The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-27
SUNDAY SERVICES IN
VARIOUS CITY CHURCHES
TRUE RICHES.

FOR dll are yours whether |
the world, or life, or death, or things |
present, or things to come; all are yours. |
Il. Corinthians, iii:21.
If we were to spend some time try
ing to be grateful for the blessings we
enjoy and less time in grumbling be-
cause we lack some things which we
have longed for. we should make our
lives more agreeable to ourselves and
more profitable to others.
Discomfort is kind of poison which
produces general debility of the chronic
sort, and discomfort is, in many in
stances, the child of envy. 1t is the drop
of vinegar which sours the whole tenn
per of the man, and instead of being a
trusty' Toledo blade which outs it's
cheerful and hopeful way through OPP
posing forces, it becomes a poor kind
of sword which hides in the scabbard
when danger demands daring.
To dwell on the things you don't pos
sess and to feel wronged because others
do possess them is to lose the. battle
before the bugle calls you to the front.
On the other hand, to foster the ability
God has given you, to be cheerful in
narrow circumstances, but to determine
to make them wider with favoring OPP
portunity, in other words, to fill your
sphere full to overlooking with your
best self-all that equips you for duty
and brings an ultimate victory within
reach. A sour soul never yet accom-
plished much good for itself or for 9TH
ers. Eyes must be lifted toward the
heavens, not dropped to the EARTH if
we are to make life comfortable or COM
forting.
We really possess many things which
are not written in the inventory we
have taken. st. Paul in the text gives
us new view point, one which world
illness and selfishness sheer at, but
which opens a long vista to the vision
of the spirit. What care you if your
neighbor has the title deed to many
acres? You own the beauty of the land
scape in equal partnership with him.
The armament, fretted with passing
clouds is not his more than yours. You
own the world, and its laws contribute
to your welfare as though you were the
| only beneficiary of their wealth. If
! your vision is clear you see that life
also is yours, to make of it all that is
| possible, to cut the rude block of eX-
perience into church that shall be
beautiful and symmetrical, and to
force it to give you the password to i'm
mortality The God of the universe is
yours as truly as though you were the
only inhabitant of, the planet, ready to
answer your call, always present with a
host of angelic hands to deliver you
from the enemy and to lift you to a
| higher spiritual level. Death also is
yours, not foe but friend, and when
the weary day is done he leads you from
the gathering shadows of sunset to the
glorious sunrise which floods the eter-
nal life. The eye of the body sees only
the poorest possessions. while the eye
of the soul sees riches too great to be
| computed, and these riches are yours
beyond the reach of litigation. What
are acres, though their only boundary
is the horizon, in comparison with
thoughts that uplift, aspirations which
give you wings and the faith which
draws aside the curtain of the future
| and gives you glimpse of what Is
hidden there? Palaces are not equal to
ideas, for one may be miserable though
knee deep in gold, while he who has
God in his house has the magic which
makes howell a happy home.
| Let us look at life, which is no longer
than a dream in the night as contribu-
tory to the soul, not to the body, for a
man is not a body with a soul in 1t, but
soul with body wrapped around 1t.
If you were to spend short hour each
day in quiet meditation of the blessings
you enjoy, brushing aside all envy and
selfishness: one short hour in getting a
firm hold on yourself your better, truer,
nobler self would be TRANSPORTED and
life would be enriched. We are not de-
PRAYED; we are thoughtless This Is di-
yinity within US which is cramped,
dwarfed and unable to express itself.
Give it freedom, let it act and speak,
crown 1t with authority and you will
behold a miracle Thrust aside the man
by thinking of yourself as the child of
| God with a destiny that stretches into
the invisible eternity.
In that direction lies the only religion
that can hold it's own against the ills
to which flesh is heir. That way also
lies cheerfulness. contentment, peace
above all else that earth can offer. If
you have God and Christ and immortal
ity you are rich, but without them you
are poor indeed, though wealth is your
must humble servant-George H. Hep
worth in New York Herald.
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| p. m July g.. subject: Soldiers
For Christ" leader, Miss L.. E.
Perkins; August 4. subject: Christ
For the Young" leader. Miss Arnold;
August II, subject: 1.-THE World For
Christ" leader, Mr.. Hotel.
The following sermons on special sub.
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