Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-07-26

war, liberal with the ulSpOsltloh vi
capitols, mercilessness to an enemy.
Manliness embraced scarcely one OF
the ideas which through Jesus Christ
we have learned to value as virtues.
Virtue itself meant courage-in the
strongest Of nations virtue implied
nothing of those traits which charac'
terize the Christian gentleman. In all
of Rome there was not a single hospi'
tai, not an orphanage, not an asylum,
not help for the weak or for the UNI
fortunate.
Greek power lay in the intellect and
in the artistic temperament.
The Isles CT Greece, the Isles oil
Greece
Where burning sappho loved and
sung
Where grew the arts of war and peace
Where Detos rose and Phyrros sprung
Eternal summer gilds them yet
But all except this sun has set
1T has given to the world ideals Of
art and oratOry and poetry, but no
ideals OF righteousness.
ne Jews VINO were SNuNNtltu oNti
the Roman empire had great influence.
The Jewish belief had the ideas of
moral laY OF righteousness, of sin
against God. In the other two civiliza.
tons there was no idea of sin as such.
The great moralist Seneca taught tnat
vice was the result of insanity. The
position of woman among the Jews
was most remarkable. Among the
Greeks and Romans the women known
of fame are the women of immoral
character whose beauty and intellect
fascinated men. The Jews had Rebec.
ca, Hannah. Susanna and the type
summed up In Mary, the mother of Je.
sus. But as q learned and conscien-
tious Jew said to me not long ago, the
Christian religion is an advance on Ju.
christianity. rightly understood as
the religion Of love, and that is high.
est and strongest of all.
Christ Taught Worth.
THE great secret of the power Of the
uplifting character of the religion OF
Jesus Christ lay in the fact that 1t
taught the worth and dignity of the in.
dividual man. Seneca had no opinion
of any man, not one of his own race
A slave was worth less than an OK and
was at his masters disposal. Cicero
the best OF the Romans, advocated the
feeding OF old. useless slaves to the
carp in the fish pond. Trajan, the
great and just. had 10000 slaves fight
for the amusement OF the people for
1923 days. until few were left alive, and
this for the amusement OF men and
women. Another crucified 10000 al
one time.
"'Quit you like men, be strong
strong In the highest and best sense
Where Is the example? Where the
iueal? Who can give the inspiration
No intelligent and rignt.hearted man
can today doubt the tremendous force
which Jesus has exercised over the
hearts and minds of men. No one can
doubt the living force which he has
been in history. II was the skeptiC
Strauss who wrote: In His character
"'lt lcuNA u AAbAlNN a bNttlltbb anu
an all-embraciug love which have been
the germ out OF which all that we call
humanity has developed You, brother
men and brother Elks, have an idea OF
, manliness. which Is Christian. You
measure men consciously or uncon.
sciously by the standard which Jesus
Christ set In His own person. When
you think OF q manly man, you think
Of certain character, something in
ward, not outward. You may and do
admire physical prowess, mental worth
and moral stability, but you look also
Tor qualities of the heart-spiritual
power. You have in mind when you
speak of true man, one who carries
out, in degree at least, Charity, JUS
tice, Brotherly Love and Fidelity to
truth. Your order is a development of
Christianity 1t stands for Christian
principles. Its underlying thought and
ideal Is the doing unto others as you
would that they should do unto you
The world Is growing toward that ideal.
Its growth has been slow, but II has
pNNh ouiS, II 10 turning tOWdTu Tue
one who practiced charity, justice,
Ibrotherly love and fidelity; to him who
spoke through the mouth of the apostle
and said Follow me. II you would
quit you like men and be strong
Follow me-
The heart of man; though he may
have little to do with any church, and
though he may cry out at the littleness
OF many calling themselves Christians,
yet Will be some like the Socialist, who
Missed at the mention of the church,
but cheered the name of Jesus be.
cause He was the man. 1t was a mock
cry that PLATE paced over the cross,
but 1t was great truth. He was a
king. He Is the King of men,"
At the close of the evening service,
there was a gathering in the rectory
and In the study of those members OF
the congregation who did not expect to
be able TO see Mr.. and Mrs. Restarick
during the few days they are yet to re.
main here, and there were many ex.
pressions Of good wishes In their new
nome and many expressions of regret
that they were so soon to leave, after
twenty years Of residence in San Diego
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