The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-17
TALKED TO
YOUNG MEN
Rev. Silas P. Perry At
The Y. M. c. A.
ASKED Them TO WORK.
txhortsd His Hearers To Labor for
the Cause Of Christianity
Here.

Rev. silas p. Perry addressed a
meeting OF young men at 4 o'clock yes
terday afternoon In the hall OF the
Young Mems Christian Association
building. The minister made an ear
nest appeal for the acceptance OF
Christianity. and called for the bess
Efforts OF those already within the
church TO influence the unconverted.
For his text he chose a verse from
the twenty-fourth psalm. Lift up your
heads. o ye gates. and be ye lifted up
ye everlasting doors. and the King of
Glory shall enter In"
Beginning his address with an ex-
PLANTATION OF the biblical exhortation
he pleaded earnestly with his audience
20 heed II. There may be men among
you" said he. who are like an oyster.
We all know the nature OF the oyster
Embedded by the sea; how. clinging to
Its shell. II opens to let In the nour-
ishment. and then closes up. giving
forth nothing. There may be men like
This among you; men that open to let
In the light OF the gospel. but receiving
u. close up. and send forth no light
To their fellow men.
And there may be men among yoi
like tie sponge. forever taking In anC
| giving out, throwing open the portals
that the light OF Christ may entel
In. but giving forth what he has re
ceived to his fellow men. II II this kin'
Of man that brings good to humanity
open mp your portals. Oh my brethren
and let In the King Of Glory. And b.
not selfish. but send forth that which
you receive.
BE like the mountain stream. tina
receives the heavenly showers. pur
and blessed. distributing its waters 4
beautify and fertilize the land.
There are men. there may be som
among you. who would like to opei
their doors and lift up their gates jus
trihe. They would like to let h
enough light that they may wear tn
cloak OF righteousness and seem glori
fed on the outside. but they wish {
De worldly within. They wish I
have the light but they wish also I
keep some OF the worldly things tina
have grown dear to them; they ar
filed with habit and controlled b
habit. and they want TO hold on
temporal things. They want to CIV
only a part to God. but this will ne
10. Men are divided between God an
the world. They must renounce u
one or the other.
Therefore I say open wide the 20
tails. and let In the King of Glory. 4
great shall be the reward. There we
men IN biblical history who thong
10 try this thing. of giving themselv
v partly 20 God. We are told In parat
that they put their new wine into Q
wine skins. but the new wine fermeI
cd and was spoiled There are m
who think 20 live on In sinfulness
an the end IL near. and then ofer
their old parched hides. crumpled a
blackened with sin. for the receipt
OF the new spirit
what you want TO do. my brethr
IL TO give your young lives, not
delay for the glamor OF tempo
things. but TO throw open your port
now. and be glorified. Do not str
10 hang on to things that are world
and nj the end 20 give MP the PC
useless remainder TO God. You
not put a new patch upon an old
ment. for the old cloth VIII
away"
The sermon was heard by alb
thirty young men.