The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-11

Icrushing an adversary, by overcomin
him by the strength Of his muscle o
the cunning of his brain. The idea o
victory by patient endurance, by for
| giveness, was ridiculous. preposterous
And SO today the man who dwelIs upoI
| the physical or mental rather than tn
spiritual looks for victory in pushinl
back. In crushing, those who hinder ol
| those who are competitors. 1t looks fol
victory in the blow that shall paralyze
in the work that shall controvert with
I its intellectual skill or wither with its
scorn. 1t looks for victory. not by the
cross. not by sacrifice. not by patient
bearing, not by gentieness and love and
forgiveness.
know that men will say at once
something like this: Yes. II is all very
well to talk. It Is all very well 70
teach this. But IL we were TO try 70
carry on business on these principles
we should fail. You can't know much
about the world II you think we can
conduct affairs on such basis as that.
To be successful In this day we must
act boldly, must not have too sensitive
a conscience, and must rise by crushing
opponents"
And yet-and yet. dear friends, pause
a Homenti Look down into the bottom
Of your hearts and you know that il is
true, absolutely and eterna1ly true.
that the selfish seif-Seeking life is not
life lived on a high plane. Your heart
knows in its quiet depths that the best
manhood, the noblest womanhood.
comes not by following the promptings
OF the physical and intellectual. but by
glad sacrifice OF these for truth. for
high principle, for spiritual purpose.
Take the question into the affairs OF
cur country What OF the Self-seeklns 9
politician? What of those whose idea
nf ie fn al n out
of IL! Docs that life commend Itself
to you? But how your heart thrills as
you hear of some soldier who goes cool
Iy to almost certain death for his cOun-
try, or one who goes to a plague-strick-
en- city and loses his life that he may
save life. What inspiration we gain
from the lives OF men like Washing
ton and Lincoln, in whom the sacrificial
spirit reigned-Who, in their unselfish
lives. lifted them up and stin lift them
up, uplifting them TO some little OF
their own spirit. Or in the history Of
these islands, good Queen Emma was
so called because of her unselhshness.
Or take it in home life. How much OF
sorrow and Unhappiness OF the break
ing of family ties. comes from those
who must have their way or their
rights. real or imagined. and who are
unwilling to sacrifice.
Why. dear friends, we know. you and
7, that peace and happiness in the home
spring from each seeking TO sacrifice
'or each How we'll we know in our
heart OF hearts that joy-true, real,
asting jOy-comeS from crucifyinS self. |
putting aside ones self. in fact in living
" the measure of the cross. III you
md I look back and find inspiration |
rom the mother in the home iar off
,ver the sea perhaps, her power over !
Is for good which has led us TO win |
moral victories has come from her low
ng sacrifice Of self. The true mother |
ife is one Of sacrifice. She gives 10 her |
,abe her life, her time: she cuts her
elf off from things she likes because
he loves and finds JOY and gives JOY
r sacrifice.
or take it in business. It is not as a /
ule that the hard, selfish. grasping |
nan really succeeds. Solomon said long
sc. The liberal heart shall grow fat;
nd il is the man who looks after the
'elfare and interests Of those who toll |
or him who really succeed. And il
ne mere selfish life is Il success as a
lere matter Of dollars and cents. What /
failure such a life IS. How il goes out
ark. and leaves q sense of having
Kissed its divine purpose.
Is sacrifcial life-life by the meas