Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-08-11

/ communion IN the new missionary dis
trlct OF Honolulu in St.Andrew's CA.h.
eural yesterday morning at the :
ociock service. In the congregation
was Queen Liliuokalani. There was
full choral service during which the
new Bishop made brief address of
welcome. Rev. Canon Ault was epis.
tolar, Rev. Canon Macintosh the gos
/ Ncller, and Rev. Canon Kitcat assisted
n the distribution OF prayers.
At 9:4j o'clock, the Bishop made an
address, particularly for the Hawaiian
members of the congregation. His re-
marks were interpreted 10y Solomon
Meheula.
AT the II o'clock service, the Bishop
was greeted by a congregation which
iilled every seat in the nave and
aisles. Reys Canon Macintosh, Wey-
mouth, Kitcat and Ault, together with
Rev. Arthur Evans of Los Angeles, oc.
cupied the stalls. The sermon BY the
Bishop was as follows:
Galatians vi:l4: But God forbid
that | should glory save in the cross OF
our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the
world Is crucifed unto me, and unto
I the world"
Among the books and papers sent to
me by a member of this congregation
on my election to Honolulu. was the
history of the first five years work
of the Anglican Church In these ISL
ands. Upon the cover appeared the de-
vice of st. Andrews cross, with a
crown over It, the symbolism of the
whole being summed up in. the words:
He lanakila ma Ike kea," or in En-
glish, Victory by the cross" These
words have been In my mind and In
my heart ever since the day on which
! read them. want my first words to
you to be those that spring from the
Impressions those words made on me.
These words about the cross are
often very empty sayings. II there is
one thing which men In this generation
despise II 10 insincerity-words which
mean little or nothing to life. There
are people who talk about the cross OF
Christ, and Christ saving men, as IL
salvation were sort Of necromancy
wrought by the crucified Jesus.
, II there Is one thing more than an
other which men should get burned
into their minds and souls II Is that vic
tory by the cross has meaning only
when life is brought in a degree into
the measure of what the cross stands
for. Victory by the cross. II II means
anything, II II is real. and not mere
phrase gllbly uttered. means victory
gained by life which has taken unto
itself and wrought out in itself in a
degree the principle for which the
cross stands as the perpetual symbol:
and while the world is sick OF cant and |
religious phrase glibly uttered, the
world never before so truly admired,
so earnestly appreciated, life lived day
by day and hour by hour in patient eff
forts to rise to the measure of the ;
cross.
But what do we mean by the cross?
What does it stand for in life? peopIe
ready to get something instead of Civ
ing something are ever ready TO look
upon the cross as assuring them ey-
,mptioh from something. lie endured
he cross for us, they say. As mat +
.er Of fact, Jesus did not endure the
ross that you and might sit idly by
md get something. He endured the
ross for us, that we might have ey-
ample and power and grace ourselves
o work out in our lives all that the |
ross stands for and come to be at one
With God.
Inc cross was the supreme manifes- I
alton OF sacriicial love. Its victory I
ny In that. Victory by the cross means {
o US the spirit of notwithstanding I'M {
OF nigh purpose, for principle, for &
thers' our own pleasure, our own
ride' our own profit, our own ambi- Q
ION, our own will, that SO the highest s
ne last and the eternal may be worked I
ut in us. =
II means, does the cross and victory t
y II, the patient bearings of misunder- (
findings silence under reviling, and e
caring MISUNDERSTANDING and abuses [
nd injuries with forglving heart. I
eeking to help and bless those who sin c
gainst us. :
In fact, victory by the cross means &
lctory In exactly the opposite direc- d
on In which the natural man seeks il. Il
hat Is why to the Roman the cross e
as foolishness. His idea was that OF cl
lie natural man of today. He could 81
INK Of no way in which to obtain vic 4"
ny but by striking down an opponent, al
crushing an adversary, by overcom- n
& him by the strength of his muscle q
the cunning of his BRAIN The idea
victory by patient endurance, by h,
rsiVeness, was ridiculous, preposter- ca
Is, And so today the man who dwells IN
ION the physical or mental rather w
an the spiritual looks for victory in O,
Ishing back, in crushing, those who tr
nder or those who are competitors. IN
looks for victory in the blow that to
all paralyze, in the work that shall nj
with its intellectual skill or an
Their with its scorn. 1t looks for vic gI
y, not by the cross, not by sacrifice, ST
I by patient bearing, not by gentle &c
IS and love and forgiveness.
know that men will say at once wi
netting like this: Yes, it is all very ha
Il to talk. 1t is all very well to n,
oh this. But If we were to try to rel
ny on business on these principles no