The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-18


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What Z zvStsry IL death Wien :
nen risez II TIE Ecrrinr srseciEeN of
spIer6sd z74zhood full q vigor sa1 life
he srn rising o1rr T0Hr eastern Eczn-
refns. After q fen hours the sun goes
doFn behind the oceEn and The shetf0zs
q the night viii come orer tie earth
That i the deAfh Of the Jay.
hioornink frn 81 perfumes fo< Z few
dzys- then the wifher ard die
Look AZ that friend Of ye1rs- Leok
az his sfxhtiess eTesI Lso9k ~ his notiGn
less limbs Look az hin lying On his bed
sieep7rg A. If he were dead II Is deafh-
-f7alf Of the people fnhzbitinE this
world vii die before they reach the age
q 60 Only one cut Of every 100 p@o-
pie live 70 So 8 SUMNER We begin
70 de the moment ne are horn Oar
first breath = q step towards the grave
Death i CERTAIN and rohody can hope
70 escape L.
4Yeu don't know when Jon shah die:
rou don't know how Jon shall die and
you don't know where you shall breathe
your last Ii nav b. tonight. II may
~ fpr10rrgw night il may be IN
month. in year. bur it will cone
Th1usauds Of people 20 70 bed every
night fun Of life. Of health and their
sleep Is the last one They never wake
DO you read your newspapers Don't
Won notice the great number of sudden
deaths recorded daiiys Do you read Of
the thorsa nds Of people slaughtered every
Gav IN shipwrecks or railroad accidenfss
'.YOu viii certainly die / know IL.
Suppose that as you are going home to-
night ron are run over by car That
i a sridSen death. Suppose YOU reach
home safely and that during the night
vou become III. You send for the doc
tor. who prpscFiies for ron. Tomorrow
Won feel better The doctor Is emphatic
over yOar condition you VIII recover.
But man proposes and God disposes-
You have a relapse and are faHing fast
You are told thar in a few minutes Won
will have erased 10 live. You don't be
lieve IL but 4 is trvie. That Is another
kind Of sudden death.
'.Ol yes. ! hear you say am
had man. ! know but wait awhile and
later on I viii make a thorough cOnfes-
sion. VIII you have timer
Il recall many cases which should
be q warning TO you Many years ago.
when | was Young priest 10 Chicago.
I was called during the middle OF the
night to attend dying man. | rushed
towards the house and WIS just in time
to see the sick man breathing his last.
II was too late.
In Detroit q few months later ! was
called 10 the bedside of woman stricken
with paralysis. Ii was TOO late. She re
manned three days unconscious and died
without having a chance TO be reconciled
TO God.
mol You don't know when. how or
where you shall die. | know all of you
would like TO be able 10 die at home.
surrounded by your family and friends
but can Il be donef
DO you remember that beautiful ship
which left your city few months ago.
She was bound for home. Several hun
bred passengers were on the way to see
their relatives after perhaps several long
years of separation. They sighted the
Golden Gate. They saw the houses OF
San Francisco they heard the whistles
and noise of the great city. and all at
once nothing more, Down, down down.
they went. and until today are drifting
lifeless underneath the waters of the
great Pacific. You may die here; you
may die az sea : on the field or your
places Of business
when and where shall You die? That
IS the question.
Are YOU ready? Have you attended
the mission? Have you reconciled YOUR
self to God? Are you ready to dep
Then Father Boarman described at
great length the punishments and the re-