Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-12-19

towards Christ, and towards all men.
commends itself to others, it remains
for those who believe II to be COM
mendable to act accordingly. And that
is why the teachers of this denomina-
ton have gone on teaching independ-
emily of any church at all. They care
so little for names, and SO much for
the Brotherhood of Man.
That is why the larger portion of the
intelligent members of other denOmin-
ations have reached the hiatus theO-
logically which We may term Unitarian.
II you are fortunate enough TO have
reached this stage of development, you
have escaped all danger OF hard feel
ing towards any man no matter what
he believes or doesn't believe. What
is more. you will respect him for his
conscience in the matter. You are
looking up towards greater Revelation.
outward towards the betterment OF
your fellow men without regard to
color, creed or intellectual gifts. And
the great Man Masters life will be your
ideal TO pattern by AS the Unitarian
preacher Edward Everett Hale has en-
Joined in the motto adopted by hun
drod1 OF Thousands Of charitable goci-
GIles over the world
Look ~ and not down.
Look uut ana not in:
Look forward and not back
Lend hand"
Not by systematic benefcience, by
preaching. by calling attention to ones
own merits. but by lending hand d.
As that dear man J. T. Fields said To
me some years ago
Nothing can withstand
Earnest heart and willing hand"
There is only one logical outcome
TO the stand taken by your clerical
friend H--"Not everybody Is in the
position to judge OF the grave qucs-
lions of the Bible"
The Roman Catholic church takes
and has always taken this position.
il is consistent and forbids the reading
of the Bible generally. saying that
only an educated clergy versed in the
illogical technicallties; in the history,
language and Interpretation of Biblical
literature, are qualified to judge on this
or that difficult question. Taking the
Bible as mere abstract treatise upon
ethical or theological subjects, the
Church is right.
But as dissenters, We must acknowl
edge the right OF every man to do his
own thinking upon the reading he
does. and to select his own reading;
IL prove all things" according &c
Scriptural injunction. If the Bible
doesn't stand the test. for rich and
poor. wise and foolish, educated and
ignorant alike, 1t is a mere document
and not what II says it is; not a living
epistle written for the faith, the com.
fort and the guidance of the mass OF
common people.
"All scripture In given for inspiration
Of God, and Is profitable for doctrine
for reproof. for correction, for instruc,
ton in righteousness that the man Of
God may be perfect thoroughly fur,
nished unto all good works"
Not that he may be versed In analy.
sis, In cXegesis, but that his relations
In the world may he right
II the Bible is so abstruse and es,
oteric that we need learned eXpositors
u tell us what II says 1t Is not the
book Christ would have us accept for
the direction to good works; 1t Is not
revelation Of his own work: II is
not true.
And more than ever in the worlds
history we need a book that can be
resolved into practical precepts. as the
constituents of chemical materials are
resolved into assimilable ingredients
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