The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-07

between Christianity and the rest Of
the religions is that the others tell one
what to do and Christianity tells one
how to do it.
And Christianity, my friends, is the
great living religion, the one that will
last through the ages. The great law
of retribution is at work The day of
downfall for false religions is at hand.
The great wall about China cannot
much longer keep out civilization and
Christianity, nor keep In ignorance and
false religion. But Christianity,
my friends, is not a question for ma
lions so much-it is the question of
the individual, and individually must
it one day be answered. Shall we find
a glorious salvation, or shall we be
lost? It is you, my friend, and
me, who must each answer for our
soul =
True Christianity has been taught
us, my friends-do you know when and
by whom? Why, it was ages ago, and
it was Christ himself, who by his own
beautiful life, showed us the way-the
way of truth, of peace, OF glory, of
sweet unSelfishnesS and goodness. His
Ilife was life of beautiful days, and
hours and momentS-it teaches his re-
ligion, not to help ourselves so much
as to help others. He never lost an
opportunity. Do you remember how he
sat down by the well to rest. He
| had travelled far, on a dusty way, and
| his feet We're weary-oh, so weary. But
| he was not too weary, my friends,
when the woman of Samaria came, to
comfort her and forget his own weari-
ness in the joy of giving her Solace.
Then he went on his way to the city of
Jerusalem, knowing what awaited him
| knowing that he was to be betrayed
and that he was to be cruelty crucified.
| But did he mourn for himself? No, he
| went bravely on, healing the sick and
forgetting his own pain in helping 9TH
ers He came to the city of Jericho,
| that great wicked city of commerce,
and there were multitudes of unbeliev-
ers who came out of curiosity TO see
| the man Jesus. They did not come,
| my friends, to look on his blessed face
| in reverence-they came from the mer
est idle curiosity. There may be some
| among you this afternoon who have
| come to this meeting from curiosity
| you have heard that woman was go
! ing to speak at the Opera House, and
with desire to see what she was like,
you came to the house of God. Ii
| it is so I do not chide-I do not care
| what your motive, / am glad you are
here, and / pray that it may help you
| that some little seed may be sown in
your heart, if you be unconverted, so
| that it may grow and bear precious
| fruit. Among those who came
| to see Christ in Jericho there was the
| rich man of the town, ZaccheuS, and he
was wicked, thriving on what he had
| ground from the poor. He came from
| idle curiosity, but what happened?
/ When the crowd gathered and the
| tramp of the march came nearer he
| climbed a sycamore tree to see the
/ face of the man Jesus as he rode into
| the city. He looked straight into the
| face of Jesus, and when he gazed upon
| that divine countenance his wicked
| heart was changed; the light of God
| had found it's way into his heart and
| he was converted. He cried out to
| Jesus and said that he gave him half
| of his riches, and that If there were
1 any in the multitude from whom he
| had taken unjustly, he would return
| it four-fold. I think there
comes a time in every ones life when
| he wants to see the face of Jesus, but
| alas, sometimes an obstacle prevents,
and he loses the glimpse. Oh, the pity
of it. Those obstacles, my friends, are
such trif1es, did we but know it. Some
! times it is business, sometimes world
| illness, sometimes politics-shutting out
the sunlight and the glimpse of the
| Savior. Reconstruction is the
thief of of many soul. 1t is because
you put off, my friends, that you are
| lost. You will keep putting off and
putting off until the Savior has passed
/ by and it will be too late.
1T is said that once Satan held a
conference in hell in order to devise
a new way of gaining souls. His imps
were gathered around him, and one OF
them said, I will go to earth and say
there is no heaven, no God, no hell
| but Satan said, No; they will not be-
lieve it Another imp said, will go
| and tell them that the Bible is a cum
ming fable Satan said no, that will
not do. But Satan was delighted