The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-17
WHEN SOULS
ARE To Be
ADJUDGED
Catholic Version
of Judgment
Day.
FINE LECTURE BY
FATHER MEGEVNEY
Mems Souls Will Be Tried Before
Their FeIIowmen and the
Angels.

A SCHOLARLY lecture was given
~ last evening by Father Megevney
"a in the Catholic cathedral on "The
Judgment Day. The subject was a
most interesting one handled cleverly
by the eloquent and logical Jesuit. The
cathedral was well filed, the audience
sitting through the lecture which oc-
cupied an hours time, and listening
with eager ears to the word picture
which the father drew of the scenes
attending the last judgment Of human
souls. He announced that tonight
Father Boarman would lecture upon
The Wages of Sin or Death" and also
that their mission in Honolulu would
end next Sunday, following which they
would make tour of the other islands
of the group, before returning to st.
Louis Father Megevney said. in part:
| The fact of a general Judgment at the
| end of the world Is one universally ac-
cepted by all Christians, and it is one
of those saIutary truths upon which all
| of us may mediate at times with great
benefit to our immortal souls. 1t is an
| accepted fact asserted by all Christians
and may it well be, for 1t has ample
! foundation in Revelation, and that Reve-
lation teaches US is amply confirmed by
sound reasoning. Our divine Lord tells
US in the Gospel, and in most explicit
terms, of this last judgment at the end
of time. In His description of the condi-
| tions which will accompany it, He goes
into the minutest details. and that which
1 H. bod sval-r ~.
great apostle repeats when he tells US
! that it is decreed for all men once to die,
and after death, the Judgment This, We
are taught by Revelation most unmis-
taxable. 1t is, therefore, an accepted
tenet in the Christian church for the last
1900 years. Every law requires q sane
ton; the law of my nature demands a
sanction, and If I violate the laws of
my nature, nature will invariably punish
it for that violation.
The punishment for each Individual will
be proportional to the gravity and extent
lof his offense. The positive law as we
find it existing amongst men, demands
a sanction. If 1 violate the laws OF the
land in which I live then by its statutes
4 am to be punished, and my punish
ment must be, and will be, directly pro-
portional to the gravity of my offence
Almighty God has formulated a law for
the government of His creatures. We
are all amenable 10 il, and IL we violate
1t we deserve to be punished. II we OBJ
serve it. we deserve & reward There
fore, there comes time in our life when
the decision will have to be rendered for
or against us, when Almighty God viii
ihave to reward us for our meritorious
deeds, or punish us for what we have
done amiss. How often do the good suf-
fer for their virtue, and the wicked ap-
pear to thrive, but all has to be set
iur icr6r in ha r1re
faction of all mankind, that we may see
and acknowledge that the wisdom of God
Ipervaded and governed all things.
Were we like the pagan with no idea
of a hereafter, or a very ridiculous con-
tception of the world to come, we might
indeed think little of life and do as we
Ipleased. But when I am persuaded as
Christian that there is n God In heaven
above me, who has created me fer a def
inite purpose, and that the day will
come when ! am to be summoned in His
presence to answer for all the deeds
done in the day of my mortality, there
IS very different color to life. It is
most serious consideration then for every
Christian mind.
| Let us then, in the spirit OF faith,
!, transport ourselves to that last day OF
judgment of general revelation when ev-
cry human soul will stand revealed. not
only to its Creator, for He never lost
sight OF it. but to all It's fellow-creatures'
Who is to be this Judge? God Almighty
Himself. God Almighty who called that
soul into existence, and who. at the mo-
ment of It's creation. gave definite END
. and purpose for which it was to labor
, in life, and therefore. put IL under GER
. tain obligations with which it was eN-
/ pected TO continue. Now let lis suppose
. that the soul has failed in that destiny
let us srIppoae II was driven from It's
Maker forever. It has frustrated the OBJ
iect of its purpose utterly. and He VINO
! created II has to adjudge 1t, and ASK for
. an account of that life. He would say:
! u gave you life; ] chose you from
amongst millions whom / might nave
It'd into existence and given them the
; io1rortun{ty l gave you, and they would
, have glorified me. i gave you HE ana