The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-30
HE DR|VETH
fUR|OUSLY''
Mr.. GieI breaches
an Instructive
Sermon.

William Edgar Giel preached last
night what was pronounced by Rev.
". NJ. Kincaid the most powerful and
effective sermon ever delivered in Cen
trail Union Church.
In opening his discourse the evangel-
list declared his intention of preaching
a ''red-hot'' sermon, and to hit straight
from the shoulder; he said he intend
ed hitting every one there, and if any
one failed to get hit it would not be
because the shot had not been fired.
Mr.. Giel first related the story of
Jehu. who had been commanded by the
Lord to go ami destroy the city of
JezreeI. Jehu Immediately started In
his chariot, driving straight towards
the city he had been commanded TO
destroy. driving furiously.' When
within few leagues of JeZreel, how
ever, the chariot driver. who had stop
ped for no obstacle, caught sight of the
painted face of woman at a window,
and stopped his horses. The painted
face turned him aside from his pur-
pose when he was al the very doors of
the city that he had been commanded
to destroy, and Gods command was
disregarded.
There We're many people, Mr. GieI
said, who We're turned from their du-
ties by painted faces. which is repre-
sentative of many evils.
In the Scripture read by the evangeI-
list it was said of Jehu, he driveth flu
riously,' and this passage Mr.. Giei
took for his text.
He said that all Christians We're
drivers OF chariots There was a
straight line TO be driven. the straight
line that is the shortest distance be
tween two given points; at one end of
the line was Gods command. at the
other a lost soul.
Wfthianecdote and epigram the evan
gelistHproceeded to instruct his congre-
CATION in the matter of driving. He
said, that one should drive furiously,
as Jehu drove, because the time was
short--short for the man who was to
do the work, for he had much work to
do, and short for the man at the other
end of the line, whose soul was going
down into despair. That we should
keep out of the ruts, for by travelling
in riuts much valuable time would be
lost and little accomplished. Christ
was the most sensational preacher of
his time; that was because he stayed
out of the ruts; his great work show
ed the wisdom of his method
+ Mr., ~Giel admonished the drivers to
beware of painted faces. and not to
allow their work to be lost to them
at the last moment by yielding TO a
temptation that the devil had placed in
the path.
The discourse lasted nearly an hour
1t Wts concluded with a strong appeal
to ar christians to strive to be more
earnest; to look about them to discover
if there were not those IN their house
hofd;g whether servant relative or
friend, who needed to be converted; TO
work hard in the interest of perishfng
souls. and to not weary in the work
buta to- keep vigorous and strong by
prayer and devotion. %"
Thktacoheluding admonition was to
b Follow the example of Jefu in his
drive toward the city before he was
turned aside by the painted face-drive
furiously. in a straight line, without
deviation; keep out of the ruts-drive
furiously. because the. time is short at
both ends of the line-short for you
and short for the lost souls you are
seeking. God bless you,n:
An after meeting was held iHsthe lee
ture room, and many of the eongrega-
ton remained to talk with the evan
gelist and thank him for his words.
Announcements were made, as fol-
lows: On Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. lecture to men only. to which
boys under twelve years of age will
not be admitted, on a Man in a Shad-
ow;" Sunday evening, farewell mass
meeting, and every afternoon and
evening the regular evangelistic meet
ings Of the series. At, the afternoon
meeting Sunday there will be a brass
band and singing by male quartets
Tomorrow afternoon Mr.. Giel VIII
preach his Judas Iscariot sermon
THE AFTERNOON SERVICE.
Thealeeture of Laodicea. delivered In
the parlors of the Central Union
Church yesterday afternoon. by Evan
gelist Giel, proved to be most interest
ing, many facts being eiicited concern
ing the ancient churches of the seven
hills that have as yet not reached the
pages Of encyclopaedia information
Contrary to general expectation,
there was not a very large audience
present. matter of regret for the
absentees.