The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

MIR. Damon, Rev Mr.. BecKworth and
Rev. Mr.. Mcintosh. who had been es-
pecially kind and encouraging.
He said that it was very pleasing
and very Christian-like for Christians
of different denominations thus to
work together in friendliness and mar
mony. and recalled the situation OF not
many years ago. when all denomina-
tons We're striving against eacn other
in misunderstanding and rivalry; this
was, fortunately, all a thing of the
past. and Gods people, whatever their
: differences of creed. had become broad
| minded enough to see that Christian
work is great task where there is
work for all. and that in harmony and
nEion greatest progress can be made.
/ In closing he said: THANK God for
i the growth OF the Spirit of Chrk7-here
:, in the past twenty years 1t h;l 81 81
| wonderful and good to look ,otfIas
Looking out into the world TO- can
also see great progress. and o.e for
mankind growing brighter, al iIerent
nations working harmonious with
/ each other, away from stri1e, In a
great broad understanding of that
which is to be done in Chrtyt's Vine
yard. May this day of dedteition help
to increase this blessing of us all in
! harmony and unity"
Rev. W. NJ. Kincaid, pastor of Cen
| trail Union Church, stepped to the plat
form and extended his hand to Rev.
Mr. Isenberg for a grasp or greeting.
Il wish to express my thanks" said
| he, for the very courteous Invitation
I received to attend the services here
today, and | gladly came TO bring the
| greeting of Central Union Church to
| the new Lutheran church and its pas
| tor. 1t ought to be a source of great
thankfulness to US all that il is pos
| sible for ministers and people of diff
| ferent churches and creeds to meet to-
gether in such services today. hun
| dred years ago it would have been
| Impossible. Things were very different
then. I think there is a great point
/ in the story of the old lady who said
that all churches ought TO be united
( in one great Christian church. without
differing over matters of creed and
that they should all regard themselves
/ as members of the one church Upon
being asked what church the one
church should be, she answered, 'Bap-
| fist, of course. That is it-everybody
was willing that there should be but
one church, but they wanted that
church to be their own. There may be
! a great deal. of that spirit left but
/ / think we are fast losing it and we
are growing broader in the spirit of
true Christian unity and harmony
i According to the present theory of
/! the universe, we all know that all the
planets are supposed to have come out
! of the sun. The great revolving ball
/ of fire threw off ring after ring into
space. and these rings swung by them
selves. worlds in Themselves great
family of planets. sweeping in vast or
bits through unmeasured space. with
/ out collision, about their great COM
mon center and parent, the sun. So
{ il is with the churches. We ought all
j to be able. whatever our differing
creeds, to circle and sweep, without
collision, about Him who loves us all
/ and is our redeemer, Jesus Christ.
You have all, probably, heard the
story of the wrecking of a great ocean
| liner off the coast of Nova Scotia,
where six hundred souls were flung
Into the sea without succor or aid and
the great ship was beaten to pieces on
the merciiess rocks There came a res
cuing party in the trusty lifeboat
bearing lives from the raging sea to
the firm, safe land. working with
might and main, risking their own lives