust hath bounds
and stays
Confluence hath its JOY; weigh both.
and so,
II rottenness have more. let heaven go.