The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-22
which taketh away the sins of the
AT SALVATION ARMY HALL

WOIlQ.
AT SALVATION ARMY HALL.
Colonel French addressed a large
meeting last evening at the Salvation
Army Hall. Immediately following the
street meeting. Here were gathered
men and women of all nations, and
their testimonies made a queer blend
ing of the vernacular of the German,
Englishman, Negro, Irishman and Ha-
Waiian. Hymns and solos, and short
talk by Major Harris preceded the
chief address.
Colonel French chose as his subject,
The Great Crisis using as his text
portion of the 18th chapter of Matthew,
What shall it profit a man if he gain
eth the whole world, but loseth his
soul?"
The speaker said in part: There is
not man in Honolulu but what con-
siders whether his business is profita
BILE or improbable. The whole ques-
ton is one of barter ana exchange. 1t
is said that this is a great material
age; that man have very little time to
consider spiritual things If you talk
to the ordinary man about laying up
treasures in heaven, he VIII tell yea
he prefers to have a little now. while
he is on earth and can enjoy it. Men
are so engrossed in material things
that they give no heed to anything
else. 1t is all right for men to be dill
gent, just as it is necessary for them
to be fervent in spirit, but the soul is
OF far more Importance than material
wealth. The soul will live after the
body has returned to earth
There are two matters to be con-
sidered; first, the soul; second, what
is the devil offering in exchange for the
turned to ruin the soul as well as the
body; he doesn't work the same way
always; he is willing to compromise
with the body to get possession of
the soul. People tell me that they
don't know they have souls. [ always
pity such people. It seems TO me that
there are evidences all around us to
prove that there is soul that my
soul is as separate from my body as
are my clothes or my house. The soul
is imperishable, but the body will go
to the grave, return to the dust from
whence it came: the soul will live on
through the unfathomable ages.
It's the soul that feels, not the
body Kick the dead body and there
is no response, no shrinking. The soul
thinks, remembers, feels; it is capable
of enjoying all the pleasures of Cod
and on the other hand, it is able to feel
all the torrents of hell. The soul is
immortal, can never die. What do you
think such soul that is worth?
We are told somewhere that the soul
is worth ten thousand worlds. Why?
Because the worlds will crumble away,
while the soul will remain. How
much do you think soul Is worth?
Very little, from what some men are
willing to exchange for tia nights
debauch, night of gambling. Others
say the same thing. that it is worth no
more than dance-for a nights UNI
cody pleasure they will lose their
souls 1 say mems souls do not appear
TO be worth much from the treatment
some of them are given.
Are you going to give your soul
chance? What is the price you are
going to get before you are willing to
exchange it? What value does God
place upon a soul? Look at Jesus
hanging on a cross, who gave his life
for us: God has placed a high value
upon our souls, when he gave his only
son for us. Are we not told that there
is more joy in heaven for one soul that
repents, than ninety-nine that need no
repenting?
What does the devil offer you--the
world? One may says it consists or
money. Say we have a nlanS who has
all the money cornered, and has every
thing for they say now that money
talks, not virtue or character or godli-
ness. For three score years and ten
this man enjoys ali the joys and plea
sures of luxury and splendor. Death
overtakes him thens What mas he prof
tied? He can't take the money over
deaths river with him. He has sacri-
feed everything, virtue, character, has
become mean and cowardly, and yet
he has nothing. 1t is a question each
man must answer for himself alone,
For what shall it profit us if we gain
the whole world, but lose our soul -
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