The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03
OBEY IN
YOUR SINS
A Stirring Sermon
Preached by
Mr.. GieI.

Central Union Church was crowded
from wall to wall last evening with list
eners who had come to hear the fare
we'll address of William Edgar Giel,
whose revival services during the past
week have been attracting so much at
tention.
Although it sVas his eighth meeting for
the day, Mr.. Giel spoke with his usual
force and directness The text of the
evening was taken from Luke 18th chap
ter, 18th verse, where Jesus comes across
the ten lepers by the roadside. And
Jesus said, Go show yourselves to the
priests And as they went they were
cleansed''
The speaker prefaced his remarks by
striking match in full view of the con-
gregation aud allowing it to flare up,
burn, die away into a spark, and then
cease to glow altogether.
We know that in this flame, as we
see it" said the speaker, as the match
was burning its brightest. there are
three flames. 1t emits light and heat
This knowledge we obtain through two
sources. The one is circuitous, theoret-
ical. We derive this information
through the sense of sight. The other
is direct, practical. We derive this in
formation through the sense of touch
Friends, We might argue about God all
our lives, and go to our graves theoriz-
ing, but if we have the religion of Jesus
Christ in our hearts, we know more
about God in five minutes than all the
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Our text tonight deals with the ten
lepers. Jesus found them sitting by the
roadside. No two lepers were, it is safe
to say, in the same stage of the disease
Jesus looked them over. He made no
discrimination, but in the words of the
text said. Go show yourselves to the
priests. Am l to understand that they
we're to obey Jesus after they We're made
whole? Not at all. The words of the
text plainly indicate that they We're to
begin obeying Jesus, then and there, in
all their hideous physical imperfection.
Sinner. unless you begin to do the will
of God publicly. there is no cleansing
for you. Whatsoever your sin is, how
ever imperfect your record, you must
begin to do the win Of God in all your
tnfrmities. You must begin to do right
while you are in a state of sin. Right
wrong, and it is a mans business to do
the right, whether he wants to or not
Some people say they are waiting for
conviction. You know YOU are doing
wrong, don't you? You know that you
arc sinner. What more do you ask
for in the way of conviction?
Friends, don't wait until your feelings
prompt you 1 have noticed this. people
who are prompted to be religious
through their feelings have very poor
quality of religion two months after they
have been so prompted.
why should we be afraid to let people
know that We are as good we really
are? This town is full of people who
are reading the Rible secretly, but when
they hear an approaching football, the
grand old Book goes into hiding imme-
diately. When you are at your best.
every one of you takes sides with the
Son of God. How much better fora you,
If you would but be brave enough to
take this stand openly
Give religion a fair and impartial
trial. Then if you find it to be all right
accept it. 1 used to be an infidel, but
when l found the religion of Jesus
Christ was all that it claimed to be, /
accepted it.
Right is right, right or wrong, hot or
SoiS1, SASoA VI Siodoyp olu VI young,
saint or sinner, right is right
1.-THE trouble is that too many people
don't want to do right because it is too
hard work. 1t requires too constant at
tention. The thing for you to do is to
do that which is right, no matter what
your feelings may be- Roll up your
sleeves, grit your teeth and resolve no
matter what may come you will be a
manly man and Go the right.
'''Too many of us are lacking in human
sympathy. Jesus was full of it. You
all remember the familiar lines, Jesus
seeing the multitude, had compassion on
them The funeral of Muller, the Bris-
toll philanthropisl, of whom I spoke the
other day, was a typical example of how
one man can enlist the sympathy of
thousands. Twelve hundred children
stood about his grave on the day he
was buried, and every eye was wet with
tears You show sympathy and sympa-
thy will be shown to you"
AT the conclusion of the sermon, an
after meeting was held in the parlors of
the church. Some 500 people were present
and a large number raised their hands
for special prayers.
Captain Johannsen, of the Chilean
bark ROYAL Sovereign who has iust ar