The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-01-20


t-zceabIe TO Christ All the great
poets Of the 18th ceutury-Loweil
LnuEteHow. Browning and Tennyson-
unite in saying:
Thcu seeussi u1An and divine.
Tlss highest. hclisss manhood th1u-
Our Ellls arr ours. &c know ust Why
Our viii. are ours - make them thine.
This is the worlds estimation Of the
founder Of Christianity after nineteen
centuries OF thinking and investiga
ton
And now. after nineteen centuries
What Well. this, All political econ.
uuy is being rewritten in the length
II the sermon on the mount" says the
greatest Of economic writer's. He IS
Increasingly the inspiration of oGr
phlanthropies and CHARITIES. All the
great social movements OF our era
are ceutering about him. His teach
fu=s are the watchword Of coming rev
oIutIons. Reform. duty. art. music
states manship. philosophy-al are
eaptives marching in Christ's trium-
phaI procession up The hill Of time.
There can h. no doubt that Christ's
emphasis OF the worth OF the indiyidu-
az has done more tnan anything else
80 usher in the new era Of humanity.
Hfs enthusiasm for humanity immedi-
atcIy began 10 make itself felt. 4 glo
rious sense Of human brotherhood
moved outward over the earth like IN
advancing summer II emperors and
KINGS did not at once descend from
their thrones. slaves and serfs did 81
urce begin to rise 10 the level OF those
Eho held the sceptre. Il was not so
much a crumbling Of thrones or fall
fug OF crowned heads as il was an up
building OF the common people. In
nualyzinE Burns song, "A mans man
Tor q that" the scholar traces it back
70 Christ's parable of Lazarus and the
rich man. Christ placed his finger
spou the soul. capitalized manhood
and node the name Of man superior
20 that Of ruler and lord. He unfurled
xhg flag OF equality above palace and
slave market. He waved the golden
rule above each law book and statute
book. He caused the state TO set guard
ian angels by the side of each sleep
fug babe. He has written over every
doorway for vice and crime the words
Blessed are the pure in heart" The
transformation when has passed over
society can all be traced to Christ's
soctrIue OF individual worth and divine
sunship
Christianity, while busying itself
chiefly with teaching the art of right
living and Of character building here,
As a preparation for the life hereafter,
aas accomplished many incidental re-
suits for human happiness. BY reason
n the great themes with which it is
concerned. such as God. law. mind,
conscience. truth. beauty. II early de
Teloped an afiliation for education and
learning.
To advance its principles and defend
yhem. 10 secure wise advocates for its
truths. II has founded schools and col |
scrps. Having educated teachers and /
preachers for its sanctuaries, it OK |
ssnded its plans, and came 10 include |
The training of poets and jurists, CT
psychologists and scientists. Nour |
ished in its stimulating atmosphere,
such minds as those of Bacon and
Milton and a thousand illustrious com.
peers have become the pride Of he
race. While other religions have pro
suced here and there 4 great mind.
Christianity has produced during sin
Re life periods a thousand giants in
the realm Of philosophy and art and
Esgruiug. Take the seed idea. the
mother principles of Christianity out
nf the last one thousand years OF time
aud the worlds storehouses. called
galleries and libraries. would be emp
tied. 4 great English jurist tells Il
Falling asleep and dreaming that every
Christian idea had been stricken ont
Of the law books. Opening the famil- l
sar book he found onethird of each [
page blank. and all the pages meaning !
scss. Thus. If every Christian idea I
should be blotted out of our modern /,
civilization. the whole structure would ;
fall into a heap of ruins. Eloquence. I
law. song. reform. civic virtues would s
All fam with the fan Of the great ideas &
bat produced them. I
The uplifting name OF Christ is also {
,Ierting profound influence upon the /
worlds hope of progress as we face /
he new century. Schlegel. the great c
was deeply impressed BY Y
De thought that all other religious
systems are living upon the prestige :
= the past Looking backward they I
borrow their iisht from a golden age ,
Iorever gone. For Christ alone the
golden age is the tomorrow. Christ. ,
isuity moves steadily forward into !
he future Beginning more dot On /
he map, 8; has now subduea and han !
'ered the whole continents. Il began Z
II Olivet with twelve disciples. IN
lorty DAYS there were three thousand. !
Fhen John died at Ephesns there {
Tere half million: today these have :
'ccome four hundred million Christ ,
auity IS young giant which in three Z
'enturies after its birth leaped into G
he throne of the Caesars. The rate d
z progress that has prevailed since I
he dawn Of the 10th century viii IN b
hree centuries more place Christian
y upon every great throne Of our I
arth. The future Of Christianity IS e